High Rollers Aplenty, Wang Wins From Aido

With only the HK$80,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller running today it appears that many of the big buy-in players have opted to take a shot at the Main Event instead with Sergio Aido, Isaac Haxton, David Peters, Nick Petrangelo, Sam Greenwood and Dan Smith all busy beavering away here on Day 2.

Petrangelo and Peters are seated at different tables for a change, but Mikita Badziakouski and Davidi Kitai, who both final tabled the HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock on Tuesday 4 April, are amusingly seated at the same table once again in the Main Event.

James Chen told us he is planning on playing the second HK$200,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock tomorrow, unless of course he is still going in the Main. Currently Chen is seated at Billy the Croc’s table with the two players discussing strategy at present.

Another high roller who is in attendance and appears to be doing pretty well is Sergio Aido and we managed to catch the Spaniard in action in the following hand.

Pre-flop it was Aido who was the initial aggressor, opening the action with a raise to 2,000 from the hi-jack and finding a caller in Nianqing Wang, who chose to defend from the big blind.

Wang checked the flop over to Aido, who decided a c-bet was in order and bet out 1,500, which Wang quickly called.

Both players checked the turn opening the door for Wang to take a stab on the river and he reached for chips and tossed out a bet of 6,000.

Aido does not look thrilled about it but made a crying call and Wang rolled over the mighty for the turned boat. The Spanish player gave a wry grin and flashed his opponent pocket aces before tossing them into the muck.