Poker Hand Matchup: Wai Leong Chan vs. Bryn Kenney
Wai Leong Chan	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 9,900,000	65.92 %	65.96 %	77.27 %	Winner!
Bryn Kenney	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 11,400,000	33.11 %	34.04 %	22.73 %

Posted On: Dec 03, 2024

Outcome

Preflop, with five players remaining and blinds of 150,000-300,000 with a big blind ante of 300,000, Wai Leong Chan raised to 600,000 from the cutoff. Bryn Kenney called from the big blind. On the flop Kenney checked. Chan bet 500,000. Kenney called. On the turn Kenney checked. Chan checked. On the river Kenney bet 975,000. Chan folded.

Analysis

Bryn Kenney made something out of nothing in this pot. He defended his big blind facing a raise from Wai Leong Chan, who was in a virtual tie for second chip position while Kenney sat alone at the top. Kenney flopped a gutshot straight draw, which was apparently enough, in this instance, to float Chan’s continuation bet with. The turn paired the bottom card from the flop and Kenney checked a second time. Chan, having not connected in any meaningful way, opted to pump the brakes and check behind. The 9 completed the board and Kenney, with absolutely no showdown value to speak of, opted to seize his chance at buying the pot. He fired just a bit over a one-third pot bluff on the end. “Doesn’t even need to go big. This bet [is] just designed to fold out ace highs, king highs, queen highs,” noted Triton commentator Henry Kilbane from the booth. The tactic worked like a charm, as Chan quickly got away from his Q-10 high to send the pot over to Kenney. These two went on to battle heads-up later on in the day, with Kenney ultimately coming away with the title and the top prize of $4,410,000. Chan earned $2,970,000, which was his third multi-million-dollar payday. Kenney extended his lead on poker’s all-time money list with nearly $72.4 million, while Chan grew his career haul to nearly $15.9 million.