GOP Main Event - Flight D Day 2 - Reg. Open Till Start Plays to ITM (60 Mins) - USD 500,000 GTD

Shyh Chyn Lim

Shyh Chyn Lim was all in with A ♠️ 10 ♠️ and was looking good against caller Yingmeng Li with 8 ♠️ 7 ♠️. 

When the flop arrived 8 ♣️ 2 ♣️ 4 ♣️, Lim fell behind. The turn 9 ♣️ changed nothing then with the river A ♣️, Lim survived with a flush on the board. 

Two hands later, Lim was all in again and had A ♠️ 10 ♠️ on hand. Li called duty-called on the big blind with 6 ♠️ 2 ♠️. 

Lim got up and said to the dealer, “this time all clubs is okay. No sweat please."

When the dealer fanned the flop Q ♠️ 2 ♥️ A ♦️ both got a piece. Lim was still sweating it with the turn 5 ♦️. 

Yingmeng Li

Then the river 6 ♥️ crushed his hopes with Li pairing up his second card to deliver Lim a brutal beat on the bubble. 

Marte Sandberg

Still on the bubble, Marte Sandberg opened 40,000 and big blind Gleb Ershov called. When the flop ran J ♥️ 8 ♠️ 7 ♥️, Sandberg c-bet and Ershov called. 

Both players checked the turn K ♥️ and the river 10 ♥️ 

Ershov showed Q ♣️ Q ♠️, no heart, Sandberg claimed the pot with A ♣️ A ♠️. 

Vage Vaganian and Rindra Norodom

Action folds to button player Vage Vaganian, he opened. Small blind Rindra Norodom three-bet 253,000 leaving 7,000 behind. Kunal Patni folded on the big blind and Vaganian flatted.

At the flop 10 ♥️ 2 ♥️ Q ♥️, Norodom tossed in his remaining chips and Vaganian called the small bet for a bubble showdown.

Rindra Norodom: K ♥️ K ♣️

Vage Vaganian: A ♦️ 4 ♥️

The turn 8 ♥️ was a winner for Rindra and he celebrated saying, 

“I'm back in the game!”

The river was a meaningless 8 ♣️. 

Aurimas Stanevicius

Vage Vaganian opened, Kunal Patni called, then Aurimas Stanevicius shoved his remaining short stack. Vaganian opted to fold while Patni called to put Stenvicius on the ropes. 

After they revealed, Stanevicius had A ♣️ Q ♥️ and Patni had 6 ♣️ 6 ♥️. Vaganian said he had Ace-Five and the players said he should have called. 

When the board ran 5 ♥️ 7 ♦️ K ♥️ 5 ♦️ 10 ♦️, Vaganian was not happy to see that he would have won it, instead Patni won the pot while Stanevicius headed out of the tournament floor. 

It is now bubble time with 16 players remaining. 

Siarhei Chudapal

Micha Hoedemaker was flipping for his tournament life holding 9 ♦️ 9 ♥️ and faded Siarhei Chudapal's A ♦️ K ♦️, on a board of 8 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 5 ♣️ 3 ♠️ J ♣️. 

While Hoedemaker doubled, Chudapal was down to 2 bb which he risked on the next hand with K ♣️ 9 ♦️. Kunal Patni isolated with A ♠️ 4 ♥️ and with the board running 8 ♠️ 6 ♠️ 5 ♥️ 4 ♣️ 5 ♣️, Chudapal was eliminated three spots from the money. 

Level 10 is underway with blinds of 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000. Only three spots to ITM of 15 players.

Antonius

Antonius was dealt his last hand, risking it all with Ace-Queen that missed the board completely. He fell to Alen Bakovic's pocket Eights. 

It is now down to two tables with 18 players remaining. Only three busts needed to ITM and end the day. 

Vage Vaganian

Siarhei Chudapal min-raised from +1, next door neighbor Vage Vaganian called, then at small blind, Mark Leslie shoved around 200,000. Chudapal called only to quickly fold to Vaganian's shove with a covering stack. Chudapal showed 9 ♣️ 9 ♥️. 

