Day 2
Xu Bo’s rockets earn the maximum then pays the maximum
All in preflop with Xu Bo’s A♠ A♣ pulling through against Julian Salvesen’s A♦ Q♥ on a jack-high board.
Next hand, Xu Bo wakes up with J♠ J♣ and engages in a preflop bet war with Tran Duc Kien that leads to both all in. Tran has A♠ Q♣ . The board runs A♦ K♠ 4♦ 5♣ 3♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,200,000(55 BB) | 2,200,000 | |
XB | 1,920,000(48 BB) | 1,920,000 |
XB | 900,000(23 BB) | -1,020,000 |
275,000(7 BB) | -325,000 |
Big pot for Michael Kim Falcon soars to 2M
Michael Kim Falcon crossed into 2M after taking down a massive pot. It opens with Julian Salvesen raising to 24,000, hijack Hernan Villa and button Falcon both call. More chips tossed in on the flop 8♠ 6♥ K♠ . Salvesen c-bets 35,000, Villa snap-calls, Falcon calls.
The turn 5♥ sees another c-bet from Salvesen of 75,000, Villa snap-calls, Falcon raises to 200,000, and is called by both. The river 6♣ is checked to Falcon who fires 250,000, gets called again by both players, Falcon tables 7♦ 4♦ straight. Salvesen mucks, Villa shows A♦ K♣ two pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,200,000(183 BB) | 900,000 | |
600,000(50 BB) | 600,000 | |
23,000(2 BB) | -727,000 |