Tag: Ivan Leow

Monsters in the Blinds Swing Second-in-Chips Spot to Ivan Leow

It folded to Jason Koon in the small blind who limped with [QhQc].  Big blind (and very recent addition to the livestreamed table) Ivan Leow found [KsKh] and raised to 22,000.  Back to Koon who repopped it to 85,000 and before you could say "massive cooler" Leow had jammed for

Wai Leong Chan Wins Second $25k Short Deck Title and $457,500 in Event #3

Wai Leong Chan has picked up his second $25,000 Short Deck title in Event #3, seeing off Paul Phua heads up to secure the trophy and $457,500 first prize.  Coolly comfortable at this buy-in level and relatively new format, Chan outlasted his final five competitors, three of whom have already

Ivan Leow Busts in 4th Place ($152,500)

The shortest stack four-handed for a level or so, Ivan Leow had been keeping his trophy hopes afloat with some well-timed moves but has finally lost his last two million chips - to Paul Phua. Phua called 100,000 preflop with [AdQc] in the hijack, and Leow raised to 500,000 (a quarter

Sometimes It’s the Front Door That You Hit

After a couple of limped family pots that got no further than the flop and a single bet, everyone but Danny Tang called for 60,000 to see a flop of [AsJdTs].  First to act Paul Phua, having flopped bottom two pair with [JhTh], checked.  Ivan Leow bet 125,000 with the

Ha Uses Timebank to Decide to Bluff, then Leow Flops a Flush

Thai Ha picked up over a million chip pot with a re-bluff river jam on Paul Phua (holding [JsTh] on a [Kh8dAh9d6c] board when Phua had led out with [QcTc], prompting a quick fold). Soon thereafter, a four-way limped pot saw Ivan Leow flop a flush with [Th8h], the board checked

Leow Gets an Early Double

Returning as the short stack, Ivan Leow has doubled through Paul Phua, who opened with [KdJs] then called his shove for 675,000.  Leow hand his king dominated with [KhQd] and held over the [8dAc6dTh7s] run-out.

Event #3 $25,000 Short Deck Final Table Set to Commence

Although the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi is only three days old, Wai Leong Chan enters his second Short Deck final table as chip leader today, over a million chips clear of nearest rival Thai Ha (Aaron Van Blarcum was also at Event #1's final table, finishing