Won Poker Cup

Zou stomped a tower of chips worth about 1,000,000 in mid-position in the hopes of pushing everyone out of the hand. But short-stacked Lindop at button made the call with A♦ K♦. Zou tabled 4♣ 4♥.

The board displayed neither Ace nor King in sight but instead 5♠ 2♣ 9♦ 7♣ 7♥ getting a cheer from everyone in contrast to the much saddened Lindop, as every one else moved on to the Final Table.

With only 2 big blinds left, Alex Lindop had no choice but to go all-in with 9♠ 8♣ at small blind which was easily called by Yen Chun How at big blind with 8♠ 6♣.

Community cards revealed 5♥ 5♦ A♦ T♥ 9♥. The river was all Lindop needed to survive another hand.

And in the following hand, he went all-in again with pocket 9♦ 9♣ against the lucky Zou who held A♥ J♦. But the luck had transferred to Lindop as the board showed 7♥ 3♣ Q♠ 2♥ Q♣ doubling Lindop once again.

We caught the hand with Edison all-in versus Zheng Shangfei with all cards revealed at the table.

Edison: A♣ 3♠

Shangfei: A♠ 8♦

Board:Qs 9♣ 2♠ Ys 7♠ giving Shangfei the nut flush and eliminating Edison.

Nguyen Duc Thanh raised the pot to 60,000 to be called by Aex Lindop at big blind. Flop went 4♣ 2♦ Q♣. Lindop checked to Thanh who shot 50,000. Lindop called. Turn 8♥ was checked by both. River 3♣ made Lindop bet 90,000 and got re-reaied by Thanh to 300,000. Lindop called to show 6♥ 5♥ and 8♣ T♣ bringing Lindop to a mere 2 big blinds.

Adrien Berger jammed his chips in the middle at cutoff to be called by Zou in big blind. Berger shows K♠ 9♥ which caught top pair ona flop of 8♥ 8♦ 9♠ against Zou's Ace-high A♦ T♦.

The turn J♠ gave Zou an open ended straight draw and knowing Zou's luck for the day, Berger stood and started picking up his things. Sure enough, the 7♠ river sealed the deal for Berger who left the building immediately.

After a raise from Nicky Wu and a call from Zou at late position, Chenuku Abjihith put 285,000 in the middle of the pot forgetting he had a 5,000 chip he was using as a card protector. Wu folded and Zou placed in 290,000 and opened his cards to show A♠ 4♠ thinking it was an all-in But the floor decided that the remaining 5,000 was not included in the bet and should not be considered an all-in.

Abihijth still hanging on to his cards, the flop went A♣ 7♠ 6♠ giving Zou top pair and a flush draw. Abihijth looked up in the sky in exasperation knowing he was drawing dead. He threw in his last 5,000 chip anyway and tabled J♠ J♦ and said, "Please just one time a Jack." But the Jack never arrived. Instead, Q♦ Q♥ followed the flop for the turn and river.

Abihijth has been eliminated in 13th place.

With only 265,000, Anshu Zheng went all-in at the small blind to be called by Alex Lindop in mid-position. Lindop ahead with A♦ K♥ over Zheng's Q♦ 7♦, board revealed 8♠ 2♦ A♣ Q♣ T♥

We arrived at the tbale with Gan Chao all-in with A♦ 2♦ against Zhen Shangfei's pocket 9♥ 9♠ preflop. Community Cards showed 7♠ 2♥ J♠ 5♥ Q♣ eliminating Chao in the process.

Armon Van Wijk rasied in mid-position for 50,000 which was called by the button Anzhela Vasylenko and the big blind Ke Hong Jing. Flop came A♠ A♦ 4♦ which all players checked.

Turn was a 2♣. Checked to Wijk, Wijk shot 75,000. Vasylenko folded and Jing called. The river Q♥ was checked by Wijk and bet by JIng for 200,000. Wijk called and showed A♣ 8♣. Shaking his head, Jing showed 6♦ 9♠ for a bluff.

Preflop went all-in at hijack for about 275,000 which got called by AJ at the button. Everyone folded and tabled their hands to show 8♠ 8♣ for How and A♣ T♣ for AJ.

Dealer flopped 6♠ Q♣ 2♠ 2♥ K♣ doubling How up.

