The action folded to Nabil Cardoso in the cutoff and he raised it up to 9,000. Jianming Luo on the button three-bet to 25,000 only for Justin Steinbrenner to four-bet shove behind for around 190,000. Cardoso jammed over the top and Luo folded.
Justin Steinbrenner: A♣J♠ 
Nabil Cardoso: A♥A♠
The K♠Q♥6♦ flop gave Steinbrenner some hope with the broadway draw but the A♦ turn and Q♦ river ended this bullet for the German.
Justin Steinbrenner opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Horace King Chun Leung three-bet jammed a stack of 23,500 from the next seat. Isaac Haxton called on the button before Steinbrenner four-bet jammed to force a fold from Haxton.
Justin Steinbrenner: A♦Q♦
Horace King Chun Leung: Q♣10♠
Leung was dominated and couldn't pull ahead as the runout of 5♣A♠K♣K♥3♣ confirmed his elimination.
With now up to 320 entries including 42 re-entries, the first starting flight has been reduced to around 262 players left early into level six. The late registration will remain open until the start of level 11 and Day 1a concludes upon completion of level 15.
Kuan Han Lee raised the button to 10,000 and then called a three-bet to 35,000 by Yitong Wang in the big blind. The latter followed up the K♣K♠7♦ flop with a bet of 18,000 and won the pot.
One hand later, Wang limped the small blind and called a raise to 16,000 by Chase Cokaliong. The flop came 9♥5♦2♠ and Wang check-folded when he faced a bet of 12,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Michael Zhang raised to 6,000 and then called a three-bet to 18,000 by Ilias Aliev to see a flop of J♥7♣3♣. Zhang check-raised from 15,000 to 55,000 and Aliev called before the latter bet the A♠ turn for 35,000, earning a check-call from Zhang.
The 2♣ on the river saw both players check and Zhang revealed his Q♣Q♦ first, but was beaten by Aliev's A♥A♣ for a set of aces after which he had a subtle smirk on the face.
Don't let his wire-framed eyeglasses, affectionate smile and recurring laugh fool you, Stephen Song is one of the last people you want to see at the poker table. That's bad news for players at the Triton ONE series as the 2022 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year plans on playing a full slate of tournaments at the inaugural festival on South Korea's Jeju island.
Song has already had more than his share of success on the island, including two high roller victories at The Lord Poker Tour (TLPT) earlier this year.
Yet it hasn't all been smooth-sailing for the American pro, who revealed to PokerNews that he had a rough 2024 before turning it around and then some by winning the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event for a career-best $1.4 million.
Joshua McCully faced a raise to 6,000 by Vladislav Klepikov and a call by Meng Wu, which he three-bet to 28,000 to earn two calls. On the K♦8♠7♦ flop, it checked to McCully and the Aussie bet 32,000 to get called by Klepikov only.
After the [3h turn, Klepikov checked and McCully pushed all-in to force a fold.
One hand later, Wu opened to 6,000 again and called a three-bet to 17,000 by Congya Zhang. Wu check-called the K♦Q♣4♠ flop for 5,500 and the 9♦ turn was checked through. Wu bet the J♠ river for 17,000 to receive a call and won the pot with the 4♦4♣ for a flopped set of fives.
Cheng Cheng raised to 5,500 and was called by Mehdi Chaoui on the button as well as table short stack Liangqiang Pang in the big blind. On the 8♦4♠3♥ flop, Chaoui raised a bet of 7,000 by Cheng to 24,000 and Cheng called. Chaoui led the 6♥ turn for 53,000 when checked to and then emptied the clip with a shove on the J♠ river.
Cheng called with the KsKd] and caught Chaoui on a move holding the Q♥9♥.
Soon after, Pang got the last few big blinds in with the 8♠8♥. Tamon Nakamura called the three-bet shove with K♦J♥ and came out on top of the K♠6♥3♠5♠A♦ runout.
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