Utg opened to 14,000, Richard Marquez fired a raise to 28,000 and was called by both Xia Qi and the original raiser behind. Flop came A♠ J♥ T♥ , utg leads out for 30,000, called by Marquez. Xia puts in a raise to 105,000, utg folds, and Marquez then uses three time banks before moving all-in, Xia with a final call.
Marquez A♥ J♠ Xia J♣ J♦
Top two pair vs set, Marquez was left drawing to two aces from the deck, none of which arrived on turn 4♣ and river 7♦ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 550,000(92 BB) | 550,000 |
| 85,000(14 BB) | -275,000 |
Down to 12 BB, hijack Dave Erquiaga moved all-in for 36,500 and was called by big blind Richard Marquez.
Erquiaga A♥ 9♠ Marquez J♥ J♠
The board 4♠ T♣ 5♥ 5♦ K♦ ran king-high and was no scare for Marquez as he sent local pro Erquiaga out of the Main Event games.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 360,000(120 BB) | 320,000 |
Two players limped and cut off Richard Marquez bumped it up to 2,000, called by three opponents. The flop saw A♠ 5♦ J♣ and was checked around. Turn came 5♣ and small blind Kuen Chong led out for 3,700, player folds and Marquez raises to 14,000. Button folds and Chong calls for his remaining chips.
Marquez 5♥ 8♥ Chong A♣ T♦
Drawing dead against Marquez’ turned trips, Chong heads for the rails with Marquez taking the boost to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 40,000(67 BB) | 40,000 |
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