2013 Asian Nations Cup: Day 1, Session 2

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Players to follow

anc-day1-0105While some of the participants may be unknown to the public, a good handful will be worth mentioning for their previous results in other poker events. We have already highlighted Julius Colman and David Borg – of the entire field the two of them have cashed for almost $1,5 million. From India Abhishek Goindi will remember a heads’up battle for almost $300,000 against China’s Nicky Jin, a fight he lost to the Chinese pro back in 2012 – and here they are now, competing for their nation’s pride and participation in the Nations Cup Final!

Back in 2011 at the first ever IFP individual World Championship “The Table”, Japan’s Kinichi Nakata finished 9th overall and cashed $10,000. He has already shown his strength and finished the first 30 hands session second overall individually and will be one to keep an eye on for the MVP title.

Standings after 60 hands:

PositionNationChips2nd Session PointsChange
1stAustralia+2854297.5=
2ndChina+36525285.5=
3rdIsrael+14629276.5=
4thSingapore-12761273.5
5thIndia+122269.5
6thMongolia-12904254.5=
7thJapan-12975252
8thCPG-15489251

Movers and shakers

Standings after 50 hands:

PositionNationChips2nd Session PointsChange
1stAustralia+27193264.5=
2ndChina+27571236=
3rdIsrael+2054224.5
4thIndia+122269.5
5thCPG+13661216.5
6thMongolia-16668215
7thSingapore-31893214
8thJapan-14414206=

Australia takes a hit

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While play has been keeping up pace on most tables, one is trailing a notch. On table 1 Australia’s David Borg seems a tad impatient, commenting on how tough the table is playing. Immediately after we follow hand #33 play out:
David Borg UTG raises to 150, A fold from Fu Jun and Stas Tishkevich is followed by a re-raise from Daniel Chua to 525. Japan’s Kinichi Nakata calls from the SB, Harsh Saraf folds in the BB, David Borg calls. Three players to the flop, a total of 1,625 in the pot.
The flop comes 5h Kd 9s David checks, Daniel bets 975. Kinichi folds, David calls. The turn brings 8c. David checks, Daniel bets 1,975, and David immediately announces “all-in!” Daniel quickly calls generating a frustrated sigh from David “you must be good”. Smartphones on their back (!), David is holding KJh but Daniel has flopped top two pairs with Kc 9h. The Queen on the river brings no help for David and Australia takes a hit.

Standings after 40 hands:

PositionNationChips2nd Session PointsChange
1stAustralia+11443205.5
2ndChina+3846147.5
3rdSingapore-68182
4thIsrael+2579179.5
5thMongolia-2568178
6thIndia-16928175
7thCPG+7269170=
8thJapan-5564164=