Day 1A
Selim Souissi swinging
1500 ante
Hijack opens for 3000, button Selim Souissi calls. At the flop 9♣ 3♠ A♣ , hijack checks then calls Souissi’s 3000 bet. On the 6♥ turn, Souissi pushes, hijack folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
90,000(60 BB) | -45,000 |
Selim Souissi hit back on Bien
1200 ante
Selim Souissi came over to tell us what just went down between him and Bien Mai. In an earlier bout, Souissi lost 30,000 of his stack to Bien with a set beating his top two pair. In this new round, Souissi hit back in a three way all in preflop. He had pocket Sevens, Bien with Ace-King, at risk player also with Ace-King, a seven showed up on the board to ensure Souissi’s win as one player goes bust.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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BM | 185,000(154 BB) | -23,000 |
135,000(113 BB) | 85,000 |
Bien Mai picks up two pots to rise over 200K
1000 ante

Bien Mai is visibly one of the chip leaders with 208,000 after taking down two beefy pots. The first one sent a player packing. Lojack player raises. cutoff calls, button Bien Mai three-bets to 7500, lojack call, cutoff jams, Bien quickly jams, lojack folds.
Cutoff J♣ J♠ Bien A♠ 4♠
When the flop lands A♦ 6♣ 2♥ the all in player gets up to go and leaves as the board completes T♥ turn and Q♦ river.
Next winning hand was told to us by Selim Souissi who lost 30,000 to Bien. Souissi says he had Ax Qx , Bien had 5x 5x , the board ran A♠ 5x 3x Qx 8x , Bien checks to Souissi who opted to check back, thus avoiding the trap.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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BM | 208,000(208 BB) | 208,000 |
50,000(50 BB) | 50,000 |