Superstar Challenge (66,000 NTD)

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing A♦ 4♣ Q♣ 3♠ and around 100,000 chips in the middle when both Chi Hsiang Chiu from early position and Murly Manokharan on the cutoff checked through. The river carried out the 3♦, and the action went check-check again. Chiu turned two pair with A♠ J♦, leaving Manokharan no choice but to concede the pot.

Murly Manokharan shoved all in from under the gun and Yeh Hung Wei dropped in a call from late position to put Manokharan at risk.

The dealer quickly delivered 8♥ 7♦ Q♥ Q♣ T♣, improving Manokharan’s Q♦ J♣ to trips of queens and leaving Wei’s Ace-Jack no chance to win.

A flop came A♠ 9♣ T♣ with around 40,000 chips in the pot, Kristof Segers bet 18,000 from under the gun and Murly Manokharan dropped in a call from late position. The 3♥ showed on the turn, and Segers checked to Manokharan, who bet 24,000. Segers stuck around to see a 4♠ hit on the river. The action went check-check. After Segers tabled K♦ J♦ for a missed straight draw, Manokharan flipped over a flopped top pair of ace with A♦ 5♣.

Tse Yueh Tsai opened to 16,000 on the button and received two callers from the blind – Murly Manokharan and Ori Kossonogi. A flop ran out K♠ A♦ T♠, And the blinds checked to Tsai, who continued with a bet of 17,000, which Manokharan got out of the way and Kossonogi called. The 2♥ hit on the turn, and the action went check-check. The T♣ dropped on the river, where Tsai check-folded after Kossonogi sent a bet of 20,000.

Adrien Favre opened to 5,000 from under the gun and received three callers – Murly Manokharan from the cutoff, Suparerk Totsaponvisad on the button, and Tzu Chun Lin from the big blind. A flop came K♠ J♦ 9♥, and Lin checked to Favre, who continued with a bet of 10,000. Only Totsaponvisad dropped in a call. The A♣ hit on the turn, and the action went check-check. The river showed 5♣, prompting a bet of 15,000 from Favre, which forced Totsaponvisad to fold.

Murly Manokharan opened to 5,000 on the button and Jung Hyun Kim defended from the big blind. A flop came J♥ 2♠ 3♣, and Kim checked to Manokharan, who continued with a bet of 7,500. Kim dropped in a call. The 6♦ hit on the turn, where the action went check-check. The river brought a 4♦, which Kim changed his strategy and fired out 20,000, forcing Manokharan to fold.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board spreading 6♠ J♠ 7♠ 8♥ when Murly Manokharan checked from the small blind to Yeongseon Son, from under the gun, who also checked. The river brought the 5♠, and the action went check-check. After Manokharan tabled 9♦ 8♠ for a rivered flush, Son threw his cards into the muck.

Adrien Favre opened to 4,000 from the hijack and received two callers, Kai Cheng Hsu from the cutoff and Murly Manokharan on the button. A flop filled out 8♠ A♦ 6♦, which Favre and Hsu checked to Manokharan, who fired 8,000. Only Favre dropped in a call to see the 5♥ hit on the turn, where Favre check-called after Manokharan fired another barrel of 24,000. The river brought a J♥. Favre kept his strategy and checked to his opponent, and Manokharan sent another chunky bet of 25,000, sending Favre into the tank. Eventually, Favre threw his cards into the muck.

Baron Ha opened to 3,500 from the cutoff and Pan Sanroma made the call on the button. Murly Manokharan then three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind. Only Sanroma dropped in a call. Both players read a flop of J♣ 7♣ 4♠ and checked through to the 7♥ turn, where Manokharan fired out 10,000. Sanroma stuck around to see a K♦ fall on the river. Manokharan then bet 5,500 and Sanroma called. Manokharan quickly tabled A♠ K♥ for rivered two pair, leaving his opponent no choice but to muck the hand.

Kun Han Lee opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and Murly Manokharan defended from the big blind. Both players saw a flop come 7♠ 9♦ 8♦ and the action went check-check. The 4♦ hit on the turn, where Manokharan changed his strategy and bet 5,000, forcing Lee to fold.

Po Yung Hui opened to 2,000 on the button and received two callers from the blinds – Murly Manokharan and Kai Cheng Hsu. The flop filled out J♠ 6♠ K♠, bringing flush and straight draw possibilities, and all three players checked through. The turn brought a 5♦, which Manokharan checked over, and Hsu led out for 3,500, and it was enough to make the other two players to fold.