Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin opened with a raise preflop to 600 but had to raise her eyebrows when she picked up four callers to see a flop of .
The players tapped the table around to the cutoff player who took a stab for 800. Mikael Rosen called in the big blind, while Lin ducked out of the way. A late position player also called as the turn brought the .
Rosen then decided it was time to lead out with a bet for 3,400. It was an interesting line, but enough to force a quick fold from his two opponents. Rosen is now up to 30,000.
If we've done the math properly, an ace flops 22% of the time in Hold'em. But for some players, that percentage seems to rocket up closer to 100% when they're holding pocket kings. Such was Kitty Kuo's fate in a recent hand against Kai Sheng Yang.
We missed the pre-flop action, but Kuo was in the big blind for an ace-high flop of . She checked to Yang, then called a bet of 1,200. She also checked the turn. Yang didn't slow down, firing another 3,500 into the pot. Kuo eyeballed Yang's stack, cut out what looked like raising chips, and tanked for a few minutes. She finally flashed and mucked her hand.
Anyone who is familiar with the name Bobo Chen on the poker circuit will not be surprised to hear that he barely got a break as he was involved in a hand almost six minutes into the ten minutes that the players had to rest. Not much happened in the long hand.
In other news, the players are back to it with antes in play.
He's one of only a few Australian poker players in today's field and if he wants to fly the Aussie flag for much longer he will need to do a little better than his day has started.
When we arrived at the table Minh Nguyen was in the hand against one opponent with 2,900 already in the pot and Nguyen's opponent first to act on a flop showing .
Both players decided to checvk and the hit the turn. This time Nguyen's opponent would bet 1,800 and Nguyen would make the call as a was dealt on the river. Nguyen's opponent again bet, this time for 3,000. After a few moments, Nguyen made the call and his opponent turned over for a flopped set. This was enough to see Nguyen slide his cards into the muck as his opponent took down the pot.
As we strolled past Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin's table we noticed she was involved in a hand against one opponent. At this point there was a board showing and Lin led for 2,000 when the action was checked to her. Her opponent called and a completed the board on the river.
This time Lin's opponent would lead, quickly tumbling out a bet of 3,000. Lin thought for quite some time before deciding to make the call.
Opponent:
Lin:
"I wanted to shove, but i thought with the way you played it you could easily have a better flush than me," said Lin to her disgruntled opponent as she raked in the pot.
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. She checked to Yang, then called a bet of 1,200. She also checked the 
turn. Yang didn't slow down, firing another 3,500 into the pot. Kuo eyeballed Yang's stack, cut out what looked like raising chips, and tanked for a few minutes. She finally flashed 
and mucked her hand.
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for a flopped set. This was enough to see Nguyen slide his cards into the muck as his opponent took down the pot.
and Lin led for 2,000 when the action was checked to her. Her opponent called and a 
completed the board on the river.
