APT High Roller

Kannapong Thanarattrakul shoved all in and received a call from Jennifer Cassell to put him at risk.

Jennifer Cassell: Q♣ 9♠

Kannapong Thanarattrakul: A♥ K♦

Thanarattrakul picked up the lead with an ace in hand, but it was short-lived as the board ran out 4♥ 7♠ 4♣ Q♣ 9♠ , improving Cassell to two pair, sending Thanarattrakul to the rail in sixteenth place for VND 142,700,000 (USD 5,620).

Clement Chau pushed his solitary 1,000 chip all-in from UTG+1 with Q♦ Q♥ and Toan Chan Truong shoved from the small-blind to isolate with A♣ 4♦

The flop came 7♠ 6♠ J♥ to keep Chau ahead. The turn T♦ and 7♣ river kept Chau's High Roller hopes alive as his stack grew to 19,000.

In the next hand, Chau shoved all-in again with Q♠ 6♣ from under the gun. Truong three-bet to 50,000 from the button with A♦ A♥ and Kannapong Thanarattrakul in the small blind with K♠ Q♦ and Gu Biao in the big blind with 4♠ 3♠ joined in.

The flop arrived K♣ 7♠ 8♠ The blinds checked to Truong who fired 52,000. Thanarattrakul raised to 125,000. Biao stepped down, but Truong shoved all-in for 202,000. Thanarattrakul added the 77,000 to match.

The turn came 7♣ and the river showed 2♠ to keep Truong ahead and make a big double-up. Chau, meanwhile, had his run ended.

Phanlert Sukonthachartnant raised to 24,000 from under the gun. William Teoh on the button and Kannapong Thanarattrakul from the big blind called.

Three players saw a flop roll off T♠ 6♠ :5fc:, and Thanarattrakul checked the action to Sukonthachartnant, who continued with a bet of 42,000, which only Thanarattrakul dropped in a call.

The turn showed a 9♣ , and both Thai players checked through to the A♦ river, where Thanarattrakul checked to Sukonthachartnant, who then fired 132,000. However, it didn’t deter Thanarattrakul from putting in a raise to 225,000. After a while, Sukonthachartnant made the call.

After Thanarattrakul tabled a straight with 8♠ 7♣ , leaving his countrymate no choice but to muck his hand.