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World Poker Tour

Shai Arbel

Israel

Bounty

Blind level

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

59/471

Total Chips

18,840,000

Average

319,322

D1B

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:05:10 PM

Shai Arbel Loses Two Showdowns

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Shai Arbel

Shai Arbel was once sitting on 900K now he has dropped significantly after a couple of losing sessions that included two showdowns. On the first bout, he calls Daniel Skoglund's 112,000 shove. Arbel is ahead with A♦ K♥ against Skoglund's A♣ 5♠ . However, the board favors Skoglund with a five on the flop that holds throughout a board 2♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♠ J♦ . Next showdown was against Somashekhar Sanampuri whose Ace-King dominated Arbel's Ace-Jack.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	358,000(60 BB)
SS Sanampuri SomasekharIndia	180,000(30 BB)
DS Daniel Solberg SkoglundNorway	130,000(22 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:01:19 PM

Shai Arbel Cracks Aces to Knock Out a Player and Reach 790,000

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

With the board showing T♥ 7♦ 3♠ 9♠ on the turn, a player gets it all in from middle position for about 250,000 with A♥ A♦ , but she needs to improve to stay alive against the T♣ 7♣ (two pair, tens and sevens) of Shai Arbel, who is under the gun.

The river card is the 5♦ , and Arbel wins the pot with his two pair to crack aces and eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	790,000(132 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:35:55 PM

Hugues Girard On the Comeback

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Shai Arbel raises to 15,000 from the small blind and Hugues Girard calls from the big blind. Both invest 10,000 on the 6♥ 5♠ 3♣ flop and Arbel check-calls for 25,000 on the Q♦ turn.

Arbel checks the T♠ river and reluctantly folds when Girard bets 35,000.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	380,000(76 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	175,000(35 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:19:17 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Shai Arbel

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	450,000(113 BB)
TB Thi Bao NguyenViet Nam	430,000(108 BB)
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	380,000(95 BB)
MH Micha HoedemakerNetherlands	300,000(75 BB)
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	275,000(69 BB)
HT Hun Tae ChoiSouth Korea	270,000(68 BB)
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	250,000(63 BB)
CW Chien WangNew Zealand	220,000(55 BB)
HC Hon Cheong LeeHong Kong	210,000(53 BB)
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	210,000(53 BB)
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	200,000(50 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	195,000(49 BB)
AI Abhinav IyerIndia	175,000(44 BB)
JS Josip SimunicAustria	170,000(43 BB)
FR Fabian RolliFrance	130,000(33 BB)
FG Fabian GumzGermany	130,000(33 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	120,000(30 BB)
AA Anil AdianiIndia	120,000(30 BB)
KL Kolja LueckingUnited States of America	110,000(28 BB)
NQ Nang Quang NguyenViet Nam	90,000(23 BB)
NC Nabil CardosoMorocco	80,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:55:28 PM

Rui Bouquet Leads the Field at the Break with 639,500

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 300K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	639,500(160 BB)
TD Thi DangViet Nam	470,000(118 BB)
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	413,500(103 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	379,000(95 BB)
YS Yungkyu Song	376,000(94 BB)
IK Ivan KaratayeuBelarus	368,000(92 BB)
SC Siarhei Chudapal	365,000(91 BB)
HT Hun Tae ChoiSouth Korea	351,000(88 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:41:44 PM

Shai Arbel Among Big Stacks; Kyle Bao Diep Also Rises

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Kyle Bao Diep

Almost all of the chips of Hugues Girard shifted to Shai Arbel.

Guy Taylor then vanishes from the table when he cannot call a river shove by Kyle Bao Diep on the T♥ 9♣ 3♠ J♣ 8♦ river, suspecting a bluff. "Oh no worries, if it's a bluff he will put it on his stories," the Brit jokes and busts the next hand.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	400,000(133 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	185,000(62 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	38,000(13 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:00:53 AM

Shai Arbel Fires And Fires

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Shai Arbel three-bets 6,000 from the big blind and initial raiser from the button Tom Verbruggen tosses it in. At the flop A♣ A♠ 4♠ , Arbel fires 3500, then a larger 8000 on the turn 8♣ . Verbruggen calls both but folds to Arbel's shove on the river 7♦ .

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	58,000(97 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	22,000(37 BB)