Card rush for Marcus Tan lead to four consecutive winning pots

Aug 19, 2022

Short stacked Marcus Tan enters three consecutive hands and turns his 5 BB stack to 60 BB. On the first hand, under the gun Tan is all in with Diamond KClub 4 and gets lucky on Sam Ath Lor’s Club AHeart 9 after the board spreads Club 10Spade KDiamond 2Club QDiamond 6

On the next hand, mid-position player Steve Ng bet lays out a 7000 bet, big blind Tan three-bets all in his last 15,000. Easy call for Ng who has a massive stack. Ng shows Club KClub 8, Tan has better Heart QSpade A, the board runs low for another double up to Tan. 

Following that hand, he calls a short stack’s shove with Diamond AHeart K dominating Heart QDiamond J. Though not needed, Tan spikes the King on the turn to earn his third consecutive win. 

With the table in shock, Lloyd Fontillas hopes to change the momentum. From the button, Tan raises to 6500, small blind Fontillas three-bets to 13,000, Tan calls. The flop Spade 6Diamond 10Spade 7 sees Fontillas bet 10,000 and Tan calls. On the turn Club 3, Fontillas switches up and checks, Tan bets 16,000, Fontillas snaps it off. The river Club 3, both players check. Fontillas say he has Queen high, Tan shows Heart KHeart 9 and wins the pot.

Marcus Tan 180,000 

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