Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 8,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 8,000
Stephen Chidwick limped in the hijack with and Ben Lamb pumped the price to 70,000 in the cutoff, holding . Chidwick called.
The brought an open-ended straight draw for Chidwick and a top pair for Lamb. Chidwick checked and Lamb bet an effective 315,000. Chidwick was ready to go for it, putting all his chips to the middle.
Lamb had a blocker but Chidwick was still able to hit a straight right on the turn. Lamb could still recover with a jack or a queen but the river locked a huge double for Chidwick. Lamb, who built a decent chip-stack after a rough start, was downed to 197,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick
|
788,000 | 403,000 |
Ben Lamb
|
197,000 | -431,000 |
In a hand from earlier at one of the feature tables, Gabe Patgorski limped in under the gun holding and Peter Jetten called with . Action folded to Chidwick who made it 60,000 with and Patgorski moved all in over the top of that for 456,000. Jetten folded while Chidwick called.
The board ran out and that allowed Patgorski to double up to around 950,000 while Chidwick was left with around 427,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gabe Patgorski | 950,000 | 728,000 |
Stephen Chidwick
|
427,000 | 42,000 |
Ben Lamb limped under the gun with and Marcus Yi Lim called with in the hijack. Stephen Chidwick checked on the button with making it three way to the pot.
The flop was . Lamb checked and Yi Lim led out for 23,000. Chidwick folded while Lamb called.
The turn was the and Lamb checked again. Yi Lim led out again with a bet of 34,000 and Lamb called.
The river was the , making trips for Lamb and he checked again. Yi Lim tanked for a bit then bet 15,000. Lamb called quickly and his hand was good to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Lamb
|
628,000 | 19,000 |
Marcus Yi Lim
|
271,000 | -101,000 |
Ivan Leow limped in the second position and Chow Hing Yaung checked his options. The landed on the table and Leow fired 25,000. Chow quickly raised to 75,000 and Leow called.
They continued to the turn where Leow checked and called for his last 135,000 after Chow put him at risk. Leow found himself in terrible shape and the eliminated him from Day 1a while Chow extended his overwhelming chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chow Hing Yaung | 1,967,000 | 167,000 |
Ivan Leow | Busted |
Following three limps, Marcus Yi Lim raised to 52,000 on the button with . Chow Hing Yaung called with and Ivan Leow also wanted to see the flop with .
The texture favored Lim and he moved all in for 204,000, just over the size of the pot. Both of his opponents laid their hands down and Lim claimed the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marcus Yi Lim
|
372,000 | 94,000 |
Ben Lamb and Marcus Yi Lim limped in for 12,000 before Chow Hing Yaung made it 75,000 in the cutoff. Cheong Cheok Ieng called while Lamb and Yim Lim both folded.
The flop was and Chow led out with a bet of 110,000 and Cheong called.
The turn was the and now Chow put out a bet of 160,000 which Cheong called.
On the river, Chow shoved with his covering stack for about 200,000 effective. Cheong tanked for about a minute and a half before he called. Chow showed his while Cheong was only holding and that meant that Chow would take down another pot, chipping up to nearly 2 million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chow Hing Yaung | 1,800,000 | 749,000 |
Cheong Cheok Ieng
|
Busted |
Ben Lamb held in the cutoff, checking the flop. Marcus Yi Lim fired 16,000 on the button, holding . Lamb called and called another 43,000 on the turn. They both checked the river and Lamb took the pot with a jack-high straight, vaulting over 600,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Lamb
|
609,000 | 29,000 |
Marcus Yi Lim
|
278,000 | -37,000 |
Yee Leow Seng was all in for last 57,000 with , facing off against Marcus Yi Lim with . Lim flopped a straight on and the left Leow drawing dead. A meaningless completed the board and Leow lost his final bullet. Leow might still re-enter today or tomorrow if he decides to pursue more short stack action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marcus Yi Lim
|
315,000 | 215,000 |
Ivan Leow | Busted |
There was already 104,000 in the pot on the flop of and action checked to Ivan (Yee Seng) Leow who put out a bet of 50,000. Action was back on Lamb and he moved all in for 263,000. Alan Sass folded quickly and Leow tanked, then called.
Ben Lamb:
Ivan Leow:
The board completed with the and the and kept Lamb in the lead with his three aces, allowing him to double to nearly 600,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Lamb
|
580,000 | 299,000 |
Ivan Leow | 57,000 | -287,000 |