GOP Main Event - Flight B - Plays to ITM (60/120/30 Mins) - USD 500,000 GTD

Xiaomeng Wang

The bubble has been delivered and the unlucky player was Xiaomeng Wang who against the leader Zeyu Sun. 

Before the showdown, Sun raised from middle position then called Wang's shove at cutoff. 

Xiaomeng Wang: A ♥️ 3 ♥️

Zeyu Sun: J ♦️ 8 ♦️

The flop 3 ♦️ 2 ♥️ 9 ♦️, paired up Wang while giving Sun a flush draw. The turn A ♠️ improved Wang to two pair but still wasn't out of the woods. 

Zeyu Sun

The river burned Wang's hand with the 2 ♦️ awarding Sun the flush. 

Level 13 is underway with blinds of 20,000-40,000 ante 50,000. It is still bubble time with 7 remaining out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Dylan Cechowski and Zeyu Sun

Action folded around to the chip leader Dylan Cechowski on the small blind. He took a quick peek then announced all in. Just as quick, big blind Zeyu Sun snap-called his 657,000 stack, putting his tournament life on the line.

Zeyu Sun: A ♦️ Q ♠️

Dylan Cechowski: 2 ♦️ 9 ♦️

Sun was far ahead of Cechowski's bluff and maintained dominance through the runout A ♣️ 2 ♥️ K ♦️ 6 ♣️ 5 ♣️ to double up and catapult to the top of the counts. 

Adrien Berger and Xiaomeng Wang

Bubble time.. Xiaomeng Wang shoved his last seven big blinds at under the gun and nearly escaped with the blinds and ante until big blind Adrien Berger defended.

Xiaomeng Wang: Q ♥️ 10 ♥️

Adrien Berger: A ♠️ 9 ♦️

Wang was behind but not for long. The flop J ♥️ A ♥️ 8 ♥️ was all hearts for the flush and with the turn 4 ♦️, Wang celebrated his double up as Berger was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless J ♣️.

Still bubble time with 7 players remaining. 

Level 12 is underway with blinds of 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000. Only 7 remain out of the 42 entries which means it is still bubble time. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Van Xuan Nguyen

With a pot of 245,000 brewed and a board at the turn J ♣️ 7 ♣️ 4 ♠️ K ♣️, Bo Su bet 150,000 only to be met with a check-shove from Van Xuan Nguyen for 331,000. 

Su tanked and counted out his chips. Though he could afford it, he eventually opted to let go of his stake in the pot.

Dylan Cechowski

End of the road for Stein Are Lindstrom who shoved on a turn board K ♦️ 9 ♥️ Q ♠️ 7 ♦️. 

Stein Are Lindstrom: Q ♥️ 8 ♠️ second pair

Dylan Cechowski: 9 ♣️ 9 ♠️ set

Once the hole cards were revealed, Lindstrom was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 6 ♦️. 

It is down to 7 players. Bubble time. 

Nikolai Guliaev

Daijiro Fukuoka made up some of the lost chips that he paid out to Stein Are Lindstrom by knocking out Nikolai Guliaev. The hand opened with a 55,000 raise by Fukuoka to which Guliaev three-bet jammed 199,000. Fukuoka called. 

Nikolai Guliaev: K ♣️ 10 ♣️

Daijiro Fukuoka: A ♣️ J ♦️

Guliaev was behind though with live cards. Unfortunately for him, the board produced none of his needs as it spread 5 ♥️ 3 ♠️ 2 ♣️ Q ♣️ 9 ♥️ to fall two three spots from ITM. 

Final 9 players. Three spots to ITM of 6 players. 

Level 11 is underway with blinds of 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000. Only 9 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Stein Are Lindstrom and Daijiro Fukuoka

Stein Are Lindstrom shoved his last 167,000 and got looked up by Daijiro Fukuoka. When they showed, Fukuoka was ahead.

 Stein Are Lindstrom: J ♥️ 9 ♥️

Daijiro Fukuoka: A ♥️ 9 ♦️

As soon as the flop landed K ♣️ 5 ♠️ J ♣️, Lindstrom improved to a pair and with the runout 8 ♣️ turn and river 3 ♥️, a disappointed Fukuoka counted out the chips. 

