There was already just under 30,000 in the pot when we got to the table and action was at the turn with on the table. Michael Addamo checked and Hiroyuki Noda bet 9,400. Addamo called.
The river card was the and Addamo checked. Noda pushed all in for 29,300 and Addamo went in the tank, having only about the same amount of chips remaining. He stared at his opponent, trying to get a tell. After almost a minute, he pushed his cards forward to fold, giving away the large pot.
We arrived on the turn with the board reading in a heads-up pot between Lebanon's Chadi Moustapha and Korea’s Yohwan Lim.
While we do not know what the pre-flop action was the betting looked at have been heavy as there was 28,000 in chips already in the middle of the table and Moustapha had moved all-in for 30,000 from the button.
Lim, sitting in the small blind, was deep in the tank but eventually elected to call, tabling , but this was behind to Moustapha’s . No ten made an unwelcome appearance on the river, which was the , giving Moustapha a full house, the pot, and a double up.
Jack Salter is not running as well in the Main Event as he did in the HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock, and the UK player is struggling to improve on his 30,000 starting stack.
That’s not for want of trying, though – with the board reading and around 15,000 already in the pot Salter had led out for 6,500. However, his opponent in the hand, Imad Derwiche, promptly re-raised from the button to the tune of 15,000 to send Salter into tank mode.
“Nice bet,” Salter conceded and slid his cards into the muck to drop down to 35,000 while Derwiche stacked up to 48,000.
One player whose high roller did not go anywhere near as well as Salter's was Ali Reza Fatehi and while we have yet to see the Iranian play a hand he has evidently been busy and has around 144,000 in front of him.
We arrived at the table to see the all-in triangle sitting in front of Paul Vehvilainen and the dealer cutting out his stack.
The board read and there was a whopping 100,000 or more in the pot. Vehvilainen's opponent was Ping San Chan and after getting a count, Chan made the call.
Vehvilainen:
Chan:
Vehvilainen had flopped a monster and Chan was drawing dead. The meaningless fell on the river and Vehvilainenwas pushed a huge pile of chips.
Levan Karamanishvili raised to 2,500 from early position and got a call out of Ali Reza Fatehi in the cutoff seat, going heads-up to a flop of .
Karamanishvili continued with a bet of 2,000, getting a call from Fatehi. The turn was the and Karamanishvili bet again, making it 5,500 this time. Fatehi called once more.
The river was the and Karamanishvili slowed down, checking to his opponent. Fatehi thought for just a moment and announced that he was all in, easily covering the stack Karamanishvili had remaining. He quickly called.
Fatehi tapped the table in acknowledgement of the good hand and mucked his cards, knowing he was unable to beat anything Karamanishvili would've called with. Karamanishvili showed and collected the double-up.
We passed by Petar Kalev’s table just in time to see the Bulgarian player snag a double-up at the expense of tablemate David Tang with the two players getting all the chips in pre-flop.
Kalev was the at risk player but seemed relaxed, his leading Tang’s and his serenity appeared to pay off when the board ran out to give him an unnecessary flush and the pot.
Fresh from his largest career victory in the HK$82,400 No Limit Hold’em Event Melbourne’s Mike Addamo will be wanting another deep run here in Macau but his stack is remaining static at present.
Addamo was in the midst of playing a sizable pot against fellow countryman Kahle Burns, who has also enjoyed some run good already this week taking a 4th place finish in the HK$400,000 Super High Roller.
We caught the action on the turn with over 35,000 out on the felt and the board reading just as Burns (big blind) checked the action over to Addamo on the button.
Burns was giving Addamo the eye, but that did not stop him from firing out a bet of 9,000 and a suspicious Burns grudgingly tossed in the call.
The river completed multiple backdoor draws and both players seemed content to check it down. Burns turned over and Addamo also had an ace, rolling over and both players chop up the pot.
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Ryan Yu had a large stack of chips in front of him earlier, and he now has a lot less while Fabrice Soulier has heaps. In fact, we're pretty certain he's the current chip leader. We caught both of them in a recent hand.
Soulier raised to 2,500 from middle position and Guodong Sun called from the small blind and Yu called in the big blind. The flop came . All three players checked and the turn was the .
Sun elected to lead out, making it 3,300. Yu quickly folded but Soulier paused. He checked his cards again and raised to 9,900. Sun only took a moment to think before folding to the big stack.
on the table. Michael Addamo checked and Hiroyuki Noda bet 9,400. Addamo called.
and Addamo checked. Noda pushed all in for 29,300 and Addamo went in the tank, having only about the same amount of chips remaining. He stared at his opponent, trying to get a tell. After almost a minute, he pushed his cards forward to fold, giving away the large pot.
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in a heads-up pot between Lebanon's Chadi Moustapha and Korea’s Yohwan Lim.
, but this was behind to Moustapha’s 
. No ten made an unwelcome appearance on the river, which was the 
, giving Moustapha a full house, the pot, and a double up.
and around 15,000 already in the pot Salter had led out for 6,500. However, his opponent in the hand, Imad Derwiche, promptly re-raised from the button to the tune of 15,000 to send Salter into tank mode.
fell on the river and Vehvilainenwas pushed a huge pile of chips.
and Karamanishvili bet again, making it 5,500 this time. Fatehi called once more.
and Karamanishvili slowed down, checking to his opponent. Fatehi thought for just a moment and announced that he was all in, easily covering the stack Karamanishvili had remaining. He quickly called.
river completed multiple backdoor draws and both players seemed content to check it down. Burns turned over 
and Addamo also had an ace, rolling over 
and both players chop up the pot.
. All three players checked and the turn was the 
