
Flight A
Yun Doubles Up with Rivered Trips
On a completed board of 3♣ 5♥ 9♥ K♦ 9♠ , Sung Jin Yun moved all-in for 18,800, putting his tournament life on the line in pursuit of a 60,000-chip pot.
Vytautaas Laurinaitis, in the cutoff, took his time contemplating the call before eventually committing his chips.
Sung Jin Yun: 9♣ 7♣
Vytautaas Laurinaitis: K♥ Q♥
Yun’s rivered trips crushed Laurinaitis’ top pair, securing him a crucial double-up as the tournament’s final level of the day played out.
Player | Chips |
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114,000(81 BB) | |
SJ Sung Jin Yun | 81,000(58 BB) |
Laurinaitis Small Bets To Victory
Vytautas Laurinaitis raised to 800 from UTG and got called by Aaron Richard Valencia on the hi-jack and Carlo Calingasan on the big blind.
All three were shown a flop of Q♥ 4♥ 9♥ . All checked to see a Q♠ on th turn.
Calingasan checked his option to Laurinaitis who counted off 2,500 to put in the middle. Valencia made the call while Calingasan got out of the way.
The river showed a 5♥ . Laurinaitis put in just 1,100 and Valencia took his time to stare at the flop before giving up the pot.
Player | Chips |
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AV Aaron Valencia | 35,000(88 BB) |
busted |