Virtanen Wins From Do
There are 21 entrants so far in the PokerStars Festival Manila High Roller Shot Clock, with a third of the entrants opting for some high stakes stress relief by bringing fidget spinners.
While current frontrunner Edward Yam is not one of them Finland’s Aki Virtanen is and he has just won a sizable pot from Hoang Long Do.
Maxim Sorokin was the man to open the action with a hi-jack raise to 700 with Yam (button), Do (small blind) and Virtanen (big blind) all making the call to take the action four-way to a flop of 
.
With so many players in the hand, no one seemed keen to bet and the action was checked around to the 
. This saw Do take a stab for 1,200 from the small blind before big blind Virtanen re-raised to 4,000 in total.
This was enough to fold out everyone but Do, who burned through almost all of the allotted 30-seconds of time before making the call.
The 
river paired the board and saw Do check the action over to Virtanen, who bet 6,725. This sent Do deep into the tank where he remained for the full 30-seconds and burned the first of his three time bank chips before making the call.
Virtanen rolled over 
, which was enough to win the hand as Do mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,300
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
41,200
-16,300
|
-16,300 |
turn and folded to a bet of 2,650 by Do, flashing 
. 
, Nguyen made it 3,500 to go and that ultimately won the pot without any further resistance.
flop, the 
river. Virtanen turned over 
but this was not enough to beat Okada who was holding 
.
flop.
turn. This saw both player check and the 
river completed a possible flush and saw Li lead out for 2,500.
, Peter Plater was the only player to call a bet of 3,200 by Timofey Almosov and the 
river completed the board.
for kings over nines. Almosov mucked 
face up and dropped back to just over the starting stack.
turn and 
river were both blanks. On his way out, Miyakita was pondering about the re-entry option and may or may not be back in action soon.