It was a good fold with Vaganian turning over A ♣️ A ♦️. Leslie was in trouble with K ♣️ Q ♣️. The flop nearly ensured Vaganian the takedown and when it completed A ♥️ 3 ♦️ 6 ♣️ 7 ♠️ 6 ♦️ it was overkill with a commanding full house. 

As he scooped up his winnings, Vaganian says, “I'm big fish!”

Yingmeng Li and Thang Tran Minh

Yingmeng Li raised 32,000 then called Thang Tran Minh's three-bet all in of just 118,000. 

Minh was behind with K ♥️ J ♦️ but his hand was live against Li's A ♠️ 10 ♠️.

The flop 8 ♠️ Q ♥️ J ♣️ gave Minh hope however it quickly turned sour on the turn K ♦️ with Lin improving to a straight. Minh only had four outs to help him stay in the game but the river 9 ♦️ was not one of them to bust to Li.

With around 260,000 in the pot by the time the dealer fanned 10 ♦️ A ♣️ Q ♦️, Vage Vaganian fired 185,000 to send Kunal Patni to the tank. Patni eventually let it go and Vaganian happily showed 4 ♣️ 7 ♣️ bluff. 

Yingmeng Li

Yingmeng Li entered the new level as the chip leader but suffered two hits to drop several rungs. The first pot he lost was around 500,000 to Vytautas Laurinaitis then the next was a lighter 100,000 to Marte Sandberg. 

Laurinaitis currently leads with 1,523,000. 

Alen Bakovic

Alen Bakovic opened 32,000 from under the gun and found two players to tango to the flop 3 ♠️ A ♦️ 10 ♦️. 

He continued to barrel for 40,000 and only Vage Vaganian called for a look at the turn Q ♠️. When Bakovic fired again for 125,000, Vage could easily afford it but opted to fold.

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Rindra Norodom

Rindra Norodom needed help in a major way when he risked his stack with A ♣️ 10 ♦️ and was up against big stacked Siarhei Chudapal with A ♥️ Q ♣️. 

As soon as the flop landed 2 ♥️ 10 ♥️ 3 ♥️, Norodom prematurely celebrated his pair but was not out of the woods yet as Chudapal had a flush draw. 

Norodom sweated the turn 4 ♣️ and with the river 6 ♠️, he happily shipped a double to keep his ITM hopes alive. 

Level 9 is underway with blinds 8,000-16,000 ante 16,000. Only 21 players remain from a turnout of 111 entries. They play down to ITM at 15 remaining.

Yingmeng Li

Kaoru Kishimoto risked his tournament life holding pocket Sevens but could not dodge Yingmeng Li's Ace-King with an ace showing up. He quickly exited while Li soared to over 1.6M. 

Patrik Selin

Patrik Selin's road to recovery continued a third double up since dropping to 2 bb. His newest pick up was with Q ♥️ J ♠️ over Kaoru Kishimoto's 7 ♦️ 7 ♥️. 

The board was 6 ♣️ 5 ♠️ Q ♦️ 2 ♥️ 8 ♣️. 

Valeriy Fokin and Vytautas Laurinaitis and Shyh Chyn LIm

Valeriy Fokin jammed 105,000 at cutoff, button Vytautas Laurinatis called, then small blind Shyh Chyn Lim three-bet all in. After the big blind folded, Laurinatis snap-called.

Valeriy Fokin: A ♠️ 4 ♦️

Vytautas Laurinaitis: A ♥️ K ♥️

Shyh Chyn Lim: 4 ♣️ 4 ♠️

An ace quickly found the flop and held A ♣️ 3 ♥️ J ♦️ 8 ♣️ 7 ♠️ for Laurinaitis to ship it all while railing Fokin in the process.

Apoorva Goel

Apoorva Goel open-shoved 190,000 and nearly steals the blinds and ante when big blind Patrik Selin defended with a covering stack. 

Apoorva Goel: A ♦️ J ♦️

Patrik Selin: 9 ♣️ 9 ♦️ 

The flip went Goel's way on a board dropping diamonds 7 ♦️ K ♥️ 3 ♦️ 4 ♦️ Q ♠️ for the nut flush.

