GOP Main Event - Flight D Day 1 - Reg. Open Till the Start of Flight D2 (240/300 Mins) - USD 500,000 GTD

Weixuan Wang

According to the players at the table, Weixuan Wang has already survived multiple showdowns and he did it again just now. 

Weixuan Wang: A ♠️ 4 ♠️

Mitja Rudolf: A ♣️ Q ♥️

The board was 5 ♠️ J ♥️ 4 ♦️ K ♠️ 2 ♠️ for a miracle save to dodge elimination.

Wenhai Li

Daniel Neilson was all in with A ♥️ 7 ♥️ which was behind Wenhai Li's A ♣️ 9 ♥️ kicker. 

No chops nor hits for Neilson arrived on a board K ♥️ 8 ♣️ K ♠️ K ♦️ 2 ♦️ for Li's kicker to play and knock out Neilson. 

Vage Vaganian

Vage Vaganian has been attacking the felt and to pump in more chips to his arsenal. He won back-to-back hands with the first one up against Linh Tran who opened for 5,000. Vaganian three-bet 16,500 and Tran topped up.

At the flop 2 ♥️ 5 ♥️ 5 ♣️, Vaganian c-bet 15,000 and won the pot with a snap-fold from Tran. Vaganian showed he wasn't stealing, turning over A ♦️ A ♥️.

On the next deal, the pot had grown to 72,000 by the turn J ♦️ 4 ♦️ J ♠️ 8 ♣️. Satellite winner Jin Yong checked, Vaganian bet 38,500, Yong tanked then asked Vaganian to show if he folded. Vaganian agreed. 

Jin Yong: A ♥️ K ♣️

Vage Vaganian: A ♦️ 8 ♦️

Feng Yang

Following a check, with 51,500 in the pot, Feng Yang shoved 35,500 on a turn board 6 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 8 ♦️ 4 ♥️. Nandipati Kishore was reluctant but could not let go. 

Yang turned over 8 ♣️ 8 ♥️ set, and Kishore had 10 ♥️ 9 ♣️. Only a straight to turn the tide but the river found A ♦️ for Yang to score a double up. 

Vage Vaganian opened from cutoff and the next three players left to act made the call. 

Everyone checked it to the turn K ♠️ K ♦️ J ♥️ 7 ♦️ where Shyh Chyn Lim took a chance for 9,000. Gemmy Tu An quickly called, then Vaganian shoved. One by one, they all folded. 

Shyh Chyn Lim

Nishio Kaito

Shyh Chyn Lim was sitting on a big stack when we passed by and shared his hand history. Nishio Kaito opened 4,000 and three players called. 

At the flop 10 ♣️ 8 ♠️ 7 ♣️, Kaito c-bet 9,000 and everyone called to the turn 5 ♥️. Kaito fired again, making it 30,000 and only Lim called. When the river tabled 6 ♠️, Lim open-jammed and Kaito risked the rest of his stack. 

Kaito had A ♣️ 8 ♣️ pair, Lim cleaned him out with J ♥️ 9 ♦️ straight on the flop. Lim now leads the field. 

Marte Sandberg

Last sixty minutes of Level 2 is underway. Registration is wide open until the end of the day. If you miss that window, there's still time to enter tomorrow before the start of Level 3 at 12:30PM.

Flight D is on its last break of the day. When they return, players will have one more hour one the clock before bagging up. Registration is wide open, closing at the start of Level 3 tomorrow.

Lai Muk Pin

Lai Muk Pin was very short and found a lifeline when his A ♠️ 2 ♠️ improved him to quads against Anton Iakimenko's Q ♠️ 10 ♠️ on a board. A ♦️ A ♥️ A ♣️ J ♠️ 4 ♠️. 

Manabu Sato

Action-packed flop K ♥️ J ♥️ 7 ♥️ with three players in the hand and 25,000 in the pot. It is checked to button playe Jesper Henrich, he bet 12,000. 

Big blind positioned Manabu Sato answered with a shove of 107,500. Jiaxian Pan shoved as well for 107,000, and Henrich got out of the way.

Manabu Sato: J ♦️ J ♠️ set

Jiaxian Pan: 3 ♥️ 6 ♥️ flush

Pan was ahead with his flush but still needed to fade Sato's full house outs. The turn 2 ♣️ was safe but not the river 2 ♦️ to burn his flush.

