Day 1 - Flight B / C
Leo Soma Drops Scheld

Thomas Scheld three-bets all in 15,100 and doesn't get Leo Soma to fold. Scheld has J♥ T♠ , Soma dominates with K♠ Q♦ but Scheld is still live. When the board runs 9♣ 2♥ J♣ Scheld pairs up and stays ahead on the turn A♠ but the river K♦ switches them up for Soma to ship it and Scheld to ship out.
Player | Chips |
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LS Leo Soma | 78,000(130 BB) |
TS Thomas Scheld | 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) |
Leo Soma With Another River Raise

Leo Soma wins another pot, this time against Thomas Scheld who bets every street. Preflop Scheld raises 1300, then with the board 3♦ T♥ 8♣ 9♣ Q♠ , Scheld bets 1900, 5000, 5000, Soma raises on the river 25,000, Scheld is covered and opts to fold.
Player | Chips |
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LS Leo Soma | 53,700(134 BB) |
TS Thomas Scheld | 12,300(31 BB) |
Leo Soma Pushes Out Yadi Yao
Leo Soma comes out firing preflop 1000 with two callers then 1200 on the flop 6♣ K♠ 3♥ . Yadi Yao raises 2700, Thomas Scheld folds, Soma calls. Both knock the turn Q♦ for a free river 9♦ . Soma checks, Yao takes a stab for 3100, Soma shoves and successfully pushes out Yao.
Player | Chips |
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LS Leo Soma | 40,900(102 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 34,000(85 BB) |
TS Thomas Scheld | 26,000(65 BB) |
Leo Soma Gets Value For Two Pair

Leo Soma with J♣ 7♦ raises 700 from the button then hits the flop J♦ 3♠ 8♦ . He checks and so does caller Quan Qiu for the turn 6♥ . Soma bets 1100, Qiu calls again. On the river 7♠ , Qiu jumps out with a 2500 bet only to get popped to 9000. After tanking, Qiu calls and mucks to Soma's two pair.