Following that hand, Selin jammed two consecutive hands and won both. The first one was with 3 ♠️ 5 ♣️ improving to a straight, then the second was with A ♥️ 7s: over Vytautas Laurinaitis's K ♠️ J ♠️ on a board K ♣️ 4 ♣️ 5 ♣️ A ♦️ 5 ♥️.

Antonius

After his stack suffered multiple hits, Antonius finally won a pot against Vage Vaganian. With 93,000 already brewed on a flop of 4 ♠️ 9 ♣️ J ♠️, Antonius check-called Vaganian's 44,000 bet. 

No action on the turn A ♦️ with both players tapping felt until the river Q ♥️ where Antonius led with a shove. Vaganian folded. 

Level 8 is underway with blinds up 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000. The field is down to 24 players out of 111 entries. They play to ITM of 15 players.

Kunal Patni and Antonius bang heads again and this time the pot was even larger. On a board of 3 ♠️ J ♣️ Q ♥️ 9 ♦️ 7 ♦️, with 586,000 in the pot, Patni fired 250,000. 

Like previous, Antonius tanked. After two time extensions, he called. Patni wasn't bluffing, turning over K ♦️ :Kc. Antonius mucked.

Siarhei Chudapal and Vage Vaganian

Three players in on a three-bet pot saw a flop run 2 ♠️ A ♥️ 7 ♥️. Vage Vaganian bet a light 16,000, Patni called, and Siarhei Chudapal check-called. 

Chudapal open-checked again on the turn A ♠️, Vaganian bet 25,000, Patni flatted again, then Chudapal raised to 75,000. Vaganian called and Patni stepped aside. 

After the board completed with the 6 ♣️ river, Chudapal stayed in control with a 77,000 bet, Vaganian tanked and while he deliberated, Chudapal said,

“If you fold, I'll show you, my friend.”

Vaganian called anyway then mucked to Chudapal's A ♦️ 10 ♣️ trips.

Kunal Patni

Kunal Patni and Antonius built a big pot of 345,000 by the time the board completed 3 ♦️ 2 ♦️ Q ♠️ 7 ♠️ J ♠️. From under the gun, Patni tanked then fired 205,000. Antonius slid out his time banks and after spending one, he folded. 

Patni proudly revealed his A ♥️ 4 ♠️ hole cards and Siarhei Chudapal commented,

“Ahh… from under the gun. Raise Ace-Four offsuit from under the gun, okay.”

While shipping in his winning, Patni laughed and replied,

“Looked like aces to me!” 

*On a side note, seated at the same table - Vage Vaganian is now sitting with 1,300,000 and Rindra Norodom is down to 230,000. 

Le Ngoc Khanh

Le Ngoc Khanh is sitting on a monster stack and shared the hand. It was all in preflop with Daniel Neilson holding K ♣️ K ♠️ and Le with A ♦️ K ♦️. An ace landed on the river.

Antonius

From under the gun, Antonius opened 22,000 and Marte Sandberg defended her big blind. When the flop tabled 10 ♦️ 8 ♠️ 2 ♣️, Antonius c-bet 25,000, Sandberg check-raised to 75,000, and Antonius called.

The heavy action continued on the turn 10 ♠️ with Antonius betting 85,000, Sandberg check-raised again, this time for 225,000, which Antonius answered with a three-bet to 385,000. 

Sandberg tanked then finally decided to surrender her hand and her big stake in the pot. 

Proudly, Antonius showed the bluff, tossing his hole cards to the middle face up K ♣️ Q ♣️. 

Rindra Norodom

Rindra Norodom returned from the break on fire, quickly picking up two pots to catapult to one on of the biggest stacks. 

The first hand was with A ♠️ Q ♦️ that cleaned out Somashekar Mahadeva who had A ♣️ J ♥️ on a board of K ♦️ J ♦️ Q ♣️ 5 ♠️ 7 ♥️.

