Flight D is a wrap! The Gods of Poker Main Event resumed Flight D with 40 players returning, joined by another 23 to bring the total flight entries to 111. During the tenth hour of play, the bubble burst and the final 15 players was established.
Le Ngoc Khanh
At the top of the counts was Vietnam’s Le Ngoc Khanh with a massive stack of 2,172,000 (108 bb). Le now sits atop the cumulative Day 2 lineup with one flight yet to complete. One of Le's biggest hands came when he cracked Daniel Neilson’s pocket kings with ace-king for a pot that propelled him over seven digits.
India's Kunal Patni locked up second rank with 1,929,000 (96 bb). Patni climbed steadily throughout the day, and at the final two tables, he eliminated three players to signal in the bubble round.
The day's entering chip leader, Marte Sandberg, continued her strong run, and despite suffering multiple hits, she finished with a healthy 416,000 (20 bb).
One of the most impressive comebacks was Patrik Selin who dropped to two big blinds on a flip. Selin went on to win three showdowns to close the day with 264,000 (13 bb).
If there were a Hand of the Day, it belonged to Tyler Willse, whose hero-call picked off Mitja Rudolf’s bluff and sent him crashing out of the field. Unfortunately for Wilse, he too fell well before bagging time.
Read up on the live reports just below for some of the flight's exciting moments.
| PLAYER | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|
| Le Ngoc Khanh | 2,172,000 |
| Kunal Patni | 1,929,000 |
| Alen Bakovic | 1,858,000 |
| Vytautas Laurinaitis | 1,504,000 |
| Yingmeng Li | 1,223,000 |
| Vage Vaganian | 680,000 |
| Feng Yang | 732,000 |
| Rindra Norodom | 572,000 |
| Micha Hoedemaker | 514,000 |
| Manabu Sato | 493,000 |
| Dakota Anderson | 473,000 |
| Marte Sandberg | 416,000 |
| Gleb Ershov | 314,000 |
| Patrik Selin | 264,000 |
| Apoorva Goel | 169,000 |
The survivors are all guaranteed piece of the $500,000 guarantee and will return for Day 2 on Friday, April 3 at 12:30PM. The plan is race for a seat at the final table and be one step closer to the title and coveted Black-and-Gold gauntlet.