Just before the players stepped away for the second break of Match 3, we saw some classic pressure poker from the current chip leader, Wilson Yomso, and a disciplined fold from Zarvan Tumboli.
Wilson Yomso, continuing his active style as the chip leader, opens the action from under the gun to 5,200 with . Zarvan Tumboli defends his big blind with .
The flop came down . The action went check-check to the turn .
Tumboli, having paired his ten, checked the action over to Yomso. Yomso decided to put out a bet of 6,000. Tumboli considered it and made the call.
The on the river paired the board. Tumboli checked once more. Yomso, sitting pretty with two pair (aces and fives), decided to put Tumboli to the ultimate test by moving all in, covering Tumboli’s remaining stack.
Tumboli went deep into thought, using a few of his precious time bank chips as he weighed his decision with what was likely a marginal hand (his paired ten). Eventually, he made the disciplined laydown, choosing to preserve his remaining chips for after the break.
Yomso dragged the pot without a showdown, adding even more to his growing stack.
Chip Counts
Wilson Yomso – 150,800
Zarvan Tumboli – 22,000
With that hand concluded, the remaining four players are now heading into their second break of Match 3. Bounties and those valuable leaderboard points are still very much in play!