Siavasch Dastmalchi

Paolo Boccaletti kicked off the action-packed hand with a 6,000 raise, Siavasch Dastmalchi and Weixuan Wang called, then button player Mitja Rudolf squeezed a three-bet to 24,000. 

After the blinds folded, action was back on Boccaletti who was unfazed by Rudolf an fired a four-bet of 75,000, then Dastmalchi shoved around 265,000. 

Wang and Rudolf both got out of the heat while Boccaletti tanked using up a couple of time banks before opting to let go of his stake in the pot. 

Kunal Patni

Paolo Boccaletti

Sitting on the big blind, Kunal Patni defended by calling +1 player Paolo Boccaletti's preflop raise and his c-bet on the flop 4 ♠️ 4 ♣️ 2 ♦️.

On the turn 3 ♦️, Boccaletti fired again, making it 15,000, this time Patni switched up and check-raised 44,000. Boccaletti three-bet to 105,000, and Patni shoved. Boccaletti was reluctant to call but did anyway and saw the bad news.

Kunal Patni: 5 ♦️ 6 ♦️

Paolo Boccaletti: A ♦️ A ♣️

Boccaletti still had four outs to win the hand but none arrived to pay the double up.

Le Ngoc Khanh

Artur Akhmetzianov jammed on the river 2 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 9 ♠️ 10 ♥️ 4 ♠️ only to discover he was behind against Le Ngoc Khanh who committed all of his chips. 

Artur Akhmetzianov: Q ♠️ 10 ♦️

Le Ngoc Khanh: 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️

After the count, Akhmetzianov had to fork out 95,000, dropping to about half of what he had at the start of the hand.

Gemmy Tu An

With around 50,000 in the pot, and a board at its end 2 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 9 ♠️ 10 ♥️ 4 ♠️, Gemmy Tu An lays out a half pot bet of 25,000 only to be thrown back a 75,000 raise by Siarhei Chudapal. With just over that behind, Gemmy lets go of her hand. 

Ihor Yerofieiev

Somashekar Mahadeva opened then committed his 69,500 stack only to see the bad news.

Ihor Yerofieiev: A ♥️ K ♠️

Somashekar Mahadeva: A ♣️ Q ♣️

No hits on the board for either player, 2 ♦️ 3 ♥️ J ♠️ 4 ♦️ 2 ♣️ to send Mahadeva out of the field. 

Daniel Neilson

Daniel Neilson was all in holding Q ♦️ Q ♥️ and big stacked Jesper Henrich had A ♣️ K ♠️. Neilson had to sweat the runout before securing the double up with only low cards turning up.

Nandipati Kishore

Tense moment with Nandipati Kishore contemplating on a board 5 ♣️ 4 ♠️ 2 ♦️ 7 ♦️ with 43,000 in the pot. He had already bet 25,000 and now faced Weixuan Wang's 107,000 shove. Kishore eventually called to put Wang at risk.

Weixuan Wang: 5 ♦️ 6 ♦️ pair

Nandipati Kishore: A ♦️ J ♦️ draw

With Wang holdinga pair, Kishore was behind and had a 30/70 win rate. That thirty percent materialized when the river spiked A ♠️ for a top pair takedown. 

Yingmeng Li

On a board of 6 ♥️ J ♦️ A ♣️ K ♠️ 8 ♠️ and 42,000 in the pot, Yingmeng Li value-bet 50,000 and got Siavasch Dastmalchi to call. 

Li turned over a winning Q ♥️ 10 ♣️ straight and shipped in the pot. 

Shiyun Kim

Romans Lihacovs

Catching the action on the river with 128,000 in the pot and a board J ♠️ 4 ♠️ 4 ♥️ Q ♦️ 6 ♣️, Shiyun Kim shoved with J ♥️ 10 ♥️ then fell to Romans Lihacovs's A ♣️ 4 ♣️ trips. 

Patrik Selin

Following a raise from Fabian Rolli of 4,500, button player Patrik Selin three-bet 15,000. Rolli wanted to continue and slid out the call. 

Selin fired another 15,000 on the flop of 8 ♦️ K ♥️ 9 ♠️, and again Rolli called. The turn 2 ♥️ saw Selin dip in again and before the count, Rolli tossed his hand to the dealer. 

