Championship Warm Up ($600)

From the utg+2 position, James Paul Rann of England opens for 2,000 and the actions folds all the way to the bb of Korean Sim Wanseop who 3-bets to 4,200. Rann calls.

The flop is 7♣ 5♦ T♦ as both check. The turn is the 5♠ and once again both players opt to skip the betting street. The river is the 7♦ and further action ensues.

Rann turns over K♥ 8♥ while Sim mucks. Rann takes down the pot with King high.

A preflop raising war ends up in a showdown between Vietnam’s Quang Trinh Do who tables 2♦ 2♣ and James Paul Rann of England who brandishes Q♦ Q♣ .

The runout goes: 9♥ 3♣ 3♠ T♦ 4♠ to give Rann a lifeline and cripple Quang’s stack to less than 8,000.

After the turn card had already been dealt on a board of 8♦ 5♦ Q♣ A♠ as Yakiv Syzghanov of the Ukraine checks from the sb. Englishman James Rann bets 4,000 from the cutoff and gets called. The river card is the 2♦ and this time both players check.

Syzghanov tables K♣ 8♣ for middle pair on the flop. Rann mucks.