Day 1 - Flight B / C
Emad Zarghami wins with agressive bets

Emad Zarghami (UTG) raises 5,000and Itsuki Homma (BB) calls.
The flop is opened to show 2♠ Q♣ J♥ .
Itsuki Homma checks while Emad bets 4,000. Itsuki calls. The turn is revealed T♠ .
Itsuki checks and Emad bets 8,500 and Itusuki calls again. The river reveals 6♦ and Itsuki checks. Emad bets big after the river putting in 23,500 into the pot and Itsuki is forced to fold, allowing Emad to take the win.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 197,000(99 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 72,000(36 BB) |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 237,500(198 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 173,000(144 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 171,500(143 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 138,000(115 BB) |
DK Dongkyu Kim | 126,000(105 BB) |
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan | 125,000(104 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 124,500(104 BB) |
TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 122,500(102 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 120,500(100 BB) |
116,000(97 BB) | |
MA Masaki Ando | 114,000(95 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 107,000(89 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 106,000(88 BB) |
CR Cyrille Rousset | 100,500(84 BB) |
Emad’s all-in gives him a victory

He Zhou (UTG+1) raised to 2,000 Itsuki Homma (CO), Song Hau Pam (D) and Emad Zarghami (SB) all called. Felix Von Rahden (BB) three-bets to 13,500, He Zhou folds, Itsuki, Song Hau, Emad, all call Felix’s bet and we see the flop 3♣ T♦ A♠ .
Emad checks after the flop, while Felix bets 11,000 and Itsuki folds, Song Hau Pam folds as well while Emad calls the bet. We see the Turn K♦ and Emad checks while Felix bets 21,000 Emad responds by going all-in. After thinking for a long time Felix folds giving the victory to Emad.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 207,000(207 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 170,000(170 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 71,000(71 BB) |
35,000(35 BB) | |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 26,100(26 BB) |
Updated Chip Counts as Level 8 Begins
Players are returning to their seats after a short break, and the action resumes with the stakes climbing. Here are the chip counts:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DK Dongkyu Kim | 227,000(227 BB) |
KK Kimsour Kong | 130,000(130 BB) |
127,000(127 BB) | |
CR Cyrille Rousset | 120,000(120 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 112,000(112 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 97,000(97 BB) |
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan | 85,000(85 BB) |
84,000(84 BB) | |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 83,000(83 BB) |
DN Duc Nhat Nguyen | 81,000(81 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 77,000(77 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 70,000(70 BB) |
WS William Salim | 68,000(68 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 66,000(66 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 60,000(60 BB) |
Let the exciting play continue as players aim to climb the leaderboard!
Itsuki Homma Scores Big with Trip Sevens

Hironori Yamada (UTG) raises to 1,600, Aleksei Ignatev (HJ) and Itsuki Homma (D) call, while Woo Seok Kim (SB) three-bets to 6,300. Aleksei and Itsuki call to see the flop Q♥ 7♠ 7♦ , where Woo Seok bets 5,000. Both players call again.
The turn 2♥ prompts Woo Seok to shove all-in. Aleksei folds, but Itsuki calls, revealing K♥ 7♥ , crushing Woo Seok’s 9♠ 9♦ . The river 3♦ confirms Itsuki’s win with trip sevens, eliminating Woo Seok.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 109,000(136 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 75,300(94 BB) |
73,000(91 BB) | |
WK Wooseok Kim | busted |
Chip Count

Player | Chips |
---|---|
HY Hironori Yamada | 72,000(120 BB) |
68,000(113 BB) | |
62,000(103 BB) | |
BS Bongjoo Seo | 56,000(93 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 55,000(92 BB) |
YK Younghun Kim | 53,000(88 BB) |
53,000(88 BB) | |
KP Konstantin Pogodin | 49,000(82 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 45,000(75 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 45,000(75 BB) |
43,500(73 BB) |
Itsuki Homma Knocks Out Michael Falcon

On a raise pot preflop by Quan Qiu, Michael Kim Falcon shoves 5000 on the flop 8♣ 5♠ 6♠ . Itsuki Homma calls while Qiu folds.
Michael Falcon A♣ 7♠
Itsuki Homma 4♥ 7♥
Homma's made straight holds on the turn A♥ helps Falcon but falls on the river 6♦ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 38,700(77 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | busted |
Itsuki Homma Back For Another Try
Having busted earlier, Itsuki Homma is back in and raises 1500, Xingjun Liu re-raises 3000, Homma makes it 8500, Liu lets it go.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | 31,200(62 BB) |
XL Xingjun Liu | 14,800(30 BB) |
Bongjoo Seo Eliminates Itsuki Homma

Action folds to the small blind Itsuki Homma opens 1000, big blind Bongjoo Seo defends with a re-raise of 5000, Homma four-bet shoves 11,600, Seo snap calls.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
HI Homma Itsuki | J♠5♠ SB | busted |
BS Bongjoo Seo | Q♠Q♦ BB | 63,000(210 BB) |