Selin kindly revealed A ♠️ A ♣️. 

Qi Li

Three players in on a three-bet pot preflop brought a flop of 10 ♥️ 4 ♦️ J ♥️. Small blind Qi Li bet 8,000 and only big blind Christopher Oliveiro put up a challenge.

On the turn 6 ♥️, Li fired 10,000 and Oliveiro was unshaken, making the call to head to the river 7 ♠️. Li triple barreled, sending out 15,000, and this time Oliveiro folded showing K ♥️ Q ♦️ that missed all his outs. 

Paolo Boccaletti

Level 2 resumes with 58 players seated out of the 78 entries. Registration is open all day long. Below are the top 5 in chips. 

Flight D has reached the third break. There's still plenty of time for latecomers to make their way and join the action with registration open all day long.

Hoa Thinh Nguyen

Hoa Thinh Nguyen was all in with around 20+ bigs, and Jesper Henrich had him well covered. 

Nguyen's hopes were very much alive as he turned over the best starting hand of A ♥️ A ♠️. Henrich had 6 ♣️ 6 ♥️. 

The flop quickly widened Nguyen's hand to a set and with the board completing A ♣️ 2 ♠️ 10 ♠️ K ♥️ 2 ♣️. he pulled in a full reload.

Shyh Chyn Lim

On a single raised pot, five players watched the dealer fan a flop of 9 ♠️ 7 ♣️ 3 ♥️. Following three checks, Shyh Chyn Lim bet 8,000 and got called by button Xiaolong Xu and big blind Vage Vaganian. 

Lim continued to barrage on the turn 2 ♠️ with a 22,000. Only Xu called to head to the river where the Q ♥️ graced the board. 

Once more, Lim fired for 65,000, Xu announced all in, Lim snap-called. 

Xu turned over Q ♣️ 9 ♥️ two pair and busted to Lim's 7 ♠️ 7 ♥️ set. 

Apoorva Goel and Aurinas Stanevicius

Apoorva Goel and Aurinas Stanevicius went head-to-head in two hands. The first one opened with a 5,000 from Goel at under the gun, Stanevicius reraised to 12,000 from +1. After everyone folded back to Goel, he defended.

The flop J ♥️ Q ♦️ 2 ♥️ brought more chips to the middle with an 8,000 c-bet from Stanevicius, check-called by Goel. 

The turn 2 ♣️ paired the board. Goel checked, Stanevicius slowed and checked back. On the river J ♠️,, no more checking from Goel who bet 25,000 and won the pot after Stanevicius folded. 

Three hands later, Goel min-raised on the button, Stanevicius three-bet to 16,000, Goel called. 

When the board ran out 10 ♦️ 4 ♣️ 5 ♣️ 6 ♥️ 3 ♥️, Stanevicius triple barreled 9,000, 32,000, and 16,000. Goel called the flop and turn bets then folded on the river. 

Alen Bakovic

Alen Bakovic was all in holding Q ♥️ Q ♣️ and needed only to fade a king against caller Ihor Yerofieiev's K ♥️ Q ♦️. 

No such luck however with the flop quickly improving Yerofieiev K ♣️ 3 ♣️ 4 ♣️. Bakovic still had outs for the set or a flush. The turn 8 ♥️ however was not one of them, and neither was the river K ♦️, to head out of the tournament area. 

Michael Bihari

At hijack, Rindra Norodom raised on Michael Bihari's big blind who defended. Bihari checked the flop 7 ♣️ J ♠️ Q ♦️ then continued to defend by calling Norodom's 8,000 c-bet.

Switch up on the turn 9 ♦️ with Bihari announcing all in and won the pot after Norodom flicked his hand to the muck. 

Shenghao Wu

Big pot already brewed preflop with under the gun Romans Lihacovs and button player Shenghao Wu looking to claim it. 

On a flop of 2 ♦️ A ♠️ K ♥️, they pumped more in the pot with Lihacovs betting 12,000 and Wu making the call. 

Lihacovs barreled again, betting 30,000 on turn 5 ♥️ and this time, he was met with a snap-jam from Wu. It didn't take long for Lihacovs to decide to fold and Wu shipped the pot while revealing Q ♥️ 9 ♥️ flush draw. 

