Day 2
Valeriy Fokin Eliminated

Valeriy Fokin shoves his remaing 35,000 from +1 with button Sunghak Lee and big blind Frank Lillis electing to see the flop. Both check on 9♥ 8♥ Q♠ and Lillis leads the turn 6♣ for 35,000 with Lee calling. The river is the 4♥ , Lillis leads for 60,000 and Lee throws in the towel. Lillis flips over Q♥ 9♦ , eliminating Fokin's K♠ 9♣ .
Player | Chips |
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FL Frank Lillis | 480,000(40 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 351,000(29 BB) |
FV Fokin Valeriy | busted |
Time Banks Go Into The Bin

First to act Valeriy Fokin opens 20,000 and finds two callers in Hyeonsik Yun from HJ and Aladin Reskallah from the BB. Fokin continues 35,000 on J♠ T♥ 5♦ with only Yun electing to call. The turn 9♣ has Fokin fire another 42,000 only to be met by Yun's all-in for 110,000 after using a time bank. Tanking himself, Fokin ends up folding, also handing over a time bank.
Player | Chips |
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HY Hyeonsik Yun | 297,000(30 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 168,000(17 BB) |
FV Fokin Valeriy | 56,000(6 BB) |
Day 1 - Flight B / C
End of Flight B - 25 Survivors

Player | Chips |
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457,000(114 BB) | |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 404,000(101 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 356,000(89 BB) |
KH Kuo Haile Rafik | 275,000(69 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 264,000(66 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 256,000(64 BB) |
RT Ronnie Tate | 239,000(60 BB) |
TS Takuya Shimabukuro | 233,000(58 BB) |
DK Dongkyu Kim | 167,000(42 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 158,000(40 BB) |
TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 144,000(36 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 135,000(34 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 127,000(32 BB) |
125,000(31 BB) | |
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan | 114,000(29 BB) |
MR Martin Rundulf Gonzales | 109,000(27 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 104,000(26 BB) |
FV Fokin Valeriy | 102,000(26 BB) |
101,000(25 BB) | |
IB Ilia Barkov | 96,000(24 BB) |
IY Ihor Yerofieiev | 94,000(24 BB) |
OB Oliver Biles | 87,000(22 BB) |
78,000(20 BB) | |
DA David Anstice | 60,000(15 BB) |
SH Shaun Harmer | 37,000(9 BB) |
Valeriy wins with Pocket Jacks

Shaun Graeme Harmer raises preflop 8,500 and Yongoh Kim (CO) calls while Valeriy Fokin (D) three-bets all-in 61,000. Shaun thinks long and hard before folding while Yongoh calls.
Both players reveal their cards. Yongoh holds A♣ T♣ and Valeriy holds J♠ J♦ .
The board runs 7♣ 3♠ 5♠ 6♦ Q♦
Valeriy wins with pocket Jacks.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
FV Fokin Valeriy | 139,000(35 BB) |
84,000(21 BB) | |
SH Shaun Harmer | 63,500(16 BB) |
Swift Victory for Takuya’s three-bet

Yongoh Lim (UTG+1) raises preflop 6,000 and Valeriy Fokin (HJ) calls while Takuya Shimabukuro (D) three-bets 22,000. This forces both Yongoh Lim and Valeriy to fold handing the pot to Takuya.
Player | Chips |
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TS Takuya Shimabukuro | 178,500(60 BB) |
122,000(41 BB) | |
FV Fokin Valeriy | 80,500(27 BB) |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
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TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 370,000(123 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 293,000(98 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 235,000(78 BB) |
KH Kuo Haile Rafik | 212,000(71 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 189,000(63 BB) |
177,000(59 BB) | |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 176,000(59 BB) |
TS Takuya Shimabukuro | 174,000(58 BB) |
FV Fokin Valeriy | 170,000(57 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 156,000(52 BB) |
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