Mystery Bounty ($565)

Loong Yuen Hong of Malaysia opens from the +1 position for 6,000 and France’s Jean Dufour 3-bet shoves right beside him in the +2 for all his chips worth 75,500. The action gets folded back to the Malaysian who snap calls.

Dufour shows A♠ J♦ while Loong flips over A♥ A♣ .

The flop gave the Frenchman a glimmer of hope: K♣ Q♣ 6♦ , but no help came from the last two community cards as the Q♦ and the 8♦ completed the runout and eliminates Dufour.

Loong is yet to draw his bounty.

Jhon Hendri of Indonesia raises from the +1 position to 8,000 and the action folds all the way to the BB of Frances Jean Dufour who opts to defend his BB.

The flop is 8♥ 4♦ 2♥ as Dufour checks. Hendri CBets for 7,000 and gets check-raised by the Frenchman to 20,000. The Indonesian 3-bets all-in for his remaining 89,000 and gets called.

Hendri tables J♥ T♥ for a flush draw while DuFour has K♦ 8♦ for top pair on the flop.

The turn is the 9♠ and the river is the Q♦ as Hendri was buying something but ended purchasing something else for the win: a runner-runner straight that brings him to the 200,000 chip mark while Dufour slips into the danger zone with less than 20 BBs.

In a hand joined in progress, the pot rose to 45,000 on a flop of 7♠ 2♥ 4♣ between protagonists Jean Dufour of France in the HJ and Korea’s Jang Sumin.

Dufour bets 16,000 and gets called. The turn is the 3♥ as both players opt to check. The river is the 3♦ as the Frenchman checks again. This time, Jang bets 37,000 and Dufour cannot call.

The Korean flips over A♣ 4♥ for a pair of fours on the flop and takes the chips in the middle.

Haile Rafik Kuo of Canada opens from UTB for 1,800 and gets called in the +2 position by France’s Jean Dufour. The action is folded to Dang Thanh Luong and the Vietnamese player 3-bets it to 7,600 as Kuo and Dufour make the call.

The flop is 8♠ 5♥ 8♥ as Dang slows down and checks. Kuo also pulls the breaks. Dufour takes the betting lead and unloads 7,500 but is met with a check-raise shove from Dang for 32,800. Kuo folds but the Frenchman makes the call.

Dang shows A♠ J♦ while Dufour reveals his T♦ T♠ .

The last two community cards of the hand are the 3♦ and the 8♣ to complete a full house for Dufour and sends Dang to the sidelines.

With the win, Dufour closes in on the 100,000 chip mark.