
Day 3
Ivan Karatayeu Eliminated In 15th Place

Following a raise from Le Ngoc Minh, cutoff player Ivan Karatayeu raises a huge 520,000 leaving himself 40,000 behind. Minh calls for a flop to come 4♥ 9♦ 4♠ .
Minh quickly puts Karatayeu all in the Belarusian makes the call for his tournament life.
At showdown, Karatayeu has A♦ Q♥ , Minh is ahead with 7♣ 7♦ . The turn 4♦ and river J♦ changes nothing for Karatayeu to exit in 16th place.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NM Ngoc Minh Le | 3,100,000(78 BB) |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | busted |
Chip Counts
Table 43 Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
SL Shankui Li | 1,400,000(35 BB) | 43 | 1 |
YW Yuanning Wu | 1,465,000(37 BB) | 43 | 2 |
TM Tran Minh Thang | 1,435,000(36 BB) | 43 | 3 |
2,050,000(51 BB) | 43 | 4 | |
HH Hai Ha Tran | 2,100,000(53 BB) | 43 | 6 |
EA Edgar Antezana | 2,000,000(50 BB) | 43 | 7 |
AP Abhishek Paul | 945,000(24 BB) | 43 | 8 |
Table 2 Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
YL Yao Liu (3) | 380,000(10 BB) | 2 | 1 |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 600,000(15 BB) | 2 | 2 |
AK Amit Kaushik | 595,000(15 BB) | 2 | 3 |
BS Bo Su | 1,250,000(31 BB) | 2 | 4 |
PW Phraikhieo Wutikrai | 475,000(12 BB) | 2 | 5 |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 990,000(25 BB) | 2 | 6 |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 750,000(19 BB) | 2 | 7 |
NM Ngoc Minh Le | 2,495,000(62 BB) | 2 | 8 |
Ivan Karatayeu Doubles Through
A preflop betting war kicked off with a min-raise from Bo Su that smal blind Ivan Karatayeu three-bet to 235,000 leaving himself just 25,000 behind. Action back to Bo who jammed forcing Karatayeu to commit the rest.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IK Ivan Karatayeu | A♣T♠ SB | 580,000(19 BB) |
BS Bo Su | Q♦J♦ UTG | 1,840,000(61 BB) |
Karatayeu is ahead with the ace but needs to dodge Bo's live cards. With the board running 9♦ 8♥ K♥ A♠ K♦ , Karatayeu survives and doubles through.
Yao Liu Scores Big For His Set

Small blind Yao Liu has 5♥ 5♦ on hand and raises 80,000, big blind Ivan Karatayeu calls. When the board runs 5♣ 7♥ 9♦ 3♣ , Liu lands his set and bets the flop and turn, Karatayeu calls both to build a 300,000 pot by the river A♠ .
Liu fires again for 600,000, Karatayeu pays to see then mucks sending a big pot to Liu.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YL Yao Liu (3) | 2,200,000(73 BB) |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 380,000(13 BB) |
Table 4 Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
YL Yao Liu (3) | 565,000 | 4 | 1 |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 1,425,000 | 4 | 2 |
AK Amit Kaushik | 585,000 | 4 | 3 |
BS Bo Su | 745,000 | 4 | 4 |
PW Phraikhieo Wutikrai | 365,000 | 4 | 5 |
WH Wen Hong Lionel Loh | 360,000 | 4 | 6 |
NH Nguyen Hoa Thinh | 355,000 | 4 | 7 |
NM Ngoc Minh Le | 1,825,000 | 4 | 8 |
Final 24 Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NM Ngoc Minh Le | 1,825,000 |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 1,425,000 |
EA Edgar Antezana | 1,310,000 |
SL Shankui Li | 1,270,000 |
HH Hai Ha Tran | 1,265,000 |
CC Chun Chieh Liu | 1,140,000 |
1,115,000 | |
MT Mike Takayama | 1,000,000 |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 960,000 |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 870,000 |
AP Abhishek Paul | 840,000 |
BS Bo Su | 745,000 |
LS Leo Soma | 690,000 |
YW Yuanning Wu | 650,000 |
AK Amit Kaushik | 585,000 |
YL Yao Liu (3) | 565,000 |
HG Huidong Gu | 540,000 |
TM Tran Minh Thang | 500,000 |
SS Sumit Sapra | 455,000 |
PW Phraikhieo Wutikrai | 365,000 |
WH Wen Hong Lionel Loh | 360,000 |
NH Nguyen Hoa Thinh | 355,000 |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 325,000 |
NH Nguyen Huu Dung | 115,000 |