Congratulations to Chih Ying Liang from Taiwan who finished 3rd in our DeepStack Championship Event #24 $1,100 NLH Summer Kick Off $400K GTD winning $48,081.
Liang moved all in for 1,400,000 pre flop and was matched by Robert Kuhn who had more chips behind.
Liang: A♦ 9♦
Kuhn: J♥ J♦
Liang jumped up from his chair when the cards were exposed and pleaded for an ace.
The board ran out 2♠ 8♣ 3♦ J♠ A♣ giving Kuhn the winning hand with a turned set of jacks.
Congratulations to Ricky Guan who finished 4th in our DeepStack Championship Event #24 $1,100 NLH Summer Kick Off $400K GTD winning $36,364.
Guan exchanged raises with Brian Altman pre-flop before both players were all in. Guan had 3,250,000 behind and was well covered by Altman.
Altman: A♠ 3♠
Guan: T♦ T♥
Guan looked in great shape to double with his pocket pair until the board ran out A♣ 2♠ 5♥ 8♥ 6♥ giving Altman the winning hand with a higher pair.
Congratulations to Sean Dunwoodie from Australia who finished 5th in our DeepStack Championship Event #24 $1,100 NLH Summer Kick Off $400K GTD winning $27,273.
The action folded around to Robert Kuhn who moved all in for 1,720,000 from the small blind. Dunwoodie looked down at his cards from the big blind then snap-called.
Kuhn: T♥ 4♥
Dunwoodie: K♠ K♦
The board ran out Q♣ T♦ 8♠ 4♣ 3♠ to see Kuhn come from behind and take down the pot after turning two pair.
Dunwoodie was left with just 45,000 which was all in next hand in the small blind.
Chih Ying Liang called from under the gun and Ricky Guan checked his option from the big blind.
Both players then checked down the Q♦ 2♠ A♦ A♣ 4♣ board before revealing their hands.
Dunwoodie showed his K♣ 5♦ first but it would fall to Liang’s K♦ T♥ which had him out-kicked.
Congratulations to Julien Sitbon from the United Kingdom who finished 6th in our DeepStack Championship Event #24 $1,100 NLH Summer Kick Off $400K GTD winning $20,707.
Sitbon opted to move all in for 1,040,000 from the cutoff and was quickly called by Ricky Guan in the big blind.
Guan: 9♥ 9♠
Sitbon: A♣ 5♥
It was all over by the turn as the board ran out 8♠ Q♣ 9♦ 8♣ J♥ giving Guan the winning hand with a full house.
Congratulations to Toby Boas from Groveland, FL who finished 7th in our DeepStack Championship Event #24K $1,100 Summer Kick Off $400 GTD winning $16,162.
Boas moved all in for just over a million in chips and was matched by Brian Altman.
Boas was behind holding A-T versus Altman’s pocket jacks.
The board ran out T♥ J♣ K♥ 8♣ 2♣ giving Altman the winning hand with a set of jacks resulting in Boas hitting the rail.
Ricky Guan moved all in for 1,105,000 from the cutoff before the decision fell on Robert Kuhn in the big blind.
He lifted one card and said he liked it.
“F*** me,” he added, after lifting his other card and realising he liked his hand.
“This is very close,” said Kuhn, before agonising over his decision for a moment before making the call.
Guan: K♠ J♠
Kuhn: K♦ Q♠
The board ran out 9♣ T♥ Q♥ 9♥ 3♦ to see Guan flop a straight and take down the pot.
Kuhn dropped to 975,000 following the hand.
Robert Kuhn raised to 175,000 from the button before Toby Boas moved all in for 655,000 from the big blind. Kuhn asked for a count and called.
Boas: K♣ K♥
Kuhn: A♣ 7♠
Boas improved to a set of kings, and doubled-up, after the board ran out 9♠ J♠ K♦ Q♦ A♠.
Julien Sitbon raised to 180,000 from middle position and was called by Toby Boas in the hijack. Sean Dunwoodie then moved all in for exactly 1,000,000 from the cutoff.
Sitbon mucked his hand almost immediately. Boas asked for a count and made the call.
Dunwoodie: T♦ T♥
Boas: A♠ J♠
The board ran out 5♦ 9♣ 8♥ 3♣ 5♥ to see Dunwoodie improve his hand to two pair before taking down the pot.
Boas drops to 730,000 following the hand.
The remaining seven players are on a short 15-minute break.
Here is how they stand:
Brian Altman: 1,595,000
Robert Kuhn: 2,550,000
Julien Sitbon: 2,150,000
Toby Boas: 1,740,000
Sean Dunwoodie: 1,040,000
Ricky Guan: 1,600,000
Chih Ying Liang: 2,260,000
Congratulations to William Firebaugh who finished 8th in our DeepStack Championship Event #24 $1,100 NLH Summer Kick Off $400K GTD winning $12,626.
With a flop showing 3♥ 6♥ 7♠ Firebaugh found himself all in for his last 800,000 and was matched by Chih Ying Liang.
Firebaugh showed K♥ Q♥ and was at risk against Liang’s 9♣ 7♦ which had flopped top pair.
The board ran out the A♣ then 6♠ to see Firebaugh hit the rail in 8th place.
