Thai Ha limped for 100,000 under the gun with [AhKc], followed by Paul Phua with [AcTc]; button Ivan Leow checked his [qd9s]. Flop: [AdTs6c]. Ha led out for 125,000 and Phua made it 400,000. Leow folded and Ha called. Phua filled up on the [Td] turn, checking behind when Ha checked to
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Danny Tang Eliminated in 5th Place ($122,000)
Thai Ha limped in for 80,000 with [Qs9s], and found short stack Danny Tang moving in for 1,370,000 behind him holding [KdQh]. Paul Phua, with [AcQc] on the button, moved all in himself, getting it heads up with Tang. "Bye-bye?" suggested Phua as the flop was dealt [JcJsTc]. "Red nine!" called Tang,
Chan and Ha Fold to Preflop Jams
Flops have been a bit rarer recently, the last two pots going to preflop shovers: first Paul Phua took some time deciding how to play his [AdKh] and 3,600,000 stack after under the gun Wei Leong Chan opened to 325,000 (with [KcQd]). He opted to move all in and was
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
Van Blarcum Flops Nuts, Drawing Dead by the Turn: Out 6th for $91,500
Paul Phua limped for 60,000 with [9d9h], called by Aaron Van Blarcum with [QsTs]. Cutoff Thai Ha upped it to 275,000 with [Ad7h], called by both limpers. A heck of a flop followed: [Js8h9c] - the nut straight for Van Blarcum and middle set for Phua (whose stack has kept creeping
Phua Doubles Through Chan
It folded to Wai Leong Chan in the cutoff, who set new short stack Paul Phua all in with [AsJh] for 820,000. After a short pause, Phua announced, "Call!" and turned over a dominated [KcJs]. He'd improved to a full house after the [JcQdKsJd6h] run-out, however, and Chan took his
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.
First Sizeable Pot to Phua
"No walks," said Paul Phua, making up the 50,000 in the cutoff with [8h9c]. Wai Leong Chan checked his option with [Ts8c]. Both players flopped gutshots on the [7c7hJh] flop; Chan check-called a bet of 65,000 from Phua. The turn brought Phua's straight in with the [9s] and this time
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