Edward Yam raised to 275 from the cutoff and Georges Georgiou called on the button. Hoa Thinh Nguyen three-bet to 1,000 out of the big blind and both of his opponents called. On the flop, Nguyen continued for 2,000 and received a call by Yam and a fold by Georgiou.
The on the turn was checked by both players while Nguyen's bet of 3,000 after the river forced a fold from Yam.
Eager to get his tournament off to the right start Edward Yam opened the action to 275 from under-the-gun with Simon Hermann in the small blind the only caller.
Both players checked the flop and after Hermann checked for a second time on the turn Yam fired for 300, which Hermann quickly called.
The river brought checks from both players and Hermann rolled over to scoop the small pot as Yam tossed his hand away.
We have a new challenger with Hoang Long Do taking his seat to bring the field up to 15. We caught Do in action in a three-way hand against John Plater and a player in the big blind and picked up the action on a flop of just as Plater, sitting under-the-gun, fired out a bet of 1,600 into a pot of roughly 3,000.
Do made a quick call, as did the big blind and the hit the turn. The big blind checked, Plater fired for 1,800, Do called and the big blind folded.
The river saw Plater fire the third barrel, making it 2,100 to go and while Do looked interested he eventually elected to let it go.
Catching the action on the tail end of a big pot with 7,000 in the middle and the board showing , Hoang Long Do checked out of the big blind and Timofey Asmolov bet 3,050 from early position. Do check-raised to 11,000 and Asmolov quickly announced the call, then immediately mucked when Do rolled over for a flopped full house.
The next hand, Michael Falcon raised to 400 from the button and Do called in the small blind, as did Van Sang Nguyen in the big blind. The flop fell and all three players checked. Do bet the turn for 1,000 and Nguyen folded while Falcon raised it up to 2,500. That won the pot without showdown as Do folded, and Falcon flashed for top pair, top kicker and the nut flush draw.
Michael Falcon was flying high, at least before the following hand, but has now dropped back down to below starting stack with Korea’s Yo Seb Rhee the beneficiary.
Rhee limped from under-the-gun and Falcon made it 450 to go from middle position picking up two customers with the button and Rhee making the call.
The flop fell a monochrome and Rhee checked it over to Falcon, who continuation bet 1,100. While this was enough to get the button to bow out Rhee made the call to take play heads-up to the turn.
This saw both players check and the hit the river to bring in four to a flush. Rhee checked it over to Falcon once more and the Danish player reached for chips and splashed out a bet of 2,500.
This sent Rhee deep into the tank, where he remained until there were just 3 seconds left on the shot clock before he slid out the call.
Falcon turned over for ace-high no diamonds, meaning Rhee’s was enough to win the Korean a decent sized pot.
On the flop of , Michael Falcon bet 600 and Timofey Asmolov called. The appeared on the turn and Falcon check-called a bet of 750 before checking again the on the river. Asmolov bet 3,100 and Falcon check-raised to 7,000, which the Russian called.
"That was not a good river," Falcon said and tabled his for nines over fours.
Hand 2
After two limps by Hoang Long Do and Asmolov, Simon Burns squeezed to 700 and was called by John Plater, Falcon in the big blind and Do. The flop brought and Do bet 1,700. Burns called, Plater folded and Do came along as well to go three-handed to the turn. The action checked to Burns and the bet of 4,500 by the Brit was called only by Do.
After the river, Do's check was followed by a bet of 13,000 by Burns and that won the pot.
The field has climbed to 19 with the arrivals of Xioling Li, Ken Okaea, Aki Virtanen and Antii Halme all taking their seats.
We caught the latter involved in a hand, though it was Hoang Long Do who kick started proceedings with an early position limp before Halme made it 500 to go from the cutoff.
Maxim Sorokin (button) re-raised to 1,750 and the action was on Edward Yam in the small blind. Yam let the shot clock tick down to 5 seconds before announcing ‘raise’ and slid out a chunky cold three-bet of 6,750.
While this was enough to get Do and Halme to bow out Sorokin was not deterred and made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of .
Yam did not take long to lead out for 5,000 and Sorokin quickly folded leaving Yam free to scoop in a sizable pot without showdown and the Hong Kong player climbed to 89,000 to take an early lead.
flop, Nguyen continued for 2,000 and received a call by Yam and a fold by Georgiou.
on the turn was checked by both players while Nguyen's bet of 3,000 after the 
river forced a fold from Yam.
turn Yam fired for 300, which Hermann quickly called.
river brought checks from both players and Hermann rolled over 
to scoop the small pot as Yam tossed his hand away.
just as Plater, sitting under-the-gun, fired out a bet of 1,600 into a pot of roughly 3,000.
hit the turn. The big blind checked, Plater fired for 1,800, Do called and the big blind folded. 
river saw Plater fire the third barrel, making it 2,100 to go and while Do looked interested he eventually elected to let it go.
for a flopped full house.
and all three players checked. Do bet the 
turn.
hit the river to bring in four to a flush. Rhee checked it over to Falcon once more and the Danish player reached for chips and splashed out a bet of 2,500.
for ace-high no diamonds, meaning Rhee’s 
was enough to win the Korean a decent sized pot.
, Michael Falcon bet 600 and Timofey Asmolov called. The 
appeared on the turn and Falcon check-called a bet of 750 before checking again the 