The next hand was a full double up with A ♦️ A ♥️ staying dominant against Ihor Yerofieiev's A ♠️ K ♠️ on a ten-high board. 

Yerofieiev busted immediately after.

Marte Sandberg

Another 15-minute has just passed and cards are now in the air with Level 7 underway. Blinds are 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000. The flight plays down to ITM of 15 players.

Gleb Ershov

With a pot of around 190,000 weighing down the middle of the table, button player Daniel Neilson fired 140,000, leaving himself just 1,000 behind. Middle position Gleb Ershov tanked while staring at the board 4 ♥️ 3 ♦️ 2 ♠️ 4 ♦️ A ♦️.

After using up two time extensions, Ershov folds and says, “the river was good for me.” Neilson just smiled and collected his winnings.

Mark Leslie

Mark Leslie challenged Andy Xueyan Li's all in to put him at risk of elimination.

Andy Xueyan Li: A ♦️ 10 ♣️

Mark Leslie: Q ♣️ J ♣️

The board favored Leslie, coming down 8 ♥️ 8 ♠️ Q ♠️ Q ♦️ K ♦️ to send Li to the exit.

Rindra Norodom

Vage Vaganian opened 20,000 at cutoff then faced a three-bet of 59,000 from small blind Rindra Norodom. Vaganian topped up for an expensive flop.

After the dealer fanned 9 ♥️ 4 ♣️ K ♠️, Norodom bet 60,000. Vaganian tanked then surrendered his hand. Norodom showed his 3 ♦️ 3 ♣️. 

Shyh Chyn Lim

Ihor Yerofieiev opened from early position only to see a three-bet from Vage Vaganian for 44,000. Small blind Shyh Chyn Lim stunned them with a squeeze for 150,000. Yerofieiev folded while Vaganian took a bit to decide before letting go as well. 

Mark Leslie

All in on the flop, Mark Leslie was got paid when the board finished Q ♥️ A ♥️4 ♦️ 6 ♣️ K ♣️ with Siarhei Chudapal on the bitter end. 

Leslie had A ♣️ K ♦️ was ahead throughout against Chudapal's A ♠️ 9 ♠️. As his winning were sent over by the dealer, Leslie looks her way with gratitude and says, “thank you dealer!”

Micha Hoedemaker

With a pot of 60,000 brewed preflop, small blind Siavasch Dastmalchi checked the flop J ♠️ 10 ♠️ 6 ♣️ then tanked to big blind Micha Hoedemaker's 40,000 bet. 

After a minute, Dastmalchi announced all in and Hoedemaker snap-called. When they flipped over their hole cards, Dastmalchi was in trouble.

Siavasch Dastmalchi: Q ♥️ 10 ♣️ second pair

Micha Hoedemaker: K ♥️ J ♣️ top pair

No help arrived for Dastmalchi on the turn 7 ♦️ and river 4 ♠️ to hit the rail as Hoedemaker dragged in the pot.

Le Ngoc Khanh

Tense moment at table 4 with a pot of 290,000 brewed and a board of 2 ♥️ 2 ♠️ 3 ♥️ 3 ♣️ J ♥️. Le Ngoc Khanh had a bet of 87,000 laid out while fellow countryman Thang Tran Minh tanked. 

After using up four time extensions, Minh called. Le stunned the table when he flipped over 3 ♠️ 3 ♦️ quads. 

Siavasch Dastmalchi

Following a raise by Daniel Neilson, middle position player Peng Sen Wu took it to the limit for 80,000. Down the round, small blind Siavasch Dastmalchi isolated for 123,000, pushing Neilson out of the way.

Peng Sen Wu: Q ♦️ J ♦️

Siavasch Dastmalchi: J ♥️ J ♣️

Dastmalchi was far ahead but still called out “one time”, and watched the board grant it as it ran a clean 3 ♦️ 3 ♥️ 3 ♣️ 10 ♠️ 10 ♥️. Wu played the board's full house that was behind Dastmalchi's higher boat. 

Level 6 is underway with blinds of 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000. The field is down to 31 players out of 111 entries. They play to ITM of 15 remaining.

