Won Poker Cup

We come to the table with Kevin JR jamming all-in at the button after a raise from Anshu Zheng. A♠ usual, everyone got out of the way except for initial raiser Zheng who decided to make the call.

JR showed 6♣ 6♠ against Zheng's A♦ Q♠. Community Cards showed 3♦ 4♣ Q♦ 2♠. A♠ the river card displayed J♦, Zheng gave a cheer of joy, the other remaining players all gave a sigh of relief and the Asst. TD Jay barked the order, "Start bagging your chips!"

JR left the tournament and Day1B was at an end.

Kevin JR with his 70,000 chip stack went all-in. With no callers, he showed his hand as 7♣ 2♣.

With players to to secure a spot into Day 2, players are careful to go all-in. But Gil Keon Ho braved an all-in with Q♠ Q♥ against Dao Minh Phu's 5♥ 5♠.

Board revealed J♥ K♦ 4♠ A♠ 3♠ doubling up Ho in the process.

Anshu Zheng and Edison asked the Tournament Director something in Chinese which we couldn't understand. TD answered in English, "1 hour more to reach to end at Level 15 to end the day." Zheng gave a disgusted look at this as Edison just laughed.

Every all-in call had been a heart-stopping moment for the players remaining on the field.

We reached the table with Gil Keon Ho and Ton Qing Feng tanking with a time card thrown in with the board complete 4♥ K♦ 9♥ A♦ 7♦. After much thought, Feng called.

Ho held A♥ Q♠ while Feng had A♣ Q♣ for a chop.

Knowing how precarious the situation is, Kevin JR decided to push his 40,000 chip stack in the middle of the pot. This was enough to scare huge stacked Yen Chun How and Anshu Zheng out of the pot

We found Yen Chun How, Anshu Zheng and Kevin JR just floating their hands all the way to the turn. But with a river T♦ How decided to steal the pot with a bet of 5,000 which made the other players fold to protect their stacks.

Gil Keon Ho raised the pot to 8,000 which got called by Dao Minh Phu at big blind. Flop came 8♠ 5♥ A♠. Phu checked and Ho shot out 11,000 which Phu called again. Turn was 2♣. Ho bet another 14,000 as Phu continued to ride along. At the river 5♠, both players checked for Phu to show A♣ 3♣ to win the pot.

With only 10 players remaining in the field, Tournament Director Jimmy Chun has decided to stop the day the moment 9 players are reached.

We caught the action as Ton Qing Feng was all-in on a board of 8♥ 4♥ 5♠ 8♠ 2♦ against Anna Nguyen, the only woman in the field. After asking for a count, Nguyen called And Feng tabled A♣ 8♣. Nguyen disgustedly threw her hole cards open on the table showing 9♦ 9♣ and started stomping off the floor.

We reached the table with Gil Keon Ho all-in with an unknown player.

The unknown player's hopes of staying in the tournament was dashed when his A♠ K♠ witnessed a board 9♣ 3♠ 7♦ 3♥ T♠ which gave Ho's pocket T♦ T♣ a boat to win the pot.

Liv Shangfei raised 5,000 under the gun and was called by Anshu Zheng and Edison at big blind.

Edison checking to Shangfei on a K♥ 2♥ A♠ flop, Shangfei shot another 11,000 into the pot which got called by Zheng. Edison folded.

A 7♣ turn got checked by both players as well as a 2♦ river. Zheng showed K♣ T♣ to win the pot

Another all-in situation happened, with the same hands but on a different table. An unknown player was all-in with A♣ J♠ against Zhang Shangfei who was holding A♦ K♦.

Board displayed 9♦ A♥ 8♥ 6♠ 7♠. Shangfei wins the pot while another player bites the dust.

We came back to the table to find the buddies at it again in a heads-up all-in situation between Matteo Brunelli and Mr Gan. The hands were already tabled and the board complete which showed:

Brunelli: A♠ K♥

Gan: A♦ J♥

Board: T♣ 6♠ T♠ 2♦ 9♣

Brunelli's kicker played leaving Gan with a few big blinds left for a stack.