We arrived at the table with Zou all-in joined by AJ and Vu Duc Toi. The players held:

Zou: T♥ T♣

Toi: K♣ Q♣

AJ: K♦ K♠

The flop came down 4♥ 6♠ Q♠. Zou was praying hard when the T♠ turn came. He jumped from his chair shouting and cheering, "Lucky, lucky, lucky day!", not caring for the 6♥ river.

Toi gets eliminated at 16th with a cashout of $5,200

After calling the blinds, Gan Chao found himself in an all-in situation with Nguyen Duc Thanh for his tournament life.

He didn't hesitate to call the shove as he was holding A♣ Q♣ against Thanh's 4♠ 4♣. Flopped reveled 7♥ 8♣ J♠ which earned a growl and table banging from Chao. The 9♦ gave him for a gutshot straight draw which he caught river T♦.

We got to the table and saw Cheruku Abhijith all-in with T♠ J♠ against Alex Lindrop's Q♥ T♥. Flop went 2♠ 9♦ 4♠ 8♣ 7♠ giving Abhijith a straight on the river.

After Simon Freud Homme's elimination, 16 players remained with Anzhela Vasylenko still in the running and the chip lead.

We caught Armon Van Wijk raised 40,000 from middle position to be called by Cheruku Abhijith. But Simon Freud Homme re-popped this to 300,000. Wijk went all-in getting Abhijith out of the way. Homme called with his last 5,000 chip. Homme tabled 8♣ 8♠ against Wijk A♣ Q♦.

Dealer showed 2♠ Q♥ 5♥ 6♦ 9♦ sending Homme home.

Just before the break, with only 19 players left, we find Zou talking animatedly in his vernacular, all-in with 8♥ 9♥ against Vu Duc Toi's K♥ Q♣, on a board A♥ K♣ 5♥ 8♣ 9♣. Toi didn't look happy at all. How we wished we saw the action that led to this point.

Zou went all-in with Q♥ Q♣ against Nguyen Duc Thanh's 2♦ 2♥. Even before the flop came down Zou felt his luck would give him a bad beat so he started saying goodbye to everyone at the table jokingly. Sure enough the window card was a 2♣ but the flop further unfurled into A♣ Q♣. He went back to his chair happily as the 6♦ 7♣ turn and river were revealed.

Nguyen Tuan Hung jammed all-in at the big blind after Edison called. This was not enough to push Edison out as he immediately called with K♦ Q♠ against Hung's Q♦ T♥.

Edison got top pair at the window of K♥ 6♦ 2♠. The J♠ turn made Hung hope a little bit for a redraw but, alas, the river was a 5♦.

Everybody folded to Zheng Shan Fei sitting at small blind who just called. Anzhela Vasylenko at big raised to 85,000 and got called by Fei.

Fei checked the flop 3♥ 6♠ 3♣ and Vasylenko shot 55,000. Fei folded.

Alex Lindop who was also at the table said, "Another 7-2 suited?" Vasylenko with her sweet smile replied "No. It's a nice hand. It looked like I was stealing the blinds but I was not." We believe her, does Lindop?

Hoang Hai Nam went all-in after action was folded to him. Right beside him, AJ made the call. Eighty percent ahead, Nam was so happy to see AJ table 5♦ 5♣ versus his Q♣ Q♥ until the flop came 6♦ 6♥ 5♥. Getting T♥ 3♦ instead of a queen at the turn and river, Nam knew he was done for,

It's very hard to bluff the chip leader out of a pot but that's exactly what Wangyu "OneQ" Kang did.

We caught the action with the board complete Q♣ 4♣ K♦ T♥ 3♠ and action to Kang who picked up 100,000 and put it slowly in the middle of the table. Zheng Shangei snapped called which made Kang fold immediately without showing. Fei showed one card - a King in the hole.

Everyone at the table was standing with Nguyen Huu Cao Tri and Thanapon both all-in and covered by Nicky Wu.

Hole Cards displayed:

Wu: A♠ T♠

Tri: 7♦ 7♠

Thanapon: 2♥ 2♦

The board which displayed T♥ 6♠ K♥ 6♥ A♦ gave Nicky Wu two-pair eliminating both Tri and Thanapon. But as Thanapon had more chips, he gets the higher payout at 28th place.

