Kick Off

From utg+1, Kiril Gelev raised to 125,000, button Kenzo Mendoza called, the flop ran Q♠ J♠ 4♥ . Gelev c-bet 235,000 and won it then and there.

Several hands later, Gelev was on the big blind and called small blind Ashley Patterson’s raise of 150,000 to see the flop Q♦ 3♣ 8♠ . Patterson checked, Gelev took a stab with a 150,000 bet and was called. Both players checked the turn Q♣ for a free river 4♦ . Gelev fired 375,000, Patterson check-raised a solid 1,000,000, Gelev called and mucked to Patterson’s K♠ Q♥ trips.

Cutoff Valeriy Pak raises to 125,000, big blind Kiril Gelev calls, the flop comes 2♦ [2c} A♥ . Pak c-bets 125,000, Gelev check-calls. On the turn 9♣ , Pak moves all in and this time Gelev folds.

Three players in on a flop 4♣ T♠ 2♣ , under the gun Kiril Gelev bets 105,000, hijack Khurelbaatar Shinebi and small blind Valeriy Pak call. On the turn K♦ , Gelev fires a large 400,000, only Shinebi continues to the river T♣ . Gelev bets 400,000 again, Shinebi moves all in, Gelev calls and shows 4♥ 4♠ full house to beat Shinebi’s Q♣ 8♣ flush.

Four players in on a flop 2♠ 9♥ 3♥ with 360,000 in the pot. Big blind Kiril Gelev checks, utg Khurelbaatar Shinebi bets 45,000, cutoff Yoshiki Miura folds, button Valeriy Pak shoves. No takers to win the pot.

19:23: Kiril Gelev shoves, Pak folds Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000

Kiril Gelev and Valeriy Pak build a 500,000 pot preflop then see the cards run K♥ J♦ 3♠ . Gelev shoves his big stack, Pak check-folds.

Lojack player opens for 45,000, the blinds call, all three see the flop 9♣ 6♣ A♣ . Small blind Kiril Gelev leads out 20,000, big blind Khurelbaatar Shinebi raises to 85,000, lojack folds, Gelev calls. On the turn K♠ , Shinebi bets 80,000, Gelev check-calls. On the river 3♦ , Shinebi shoves, Gelev folds.

Cutoff Bonifacio Mondalo raises to 50,000 then calls small blind Kiril Gelev’s 160,000 three-bet. When the flop lands 7♥ 2♠ 4♣ , Gelev shoves ,Mondalo folds.

From cutoff, Bonifacio Mondalo raises to 23,000, Kiril Gelev defends the big blind, the flop runs K♥ K♠ 9♠ . Mondalo c-bets 25,000, Gelev check-calls. Both players check the turn J♣ . The river 4♥ sees Gelev lead out 90,000, Mondalo calls. Gelev claims the pot with K♦ 6♣ trips beating Mondalo’s Q♠ Q♥ .

Rommel Angeles is no longer the overwhelming chip leader having just paid a double up to Kiril Gelev. Heavy action preflop led to a 120,000 pot and Angeles raise-shoving on a flop 9♦ 2♦ 4♠ . Gelev called and showed Q♥ Q♣ which was way ahead of Angeles’ 7♥ 7♦ . The turn A♣ and river 8♣ secured the win for Gelev.

Kiril Gelev opens for 12,000, Kadono Shotaro three-bets to 35,000, button Mark Almusajin four-bet shoves and is able to push out Gelev while Shotaro calls. Almusajin has Q♠ Q♦ , Shotaro A♣ Q♣ , the board runs 8♥ 5♥ K♠ A♦ J♥ . Shotaro spikes the ace to send Almusajin down to crumbs.

Hijack Mark Almusajin opens for 14,000, small blind Kiril Gelev three-bets to 53,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz all in for his last 4 bb, Almusajin folds. Dela Cruz has A♠ 9♣ and is dominated by Gelev’s A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 5♥ 5♣ 5♠ 2♦ J♥ , Cruz is eliminated.

Li Oleg is the first player to charge upwards and be close to par with the leader Rommel Angeles. On the flip side, Edwin Dela Cruz plunges to 5 bb. Action opens from under the gun, Li raises to 16,000 and finds two callers to the flop Q♠ 4♦ 5♥ . Li c-bets 30,000 and is called by both players. On the turn 6♥ , Li sends out 63,000, button Kiril Gelev folds, small blind Dela Cruz check-calls. On the river 3♥ , Li fires 140,000, Dela Cruz check-calls for the third time then mucks to Li’s A♥ 7♥ nut flush on the river.