Super High Roller

Utg+1 Thomas Boivin pushed his last 330,000 in with 8♣ 8♠ and was called by chip leader Ouyang Jiali with A♠ 6♠ . Slightly behind, Ouyang’s run good peeled board 3♠ 6♣ T♠ A♦ 5♠ , scooping the win with a nut flush.

Having opened from the cutoff, Thomas Boivin continued for 25,000 on T♠ 5♦ 3♥ against big blind Toma Tsugunari. Toma answered with an all-in and Boivin called off his remaining 250,000 with Q♠ T♥ . Toma also with top pair, T♦ 7♠ , fell slightly behind with neither the turn J♦ or river A♣ saving him from the loss.

Facing an open, Zhou Quan flicked in his 65,000 stack with A♠ 8♥ and was called by raiser Thomas Boivin with K♦ Q♦ . Up for a race, the board A♠ 5♥ 5♠ T♥ T♦ quickly paired up Zhou’s ace, earning him a double up to 25 BB.

Thomas Boivin opened from early position and called button Kobayashi Hirokszu’s all-in for 122,000 total.

Kobayashi A♣ Q♣ Boivin T♠ T♥

At risk, Kobayashi was spared from elimination after the board K♥ Q♦ 5♥ 6♠ A♠ ran in favor of his overcards.

A three bet pot, 80,000 was already in the middle on flop J♥ 6♦ 2♠ . Big blind Yu Lei check called 22,000 from opponent Thomas Boivin, and another 33,000 on turn 6♣ . River 9♠ was checked by both players, Yu revealing K♦ K♠ to take it down.

Stephen O’Dwyer opened to 6,500 and was joined by both players on the blinds on flop Q♣ Q♠ 2♥ . Checked to O’Dwyer, he fired a 5,500 cbet and was met with a raise to 17,500 from big blind Thomas Boivin. O’Dwyer makes the call and heads to turn 2♦ . Boivin pulls another check raise, this time to 50,000. O’Dwyer continues, with the river K♣ completing the board. Boivin leads for 110,000, O’Dwyer with a final call. Boivin shows down a full house Q♥ J♣ and scoops up the pot.

With 40,000 in the middle on board T♦ K♦ T♥ 6♦ 2♥ , action was seen on Thomas Boivin who fired a pot size bet. Opponent Li Boyao made the call and revealed both players tabling trip tens - Li with a higher kicker T♣ Jx against Boivin’s T♠ 4♠ .

Thomas Boivin defended his big blind against button Li Boyao and saw flop 8♣ 8♥ Q♠ . Boivin led for 5,000, called by Li. On turn A♦ , Boivin threw a hefty 38,000, called once more by his opponent. On river J♦ however, Li eventually gave it up after Boivin sent out a final 101,000.

Action on board A♠ K♠ 9♥ A♣ Q♠ saw 13,000 in the middle with raiser Thomas Boivin firing an 8,500 bet by the river. Big blind Stephen O’Dwyer put in a check raise to 25,500 to which Boivin folded.