Day 2
Michael Falcon Sends Another One To The Rail

Thomas Leslie shoves 121,000 from BB vs Falcon's utg+1 raise, gets called and the board runs J♥ Q♦ 9♥ 2♠ 6♦ . Leslie's 4♦ 8♣ is not enough against Falcon's A♦ J♠ and he is out in 41st, taking us to the bubble round.
Player | Chips |
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MF Michael Falcon | 634,000(106 BB) |
TL Thomas Leslie Birch | busted |
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) |
Anton wins in a three-way battle with pocket kings

Thomas Leslie (UTG+2) raises preflop 10,000 Anton Poliakov (D) three-bets 30,000 while Xiaosheng Zheng (BB) four-bets all-in with 128,000. Thomas five-bets all-in and Anton follows suit going all-in as well.
All players reveal their cards. Thomas held pocket rockets A♥ A♣. Anton had pocket Kings K♣ K♠ and Xiaosheng had pocket Jacks J♣ J♦. The board ran K♦ 2♥ 6♦ 3♦ 5♥
Anton wins with a set of Kings. Xiaosheng is knocked out
Player | Chips |
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486,000(122 BB) | |
TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 165,000(41 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | busted |
Ronnie wins with ducks

Thomas Leslie (HJ) raises 10,000 preflop and Ronnie Tate (CO) calls. They see the flop carry 7♣ J♦ 7♠ , Thomas bets 15,000 and Ronnie calls. The turn is revealed 4♥ . Thomas bats again for 26,000 and after some deep thinking Ronnie calls. The river comes in with T♦ . Both Players check. Ronnie reveals his pocket deuces and Thomas mucks.
Player | Chips |
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TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 361,000(120 BB) |
RT Ronnie Tate | 123,000(41 BB) |
Thomas wins by forcing a fold

Thomas Leslie (UTG) raises 8,000 preflop and Oliver Schulze (CO) three-bets 24,000. Thomas responds with a four-bet all-in causing Oliver to fold. Thomas wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
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TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 397,000(132 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 78,000(26 BB) |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
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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Thomas Forces Outs Kotaro

Thomas Leslie Birch (SB) raises 7,000 and Kotaro Tanaka (BB) calls. The flop has 8♣ 2♣ A♣ . Thomas c-bets 17,000 Kotaro calls making way for the turn card 5♠ . Thomas bets again for 22,000 and yet again Kotaro calls allowing the board to show the river 3♥ . Thomas barrels a third time for 70,000 and this time Kotaro folds. handing the pot to Thomas.
Player | Chips |
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TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 346,000(138 BB) |
179,000(72 BB) |
Thomas Leslie takes the pot with a good bet

Thomas Leslie Birch (UTG) started off by raising 6,000 Wipat Udomkanjananan (HJ) calls and so does Luke James Woznak (D).
The flop shows K♠ 8♥ A♦ .
The players all check and in comes the turn card T♦ .
Thomas bets 12,000 causing both Wipat and Luke to fold. Thomas wins.
Player | Chips |
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TL Thomas Leslie Birch | 297,000(119 BB) |
104,000(42 BB) | |
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan | 96,000(38 BB) |