Xiaolong Xu

Xiaolong Xu just sat down and with his fresh stack he three-bet jammed his 60 bigs on the button. Initial raiser Dakota Anderson called to put Xu in danger.

Xiaolong Xu: Q ♦️ Q ♥️

Dakota Anderson: A ♦️ Q ♠️

The board ran brutal for Xu, J ♣️ 10 ♦️ 6 ♦️ K ♠️ 5 ♣️. And just like that, Xu went down in just one hand. 

Paolo Boccaletti and Weixuan Wang

Paolo Boccaletti just claimed a massive double up off Weixuan Wang. Catching the action with both players all in. Boccaletti on the button and Wang on the small blind. 

Paolo Boccaletti: A ♣️ 10 ♣️

Weixuan Wang: 9 ♠️ 9 ♥️

Wang needed to dodge Boccaletti's overcards which he did, however the board ran out 7 ♣️ J ♥️ K ♣️ K ♦️ 8 ♣️ to crush his pocket pair with a winning flush.

Xinkang Chen

Xinkang Chen was all in and at risk against Yao Liu. Both players had a pocket pair with Chen holding the nuts.

Xinkang Chen: A ♦️ A ♥️

Yao Liu: 7 ♦️ 7 ♣️

When the board reached the turn 8 ♥️ 9 ♦️ 4 ♣️ 6 ♠️, Chen was sweating it with a possible straight to Liu. The river 3 ♦️ denied Liu for a double up to Chen. 

Kunal Patni

Out of middle position, Weixuan Wang opened 5,000 then down the orbit, big blind Kunal Patni defended with a three-bet to 19,000, Wang flatted to tame the action.

At the flop 8 ♦️ 6 ♣️ 8 ♥️, Patni continued for 12,000 and Wang calld. On the turn 4 ♠️, Patni shoved his 40,500 stack and the aggression was enough to induce a fold from Wang. 

Patni flipped over Q ♥️ 5 ♣️ bluff and said “good fold, river seven" that got a laugh from Wang. 

Anton Iakimenko

First to act Patrik Selin kicked off the hand with raise of 5,000, to his immediate left Takashi Ito called, and button player Somasekhar Sanampuri joined the party. 

Two spots over, big blind Anton Iakimenko tanked, then defended with a three-bet of 22,500 which was enough to induce a fold in Seiln while Ito three-bet to 50,000. Sanampuri also got out of the way and Iakimenko topped up. 

After the barrage of bets, the flop landed Q ♥️ 5 ♠️ 2 ♠️. Ito continued for 25,000 and Iakimenko check-called. On the turn 6 ♥️, Ito jammed his last 31,500 and Iakimenko check-called with a covering stack.

Takashi Ito: Q ♦️ Q ♣️ set

Anton Iakimenko: K ♠️ J ♠️ flush draw

Money card for Iakimenko on the river 4 ♠️ to burn Ito's set and send him out of the field. 

From +1 seat, Marte Sandberg raised to 4,500 then called button player Michel Lionel's 15,000 three-bet. 

Lionel continued to drill with a 10,000 bet on a rainbow flop J ♠️ 6 ♣️ 10 ♥️ and Sandberg check-called to take the action to the turn 2 ♥️. 

Sandberg checked again, Lionel fired 25,000, and still Sandberg stuck to him like glue, dropping in the call. 

The 9 ♣️ river saw Sandberg check for the last time, Lionel announced all in, Sandberg snap-called. 

Michel Lionel: Q ♦️ Q ♣️

Marte Sandberg: J ♦️ 9 ♦️

Lionel's overpair were no good against Sandberg's rivered two pair to get and head out of the tournament area. 

Feng Yang

Flight D is now on its second 15-minute break of the day. When play resumes, blinds increase to 1,000-2000 ante 2,000.

Vage Vaganian

Somashekar Mahadeva min-raised from hijack and big blind Vage Vaganian defended. 

What started as a light start erupted on the flop 5 ♣️ Q ♦️ 8 ♦️ with Mahadeva's 2,500 continuation bet, check-raised by Vaganian to 7,500. Mahadeva called to head to the turn. 

The 3 ♥️ turn card brought heavier action with Vaganian leading out 18,500, Mahadeva raised to 45,000, Vaganian three-bet to 75,500, then snap-called when Mahadeva four-bet shoved. 

