Mystery Bounty ($565)

A player from UTG decides to put his remaining 1,000 in the middle as France’s Guillaume Lafont 3-bets it to 2,500 from the +2 position. The action is folded to Mai Bien of Vietnam who defends his BB.

The flop is 2♥ 9♥ T♦ as Mai checks. Lafont CBets for 2,000 and Mai calls. The turn is the T♥ and this time, both check. The river is 2♣ and both players decide to take it to showdown.

The all-in player shows J♠ 8♠ for a missed straight while Mai tables 5♦ 5♠. Lafont mucks and now Mai’s stack nears the 50,000 mark.

In an unraised pot between SB Lee Jang kyu of Korea and France’s Guillaume Lafont in the BB, the flop comes 2♦ K♥ A♠ as Lee checks. Lafont leads out for 300 and gets called. The turn is the 9♣ and the Korean checks again. Lafont now fires 3,000 and still gets a call from Lee. The river is the 7♥ and now Lee comes out betting for 8,200 which gets quickly called by the Frenchman.

Lee shows K♦ 9♠ for two pairs on the turn while Lafont tables A♦ 2♠ for a higher two pairs on the flop.

Lafont’s stack surges to above 40,000.