Main Event

Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 10,000, called by the hijack. Button Wong Ho Shing flicked in his 16,000 left, and Malouch raised all-in. Hijack folds and the two run the board.

Malouch Q♥ Q♣ Wong A♥ J♥

Up against a monster hand, Wong couldn’t connect to the board 8♣ 9♠ 6♠ 2♥ T♣ , leaving him out of the Day 1B games. Malouch scoops up the pot with his pair of queens for the win.

A few hands later, Malouch on the big blind called an open jam of 39,000 from Doan Quang Trung with 6♥ 6♣ . Doan with a pocket pair 5♥ 5♠ , missed to spike his two outer on board 4♠ A♠ 7♥ K♦ J♥ for his eventual elimination.

Folded to the button, Wong Oh Shing went all-in for his remaining 14,000 and was called by big blind Doan Quang Trung with T♣ T♥ . Wong with J♣ T♠ , was saved from elimination after the board A♥ 8♣ K♥ 2♦ Q♦ ran a straight to his connectors.

Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 2,500 and called off Doan Quang Trung’s all-in for 14,700.

Doan A♠ T♦ Malouch 7♦ 7♣

Facing two overcards, Malouch’s pocket pair was good up until the river J♣ 6♦ 6♥ K♠ A♦ peeled an ace for Doan’s crucial double up.