Won Poker Cup II: Anshu Zheng Rules Mystery Bounty Flight B; Lin Yu Tops Main Event Day 1A

The opening salvo of the Won Poker Cup II (Event #4) Main Event saw four players advance to Day 2 as the quest for a share of the US$600,000 GTD prize pool commenced at the posh Won Majestic Hotel in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

With much of the attention centered on (Event #2) the Mystery Bounty, which drew 141 entries for its Flight B, a total of 25 entries graced Main Event A.

Lin Yu Bags Lead At Won Poker Cup II Main Event

With a light turnout at Won Poker Cup II Main Event Day 1A, it was determined that four would make it to ITM and go straight to Day 2. When the bubble loomed it came down to Vietnam ace Nguyen Quang Huy falling on a flip. Nguyen shoved pocket Sixes and was called  by Warm-Up champion Lin Yu who had Ace-Queen offsuit. The flop immediately paired both of Yu’s cards and held to deliver the bubble.

This was another solid performance by Yu who accumulated 287,000 in chips to earn the leader’s status. At his heel was Dang Ahn Duc of Vietnam with 282,000. A distant third is China’s Gan Chao with 96,000 while fourth is Hong Sung Heon of Korea with 85,000.

Day 1B gets underway later today (Wednesday, November 27) at 12NN (UCT+7). 

Anshu Zheng Mystery Bounty Flight B

Meanwhile, Flight B of (Event #2) the Mystery Bounty more than tripled the entries from Flight A as 141 entries were logged leading to 18 making it through to the finale on Wednesday (November 27). 

Some who arrived at this venue to sample the hostilities used Flight B to test the waters were hot streakers Trong Hieu Ngo, John Matsuda, Sha Chengchun, and David Erquiaga,  including European circuit veteran Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine and Vietnamese legend Hoang Hai Nam. Also Flight A fallouts Thailand’s Thanapon Thipthan, Jean Dufour of France and Vietnam’s Mai Bien.

It was the late game brilliance of China’s Zheng Anshu that tilted the balance of power as he first knocked out a surging Quynh Thuy of Vietnam (along with Canada’s Haile Rafik Kuo) on a classic flip with big slick prevailing. 

After the elimination of Vietnam’s Nguyen Ni at the hands of former chip leader Heng Kai Perng of Malaysia, it took just a few hands before Zheng burst the bubble, denying Won Jungsun a spot in the next round. Zheng’s bagged the overall largest stack of 519,000, another Chinese player in Li Qinglin is a distant second with 341,000 while American Michael Truong is third with 290,000.

The 18 qualifiers now merge with the six from Flight A and will return to the felt on Wednesday, November 27) at 1PM (UCT+7). 

Read up on the action via the SMP Live Updates.

Lee Jangkyu prevails in Hyper Turbo

Lastly, Lee Jangkyu of Korea took down (Event #5) the Hyper Turbo by finishing off a game challenge by Indonesia’s Mr. Fendy.

The final hand Mr. Fendy tried to push the Korean out of the pot as he went all-in for his last 176,000 and still got called. Fendy had 2♥5♥ and was live against Lee’s A♦10♦. The runout went: K♠6♥8♦A♣Q♣ for the victory and the US$1,500 top prize. Fendy received US$1,000 for his runner up finish while third place went to another Korean in Gal Yooseung for US$645.

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