
Flight A
Check-Raise Stops Chung

Alex Gelev opened to 10,000 from the cutoff, Juhoon Chung three-bet to 26,000 from the button and Gelev called. The flop came A♦ T♠ 3♦. Chung bet 16,000, Gelev shoved and Chung folded.
Player | Chips |
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KG Kiril Gelev | 379,000(76 BB) |
JC Juhoon Chung | 128,000(26 BB) |
Gelev Sends Taillepierre to the Rail

With two players seeing a board of 5♠ T♦ 9♠ and 41,000 in the middle Mickael Taillepierre checked from under the gun and Alex Gelev bet 22,000 from the button. Taillepierre moved all in for 74,000 and Gelev called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Mickael Taillepierre: A♣ K♣
Alex Gelev: J♠ T♣
Taillepierre had two overcards against Gelev’s top pair but could not connect with either one on the Q♥ T♠ runout, resulting in his elimination while Gelev won the pot.
Player | Chips |
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KG Kiril Gelev | 325,000(65 BB) |
busted |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
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KG Kiril Gelev | 293,000(73 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 286,000(72 BB) |
JP | 266,000(67 BB) |
SP Shawn Philip Benitez | 201,000(50 BB) |
MC Man Chung Tsui | 194,000(49 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 175,500(44 BB) |
EF Emanuel Florendo | 173,000(43 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 170,000(43 BB) |
KC Kento Chogo | 168,000(42 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 161,000(40 BB) |
GS George Salud | 161,000(40 BB) |
JC Juhoon Chung | 159,000(40 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 159,000(40 BB) |
TA Taeil Ahn | 155,000(39 BB) |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 150,000(38 BB) |
JT John Tech (2) | 138,000(35 BB) |
MG Muthukumaran Govindasamy | 137,000(34 BB) |
MM Michihiko Matsuda | 136,000(34 BB) |
SK Siddharth Karia | 135,000(34 BB) |
MM Makoto Miyatake | 110,000(28 BB) |
Berdejo’s Turn Shove Gets Through

With three players seeing a board of 3♠ 8♦ 7♣ 2♦ and 58,000 in the middle, Kiril Gelev checked from the small blind William Ysmael checked from the hijack and Jean Paul Berdejo moved all in from the button for 76,000. Both opponents folded and Berdejo won the pot without showdown.
Player | Chips |
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KG Kiril Gelev | 265,000(133 BB) |
JP | 134,000(67 BB) |
WY William Ysmael | 109,000(55 BB) |
Gelev Continues to Climb

A player limped in from under the gun, Kiril Gelev limped behind from early position and two more players limped before William Ysmael checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came 3♠ 8♥ 8♦ and action checked around to a player in the hijack who bet 2,000. Ysmael raised to 8,000 and only Gelev called.
Both remaining players checked the 4♣ turn leading to the J♠ river. Ysmael checked, Gelev bet 7,500 and Ysmael folded.
Player | Chips |
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KG Kiril Gelev | 265,000(133 BB) |
WY William Ysmael | 109,000(55 BB) |