Day 2
Mike Takayama's Run Ends In 14th Place -US$ 3,400

Berger with another 50,000 open from +1 doesn't need long to figure out what to do when facing a 535,000 all-in from Takayama on the button. Call and another KO it is.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | A♥9♠ | busted |
AB Adrien Berger | A♣Q♥ | 1,600,000(80 BB) |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RT Ronnie Tate | 800,000(40 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 780,000(39 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 778,000(39 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 770,000(39 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 690,000(35 BB) |
DA David Anstice | 560,000(28 BB) |
HY Hyeonsik Yun | 525,000(26 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | 505,000(25 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 470,000(24 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 459,000(23 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 400,000(20 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 380,000(19 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 380,000(19 BB) |
IY Ihor Yerofieiev | 290,000(15 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 280,000(14 BB) |
130,000(7 BB) |
Mike Takayama Stays In The Race

Adrien Berger starts us off with 32,000 from +2 and Mike Takayama jams his last 170,000 from the button. Berger calls and soon pays up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | A♣9♠ | 380,000(24 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | K♠2♠ | 812,000(51 BB) |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
QQ Quan Qiu | 982,000(61 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 925,000(58 BB) |
RT Ronnie Tate | 850,000(53 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 701,000(44 BB) |
DA David Anstice | 633,000(40 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 515,000(32 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 493,000(31 BB) |
HY Hyeonsik Yun | 486,000(30 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 472,000(30 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | 441,000(28 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 420,000(26 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 327,000(20 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 271,000(17 BB) |
IY Ihor Yerofieiev | 226,000(14 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 225,000(14 BB) |
158,000(10 BB) |
Takuya Shimabukuro Doubles Up Against Mike Takayama

Mike Takayama opens 28,000 from HJ, gets called by Takuya Shimabukoro in BB and we see the flop 2♦ 9♣ 2♣ . C-bet from Takayama for 20,000 and Shimabukoro calls. Takayama goes all-in on the 7♥ with Shimabukoro putting the rest of his stack in the middle and showing A♦ 2♥ . Takayama flips over A♠ 9♠ , the river 3♣ doesn't change anything and Shimabukuro bags 380,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TS Takuya Shimabukuro | 380,000(32 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 352,000(29 BB) |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MF Michael Falcon | 852,000(85 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 665,000(67 BB) |
RT Ronnie Tate | 650,000(65 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 578,000(58 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 518,000(52 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 437,000(44 BB) |
IY Ihor Yerofieiev | 427,000(43 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 393,000(39 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 341,000(34 BB) |
TS Takuya Shimabukuro | 317,000(32 BB) |
Aleksander Blokhin takes home $1,465

Mike Takayama in CO opens to 20,000 , called by Ziad Zebib on the button and Aleksander Blokhin in BB. J♦ 4♠ Q♠ is checked to Habib who makes it 20,000 , Blokhin allin for 31,000 after using two time banks with Takayama re-raising to 55,000 . Zebib calls, turn is the Q♦ and Takayama leads 10,000. Call and a fold from Zebib against Takayama's allin on the 3♣ river. Blokhin out with K♥ 4♣ against Takayama's Q♥ J♥ full house.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | 622,000(78 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 35,000(4 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | busted |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MF Michael Falcon | 892,000(149 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 597,000(100 BB) |
580,000(97 BB) | |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 539,000(90 BB) |
RT Ronnie Tate | 425,000(71 BB) |
HY Hyeonsik Yun | 381,000(64 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 379,000(63 BB) |
350,000(58 BB) | |
QQ Quan Qiu | 330,000(55 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | 271,000(45 BB) |
Day 1 - Flight B / C
End of Flight C - 16 Survivors

Player | Chips |
---|---|
MF Michael Falcon | 287,000(72 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 176,000(44 BB) |
AV Artem Vezhenkov | 172,000(43 BB) |
134,000(34 BB) | |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 125,000(31 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 123,000(31 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 107,000(27 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 91,000(23 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 87,000(22 BB) |
ST Shinichiro Teraoka | 87,000(22 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 66,000(17 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 53,000(13 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 42,000(11 BB) |
CS Chudapal Siarhei | 41,000(10 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 26,000(7 BB) |
RS Roman Shcherbakov | 4,000(1 BB) |
Chip Count as we Enter Level 13 Of Flight C
Player | Chips |
---|---|
EZ Emad Zarghami | 152,000(61 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 148,000(59 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 145,000(58 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 128,000(51 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 105,000(42 BB) |
JF Joshua Figuerres | 105,000(42 BB) |
103,000(41 BB) | |
AV Artem Vezhenkov | 95,000(38 BB) |