Excuse me if my Japanese doesn't fully grasp what happened and why CVC as well as Andrew Tomoya were chatting back and forth on the river of a J♦8♣4♦Q♣2♣ board. CVC had a short stack behind but no chips invested while Tomoya had 5,500 out in front. tetu check-raised the small blind to 29,000 and CVC very reluctantly folded and exposed his Q♥10♠ in the process while Tomoya showed his cards to him.
tetu had the best of it with A♣7♣ for the nut flush and the 9♣6♣ of Tomoya were eventually also shown as well.
On the river of a 9♣9♥6♣7♠Q♦ board, TOMchan bet 12,500 and then called a shove to get shown J♣10♦ for a missed straight draw. Their 10♠8♣ had turned the ten-high straight and raked in the pot.
Nearing the end of the registration period, a shorter stack jammed for around 28,000 with K♣8♦ and was snapped off by taisyo in the next seat with the A♠K♦. The A♥K♥7♣4♣5♣ board further increased the big stack, as taisyo jumped to nearly eleven starting stacks.
Known to her followers on social media and YouTube as "chamapoker", the poker enthusiast from Tokyo is all-in and at risk for slightly more than the starting stack with J♠J♦. She is ahead of her opponent with the 9♥9♣ and it remains that way on the Q♥10♦8♥4♦6♥ runout.
Eight levels of 35 minutes each have been completed and the field has been reduced to only 235 hopefuls. So far, the field size for Day 1a shows 519 entries and that number may still increase during the ten-minute break. The late registration for the first of four flights closes at the end of this break.
Sheldon Wu jammed in his stack and only a severe short stack called out of the blinds with the 6♠2♦. That was crushed by the A♣K♦ of Wu and the K♠Q♣J♦4♠7♣ board confirmed the elimination. Next to Wu is Andrew Tomoya, who re-entered at the last minute.
In about one hour from now, the second starting day for Event #22 NLH Colossus by Mission RunGood will kick off and in the meanwhile, the opening flight has officially closed the registration. Some 519 entries were recorded on Day 1a but that number is yet to be officially confirmed.
Several other events are also ongoing in the vast tournament area as well.
In a preflop all-in, THE Q needed help with K♥J♥ against A♥K♦ and already prepared the chips to pay off a double when the flop came 8♥8♦5♦. However, the 2♥ turn and the 9♥ river brought running hearts for a flush and knockout.
Over on table 404, kento19 arrived and immediately got the work when he had a shorter stack at risk with A♥K♥ versus A♣6♥. The superior kicker also appeared on the K♦7♠3♣ flop and the J♠ turn locked up the pot for him to make the 7♣ river a formality.
