
D1A
Michael O'Neill Takes From Pete Chen
Pete Chen opens to 16,000 in the cutoff and Michael O'Neill three-bets to 50,000 in the big blind, which Chen calls.
On the A♣ 7♦ 5♦ flop, O'Neill checks and calls Chen's bet of 30,000 before they check down the 6♠ turn and 5♣ river. O'Neill tables A♦ 9♣ and wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
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PC Pete Chen | 385,000(48 BB) |
MO Micheal O'Neill | 295,000(37 BB) |
Kimsour Kong Leads the Field at the Break with 880,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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KK Kimsour Kong | 880,000(110 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 715,000(89 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 689,000(86 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 681,000(85 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 625,000(78 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 490,000(61 BB) |
JL Johan Lees | 466,000(58 BB) |
RG Rajesh Goyal | 463,000(58 BB) |
PC Pete Chen | 462,000(58 BB) |
Johan Lees Beats Pete Chen in Showdown
WPT Champions Club member Pete Chen holds an above-average stack to his name and puts the chips to use. Chen and Johan Lees invest 16,000 on the 7♣ 3♥ 2♦ T♦ turn and Lees then checks behind the 6♠ river.
Chen reveals K♠ J♥ and Lees takes the pot with the 9♣ 7♠ for a pair of sevens.
Player | Chips |
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PC Pete Chen | 430,000(72 BB) |
JL Johan Lees | 290,000(48 BB) |
Pete Chen Wins a Three-Way All-In to Knock Out a Player
There is a three-way all-in situation at Table 6, with the small blind all in for 9,000, WPT Champions Club member Pete Chen all in from the big blind for 242,000, and Jun Li covering them both from the button.
Jun Li: Q♠ Q♣
Pete Chen: K♠ K♣
Small Blind: 9♦ 4♠
The board came low, with nothing higher than a jack, and the pocket kings held up for Chen to win the entire pot, doubling thru Li and eliminating the player in the small blind.