Day 1A
Cooler Sends Michael Bihari Out With Trips

Small blind Michael Bihari opens 9000 and big blind Li Qi defends. Both check to the turn K♦ 6♦ 7♣ T♠ . Bihari bets 10,000 then calls Li's 25,000 raise. On the river K♣ , it's checked to Li who bets 45,000, Bihari shoves 57,000, quick call from Li who opens up 8♣ 9♣ straight dusting Bihari's K♥ 9♠ trips.
Player | Chips |
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LQ Li Qi | 285,000(95 BB) |
MA Michael Adam Bihari | busted |
Donghyup Kim Defends His Big Blind

Utg Ferdinand Lu opens 3500, button Shaoshuai Li calls, small blind Michael Adam Bihari calls, then big blind Donghyup Kim re-raises 16,500. Only Lu pays it and heads to the flop 5♥ 3♠ J♦ . Kim jumps out for 13,000 and quickly wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
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SL Shaoshuai Li | 183,000(122 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 116,000(77 BB) |
MA Michael Adam Bihari | 86,000(57 BB) |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 41,000(27 BB) |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
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SM Sven Mcdermott | 228,000(152 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 198,000(132 BB) |
SL Shaoshuai Li | 195,500(130 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 184,000(123 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 182,500(122 BB) |
LQ Li Qi | 177,500(118 BB) |
JF Jacson Feng | 175,000(117 BB) |
WL William Lius | 127,000(85 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 127,000(85 BB) |
MA Michael Adam Bihari | 125,000(83 BB) |
117,000(78 BB) | |
KB Koen Breed | 110,000(73 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 108,900(73 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 105,000(70 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 104,500(70 BB) |
Bihari flops nuts, takes from Lillis

With the action folded to the blinds, Frank Lillis of Ireland completes from the SB while India’s Michael Adam Bihari raises from the BB to 1,100. Lillis makes the call.
The flop comes J♥ A♦ K♦ as Lillis donks in for 1,000. Bihari calls. The turn is 8♥ and this time, the Irishman opts to slow down and check. Bihari takes the betting lead for 3,300 as Lillis makes the call. The river card is the 3♣ as Lillis checks again. The Indian now makes it 7,900 to go and Lillis goes into the tank and eventually makes the call.
Bihari shows Q♦ T♠ for the nut Broadway straight on the flop. Lillis mucks.
Player | Chips |
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MA Michael Adam Bihari | 46,000(153 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 18,300(61 BB) |
Bihari fends off two via backdoor

England’s Luke Dainton opens from the HJ to 500 and gets two customers in Michael Adam Bihari of India on the D and Sweden’s Patrik Selin in the BB.
It is 5♥ 4♠ Q♣ on the flop as Selin checks. Dainton CBets to 600 and gets calls from Bihari and the Swede. The turn is the 9♠ and after Selin checks, the Englishman double his bet size to 1,200. Both still call. The river is the 2♠ as Selin checks anew and this time, Dainton checks as well. Bihari now comes out firing for 3,300 as Selin makes the call and Dainton folds.
The river card turned out to be an action card as Bihari flips over 8♠ 6♠ for a backdoor flush while Selin shows 6♥ 3♥ for a straight. Bihari’s win now moves him closer to the 50,000 chip mark
Player | Chips |
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MA Michael Adam Bihari | 47,000(235 BB) |
LN Luke Nicolas Dainton | 25,800(129 BB) |
PS Patrik Selin | 25,800(129 BB) |
Bihari vs. Qiu: Round 2
In this tussle, Bihari opens from the D for 300 and Qiu—now in the SB—3-bets to 1,500. Bihari makes the call.
The flop comes 9♠ A♦ J♦ . Qiu opts to check as Bihari leads out for 1,500. Qiu calls. The turn is the 2♣ and the Chinese player checks again. Bihari now fires 1,600. Qiu still calls. The river is the J♣ . This time, Bihari checks. Qiu checks behind.
Bihari tables A♠ 5♦ while a disgruntled Qiu shows Q♣ Q♠, losing the hand after being outflopped by the player from India.
Player | Chips |
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MA michael adam bihari | 30,100(301 BB) |
QH Qiu Haisheng | 26,300(263 BB) |