Zeyu Sun

By the time the river was reached, the board showed 8 ♦️ 4 ♦️ 5 ♠️ 7 ♣️ J ♠️ with a hefty 300,000 in the pot. Van Xuan Nguyen checked to Zeyu Sun who bet 135,000. Nguyen called only to be stunned by Sun's 10 ♠️ 9 ♠️ straight on the river. 

Nguyen mucked while saying he had top set on the flop but didn't show. 

Bo Su

Adrien Berger shoved his last 164,000 and table commander Bo Su called. Upon showdown, Su was ahead while Berger's hand was live.

Adrien Berger: 9 ♠️ 8 ♦️

Bo Su: :A ♦️ 10 ♥️

Su further improved on the flop 10 ♦️ 7 ♠️ K ♠️ while Berger had an open-ended. The turn 2 ♠️ gave Berger more outs and of the arrived on the river 8 ♠️ for a winning flush. Su shook his head in disbelief. 

Level 10 is underway with blinds of 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000. Only 10 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Gemmy Tu An

Gemmy Tu An risked her stack holding premium A ♠️ K ♣️ and was up against larger stacked Stein Are Lindstrom with 8 ♣️ 8 ♥️.

The board brought Gemmy no help running 4 ♥️ Q ♥️ 4 ♣️ 9 ♥️ 9 ♦️ to end her run five spots from ITM.

Apoorva Goel

Apoorva Goel remained in his seat after he secured a double up through Bo Su. Goel had 9 ♥️ 9 ♣️ that survived against Su's A ♦️ 3 ♦️ on a dry board. 

Lester Edoc

Lester Edoc defended on the small blind then jammed on flop of 9 ♠️ 6 ♦️ 5 ♥️ only to see he was up against Van Xuan Nguyen's A ♣️ A ♦️. 

With J ♦️ 8 ♦️ on hand, Edoc's best bet was for his gut shot to connect however it was not to be with the turn 9 ♥️ and river 10 ♥️.

Qi LI

Qi Li was all in once more and this time it was his end. Backed by K ♥️ 10 ♣️ he was behind caller Dylan Cechowski's A ♥️ 10 ♠️. 

The board ran 9 ♣️ 4 ♣️ 10 ♦️ J ♥️ J ♠️ for Cechowski's kicker to play and boot Li.

Level 9 is underway with blinds of 8,000-16,000 ante 8,000. Only 14 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Van Xuan Nguyen

Qi Li's nine lives continued but first the hand opened with a 25,000 from Van Xuan Nguyen at under the gun, Lester Edoc called, then Li went all in for his last 39,000. This was enough to be considered a reraise giving Nguyen the green light to raise again. Nguyen four-bet to 100,000 in hopes of isolating but Edoc still called. 

At the flop 7 ♠️ 7 ♦️ 8 ♠️, Nguyen continued for 60,000 and again Edoc called to take them to the turn 5 ♠️. Nguyen barreled again, this time with a shove for 191,000, and Edoc folded to give up the challenge for the side pot. 

At showdown, Nguyen opened A ♣️ 7 ♣️, Li had the same A ♠️ 7 ♥️, the river was K ♦️ to chop up the main pot. 

Lester Edoc, Dylan Cechowski and Qi Li

At cutoff, Lester Edoc raised 30,000, small blind Dylan Cechowski called, and big blind Qi Li was already forced all in with just 12,000.

At the flop of Q ♠️ 10 ♣️ 8 ♦️, Cechowski checked to Edoc who bet 18,000 into the side pot, Cechowski called. 

Both players checked the turn 4 ♠️ then bets resumed on the river with Cechowski leading out 40,000, Edoc pumped it up to 155,000, Cechowski tank-called. 

Edoc was forced to show his hand A ♥️ 6 ♣️ bluff for Cechowski to claim the side pot with Q ♣️ J ♣️. 

For the main pot, Li won it with A ♦️ A ♣️.

Dylan Cechowski

Kaoru Kishimoto was all in with A ♥️ 7 ♦️ which dominated his caller, Dylan Cechowski's A ♦️ 5 ♥️. 

