Yisha Chen opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Christopher Park shoved for hist last 97,000 on the button. Action folded back to Chen, who called to put Park at risk.
Christopher Park: 7♠7♥
Yisha Chen: Q♠10♠
It was a race, but the Q♣2♣10♣4♦7♦ runout gave Park a winning set on the river for the double up.
The cards were on their backs in a preflop clash and Dominik Nitsche was the at-risk player for 172,000 with the A♥Q♥. James Mendoza had two live cards with the K♦7♠ but couldn't get there on the Q♣10♠3♦9♥6♦ board for Nitsche to double.
Lei Yu opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Christopher Park shoved from the big blind, which was enough to put Yu all in for his last 295,000. Yu quickly called and a showdown was held.
Lei Yu: A♣K♣
Christopher Park: J♠10♠
The board ran out 10♦A♦8♥J♦Q♦ — leaving Yu best with a straight for the double up.
James Mendoza raised to 20,000 and was called by Taylor Black from two seats over as well as Dominik Nitsche in the big blind. On the Q♣J♣9♥ flop, all three players checked to the 10♠ turn on which Nitsche checked again. Mendoza now bet 40,000 and Black was the only caller.
The 10♦ river paired the board and Mendoza checked over to Black, who bet 120,000 to win the pot uncontested.
The TLPT $20,000 8 Handed event drew 32 entrants — generating a $640,000 prize pool.
A total of five players will make the money, with a min-cash worth $60,000 and the eventual winner taking home $242,000.
| Place | Prize ($USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $242,000 |
| 2 | $162,000 |
| 3 | $101,000 |
| 4 | $75,000 |
| 5 | $60,000 |
Renji Mao defended his big blind against a min-raise by Dan Cates and then checked the 8♥4♠2♣ flop. Cates bet 30,000 and was check-raised to 85,000. "How much you got?" Cates asked and then started talking mostly to himself, concluding with "I don't believe you" before he reraised.
Mao called all-in and exposed his A♣8♦.
"No good," Cates replied and revealed his ... A♥8♣. They chopped it up on the 4♣ turn and 6♣ river.
Gavin then raised to 20,000 and folded when Mao jammed from the small blind.
Six players max late-regged to bring the final field up to 32 entrants.
Level: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Players have been sent on a 15-mintue break.
Late registration will close at the end of the break.
In a limped pot to the Q♠6♥5♥ flop, Stephen Song in the small blind checked and then called a bet worth 16,000 by Gary Thompson in the big blind. That led them to the 7♣ turn on which Song check-called another 29,000 to then check the 7♠ on the river.
Thompson used one time bank and fired a bet of 74,000, forcing a reluctant fold by Song.
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