Main Event

Hijack Otsubo Megumi shoved his 26,000 stack in and was called by both players on the blinds - Stephen Howell and Paolo Boccaletti. The board ran 8♣ 5♥ K♣ 9♠ A♥ with no side pot action seen between the two.

Megumi A♣ Q♣ Howell Q♦ J♠ Boccaletti K♦ 2♦

Megumi’s top pair ends up good for the win, earning him a nice triple up to 83,000.

A blind vs blind battle, Stephen Howell opened to 4,000, called by Chen Ting Yi behind. Flop came 2♠ 5♣ 6♦ and Howell continued with another 4,000 bet. Chen raised all-in, called by his opponent.

Chen 5♥ 3♥ Howell T♠ T♣

A pair with a straight draw, Chen missed to hit any of his outs on either turn K♦ or river 8♠ . Howell’s pocket pair holds for the win.

A three way three bet pot ensued with small blind Ho Swee Ngee as the aggressor. Flop came 9♦ 8♥ 3♥ and Ho continued with a 6,500 bet on an 11,900 pot. Only Stephen Howell called and moved on to turn 4♣ . Ho checks, Howell moved all-in, pushing Ho to give up the battle.