Ann Lazo and Jonathan Loo

Three-way all in on a flop with everyone finding the flop favorable 5 ♣️ J ♦️ 4 ♦️ for bets to erupt leading to shoves. 

Ann Lazo: 5 ♦️ 9 ♦️ 

Junnzhong Loo: K ♦️ J ♠️

Thang Tran Minh: 5 ♠️ 5 ♥️

Minh had a covering stack and was ahead with his set. The turn J ♥️ improved Minh to a full house rendering Lazo drawing dead while Loo still had outs to overtake. 

The river 2 ♥️ was not one of Loo's outs to join Lazo to the rail.

Kunal Patni

Catching the action at the end on a board showing A ♦️ 3 ♥️ 5 ♦️ 2 ♠️ 7 ♦️ with Nandipati Kishore walking away. He had 2 ♥️ 2 ♣️ set on the turn that was still behind Kunal Patni's flopped 3 ♦️ 3 ♠️. 

Rindra Norodom

Rindra Norodom picked up a couple of pots to drive his stack to 55 bb. The first pot was a hefty one against Vage Vaganian who folded on the river to Norodom's shove on a board 10 ♠️ 3 ♥️ 10 ♥️ 5 ♦️ 4 ♣️.

A couple of hands later, Aurimas Stanevicius opened 12,000, Shyh Chyn Lim three-bet 36,000, Norodom called, and Stanevicius decided to bow out. 

On the flop 10 ♣️ 6 ♠️ J ♠️, Lim checked, Norodom tested with a 31,000 bet and won the pot with Lim folding, giving up his stake in the pot. 

Gemmy Tu An

Gemmy Tu An was dealt a strong A ♥️ K ♠️ and was all in for her tournament life against Antonius with 9 ♦️ 9 ♥️.

The board favored Antonius with no surprises of any kind to end Gemmy's run on a flip while boosting Antonius's stack.

Le Ngoc Khanh

Out of the cutoff position, Wenhai Li raised to 15,000 and button player Apoorva Goel called. Two spots over, big blind Le Ngoc Khanh defended with a shove for 185,000. 

Li was covered and opted to preserve his chips, Goel followed him out as well for Le to scoop it up without a fight. 

Manabu Sato

Manabu Sato kicked off the hand with a min-raise then went three-way to the flop with button player Gleb Ershov and big blind Romans Lihacovs.

Sato continued at the flop 10 ♣️ A ♦️ 3 ♣️ for 15,000 and only Lihacovs paid up for a turn card K ♠️. Sato was unstoppable with a 50,000 bet to Lihacovs who eventually sent his hand to the muck. 

Marte Sandberg

After a 15-minute break, Level 5 is now underway with blinds up 3,000-6,000 ante 6,000. The field is down to 38 players out of the 111 flight entries. They play down to ITM of 15 players.

Thang Tran Minh

Thang Tran Minh min-raised and found one caller in small blind Patrik Selin. After the flop 7 ♠️ 2 ♣️ 3 ♦️, Minh continued for another 10,000 and Selin stuck around for a cheap look at the turn 6 ♥️.

Selin open-checked again, Minh slowed and checked back. The river J ♥️ completed the board and Selin checked for the last time. Minh dipped in his stack and pulled out a bet of 75,000. Selin tanked, and after burning a time bank, he let go of his hand. 

Kaoru Kishimoto

Catching the action on a board showing A ♠️ 4 ♣️ J ♦️ 9 ♦️ 4 ♦️ with 84,000 in the pot, Rindra Norodom checked to button player Kaoru Kishimoto who slid out a bet of 60,000. 

This sent Norodom into the think tank then decided to fight another hand. 

Kunal Patni

Action folded around to cutoff Gemmy Tu An, she opened 10,000 that found callers in button Ann Lazo and small blind Kunal Patni. 

Patni checked the flop K ♠️ Q ♥️ 3 ♣️, Gemmy c-bet 15,000, Lazo called, and the three-way stayed intact with Patni paying to head to fourth street. 

