Flight A
Tanglakthongchai raises Abbasov out on flop
Thailand’s Worawat Tanglakthongchai opens from the D for 1,600 and gets 3-bet in the SB by Khayal Abbasov of Azerbaijan to 4,000. Tanglakthongchai opts to make the call.
The flop comes 2♠ Q♥ Q♣ as Abbasov CBets it to 2,000 but gets raised by Tanglakthongchai to 6,000. The Azerbaijani folds.
Player | Chips |
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WT Worawat TanglakthongchaiThailand | 53,200(67 BB) |
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 14,100(18 BB) |
Nguyen Quang Huy nears 80k mark, flashes Aces against Abbasov
Khayal Abbasov of Azerbaijan open from the +1 position and gets a call from Vietnam’s Nguyen Quang Huy In the HJ.
The board is 2♦ 8♦ 7♣ 8♠ and the pot is already at 23,900. The river is the J♣ as Nguyen fires a bet of 14,000 and gets a call from Abbasov.
Nguyen tables A♠ A♥ as Abbasov opts to muck his hand. The Vietnamese icon is the current chip leader as he nears the 80,000 chip mark unabated.
Player | Chips |
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NQ Nguyen Quang HuyViet Nam | 76,000(152 BB) |
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 24,900(50 BB) |
Chip Count at the Break
Player | Chips |
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LY Lin YuTaiwan | 56,000(140 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang HuyViet Nam | 53,000(133 BB) |
YL Yuen LoongMalaysia | 52,600(132 BB) |
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 51,900(130 BB) |
DA Dang Anh DucViet Nam | 49,000(123 BB) |
FK Fujishiro KazukiJapan | 40,300(101 BB) |
38,400(96 BB) | |
ND Nguyen Duc ThanhViet Nam | 33,400(84 BB) |
HS Hong Sung HeonKorea (Republic of) | 32,500(81 BB) |
Abbasov’s Cowboys meet Nguyen Quang Huy’s Rockets
In a preflop raising war, Azerbaijan’s Khayal Abbasov and Nguyen Quang Huy of Vietnam send all their chips to the middle of the table with Abbasov holding K♠ K♥ and Nguyen tabling A♠ A♣ .
The flop goes 2♠ 5♥ J♠ while the turn was the A♥ to seal matters in this hand. The river of the 9♠ made it an official double up for Nguyen at the expense of the Azerbaijani.
Player | Chips |
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NQ Nguyen Quang HuyViet Nam | 45,600(152 BB) |
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 32,800(109 BB) |
Abbasov’s Kings hold
Khayal Abbasov of Azerbaijan opens from UTG to 600 and gets calls from a pair of Koreans in Lee Han Sic in the CO and Lee Byung Soo on the D.
The flop is J♥ 3♠ 2♥ as Abbasov, the preflop aggressor, and Lee Han Sic check. Lee Byung Soo takes the betting lead for 1,200 and gets check-raised by Abbasov. Lee Han Sic chooses to call while Lee Byung Soo folds. It is heads up to the turn which produces the Q♣ . The Azerbaijani fires again, this time for 6,600. Lee still calls. The river is the Q♥ and this time, Abbasov slows down against the Korean and only bets 2,200. Lee then raises it 12,200 an still gets a call from Abbasov.
Lee is forced to table 5♠ 4♠ for a missed open-ended straight draw and a missed flush while Abbasov tables—in relief—Kc K♥.
Player | Chips |
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KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 46,700(234 BB) |
LB Lee Byung SooKorea (Republic of) | 20,700(104 BB) |
LH Lee Han SicKorea (Republic of) | 10,500(53 BB) |
Lee makes Abbasov fold
Azerbaijan’s Khayal Abbasov opens from UTG for 300 and gets three callers, including Korea’s Lee Han Sic in the SB.
The flop is K♦ 9♦ T♠ as it is checked by to Abbasov who continues for 700. Only Lee makes the call. It is heads up to the turn and it is the A♥ . Lee donks in for 3,500 and it is enough to make Abbasov lay it down.
Player | Chips |
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KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan | 38,400(384 BB) |
LH Lee Han SicKorea (Republic of) | 28,400(284 BB) |