Superstar Challenge

Again a preflop shove by Josh McCully with A♥ Q♥ up against Ivan Lee’s K♣ J♦ . The board ran 3♣ 8♥ T♥ 5♥ 2♥ for McCully to claim his fourth double up.

Several hands later, McCully raises 25,000 from utg+1 and finds two callers to the flop 4♠ 2♦ 9♥ . McCully c-bets 33,000, button folds, big blind Jin Hoon Le calls then both check the turn T♦ . On the river 8♣ , McCully shoves, Lee tanks using up one time back then folds.

Having just doubled up Josh McCully, Anton Lu engages in a preflop betting war with Jin Hoon Lee leading to another showdown. Lu with A♣ Q♠ , Lee K♥ K♣ , board runs 2♦ T♠ 8♣ T♣ 5♣ , kings hold.

Josh McCully invincible at Superstar Challenge Day 1, bags an enormous stack

Date: March 24, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 120,000,000 (~USD 4,938) Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~USD 121,000) Entries: 118 (72 unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 12,819,500,000 (~USD 517,000) ITM: 18 players

Down to just 12 bb, Lin Jian Wei risked it all on Josh McCully’s shove and was ahead at the with A♣ K♣ against Q♠ 5♥ , but with the board dropping two fives, 5♦ 5♠ 4♣ J♣ 9♠ , that just about sealed the day with Lin falling on the bubble.

Jin Hoon Lee Q♣ Q♥ dominates Teoh Kok Wei’s 8♦ 8♣ throughout the board for a double up during the bubble round.