Soyza Out on the Bubble After Eye-Watering River

It folded to Matthias Eibinger on the button. He paused, then moved his stack of 1,145,000 into the middle with [Ad2d].  Small blind Michael Soyza had woken up with the ace-dominating [AcKc] and called all in for nearly that amount (1,145,000). "That's not good," remarked Eibinger, and it looked just as

Soyza Boosts Stack With Straight; Mateos Loses Minimum

Adrian Mateos opened to 80,000 in the hijack with [KhKs], called by button Kahle Burns with [Ac4c] and big blind Michael Soyza with [7d7c].  On the [6hTcTd] flop, Soyza and Mateos checked and Burns had a stab at it worth 75,000.  Both players called.  The [8s] turn checked around and

Testing the Waters

An understandable cagey start to this final table, from which a third of the players will leave with no prize money. "It's going to be fun, watching everyone be tight for 40 mins, then have 10 big blinds and realising that's where it all went wrong," predicted Ben Heath before cards

Michael Soyza Doubles Through Shannon Shorr

Sergi Reixach opened to 160,000 from middle position, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 480,000 from the hijack and Michael Soyza three-bet all in for 1,330,000 from the small blind. Reixach folded and Shorr called after a few moments. Shorr: [8h7h] Soyza: [QhQc] The board ran out [JcTd8c9d7d], giving Soyza a queen-high straight to double

Michael Soyza Can’t Hit with the Suited Gapper

Wai Leong Chan raised to 18,000 from under the gun, and fellow Malaysian Michael Soyza defended his big blind. The flop landed [3s7c2h] and Soyza checked. Chan continued for 15,000, and Soyza showed his [8h5h] and mucked.

One for Michael Soyza

Michael Soyza raised to 11,000 in the hijack and both Justin Bonomo and Danny Tang called from the button and big blind respectively. The flop landed [7c2d3h] and Tang checked. Soyza bet 25,000 and both Bonomo and Tang quickly folded.

Michael Soyza vs. Danny Tang

Danny Tang opened his button to 6,000 and Michael Soyza defended his big blind. The [6sJcTh3d8c] board checked through to the river and Soyza tabled his [Ad6h] and scooped the pot.

Michael Soyza vs. Christoph Vogelsang

2017 Super High Roller Bowl champion Christoph Vogelsang raised the button to 5,000 before Michael Soyza three-bet the small blind to 18,000. Vogelsang called, and the flop landed [2c2sTs]. Soyza bet out 13,000, and Vogelsang quickly folded.