Vage Vaganian: 8 ♣️ 8 ♠️ set

Somashekar Mahadeva; A ♥️ A ♠️

The river Q ♠️ was no help to Mahadeva for Vaganian to double up with a full house. 

Aike Ing

Michel Lionel opened for 2,500 then faced a three-bet from next door neighbor Aike Ing of 7,500 after everyone else folded. Lionel topped up to play the flop.

When the spread ran 6 ♦️ Q ♠️ 2d:, Ing continued for 8,500 and Lionel check-called. Ing fired again on the turn K ♥️ for 14,000 and this time Lionel bowed out to relinquish the pot to Ing's aggression. 

Yohn Paredes

Kunal Pati initiated the action with a 3,000 raise at under the gun only to be met with a three-bet to 10,500 from next door neighbor Nandipati Kishore. Down the orbit on the button, Yohn Paredes four-bets all in for 56,500 which got the blinds and Patni to fold while Kishore defended with a covering stack.

Yohn Paredes: A ♠️ K ♣️

Nandipati Kishore: Q ♦️ Q ♥️

With his tournament life on the line, Paredes watched the flop run 8 ♣️ J ♣️ 10 ♠️ and begged,

“C'mon dealer.”

However, the deck did not heed his call with the turn 8 ♦️ and river 7 ♣️ to lose all of his chips. 

Feng Yang

Feng Yang and Romans Lihacovs built a pot of 93,500 by the turn 2 ♠️ 7 ♠️ Q ♣️ 9 ♣️. Both players checked for a free river card 3 ♠️. 

Yang checked again, Lihacovs bet a light 10,000. Yang quickly called. 

Lihacovs was stealing with K ♣️ J ♦️, Yang won the pot with K ♠️ 10 ♠️ flush. 

Linh Tran

Facing a raise, Manabu Sato three-bet, then Linh Tran four-bet to 25,000. Sato called. 

At the flop 8 ♦️ 10 ♥️ 9 ♥️, Sato checked, giving Tran the green light to bet. Tran continued for 15,000 and that was enough to earn the pot. 

Gleb Ershov

Fabian Rolli raised from +1 and nearly stole the blinds and ante until Gleb Ersho defended on the big blind. 

Rolli attempted again at the flop of 9 ♥️ J ♠️ 5 ♥️ with a 4,500 continuation bet but Ershov defended again with a check-call. 

Ershov open-checked on the 7 ♦️ turn and this time Rolli checked back for a free river 2 ♦️. Ershov slid out a time bank then dipped in his stack, pulling out 23,500. Rolli folded. 

Dakota Anderson

With a pot of 104,500 up for grabs, and the board at its limit of A ♥️ 2 ♦️ 9 ♣️ A ♣️ 8 ♥️, Dakota Anderson jammed on Siarhei Chudapal who was covered by around 10,000. 

After using up three time extensions, Chudapal opted to preserve his chips for a better spot.

Anton Iakimenko

Re-entry player Anton Iakimenko ramped up the aggression with a three-bet to 9,000 at cutoff. Initial raiser Gleb Ershov called and his caller Fabian Rolli topped up as well for a three-way. 

At the flop 7 ♠️ 8 ♣️ 10 ♣️, action was checked to Iakimenko who barreled 26,000 and that was enough to scoop up the pot uncontested.

Nandipati Kishore

Waldemar Kopyl opened preflop then proceeded to go all in on the flop J ♣️ 10 ♣️ 8 ♣️ only to run into Nandipati's made hand. 

Waldemar Kopyl: K ♣️ Q ♥️

Nandipati Kishore: Q ♠️ 9 ♣️

The turn 3 ♦️ and river J ♦️ brought no change to send Kopyl to the rail.

Jack Maris

After Jack Maris checked, Le Ngoc Khanh went all in for 158,000 on a board K ♣️ 8 ♥️ A ♦️ 8 ♦️ 10 ♣️ with 61,500 in the pot. 

Maris went deep in the tank, using up four time extensions before letting go of his hand while asking “bluff?”

While scooping up the pot, Le did not react.

Patrik Selin

Romans Lihacovs

On a board that completed 7 ♥️ 9 ♥️ 9 ♠️ J ♣️ K ♦️ and 18,000 in the pot, an eruption of bets led to Romans Lihacovs giving up his 36,000 bet to Patrik Selin's shove. 

