Gall Busts Duang, Katsushima Cracks Patni’s Aces

Down to his last 69,000 in chips Vietnam’s Thanh Ha Duong moved all-in from early position and the action folded around to Raphael Gall in the big blind, who asked for a count and then plonked out the call.

Thanh Ha Duong:
Raphael Gall:

“It’s my turn to hit,” said Duang, standing up as his fate was decided. The flop appeared to be the perfect one for Duang, but unfortunately the hit the turn to give Gall a full house and the lead in the hand. The river saw Gall stack up to 500,000 while Duang headed for the exit.

Another man who is no longer in the running is Kunal Patni who took a brutal beat at the hands of Shinji Katsushima, who opened the action from early position and Kunal Patni re-raised from middle position with the Japanese player making the call and taking the action heads-up to a flop of .

Katsushima check-called Patni’s flop continuation bet and all the chips ended up in the middle on the turn.

Kunal Patni:
Shinji Katsushima:

Unfortunately for Patni his aces had just been out-turned by Katsushima’s set of nines and the river saw the Indian player drop down to 20,000 while Katsushima stacked up to 425,000. Patni was unable to recover from that rather brutal setback and departed shortly afterward.