Flight A
Foster Turns a Straight

Dylan Foster opened the cutoff to 2,200 and Alexander Charron defended from the big blind.
Both read a flop of 8♠ 5♦ 4♠ and checked through to see the 2♠ fall on the turn, where Charron bet 4,000 and Foster made the call.
The river showed a Q♠ . The action went check-check. Foster showed a straight with A♦ 3♠ , leaving Charron to muck his hand.
Player | Chips |
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DF Dylan Foster | 134,000(134 BB) |
AC Alexander Charron | 45,000(45 BB) |
Battle of the Under-the-Guns

Gab Yong Kim opened to 1,200 from under-the-gun, and Alexander Charron, seated directly to his left, three-bet to 4,000. William Teoh, in UTG+2, called the raise, and Kim also called when the action returned to him.
On the flop, both Kim and Charron checked, allowing Teoh to take the lead with a bet of 8,500. Kim responded with a raise to 20,000, which forced Charron to fold. Teoh then went all-in, and Kim called, putting his tournament life on the line.
Gab Yong Kim: J♦ 9♦
William Teoh: Q♥ 8♥
Kim hit top pair on the flop, while Teoh had only mid-pair with his eight. The dealer completed the board with the turn 5♠ and river A♥ , securing Kim's lead and leaving Teoh with just 5 big blinds.
Player | Chips |
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GY Gab Yong Kim | 62,000(103 BB) |
AC Alexander Charron | 50,000(83 BB) |
WT William Teoh | 4,000(7 BB) |
Kings Not Enough
Alexander Charron opened under-the-gun to 300. Everybody folded to the small blind, Liu Jun, who three-bet to 1,300 which Charron called.
The flop dropped 8♠ 7♠ 9♦ which both players checked. The 6♣ was checked on the turn by Jun allowing Charron to bet 1,500. Jun called.
Jun led with 1,500 on the river 9♠ which Charron called. Jun showed K♥ K♣ and Charron flipped over the winning hand K♦ T♠ for a straight on the turn.
Player | Chips |
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AC Alexander Charron | 44,300(443 BB) |
LJ Liu Jun | 35,700(357 BB) |