Kick Off

A pot of 140,000 brewed and the flop landed 9♠ 3♠ Q♠ . Under the gun Rommel Angeles and cutoff Jonathan Jia Hao check, and do the same on the turn K♣ for a free river 2♣ . Angeles checked again, Hao bet 50,000, Angeles called then mucked to Hao’s A♣ A♦ .

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.

Rommel Angeles is no longer the overwhelming chip leader having just paid a double up to Kiril Gelev. Heavy action preflop led to a 120,000 pot and Angeles raise-shoving on a flop 9♦ 2♦ 4♠ . Gelev called and showed Q♥ Q♣ which was way ahead of Angeles’ 7♥ 7♦ . The turn A♣ and river 8♣ secured the win for Gelev.

From under the gun, Kiril Alex Gelev limps then calls small blind Rommel Angeles‘ 20,000 raise. At the flop K♦ J♦ 2♥ , Gelev bets 12,000, Angeles check-raises to 45,000, Gelev folds.