Championship Warm Up ($600)

The action is folded to the hijack where Vietnam’s Pham Bao raises it to 2.000. Peteris Enders of Latvia makes the call from the cutoff as everyone else opts out.

It is heads up to the flop of 5♦ 4♠ T♥ as both check. The turn is the J♦ as Pham now leads out for 3,000 and gets called by Enders. The river is the 9♦ as Pham checks. The Latvian unleashes a bet of 8,000. Pham goes into the tank but eventually folds.

Enders shows A♦ 6♦ for the nut flush on the river. His stack is now approaching the 200,000 mark.

Kang Jinho of Korea opens from utg for 1,600 and draws two callers.

The flop is 4♠ A♣ 2♦ as Kang CBets to 3,400. The caller in the utg+1 position folds but Latvia’s Peteris Enders makes the snap call. The turn is the J♦ and this time both remaining players check. The river is the T♦ as now Kang unloads 7,700. Enders gives it some though, but eventually makes the call.

Kang reveals 7♥ 2♥ and almost got away with the pot on the huge river bet. However, Enders has A♥ 8♥ for top pair on the flop and the takedown.

Albert flips over a missed straight draw while the Latvian shows a set on the flop.

The action is folded to cutoff where Philip Joyce of England raises it to 500. When it gets to the sb of Latvia’s Peteris Enders, he 3-bets to 1,600. Joyce makes the call.

The flop is 3♦ 6♠ Q♠ as Enders continues for 2,200. The Englishman calls. The turn is the T♥ and this time Enders slows down and decides to check. Joyce fires 5,000 and gets called by the Latvian. The river is the 5♠ . Enders bets 5,000 and gets a snap call from Joyce.

Enders tables K♣ K♦ and Joyce opts to muck.