Mystery Bounty ($565)

With the action already on the turn in a head up contest between Korea’s Lee Han Sic and Santiago Soriano Ramos of Spain, the pot has built to 24,000 on a board of 6♣ J♠ 5♠ Q♦ Lee declares he is all-in and is called all-in by Ramos for his last 14,000.

Lee shows A♠ J♦ for top pair on the flop while Ramos tables A♦ Q♣ for top pair on the turn. The river is the Q♥ to give the Spaniard backdoor trips and a much needed double up.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Duc Thanh opens from the +2 position for 1,300 and draws four callers.

The flop is A♣ Q♣ J♥ and all five players opt to check. The turn is the J♣ as now Nguyen leads out for 2,200. He gets a call from Korea’s Lee Han Sic from the HJ as everyone else folds. It is heads up to the river of the 9♣ as this time, Nguyen checks. Lee unloads a bet of 5,000 which gets no call from his Vietnamese opponent.

The action is folded to chip leader Nguyen Quang Huy on the D and the Vietnamese player raises to 1,000. Lee Han Sic of Korea chooses to defend his BB.

The flop is 7♥ 4♣ T♣ as Lee checks. Nguyen once again fires 1,000 and again Lee makes the call. The turn is the 4♥ and again the Koren checks. Nguyen goes all-in and Lee pushes all his remaining 7,500 to make the call.

Nguyen shows T♠ 8♦ for top pair on the flop while Lee turns over K♦ 4♦ for trips on the turn and avoided all of his opponent’s outs by seeing the 6♦ on the river.

Lee dents Nguyen’s stack a bit with the hit, but the player from Vietnam remains the overall chip-leader in spite of it.

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♥.

Korea’s Lee Han Sic opens from the +1 position and gets calls from Alex Wong of Malaysia in the HJ and Evgenii Zaitsev in the SB.

The flop comes 2♥ J♣ 8♣ as all players check. The turn is the 6♥ as Zaitsev checks again. Lee comes out firing for 1,500 as Wong folds. Zaitsev check-raises to 6,000 and it is enough to make the Korean lay down his hand.

Worawat Tanglakthongchai of Thailand opens from the HJ for 600 and gets called on the D by Korea’s Lee Han Sic.

The flop is J♠ T♠ 9♠ as Tanglakthongchai CBets for 300 and is quickly called. The turn is the 4♣ and once again the Thai player fires out, this time for 1,000. He stil gets called by Lee. The river is the 7♣ and Tanglakthongchai fires 1,000 anew. Lee calls.

Tanglakthongchai tables K♥ 7♥ for pair of sevens on the river and a missed double-gutter. Lee shows Q♥ T♣ for middle pair on the flop and a missed open-ended straight draw to take down the pot.