As the board ran J ♣️ 10 ♦️ 3 ♦️ J ♦️, a possible chop or a double up was looming until the river 5 ♠️ paired up Cechowski to bad beat Kishimoto out of the field. 

Adrien Berger

By the time the turn was reached 6 ♥️ 5 ♣️ 6 ♣️ 8 ♠️ the pot had grown to 107,000. Bo Su bet a light 35,000 and Adrien Berger called. 

The river came 3 ♦️ and Su wasted no time counting out a bet and announced all in with his enormous stack and pushed Berger out of the pot. 

Nikolai Guliaev and Gemmy Tu An

Gemmy Tu An kicked it off with a 25,000 raise from under the gun and found one caller in button player Bo Su. On the big blind, Nikolai Guliaev three-bet jammed 156,000 and Gemmy called while Su got out of the way. 

When they revealed, it was a flip Guliaev needing to dodge Gemmy's overcards to avoid the rail.

Nikolai Guliaev: Q ♣️ Q ♠️

Gemmy Tu An: A ♦️ K ♠️

The deck favored Guliaev with the board running nine-high. 

Kunal Patni

Defending on the big blind, Kunal Patni called his last 112,000 chips and was behind aggressor Qi Li. 

Kunal Patni: J ♦️ 10 ♦️

Qi Li: K ♥️ J ♠️

That all changed when the flop ran 9 ♥️ 3 ♣️ 8 ♦️ for an open-ended that materialized the straight on the turn 7 ♣️. With the river A ♣️, Patni doubled up as Li plunged to 1 bb. 

Level 8 is underway with blinds of 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000. Only 15 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Gemmy Tu An

The once massive chip leader Kanghoon Lee has now been given his walking papers by Gemmy Tu An. It was all in preflop.

Kanghoon Lee: A ♥️ 9 ♥️

Gemmy Tu An: Q ♣️ Q ♠️

The board offered no help at all to Lee, instead, Gemmy improved 3 ♥️ K ♠️ 8 ♦️ Q ♦️ 9 ♦️ to secure the pot and trim the field to 15 players. 

Catching the hand as Stein Are Lindstrom was shipping the pot with A ♣️ 8 ♣️ and Apoorva Goel showed his A ♥️ Jh:. The board was A ♠️ 5 ♠️ 3 ♠️ 3 ♣️ 8 ♦️.

Dylan Cechowski

Dylan Cechowski secured a double up through Kunal Patni with his 6 ♠️ 6 ♥️ surviving against A ♥️ 5 ♥️ on a board that ran plenty of diamonds 5 ♦️ J ♦️ 7 ♦️ 9 ♣️ Q ♦️. 

Daijiro Fukuoka

Daijiro Fukuoka opened 22,000 at hijack and found one caller in cutoff player Nikolai Guliaev. Next spot over, Gemmy Tu An three-bet 85,000, and after the blinds folded, action swung back to Fukuoka. 

Fukuoka sized up Gemmy's stack then announced all in with a covering stack. Guliave quickly let go while Gemmy tanked then let go as well before the clock ran out. 

Xiaomeng Wang

Level 7 is underway with blinds of 5,000-10,000 ante 8,000. Only 17 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Romains Lihacovs

Romains Lihacovs shoved from early position and at cutoff, big stacked Daijiro Fukuoka isolated for the heads up showdown. 

Romains Lihacovs: A ♠️ K ♦️

Daijiro Fukuoka: Q ♣️ Q ♦️

It was a classic flip with Lihacovs needing to pair up. No gain for him on the flop 3 ♠️ 9 ♠️ 4 ♥️, and with the turn Q ♥️, that ended his Flight B run. The river 10 ♠️ had no bearing. 

Patrik Selin

Patrik Selin three-bet all in and initial raiser Gemmy Tu An found the 51,500 push cheap enough to make the call. 

Selin turned over Q ♠️ Q ♦️, Gemmy was looking to bad beat with A ♥️ 5 ♦️ or possibly a straight. 

When the flop came 3 ♥️ 2 ♣️ 3 ♣️, Gemmy called out for the four but was denied with the turn 2 ♦️ and river 6 ♣️ to pay up. 

Xiaomeng Wang

The two players that doubled up through Lester Edoc both faced off with Artur Akhmetzianov shoving and Xiaomeng Wang isolating.