Just prior to the hand, Matteo Brunelli offered Mr Gan a gin and tonic he ordered as a sign of poker friendship. But when it comes to tournament survival, gin and tonic were forgotten for an all-in heads-up action between poker friends.

In midposition, Mr. Gan raised the pot to 3,500 and Brunelli at hijack jammed his stack all-in for 26,000. Mr Gan made the call to show A♣ 8♣ against Brunelli's 9♥ 9♣.

The board unfurled 4♣ Q♣ 9♦ 5♦ 3♦. After winning with a set, Brunelli is once again ready to share a different set of gin and tonic with Mr Gan.

After Anna Nguyen limped, Unknown player at dealer button raised to 1,500. Yen Chun How from small blind 3-bet to 6,000 which received a shove all-in from short-stacked big blind Liv Feng. Nguyen and button fold to How who made the call.

How tabled T♣ J♥ and Feng showed A♠ 5♠.

Spread showed 4♥ 6♦ 9♦ 7♥ Q♥ which made Feng's Ace high good enough to rake the pot in.

Reaching the table we found Anshu Zheng, Kitsamon Srathongkdew, Jung Kyang Jin and Nick Woodward in a 4 way all-in in the biggest pot of the day so far. Players held the following:

Srathongkdew: A♠ A♥

Zheng: T♦ T♠

Woodward: J♥ J♦

Jin: A♦ Q♦

Zheng let out a shout of delight when window cards showed 3♦ T♣ 5♣. Srathongkdew, although hoping to get a one outer, was content on winning the side pot. Turn was a 4♠ and the river showed K♣.

Zheng celebrated his huge win, while Srathongkdew was motioning for the side pot to be given just happy to be alive. Jin's stack had been crippled by the hand and Woodward walked out the door.

We arrived at the table with Rindra Norodom all-in with Yen Chun How and hole cards tabled showing Q♣ K♦ for Norodom and K♣ K♥ for How.

The board revealed 4♥ 9♦ K♠ T♣ T♥ giving How a set to eliminate Norodom.

AQ at under the gun shot out 6,300 only to be called by Phu beside him and the big blind Amino. AQ continued with 4,000 on a 4♣ 4♥ 4♠ flop after Amino checked. Phu called once again but Amino folded when action came to him. A 9♠ turn made both players check the board all the way to the river 2♥.

AQ showed A♦ 7♠ while Phu held A♣ 6♣ for a chop.

In preflop action we saw Yen Chun How raised in late position to 2,000 to increase his small stack. Khanh Viv in small blind, however, re-raised him to 7,500. Committed How shoved his 9,000 remaining chips in the pot.

Tabling the hand, How showed J♦ T♥ while Viv had pocket 7♥ 7♠. The board revealed 9♥ Q♦ J♥ T♣ 6♦ giving How the much needed double up.

Direly needing chips, AQ from small blind raised 2,400. Dao Minh Phu beside him won't have it and 3-bet to 6,800.

AQ jammed his remaining stack of 17,000 the moment he saw the flop of 6♠ 3♣ 9♠, and Phu called without hesitation. Tabling their hands, Phu showed A♥ Q♥ while AQ flipped over 9♥ 2♣. Turn and river displayed 7♥ 2♥ giving AQ a two-pair for the win.

David Kim limped the blinds with Ton Qing Feng and Nguyen Manh Hung.

Flopped came down T♥ 4♥ 2♦ and Kim fired 2,800 after the blinds checked to him. Feng folded and Hung called. Kim continued with 4,800 at the turn 7♦ when given the chance by Hung. River card showed 2♣ and Hung continued to float but Feng just wouldn't allow it by betting 15,000 to the pot, making Hung finally fold.

Everyone folded to the cutoff where Matteo shot 1,600. He was called by Moon Kyuback at button and Khanh Viv at big blind.

Q♠ 2♣ Q♣ came next on the flop and Matteo led with 2,000 to continue what he had started. Kyuback called. With a 6♦ turn, Matteo shoved all-in for about 33,000 and got a fold from Kyuback.

Kevin JR raised 1,800 from the button after massive stacked Ton Qing Feng limped the blinds. The blinds got out the way to allow Feng to call the raise.

