Level: 11
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 12,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 12,000
Paul Phua was all in preflop for 425,000 and Andrew Robl tried to knock him out.
Phua:
Robl:
The board of was good for Phua and he increased his belongings. "Alright, double up," Phua said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Robl |
965,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Paul Phua |
898,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
Action was limped preflop four ways.
On the flop of Cary Katz lead out with a bet of 75,000 and Romain Arnaud called while everyone else folded.
Katz checked on the turn which was the and Arnuad put out a bet of 175,000. Cary Katz then moved all in for 666,000 and Arnaud quickly called.
Romain Arnaud:
Cary Katz:
The river was the and that meant that Katz would double to nearly 1,600,000 in what was a massive cooler for Arnaud.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cary Katz |
1,590,000
965,000
|
965,000 |
|
||
Romain Arnaud
|
1,100,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |
Mikita Badziakouski and Peter Jetten were in for 75,000 apiece before Paul Phua jammed for 898,000 in the cutoff.
Badziakouski tanked and then reshoved, forcing a fold from Jetten.
Badziakouski was in terrible shape with against and his chances were even slimmed by the fact that Jetten folded a ten.
The board of confirmed Phua's back-to-back double and he catapulted his stack to 2 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikita Badziakouski |
2,200,000
-877,000
|
-877,000 |
|
||
Paul Phua |
2,000,000
1,102,000
|
1,102,000 |
|
One of the most famous poker players in the world, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, explains what's wrong with playing Texas Hold 'Em live . He much prefers Triton Hold 'Em (aka short deck poker) and explains why he wants to keep recreational players in the game and what else is wrong with tournament poker.
Mikita Badziakouski opened with a raise to 24,000 from under the gun and Keneth Kee called as did Andrew Robl before Ivan Leow raised to 150,000 from the button. Action folded back to Robl who tanked for a bit before he called.
The flop was and Robl moved all in for roughly 700,000. Leow dropped into the tank and eventually, he settled on a call.
Ivan Leow:
Andrew Robl:
Leow made a correct call, as he was currently leading but the turn was the giving Robl the straight. The river was the which completed the board and Leow was forced to double Robl to about 1,800,000. Leow was left with less than a million after the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Robl |
1,800,000
835,000
|
835,000 |
Ivan Leow |
900,000
-515,000
|
-515,000 |
Andrew Robl limped in the middle position with and Mikita Badziakouski raised to 110,000 in the cutoff, peeling . Robl called to see the hit the felt.
Robl checked and Badziakouski made it 130,000 to go. Robl tanked before moving all in and Badziakouski instantly mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Robl |
2,021,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Mikita Badziakouski |
1,950,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
Xuan Tan raised to 92,000 from the hijack and Cary Katz called in the cutoff.
After a checked from Xuan Tan on the flop of Cary Katz shoved for 1,400,000. Tan tanked for a bit then decided to call, putting himself at risk with a shorter stack.
Cary Katz:
Xuan Tan:
The board completed with the and the so that meant Tan would be sent to the rail as the 11th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cary Katz |
2,600,000
1,010,000
|
1,010,000 |
|
||
Xuan Tan | Busted |
With action picked up on the turn, Paul Phua checked to Mikita Badziakouski who fired 200,000 into 348,000, holding . Phua called with and the river gave him a full house.
Phua checked, Badziakouski fired a bet of 500,000 and Phua called after about a minute. He saw the bad news as Badziakouski had him beat with the flush.
The big pot went Badziakouski's way and he improved to 2.6 million while Phua slipped to 1,000,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikita Badziakouski |
2,600,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
||
Paul Phua |
1,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
Kenneth Kee picked up on the button, following four limps to the pot. Kee raised all in for 1,461,000 and the first limper Tom Dwan reshoved his big stack with , forcing the remaining players out of the way.
A huge flip for a 3 million chip pot got underway and Kee ended up scooping the huge chunk of chips when the board arrived, having turned an ace.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenneth Kee |
2,982,000
1,509,000
|
1,509,000 |
Tom Dwan |
2,300,000
-1,040,000
|
-1,040,000 |