Asmolov Rising

Sathesh Muthu and Yo Seb Rhee clashed in a smaller pot that saw the former raise and the latter defend his small blind, then check-call a bet of 12,500 on the flop. Both checked down the turn and river and Rhee showed , which Muthu had beat with .

Over on table two, Timofey Asmolov has been doing some work and built his stack further while Linh Tran slipped down by as much. Tran opened to 7,500 in the hijack and Asmolov called in the cutoff. On the flop, Tran's continuation bet worth 10,000 was called before the turn went check, check. Tran also checked the on the river and folded when Asmolov made it 18,000 to go.