
Flight B
Set Over Set Sends Maxwell Rosete Out

With 11,700 seen in the middle on flop Q♦ 5♥ 2♥ , both stacks rushed to the middle - Maxwell Rosete at risk for his 24,700 stack against Tamon Nakamura.
Tamon Nakamura 5♦ 5♣
Maxwell Rosete 2♠ 2♣
A set over set situation, Nakamura's higher set took the win with the turn K♣ and river 3♦ making no difference.
Player | Chips |
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TN Tamon Nakamura | 35,700(71 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | busted |
Second Bullet Pays Off for Johnson Tan
Tamon Nakamura sent out a 3,000 three bet on the button vs Johnson Tan's cutoff open and saw Tan and Roxanne Victorino on the big blind, continue to flop Q♥ 2♦ K♥ . Victorino led 5,000, called by both onto turn 6♣ . Action this time, checked to Nakamura, who bet 15,000. Both stuck around to see river 2♠ , where no more bets went in the middle.
Tan showed trip deuces A♥ 2♥ , and claimed the win.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JT Johnson Tan | 95,000(190 BB) |
35,000(70 BB) | |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 32,100(64 BB) |
Top Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 81,000(162 BB) |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 70,300(141 BB) |
67,000(134 BB) | |
JW Ju Won Chung | 59,600(119 BB) |
HT Ho-Tai Tsai | 54,000(108 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 51,300(103 BB) |
51,000(102 BB) | |
49,000(98 BB) | |
48,000(96 BB) | |
AK Akihiro Kawaguchi | 46,000(92 BB) |
RM Richard Marquez | 45,000(90 BB) |
PE Paul Elliott | 41,800(84 BB) |
GC Graham Cowan | 41,300(83 BB) |
DK Dk Kim Kunwoo | 37,000(74 BB) |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 34,500(69 BB) |
Xiong Cheng Heads for the Rails

Xiong Cheng opened utg, and went on to fourbet jam his 15,000 stack against Tamon Nakamura's raise behind. Nakamura snap called, putting Cheng at risk.
Cheng ahead, was crushed to see an ace on board A♠ 3♦ 8♣ 6♠ 3♠ , enough to send his cowboys flying towards the muck.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TN Tamon Nakamura | A♦Q♠ D | 70,300(176 BB) |
K♥K♣ UTG | busted |
Tamon Nakamura Bets All the Way

Vying for 6,800 in the middle on flop K♦ 2♦ 8♦ , Tamon Nakamura led for 2,000, followed by another 6,000 on turn Q♣ . Joshua Cuevas behind, called both streets but let it go after Nakamura finished with an all-in on river 3♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TN Tamon Nakamura | 59,300(148 BB) |
11,700(29 BB) |
Roxanne Victorino Picks Up a Win

A button vs blind battle brewed a pot of 4,000 in the middle across board 9♦ 2♠ T♥ 9♥ . Roxanne Victorino led for 3,000, and finished with a final 5,000 on river K♠ . Tamon Nakamura called the initial action but was left unable to continue after Victorino asked for more.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
34,500(345 BB) | |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 24,400(244 BB) |