Artur Akhmetzianov: Q ♥️ 8 ♥️

Xiaomeng Wang: A ♠️ Q ♣️

The board ran seven-high to boot Akhmetzianov out of the field.

Lester Edoc and Artur Akhmetzianov

Lester Edoc just suffered two hits to his stack, both players coming from behind. The first one was Artur Akhemtzianov who went all in for his last 51,000 and on the big blind, Edoc peeked at an ace and called. 

Artur Akhmetzianov: A ♠️ 6 ♠️ 

Lester Edoc: A ♦️ 7 ♠️ 

The board came 5 ♠️ Q ♠️ J ♣️ 6 ♦️ 10 ♦️ for a pair spiked by Akhmetzianov. 

The next showdown was against Xiaoweng Wang who had A ♠️ 10 ♠️. Edoc had him dominated with A ♥️ K ♦️. 

The board ran 4 ♠️ 3 ♠️ Q ♣️ 6 ♣️ 6 ♠️ for a flush to Wang and a double up. 

Lai Muk Pin

At Flight A, Apoorva Goel was the soft bubble and Lai Muk Pin bubbled. Both players faced off here with Goel backed by the larger stack and better kicker.

Lai Muk Pin: A ♠️ 7 ♦️

Apoorva Goel: A ♣️ Q ♦️

With a flop landing 2 ♦️ 9 ♣️ Q ♥️, it was nearly the end for Lai. The turn 5 ♣️ sealed his end and the river J ♦️ completed the runout. 

Though we missed the hand, Dakota Anderson was leaving the scene while Lester Edoc was stacking up some newfound chips.   

Level 6 is underway with blinds of 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000. Only 21 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Lester Edoc

Lester Edoc went on a preflop betting war against Artur Akhmetzianov who then shoved with Edoc committing all of his chips. 

Lester Edoc: K ♣️ K ♥️

Artur Akhmetzianov: A ♦️ 10 ♥️

A clean runout for Edoc followed 7 ♣️ 5 ♣️ Q ♦️ 2 ♦️ 2 ♥️ to ship in a hefty double up. 

Bo Su

Three-way to a flop of 3 ♠️ 6 ♣️ 2 ♦️ with 39,000 in the pot. Gemmy Tu An checked, Bo Su bets 16,000, Daijiro Fukuoka called, and Gemmy opted out. 

On the turn K ♣️, Su fired again for 35,000, Fukuoka gave it some thought then decided to let go of his stake in the pot.

Kaoru Kishimoto

Super High Roller gauntlet winner Kaoru Kishimoto boosted his stack by sending Xiaolong Xu to the exit. Kishimoto dominated throughout with A ♥️ K ♦️ over Xu's K ♣️ Q ♠️. 

The board ran out 8 ♥️ 4 ♥️ 10 ♣️ K ♥️ J ♣️. 

Following a raise from Xiaomeng Wang that was called by Van Xuan Nguyen, big blind Qi Li three-bet 26,000. Wang opted out while Nguyen topped up to see a flop. 

As soon as the dealer spread Q ♥️ J ♣️ 9 ♣️, Li announced all in and won the pot with Nguyen unwilling to tango further. 

Level 5 is underway with blinds of 3,000-6,000 ante 6,000. Only 24 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Dylan Cechowski

Dylan Cechowski opened from middle position then called Ke Lyu's three-bet jam of over 20 bigs. Cechowski was far ahead with pocket Eights against Lyu's pocket Fives. No bad beat cards appeared to end Lyu's day at Flight B while Cechowski chipped up. 

Qi Li

The poker gods gave Qi Li another lucky break to avoid the rail. He was all in holding A ♣️ J ♦️ and was dominated in chips and in hand by Micha Hoedemaker with A ♥️ K ♥️. 

The board ran Q ♣️ K ♣️ 5 ♦️ 10 ♥️ K ♦️ for Li to improve to broadway. 

Bo Su

Short stacked Eike Strub has been searching for that one hand good enough to go all in, he found the moment when he was dealt K ♣️ K ♠️. On the big blind, big stacked Bo Su called with A ♥️ 8 ♦️.

