Superstar Challenge (66,000 NTD)

Ori Kossonogi raised to 500,000 on the button only to be jammed by Jason Lau from the small blind for 3,075,000. Kossonogi dropped in a call to put Lau at risk.

Jason Lau K♣ J♠

Ori Kossonogi A♣ K♠

Kossonogi held the lead on the flop of 5♣ 6♣ A♠, leaving Lau with slim chances of winning the hand. The runout swiftly revealed 2♠ and J♣, sealing Lau's elimination in fourth place for a payout of NTD 376,500.

Jason Lau shoved all in from the cutoff and Kristof Segers called from the small blind to put Lau at risk.

Kristof Segers A♦ 9♣

Jason Lau Q♦ Q♠

Lau have the lead with pocket queen, and even improved to a set on the flop of Q♥ 8♣ J♣. Segers is looking for a ten to win the hand. Unfortunately for Segers, the runout came for Lau as it brought K♦ and Q♣. Lau’s set of queens bloomed into quads, securing him a much-needed double-up.

Ori Kossonogi limped in from the small blind and Jason Lau checked from the big blind.

A flop showed 5♣ J♠ K♦, and Kossonogi checked the action to Lau, who bet 250,000, which Kossonogi dropped in a call to see the 3♦ fall on the turn, where the action went check-check.

The river brought an 8♥. Kossonogi fired 450,000, forcing Lau to toss his cards into the muck.

A flop filled out 9♦ 6♥ 3♦ with around 925,000 chips in the middle. Jason Lau shoved all in on the button for 7,700,000, and Kristof Segers also went all in for around 3,500,000.

Jason Lau 9♣ 7♥

Kristof Segers Q♠ 9♥

Both players flopped a pair of nines, but Segers picked up the lead with kicker queen. The ran out revealed Q♥ and 4♦, securing Segers a double up.

Ori Kossonogi opened the cutoff to 400,000 and Jason Lau three-bet to 1,000,000 on the button, which Kossonogi called.

A monotone flop came 3♠ K♠ J♠, and Kossonogi checked it to Lau, who bet 500,000, forcing his opponent to fold.

A flop filled out 4♣ T♦ 7♦ with around 650,000 chips in the middle. Kirstof Segers checked from the big blind to Jason Lau, on the cutoff, who also checked over. The Q♣ fell on the turn, where Segers check-called after Lau fired out 425,000. The river brought the 6♠, and Segers checked over again. Lau fired another barrel of 1,880,000 after tanking a long time, which Segers stuck around to take it to a showdown.

Lau tabled a rivered straight with 9♣ 8♣, leaving Segers no choice but to muck the hand.

Chen Yu Hung shoved all in from under the gun for 735,000 and received two caller, Ori Kossonogi from the cutoff and Jason Lau on the button.

Chen Yu Hung A♣ Q♠

Ori Kossonogi Q♦ Q♥

Jason Lau K♥ A♦

The board ran out: 7♣ J♠ 7♦ 9♣ A♥, providing no help to Hung and sending him to the rail in 6th Place for NTD 239,800

Kristof Segers opened the cutoff to 250,000 and Jason Lau shoved all in for 1,410,000 from the small blind, which Segers called to put his opponent at risk.

Kristof Segers A♥ T♦

Jason Lau A♠ J♣

The dealer soon delivered a board of 2♣ Q♦ 6♦ A♣ 6♠, both players chop the pot.

Meng Ling Lin shoved al in from the hijack for and received four callers, Jason Lau from the cutoff, Kai Cheng Hsu on the button, Hsuan Cheng Lai from the small blind, and Ori Kossonogi from the big blind.

The four callers checked through the board of 6♠ 3♠ 8♥ A♣ K♥. Lin tabled J♥ 8♦, Lau showed 5♣ 5♦, Hsu flipped K♠ J♦, Kossonogi revealed 9♦ 3♥, Lai showed A♠ J♠, Lai's Pair of Ace on the turn wins the multi pot, sealing the deal of Lin’s elimination in eleventh place.

We didn't catched the hand but according to Adrien Favre; Jason Lau raised from under the gun and Adrien Favre shoved all in from the big blind and was called Lau. The board came with ace-five-eight-ten-four, improving Lau’s ace-jack to a pair of aces against Favre’s king-high with king-three.

A flop came 3♣ 3♥ 5♣ with around 100,000 chips in the pot, and Chen Yu Hung checked the action from the big blind to Jason Lau, from the cutoff, who led out for 65,000, which was enough to make Hung snap-fold.

Jason Lau raised to 30,000 from the small blind and Ori Kossonogi defended from the big blind.

A flop filled out K♣ 5♦ 3♥, and Lau continued with a bet of 30,000, which Kossonogi dropped in a call to see the 4♠ fall on the turn, where Lau fired out 77,000 after tanking for a long time. Kossonogi then stuck around. The river brought a 3♠. Lau changed his strategy and checked the action to Kossonogi, who also checked to a free showdown. Lau flipped 9♣ 8♥, which was not enough to best the ace-high of Kossonogi’s A♠ Q♦.

Adrien Favre raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Jason Lau defended from the big blind. A flop ran out 6♣ A♦ 9♥, and both players checked through to see the Q♠ fall on the turn, where the action went check-check again. The river brought the 7♣, and Lau fired a barrel of 13,000, which was enough to make Favre muck the hand.

Adrien Favre limped in from early position and Jason Lau checked from the big blind. A flop came 9♦ J♣ 3♥, and Lau check-called after Favre led out for 8,000. The T♦ fell on the turn, where Lau fired 10,000, forcing Favre to muck the hand.