Main Event

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♦ .

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.

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.