Weixuan Wang

On a board of 5 ♠️ 8 ♣️ 8 ♦️ 2 ♠️ A ♠️ with 83,500 in the pot, Anton Iakimenko bet 52,500, sending Weixuan Wang tanking. 

Wang soon called. Iakimenko showed K ♦️ 5 ♦️ two pair, Wang had 8 ♠️ 7 ♠️ trips and shipped in the pot. 

The players are back for the second half of Level 1 with another two hours of blinds 500-1,000 ante 1,000. 

As one of the best deep tournament structures in the region, players have plenty of time to jump in with registration open all day. The best time to sign up is now while the average is still 120 bb.

First break of the day is underway with 41 entries so far and 39 seated.

Peng Sen Wu

After losing on a failed push out bet, Peng Sen Wu continued to drop to 29,000 and took a stand with A ♥️ K ♣️.

Romans Lihacovs called with K ♦️ Q ♣️ and proceeded to get lucky on the runout Q ♦️ 7 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 2 ♣️ 10 ♦️ for Wu to become the second bust of the flight. 

Jesper Henrich

With a pot of 32,500 before them and a flop of 6 ♥️ 2 ♣️ 10 ♥️, Hoa Thinh Nguyen checked to aggressor Jesper Henrich who bet 8,000 and Nguyen called.

Action repeated on the turn 5 ♦️ with a 31,500 bet from Henrich check-called again by Nguyen. The river came 4 ♣️ and like previous, Nguyen checked, Henrich fired 65,000, and after a bit of thought, Nguyen paid to see. 

Henrich announced “straight”, and flipped over A ♦️ 3 ♥️ caught on the river. Nguyen mucked. 

Yao Liu

In an attempt to defend his big blind from being stolen, Peng Sen Wu three-bet jammed only to discover Yao Liu was backed by rockets.

Yao Liu: A ♣️ A ♦️

Peng Sen Wu: Q ♥️ 8 ♥️

Though Wu paired up on a board 4 ♥️ 7 ♣️ 7 ♦️ Q ♠️ 9 ♦️, it was still behind to pay Liu the maximum. 

Waldemar Kopyl

Christopher Oliveiro clearly has Waldemar Kopyl's number with another pot between going his way. On a board of 6 ♣️ 2 ♦️ 4 ♥️ 8 ♣️ 8 ♥️ and a pot of 93,000 already brewed, Oliveiro fired 50,000 that sent Kopyl into the think tank.

Kopyl eventually called then mucked to Oliveiro's 6 ♥️ 6 ♦️ full house. 

Patrik Selin and Qi Li

Nine lives Qi Li is back after a rollercoaster day at yesterday's flight where he was nearly out on the first level then bounced back from just two big blinds to reach the final two tables. 

This time, it was quite the opposite, falling as the first casualty of the day. 

Li was all in for 95,000 with A ♣️ K ♠️ and Patrik Selin covered him with Q ♣️ Q ♥️.

The flop K ♣️ 9 ♦️ 10 ♣️ improved Li to a higher pair then was quickly which maintained on the turn 10 ♥️, then bang! The river J ♥️ burned Li with Selin completing a straight.

Paolo Boccaletti

By the turn turn board 2 ♥️ 3 ♥️ 4 ♣️ A ♦️, button player Nandipati Kishore and small blind Paolo Boccaletti built a pot of 33,000.

More fueled in with Kishore betting 11,000, Boccaletti check-raised to 30,000, Kishore tank-called to head to the river 4 ♠️. 

Boccaletti switched up and led for 55,000, Kishore burned through two time extensions before tossing in the one-chip call. 

Boccaletti wasn't stealing, instead got value for his 5 ♥️ 4 ♥️ straight. 

Le Ngoc Khanh

On a three-bet pot, Le Ngoc Khanh and Marte Sandberg were the only two left vying for a pot that grew to 34,000 preflop then watched the flop come K ♠️ J ♦️ 8 ♣️.

Sandberg checked to the aggressor Le who tested for 8,000 and Sandberg called. Both players slowed down on the next two streets, checking the turn Q ♥️ and river 2 ♣️. 