Only an ace for Strub to avoid and he did so on the flop 6 ♦️ 9 ♣️ 10 ♠️ until the turn came A ♣️. With the river 10 ♣️, Su apologized and Strub says, “that's poker”, and packed up to leave. 

Lester Edoc

Peng Sen Wu was flipping for his tournament life against Lester Edoc.

Wu had 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️ and needed to dodge Edoc's A ♣️ J ♥️. However, it was Edoc who was luckiest, spiking trips on a board A ♦️ A ♠️ Q ♦️ 6 ♦️ 3 ♠️ to collect Wu's entire stack. 

Xiaolong Xu

Andre Marcano was all in with K ♠️ 10 ♥️ on hand and bigger stacked Xiaolong Xu defended on the big blind with K ♦️ 4 ♥️ A four turned up on the flop for Xu to overtake and it held throughout to give Marcano the bad beat boot. 

Level 4 is underway with blinds of 2,500-5,000 ante 5,000. Only 27 remain out of the 42 entries. They bag up once ITM of 6 players is reached.

Koen Breed

Three players built a pot of 38,000 before the flop ran 7 ♥️ 2 ♥️ 8 ♠️. Lai Muk Pin bet 17,000, Koen Breed jammed for 89,000, then Apoorva Goel joined for 98,000. Too much heat for Lai who let go of his stake in the pot. 

Koen Breed: Q ♥️ Qs: overpair

Apoorva Goel: :Ah; 9 ♥️ flush draw

The turn 2 ♠️ changed nothing until the river 9 ♥️ for Goel to complete his flush.

Nikolai Guliaev

Kanghoon Lee entered the freezeout stage with a dominating stack however that has now been shaved down by Nikolai Guliaev and Romains Lihacovs, both players securing a double up. 

The first to do so was Guliaev who three-bet shoved on the small blind and Lee tank-called. 

Nikolai Guliaev: 8 ♥️ 8 ♠️

Kanghoon Lee: J ♥️ 9 ♥️

The flip went Guliaev's way with no hits on the board for Lee.

Next hand, Lihacovs opened 8,000, Lee three-bet 20,000, Lihacovs jammed, and Lee called. 

Romains Lihacovs: 9 ♣️ 9 ♥️ 

Kanghoon Lee: 6 ♣️ 6 ♥️

Once again, no help came for Lee to deliver any bad beat to pay another stack. 

Bo Su

Since getting lucky at the previous level, Bo Su has continued the grind and just picked up a good pot in this hand. 

With 24,500 brewed, he bet 10,000 on a flop of Q ♠️ J ♠️ 6 ♦️ and challenger Kaoru Kishimoto continued to defend his big blind. Both players checked the turn 9 ♦️ for a free river K ♣️. 

Kishimoto checked once more. Su wasn't giving away his hand for free and bet 35,000. Kishimoto folded.

Kanghoon Lee

Break time is over, registration for Flight B is now closed. A total of 42 entered with 32 players remaining. Only 6 players are guaranteed to advance to Day 2's ITM round. 

If you missed this flight's window, there is still Flight C to consider starting at 6:00PM.

Flight B is on break for 15-minutes. For those interested in signing up, this is your last chance to jump in. If you miss that window, Flight C is coming up at 6:00PM.

Bo Su

Bo Su was tanking to Zeyu Sun's 30,000 over-bet on a board of 4 ♣️ 5 ♠️ 7 ♣️ Q ♥️ with 25,000 in the middle of the felt. He finally made a decision to shove and Sun snap-called.

Bo Su: Q ♠️ J ♣️ top pair

Zeyu Sun: 5 ♣️ 4 ♥️ two pair

Su's chances to win was a slim 20/80 but the deck was feeling kind, granting him the 7 ♠️ on the river for a higher two pair for a double up. 

Stein Are Lindstrom

Stein Are Lindstrom was just given a sizable boost by Shuixiang Lai who dusted all of his chips on a bluff. The hand opened with a 5,000 raise by Kanghoon Lee, small blind Lai three-bet to 10,000, then big blind Lindstrom four-bet 52,000. Lee folded to the heat while Lai topped up. 

