Kick Off

Hijack Li Oleg raises to 100,000, button Jerson Quiras and big blind call. At the flop 2♣ Q♣ 5♠ , Li announces all in, Quiras joins in, and bb folds. Li has A♦ 3♦ , Quiras with K♠ Q♦ top pair. The turn J♣ and river 5h} keep Quiras ahead.

Li is down to <1 bb and shoves with K♣ 9♥ , Ashley Patterson denies him the double up with T♣ T♠ spiking the river for a victorious set on a board 7♥ K♣ K♦ A♦ T♥ .

Cutoff Kenzo Mendoza raises to 90,000 then calls big blind Li Oleg’s three-bet shove. Mendoza has T♠ J♦ , Li with A♥ 7♠ . The board runs Q♠ 8♦ 5♦ Q♣ 5♣ for ace-high kicker to win.

Under the gun Li Oleg raises to 28,000 then calls Bonifacio Mondalo’s 85,000 three-bet. The flop comes 5♠ 9♦ K♥ . Li checks, Mondalo bets 75,000, Li folds.

Shortly after paying a double up to Kiril Gelev, Rommel Angeles loses some to the aggressive Li Oleg. The hand opens with small blind Li raising to 20,000 and Angeles defending the big blind. Both players then check the flop Q♦ Q♠ 5♠ . On the turn A♠ , Li bets 32,000 and is called. On the river 3♠ , Li fires a larger 83,000, Angeles folds. Li shows K♦ 8♥ semi bluff with king-high.

Li Oleg is the first player to charge upwards and be close to par with the leader Rommel Angeles. On the flip side, Edwin Dela Cruz plunges to 5 bb. Action opens from under the gun, Li raises to 16,000 and finds two callers to the flop Q♠ 4♦ 5♥ . Li c-bets 30,000 and is called by both players. On the turn 6♥ , Li sends out 63,000, button Kiril Gelev folds, small blind Dela Cruz check-calls. On the river 3♥ , Li fires 140,000, Dela Cruz check-calls for the third time then mucks to Li’s A♥ 7♥ nut flush on the river.

Li Oleg and John Tech vie for a pot of 36,000 with a board that completed to K♠ 7♥ A♦ 6♥ 8♥ . Big blind Tech check-raised from 18,000 to make it 62,000 to go, lojack Oleg three-bet shoved. Tech called and showed 5♥ 3♥ flush. Oleg had the better flush J♥ T♥ .