Kick Off

Le Giang Nam calls Brenton Buttigieg’s 15,000 three-bet to see the flop T♠ 9♠ 5♦ . Le check-calls another 15,000 bet then both head to the turn K♠ . Le switches up with a 35,000 bet, Buttigieg shoves (85,000), Le calls and shows Q♦ J♦ straight ahead of Buttigieg’s K♦ K♥ set. The river 6♣ finishes off Buttigieg in brutal fashion.

Following a 5,000 raise, Jun Li three-bets all in for 26,500, small blind Brenton Buttiegieg calls and goes head to head with Li after initial raiser folds. Li turns over K♠ K♦ and is looking good for an easy double up against Buttigieg’s 9♥ 9♣ , but when the flop runs 9♠ 4♥ 4♦ , Buttigieg improves to a full house leaving Li to hunt for his own bad beat card. The turn Q♠ is no help but the river K♣ is the money card. Li banks the higher full house to deny Buttigieg his early suck out.