On a 6♣ 5♦ 8♣ flop, both players checked. Turn revealed Q♣ where Feng picked 2,000 from his stack. JR checked his cards and thought it was not worth calling.

We reached the table at the turn with a board of T♥ 9♥ 7♥ 6♠ with Amino heads up with Gil Keon Ho betting 6,100 to the pot at early position. Ho called the bet and saw the last card K♦. Amino checked to Ho who threw in 25,000 to the already huge pot. Amino called and Ho showed J♥ Q♦ for a straight.

Hands folded to late position, Wee Leng Seng raised to 1,300. Anshu Zheng in small blind and Seo Pyungsik at big blind called.

The dealer flopped Q♦ T♣ J♣. Both Zheng and Pyungsik decided to let Seng lead which he did by betting 1,100 to the pot. Zheng folded but Pyungsik came along for the ride to see what next. And T♥ for the turn was what came about. Pyungsik continued to take a backseat in the betting to allow Seng to put 3,600 more to the pot which he called. River showed an unexciting 2♥. Still following Seng's lead, Pyungsik checked and Seng jammed all-in for 7,100 chips. With Pyungsik's stack it was an easy call.

Pyungsik showed Q♥ 4♦ while Seng doubled up with A♥ T♠

With only one limper, Khanh Viv raised pot to 1,900 at dealer button. Action moved to Jacson Feng who shoved all-in for 32,500. Players folded back to Viv, who counted his chips before making the call.

Feng showed A♦ K♥ while Viv turned over 9♠ 9♥. Community cards unfurled 8♠ 5♦ 8♥ 6♠ 5♣ making Feng leave floor disheartened.

We arrive on a 5-handed flop J♦ 5♥ 2♦ and witnessed Cho Sungjak bet 1,500 from big blind position. Everyone folded to Gan Yz Siong decided to see one more card.

The turn displayed 8♣ and Sungjak added 5,200 more to the pot which garnered an immediate all-in from Siong worth 13,800. Sungjak called and showed J♣ 5♣ against Siong's A♦ 4♦ for a flush draw. River 6♦ improved Siong's hand to Sungjak's dismay.

Anshu Zheng raised to 900 after Kitsamon Srathongkdew floated the blinds. The blinds folded and Srathongkdew, cool and relaxed, made the call.

Flop came down Q♦ 7♣ 5♥. The only lady in the field checked to the gentleman who fired 1,200. Srathongkdew calmly called.

The turn came 9♠. This time Srathongkdew led with 2,000. Zheng stared at Srathongkdew trying to read her calm expression and raised to 9000 which Srathongkdew snap called. The river showed 6♥ and Srathongkdew shot 20,000 into the pot. Zheng tanked and gave a time card. He finally made the call to find 8♠ 6♣ tabled by Srathongkdew.

Shaking his head, Zheng said "I had a set on the flop."

Preflop, we see 4 players limped to see the flop of 4♥ 5♥ A♦. The blinds checked to Jung Kyang Jin at midposition who fired a bet of 500. Andrew Kan Kok Yew at late position called while the blinds folded.

Turn saw another A♠ which Jin bet into with 1,200. Yew raised the pot to 2,500 to be called by the bettor. River revealed a 3♣ which Jin checked to Yew who fired 5,000. After considering his action for a few seconds, Jin folded his hand.

In the following hand, Kevin JR raised to 800 after hands were folded to him. Cho Sungjak at big blind called the raise and both players saw the flop 8♦ K♦ 6♥. Sungjak checked to JR who continued with another 800. Sungjak again called.

The turn was A♦ to which both players checked. Then the river showed A♣. Sungjak being proactive bet 2,000 at the river which earned an immediate fold from JR.

Kevin JR provided action on a 7 handed table by raising the blinds to 700 from the dealer button after Sega Wu Jie called the blinds. Anshu Zheng on small blind decided to re-raise to 3,900 in a pot of only 1,100. JR called.

Both players checked all the way to the river of community cards that showed J♦ Q♦ 4♦ 9♥ 6♥. Zheng tabled 8♦ 8♣ and JR mucked his hand