After the dealer turned 7 ♣️. two checks to Lazo who shoved 30,500. Patni folded, then Gemmy counted out her stack before sliding out the call.

Ann Lazo

As soon as Lazo flipped over A ♠️ 10 ♦️ and Gemmy J ♦️ 10 ♦️, Patni could not believe their hands and stood up commenting,

“Now I'm tilted.”

The river 4 ♥️ kept Lazo's ace-high ahead to double up and more. 

Vytautas Laurinaitis

Following a 10,500 raise by birthday celebrant Vage Vaganian, small blind Michael Lech went all in for 75,500. Next to act Vytautas Laurinaitis tanked on the big blind the slid out the call while Vaganian opted out.

With his tournament life on the line, Lech turned over J ♦️ 10 ♦️ and was live but behind Laurinaitis's A ♣️ Q ♣️. 

Both players improved at the flop 5 ♦️ J ♣️ Q ♥️ with Laurinaitis still ahead. More outs on the turn 9 ♦️ for Lech with a possible flush but denied on the river with the A ♥️. 

Paolo Boccaletti

With progressive bets throughout, Paolo Boccaletti was all in on the river J ♣️ 8 ♠️ 6 ♠️ Q ♦️ A ♣️ only to see his two pair A ♦️ J ♦️ crushed by Dakota Anderson's Q ♥️ Q ♠️. 

Level 4 is underway with blinds up 2,500-5,000 ante 5,000. The goal is to play down to ITM of 15 players.

Tyler Willse

What a hero-call by Tyler Willse to stun everyone at the table and send Mitja Rudolf out on a failed bluff. 

The hand opened with a 10,000 raise from Willse at middle position that was called by the small blind Mark Leslie, then big blind Rudolf three-bet to 30,000. Willse tanked for a bit then slid out the call while Leslie opted out.

Rudolf continued at the flop of 9 ♦️ 9 ♥️ 2 ♥️ for 24,000, only Willse called for heads up to the turn 3 ♠️.

Rudolf continued to drill in the bets, firing 37,000 and Willse stuck around to see the river table 5 ♣️. Without hesitation, Rudolf jammed 132,000 and this gave Willse pause for a bit of thought. 

He found reason to call and when they flipped them over, Rudolf was bluffing with K ♣️ Q ♣️ air. Willse shipped it with 7 ♥️ 5 ♥️ two pair, delivering Rudolf the boot. 

Jin Yong

Jin Yong was all in with K ♥️ K ♠️ and was ahead of challenger Junzhong Loo's J ♠️ Jd:. Nonetheless, he still had to sweat it then breathed a sigh of relief when the board ran 6 ♦️ 7 ♥️ A ♥️ Q ♠️ 8 ♦️.

Marte Sandberg

The flight's entering chip leader Marte Sandberg continues where she left off…. raking it in. In a recent hand, she went head-to-head against Siarhei Chudapal with the hand caught at the turn board 8 ♣️ 9 ♠️ 10 ♠️ 8 ♠️ and around 120,000 in the pot. 

From the under the gun seat, Chudapal bet 38,000 and Sandberg check-called out of the small blind seat. The dealer laid the river 10 ♦️ and again Sandberg checked. Chudapal slowed down and checked back. 

Sandberg flipped over K ♠️ 10 ♥️ full house, Chudapal showed his J ♦️ J ♥️ overpair. Sandberg missed the chance to extract more value on the river but dragged a good pot nonetheless and cross into the million mark. 

Marte Sandberg

The flight's entering chip leader Marte Sandberg continues where she left off…. raking it in. In a recent hand, she went head-to-head against Siarhei Chudapal with the hand caught at the turn board 8 ♣️ 9 ♠️ 10 ♠️ 8 ♠️ and around 120,000 in the pot. 

From the under the gun seat, Chudapal bet 38,000 and Sandberg check-called out of the small blind seat. The dealer laid the river 10 ♦️ and again Sandberg checked. Chudapal slowed down and checked back. 