We catch the action as Doan Quang Trung was walking away from the table and Zheng Shangfei was happily picking up his chips on a hand that went:

Fei: 8♣ 8♠

Trung: A♠ 9♠

Board: K♣ 6♥ Js6d 3♥

The day had seen so many Aces dealt within the first 3 hours of the day. Some hold up, some get cracked.

Erik Rozhynskyi had gone all-in for 360,000 on the small blind in a pot of 25,000. Big blind Yen Chun How looked at him incredulously and said, "Too big!" as he folded his hand. Action went to Gan Chao in middle position and called the all-in with no hesitation.

Chao tabled A♣ A♠ while Rozhynskyi showed T♥ T♦. The J♦ T♠ K♣ flop made Chao hit the table in disgust mumbling something in Chinese then tensely anticipated the rest of the cards. Still holding his breath, Chao saw an 8♥ turn and made a cheer when the card that he was waiting for unfurled at the river Q♣

We arrive at the table with Johnny Leong against Kehong Jing in a classic Kings versus Aces all-in situation.

Unfortunately for Leong, his A♥ A♠ got cracked by Jing's K♣ K♦ on a board of 9♦ 3♦ J♦ 7♦ 8♦ which gave Jing a flush.

We caught the hand with Gil Keon Ho all-in with Nguyen Duc Thanh who held 7♣ 7♥ against K♣ J♣ of the former.

Community cards showed 8♥ 9♠ 5♣ T♣ 9♥. Ho finished in 45th place.

Simultaneously 2 players got busted out at 63rd place.

Do Quang Trung called an all-in shove from Dao Xuan Khanh who held A♣ A♥ and A♠ K♦, respectively.

Dealer unfurled a board of T♣ 9♦ 3♥ Q♥ 4♠. Khanh said something to his countryman in their vernacular and like a true sportsman left the building with a smile.

At exactly the same time, on another table, Sia Soon Lee had all his chips in the middle against chip leader Wangyun "OneQ" Kang. Lee had K♦ T♥ in the hole while Kang had 4♦ 5♠.

Flop revealed 5♦ J♥ 9♣ giving Kang the lowest pair. Unfortunately, Lee didn't get the redraw he was hoping for with A♠ turn and 7♣ river.

Khanh and Lee shared the 63rd place cash of $2,100 and will receive $1,050 each.

At the start of hand-per-hand for the ITM bubble, Phan Huu Minh Tri went all-in and got called by Zhan Shang Fei who covered Tri' stack.

Turned over hands were:

Tri:Ac Q♣

Fei: A♠ A♥

Upon seeing Fei's hand, Tri's heart immediately sank and on the flop 7♥ 3♦ K♣ he started walking off the floor. Turn and river were 6♦ and K♥

We arrive in a hand with Dao Minh Phu, Adrien Berger and Yen Chun How on a T♠ Q♦ J♦ flop. Berger bet 10,000 from mid position which made Phu fold. How check-raised Berger to 30,000. Berger snap called.

How shot 50,000 on the J♠ turn which made Berger do a crying call. How shoved his huge stack at the 7♥ river with Berger only having 53,000 behind. Berger threw in 2 of his time cards and tanked while the tournament director announced hand per hand play will happen after the current hand.

Eventually he made a call to tabled A♥ Q♥ against How's missed straight draw with K♣ 3♠

We arrived at the table with Anzhela Vasylenko and Nguyen Chanh Tin all-in preflop with their hands tabled:

Vasylenko: K♠ K♣

Tin: 4♣ 6♣

Flop came 4♠ 5♦ 7♣ which made Tin stand up suddenly with a loud cheer of celebration and joy. At this point, Vasylenko somehow thinking he got a straight on the flop, started picking up her bags ready to leave. All the men on the table start telling her to sit back down as Tin couldn't stop himself from laughing so hard. Turn and river was a 9♠ J♠.

A♠ the dealer pushed the chips to Vasylenko, she teased Tin with a smile, "Why do you do this? Why? Tell me." Tin, along with the table, just continued laughing affably.

David Anistice jammed all-in at UTG+1 within 10 minutes of Level 15 with only 79,000 chip. Everyone folded to Armon Van Wijk in big blind who snapped called the shove.

Players tabled A♠ Q♠ for Anistice with Van Wijk showing pocket K♥ K♦. With Van Wijk already ahead, the deal was sealed when the flop unfurled with 5♣ 4♦ J♠ 2♠ K♣ to give Wijk a set on the river.