Main Event

An all-in preflop situation saw a classic Hold’em flip run for a 28 BB pot, Noel Regencia with the smaller stack.

Regencia A♠ K♠ Karl Batao Q♣ Q♦

The board J♦ J♣ 4♥ 4♦ 5♣ revealed no overcards to Batao’s pocket queens, eliminating Regencia from the table. Next deal sees Batao raise again with Q♥ Q♦ but merited no callers

Utg Oesterstroem Phenix opened to 4,000, followed by a three bet to 12,000 from Karl Batao two seats behind. Oesterstroem clapped back with another raise to 30,000, and Batao pushed a five-bet to 62,000 total. Oesterstroem found the fold, saving his chips for a better spot.

A button vs big blind battle, all the chips piled high in the middle preflop after Myungil Ryu fired a final five-bet jam of 96,500 total. Karl Batao found the call for his tournament life, only to find himself as the underdog.

Batao A♦ Q♣ Ryu A♥ K♣

Dominating his opponent for the huge pot, Ryu unfortunately saw a terrible runout on board 5♦ 9♥ K♦ T♦ 4♦ as the river completed Batao’s nutflush.

Hijack Ju Jaeheung opens to 1,200, called by Karl Batao on the button. Big blind Chen Zhigang raises to 5,200, called by both behind. Flop came A♦ 6♠ J♥ and Chen checked. Ju fired a bet of 6,300 and the two mucked their hands one after the other, not after Chen showed Q♣ Q♥ .