A couple of low to middling aces were played from the big blind by Ivan Leow recently, the first (ace-five offsuit) picking up a Sam Trickett button opening raise when he three-bet it. The second lost that amount of chips back: Leow, with [Ah9d], called Trickett's raise to 240,000. It
Tag: Ivan Leow
Leow Evens the Stacks
Sam Trickett limped his button with [7h6h], then called Ivan Leow's raise (holding [KdJd]) to 250,000. A gutshot and flush draw for Trickett on the [3h4c9h] flop - he went nowhere to a lead out of 90,000 from Leow. The turn paired the three ([3d]) and both players checked. The
Matthias Eibinger Out in 3rd ($203,000)
Mateos' chair had barely stopped spinning before another final table elimination took place - that of Matthias Eibinger. Ivan Leow folded his button, Sam Trickett raised from the small blind and Eibinger moved in for 1,100,000 from the big. Trickett made the call with [ThJh] to find Eibinger with dominating
Finally, a Lull in Showdowns
The breakneck speed of eliminations seen at the start of this final has eased back this level, with fewer showdowns or even pots worth more than a few big blinds contested. Still, with the blinds at 30,000/60,000, a few big blinds represents a good proportion of the shorter players' stacks;
Timothy Adams Out in 5th ($116,000)
Start of day chip leader Ivan Leow has taken a few hits recently, but has just replenished his stack with Tim Adams' last 600,000. Adams (far left) defended his big blind with [Kd7s] after a Leow preflop open with [6c5c]; both players checked a [8dKs6s] flop. Leow turned two pair
Adams Makes His Move, Doubles (Back to 15 Big Blinds)
Tim Adams has not found the cards or spots yet to make inroads on the chip leaders on this final - until now. Down to just 265,000 chips, he moved in preflop from the big blind holding [TsTc] over the top of an Ivan Leow late-position open with [Kd7d]. The
Mateos Outflips Leow to Double
Adrian Mateos opened to 65,000 in the cutoff (from a stack of 660,000) and shoved when Ivan Leow three-bet him to 210,000; call. Mateos: [TcTh] Leow: [AhKs] Leow was drawing dead on the turn: [3sTd5s5c] - Mateos had made a full house and did not need the river [2d] to start pulling back
Paul Phua Eliminated in 8th Place ($58,000)
Matthias Eibinger opened when it folded to him in the hijack for 70,000 with [QcTs], called by both blinds - chip leader Ivan Leow in the small with [JhKs] and Paul Phua in the big with [Jd3d]. An action generating flop emerged: [Jc9h7d]. Leow checked, Phua moved all in for
Fives for Ivan Leow
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 14,000 from under the gun and Ivan Leow defended his big blind. The flop landed [2cAhJc] and Leow check-called a bet of 12,000. The turn and river of the [3s] and [8d] checked through, and Leow revealed his [5c5h] and Vogelsang mucked.