Both players proceeded to check the flop and turn, to see the board complete K ♦️ 4 ♦️ K ♠️ 5 ♦️ 7 ♠️. Lai jammed and in a snap, Lindstrom called. 

Lai turned over A ♣️ 9 ♣️ ace-high, Lindstrom had him way beaten with A ♦️ K ♣️ trips. 

Eike Strub

Eike Strub was down to just 9,000 and sent it all in. Yao Liu and Yingmeng Li gave him action then checked the flop 7 ♦️ 4 ♦️ A ♠️.

On the turn J ♥️, Liu dropped 20,000 out front but failed to build a side pot with Li folding. 

Liu flipped open A ♣️ 8 ♦️ top pair, Strub excitedly revealed A ♥️ 4 ♠️ two pair. With the river 9 ♠️ Strub's hand held for a triple up. 

Micha Hoedemaker

Catching the action on a board of 8 ♦️ 7 ♥️ 8 ♠️ A ♠️ J ♣️ with 56,000 in the pot, Micha Hoedemaker bet 36,000 and Jiaxian Pan paid to see. 

Hoedemaker turned over a A ♣️ 8 ♣️ full house for a well deserved pot.

Dakota Anderson

Dakota Anderson was the first casualty of the flight and was nearly out again when he faced Kunal Patni for his tournament life. 

Anderson was behind with K ♦️ J ♠️ against Patni's A ♥️ J ♣️ Luck shined on him when a king appeared on the board 9 ♠️ K ♥️ Q ♠️ 2 ♥️ 9 ♦️. 

Ngoc Huyen Quach

Star power at the table as famous Vietnamese vlogger Gemmy Tu An (Ngoc Huyen Quach) has joined the action. Apart from a strong social media following, she is one tough contender. Gemmy reached the final two tables at the previous GOP Main Event in Taipei, finishing in 12th place and is has all the goods for an even better run here in Cambodia.

Qi Li was down to just two big blinds and is now sitting on 100,000 without having to re-enter! 

Kanghoon Lee and Anton Iakimenko

Kanghoon Lee is currently chip leading after two big pots sent his way. The first one was caught with three players remaining in the hand on a board of 10 ♥️ 5 ♠️ 2 ♦️ 7 ♥️ and 47,000 in the pot. 

Out of the small blind seat, Romain Lihacovs led for 25,000, Lee made it 50,000 on the big blind, and Anton Iakimenko tank-folded at under the gun. Back to Lihacovs, he opted to fold as well.

Next hand, action folded to small blind Lee who raised to 5,000, big blind Iakimenko defended with a three-bet to 18,000, then Lee jammed with a covering stack. Iakimenko tanked for two time chips then risked his over starting stack. 

Kanghoon Lee: 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️

Anton Iakimenko: A ♣️ 6 ♣️

Iakimenko's ace was his only hope however failed to partner up on a board of 2 ♥️ K ♦️ 7 ♣️ 5 ♥️ 5 ♣️ to become the flight's second casualty.

Micha Hoedemaker

Four players in for 4,500 preflop was checked to the turn 2 ♣️ K ♦️ 2 ♥️ 7 ♠️ where it trimmed to two players after Yao Liu bet 10,000 that was called by Micha Hoedemaker. 

When the river 8 ♠️ was tabled, it was back to checking. Liu had A ♥️ 9 ♥️ for ace-high, Hoedemaker raked in the pot with 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️ in the hole.

Anton Iakimenko

Anton Iakimenko and Romains Lihacovs reached the river with the board showing Q ♦️ 3 ♥️ 9 ♦️ 5 ♠️ 6 ♠️ and 48,000 in the pot. 

Lihacovs bet 23,000 and Iakimenko tanked. After assessing, he hero-called and it was the right decision with Lihacovs turning over 10 ♠️ 8 ♠️. Iakimenko earned the pot with 7 ♥️ 6 ♥️ pair on the river. 

Daijiro Fukuoka

What a cooler at Table 4! Starting on a three-way with Daijiro Fukuoka's 5,000 raise called by button player Qi Li and big blind Patrik Selin. 

Action erupted on the flop 6 ♥️ 2 ♥️ A ♠️ with Fukuoka continuing for 6,500 only to be met with a raise to 15,000 from Li. Selin quickly called sending Fukuoka into the think tank. After burning through one time extension, Fukuoka announced all in for 75,000, sending the decision to Li who proceeded to tank. 