Sandberg has a pocket pair in the hole 7 ♠️ 7 ♥️, Le took down the pot with A ♥️ J ♣️ higher pair.

Christopher Oliverio

After losing a quarter of his stack on his first hand, Christopher Oliverio began the road to recovery in back-to-back hands against Waldemar Kopyl.

The first hand opened with a 2,500 raise from Kopyl at under the gun and Oliveiro three-bet jammed 95,000. Kopyl folded.

Next hand, Oliveiro limped then called Kopyl's raise. Both players checked it to the turn 5 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 7 ♣️ 3 ♣️ where Kopyl took a stand for 3,500, and Oliveiro called. 

More action on the river 7 ♥️ with a bet of 17,000 from Kopyl. Oliveiro reviewed the board and his hand again saying,

“Maybe you bluff, I call.” 

Oliveiro's decision was the right one as Kopyl turned over A ♠️ J ♦️. Oliveiro won the pot with 4 ♠️ 4 ♦️.

Hoa Thinh Nguyen

On a board of 10 ♥️ 3 ♣️ 7 ♣️ A ♥️ 2 ♦️ and a huge 72,500 weighing down the middle of the felt, Michael Bihari checked to Hoa Thinh Nguyen.

Nguyen value-bet 55,000, Bihari gave him a disbelieving stare then tossed in the call. Nguyen wasn't stealing, flipping over 10 ♦️ 10 ♣️ set. 

Michael Bihari has been very active and has picked up another good pot. He raised from middle position and found one customer in hijack Dakota Anderson who three-bet. Bihari called and they went to the flop.

On a board of 8 ♦️ 6 ♣️ Q ♠️, Bihari deferred to Anderson who continued for 5,000, Bihari called. Open-check again from Bihari on the turn A ♠️ and this time Anderson checked back. 

The river 2 ♦️ was to Bihari's liking, betting 22,000. Anderson called then mucked to Bihari's 6 ♠️ 6 ♥️ set. 

Michael Bihari

Michael Bihari kicked it off with a raise from late position and small bind recently crowned Vytautas Laurinaitis defends. 

Bihari continued for 5,500 on a flop of 8 ♠️ 3 ♥️ :Js; and Laurinaitis stuck around to the turn 3 ♦️. Laurinaitis seemed to like the card and test-bet 2,500, Bihari called for the board to complete with K ♣️ river. 

Laurinaitis returned to checking, Bihari dipped in then pulled out 8,000 and it was good for the pot with Laurinaitis sending his cards to the muck. 

Ihor Yerofieiev

On a board of 8 ♠️ A ♥️ 10 ♣️ 2 ♦️ 4 ♦️, with 22,000 already in the pot, Ihor Yerofieiev checked to Nikolai Guliaev who bet 15,000. Yerofieiev called. 

Guliaev showed A ♦️ K ♥️ top pair, Yerofieiev won the pot with A ♠️ 2 ♠️ two pair. 

Flight D of the GOP Main Event is underway with Level 1 already ticking down. As one of the best deep tournament structures in the region, players have plenty of time to jump in with registration open all day. The best time to sign up is now while the average is still 120 bb. Level 1 registration runs a total of four hours. 

If you miss that window, Level 2 gets rolling at 2:00PM giving you an average of 60 bb.

The Gods of Poker opens today with Flight D of the Main Event! This is arguably the most player-friendly structure ever presented in the region. Hitting the felt at exactly 12:30PM, late registration remains open throughout the entire day - spanning nine hours! 

That's unheard of anywhere in the world especially with the first four hours (Level 1) played at an average of 120 big blinds followed by another five hours (Level 2) at an average of 60 big blinds. Not only is this Cronus Structure suitable for tournament players, but for cash game enthusiasts as well. 

Flight D registration closes just before the start of Level 3 which is on Day 2 of Flight D on Thursday, April 2. Players that jump in at the final second will still be backed by a healthy 30 big blind average.

For the Flight D - Day 1 structure, click here.

For the Flight D - Day 2 structure, click here.

In addition to the signature Cronus Structure, the GOP Main Event features a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Out of the 117 cumulative entries, 17 players have already locked up a share of the pot. The player to catch is Flight B chip leader Zeyu Sun who set the bar sky-high at 1,809,000. 

Stay tuned right here as we bring you fresh updates and photos throughout the day.