Sandberg flipped over K ♠️ 10 ♥️ full house, Chudapal showed his J ♦️ J ♥️ overpair. Sandberg missed the chance to extract more value on the river but dragged a good pot nonetheless and cross into the million mark. 

Le Khoi Nguyen

Max late reg player, ranked #1 in Vietnam THM Money List, Le Khoi Nguyen was down to crumbs of just 7,000 and went all in. 

Heavy bets followed with a reraise from cutoff player Tomas Dedinas, then next door neighbor Vytatutas Laurinaitis three-bet 36,000, called by small blind Somashekar Mahadeva. 

With the blinds getting out of the way, action swung to Dedinas, he jammed 142,500, sending Laurinaitis to the think tank. He emerged with a shove and it was a three-way with Mahadeva getting out of the heat. 

Le Khoi Nguyen: J ♥️ J ♠️

Tomas Dedinas: K ♦️ K ♠️

Vytatutas Laurinaitis: A ♦️ A ♥️

As soon as the flop landed 3 ♥️ J ♦️ 9h:, Nguyen celebrated his catch which held through the turn 9 ♠️ and river 4 ♦️.

Nguyen tripled up to 38,000, Laurinaitis won the larger side pot, and Dedinas plunged to 26,000. 

Despite his luck, Nguyen was eliminated on the next hand by Kaoru Kishimoto. 

Pavan Kumar Gajula

One of today's last second entry was Pavan Kumar Gajula who got involved in back-to-back hands. 

The first hand saw him raise big for 15,000 then next door neighbor Siarhei Chudapal three-bet to 26,000. After action folded around back to Gajula, he topped up to take it to the streets.

At the flop Q ♣️ 7 ♠️ 4 ♦️, Chudapal continued to fire with an 18,000 bet and this time got no action from Gajula who let go.

Next hand, entering chip leader Marte Sandberg opened and +1 Gajula and big blind Alen Bakovic called. As soon as the flop landed, Gajula jammed and took down the pot. 

Vage Vaganian

Somashekar Mahadeva raised from under the gun then three spots over Vage Vaganian three-bet, only to be met with a four-bet to 33,000. Vaganian called to bring the action to the flop 7 ♦️ 8 ♥️ 3 ♦️.

After the heavy preflop betting both checked it to the turn 4 ♠️. No more checking for Mahadeva who sent it all in for 87,000 and that did the job with Vaganian folding.

Artur Akhmetzianov

Artur Akhmetzianov jammed holding 10 ♣️ 10 ♠️ and was flipping against caller Gleb Ershov with A ♥️ K ♥️.

An ace peeked at the window and with the runout A ♠️ 4 ♥️ J ♥️ 9 ♣️ 5 ♠️, out went Akhmetzianov. 

Qi Li

Several players have already busted within the first ten minutes. Good news for them, there is still one last flight for them to jump in at this value event with a guarantee of $500,000 certain to be an overlay. 

Cards are now flying! Just before the starting buzzer, another 23 players jumped in to bring the flight tally to 111 entries. The field now has 63 players and will play down to ITM of 15 remaining. 

Among the last to enter were Kyle Bao Diep, Alen Bakovic, Barger Larsen, Somashekar Mahadeva, Koen Breed, Quan Qiu, and Michael Lech. 

For those that missed the Flight D window, there is still one more flight to jump in- Flight E - which starts at 6:00PM. This is the last chance enter and have a shot at the $500,000 guarantee.

The Gods Of Poker Main Event resumes today at world-class NagaWorld Phnom Penh with 40 players from a field of 88 entries returning to action at Flight D. For those planning to jump in this flight, there's still time with registration closing at exactly 12:30PM. 

Entering players will receive a 120,000 starting stack, averaging 30 big blinds. The goal is to play down to ITM of 13.5%. Currently that number is at 12 players though subject to change, depending on the final number of entries for this flight. 

Flight D opens at Level 3 with blinds of 2,000-4,000 ante 4,000. Bringing in a mighty stack is Marte Sandberg with 857,500 (214 bb) in chips. 

Stay tuned right here for continued coverage of the live poker action in the Kingdom of Cambodia.