Qi Li

After posing for the camera, Li went all in and Selin wasted no time banks with a fast fold while showing A ♥️ Q ♣️. 

When they showed, the players at the table were shocked and Selin patted himself on the back for folding. 

Daijiro Fukuoka: 6 ♠️ 6 ♦️ set

Li Qi: A ♣️ 6 ♣️ top two pair

Only one out for Li to turn it his way but the board did not produce with the turn K ♠️ and river 8 ♣️.

Level 2 is underway with blinds of 1,000-2,000 ante 2,000. For those planning to enter this level, that's 60 big blinds with a starting stack of 120,000. There are currently 16 players seated out of the 17 entries. Artur Akhmetzianov leads with 252,000. 

This is the last level to enter, closing at the start of Level 3 at 4:00PM.

Li Qi

After losing sizable portion of his stack on an earlier hand, Qi Li went on a tear, picking up two pots to rise to 92,000. The first pot was up against Kunal Patni with both players facing a board J ♦️ 5 ♥️ J ♣️ 8 ♠️ with 10,000 in the pot. 

Li fattened it up with a 3,000 bet and Patni obliged to take them to the river 9 ♣️. Li was unrelenting, firing 15,000 which was enough to induce a fold. 

Next hand, Li opened for 28,000 and everyone was shocked asking if it was correct. Li looked at his bet and shook his head “oh mistake”. To his defense, the red chips are very close to the orange chips. Everyone folded. 

Artur Artur Akhmetzianov

The first casualty of Flight B has been delivered. On a flop of 9 ♣️ 10 ♥️ 3 ♠️, Dakota Anderson and Artur Akhmetzianov fired back and forth starting with bet of 15,000 from Anderson, raised to 35,000 by Akhmetzianov, then a shove from Anderson that stunned Akhmetzianov saying, 

“Really?”

Then Akhmetzianov called while opening 3 ♥️ 3 ♣️ set. Anderson had outs with J ♦️ 8 ♥️ open-ended. However, the turn 5 ♠️ and river K ♥️ were not the cards he needed and after counting out the chips, Anderson was behind to become the first one out. 

Anderson quickly re-entered and is now sitting on a fresh new stack. 

Stein Are Lindstrom

Qi Li came out firing with a 3,500 raise from under the gun and found one customer in Stein Are Lindstrom at cutoff. 

After the flop came A ♠️ 8 ♠️ 8 ♣️, Lindstrom went toe-to-toe when Li continued for 6,500. At the turn 5 ♣️, Li decided to slow down and and check, Lindstrom also switched gears with a bet of 11,000. Li returned fire with a 26,500 raise and still could not get Lindstrom to fold. 

On the river 3 ♥️ Li checked again and this time Lindstrom checked back. 

Li showed 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️, Lindstrom was awarded the pot with A ♦️ 6 ♦️.

Flight B of the GOP Main Event is underway! Level 1 runs for 60 minutes and Level 2 at 120 minutes. Registration closes at 4:00PM at the start of Level 3. 

Good luck to all!

Good news to all! The Gods Of Poker Main Event takes the floor today, Tuesday, March 31 with not one but two flights. Taking place at NagaWorld Phnom Penh, the first is Flight B at 12:30PM followed by Flight C at 6:00PM. 

These flights offer the fastest structure with late registration running a total of 180 minutes - 60 minutes for Level 1 and 120 minutes for Level 2. Once reg closes, Flight B levels increase every 30 minutes and Flight C levels increase faster, every 20 minutes. Follow the action via the live reports right here. 

• Buy-In: $1,540
• Guarantee: $500,000
• Trophy: Black-and-Gold Gauntlet
• Starting stack: 120,000 (120 bb at opening level)

Be sure to check the schedule for all the details. 

For All About the GOP Main Event, click here.

At yesterday's Flight A, Brazil's Gustavo Silva Campos set the bar at 1,225,000 in chips with closing blinds of 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000. A total of 48 turned up and 7 players advanced to Day 2 / ITM stage. 

For the Flight A live reports and survivors list, click here.