Day 1A
Marc Anthony Joseph Wins Action-Packed Hand With Quads

Nang Quang Nguyen made a simple min-raise to 1,300 from UTG and Marc Anthony Joseph re-raised from the next seat to 3,100 with Gleb Dokuchaev making the call from the hi-jack, Ronald Ashley Jane defending the big blind and Nguyen completing for a four-way entering a flop of 7♣ 8♥ Q♣.
Action was checked to the big pre-flop raiser Joseph, who led out with 5,500 and was called by Dokuchaev and re-raised to 17,000 by Lane. Nguyen got out of the way, but Joseph re-popped it for 38,500. Dokuchaev called all-in for his remaining chips while Lane eventually folded for a two-player showdown.
Gleb Dokuchaev: Q♦ T♦
Marc Anthony Joseph: 8♠ 8♥
The turn and river followed K♠ 8♦, giving Joseph quads and huge pot while eliminating Dokuchaev.
Player | Chips |
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NQ Nang Quang Nguyen | 207,500(346 BB) |
MA March Anthony Joseph | 195,000(325 BB) |
RA Ronald Ashley Lane | 68,000(113 BB) |
GD Gleb Dokuchaev | busted |
Marc Anthony Joseph Improves Stack

Ronald Ashley Lane limped from UTG and when Amit Khaitan made it 1,500 from UTG + 1, two other callers Marc Anthony Joseph and Gleb Dokuchaev also joined in with Lane for four players to see a T♠ T♦ T♥ flop. Action was checked to Khaitan who fired 1,500. Joseph made the call, Dokuchaev got out of the way and Lane three-bet to 3,500. Khaitan gave up while Joseph pushed it to 11,500 and also pushed out Lane to take down the pot.
Player | Chips |
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RA Ronald Ashley Lane | 57,500(288 BB) |
GD Gleb Dokuchaev | 50,800(254 BB) |
MA Marc Anthony Joseph | 48,000(240 BB) |
AK Amit Khaitan | 43,600(218 BB) |