Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Ilya Firstov

Kazakhstan

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

24/152

Total Chips

4,560,000

Average

190,000

Day1A

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 1:34:31 PM

Firstov Pulls Breaks on River

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Ilya Firstov

Kazakhstan’s Ilya Firstov opens from the cutoff for 4,500 and gets the SB in American Hamid Siddiqui and the BB in Adrei Kalgin of Russia to come along.

The flop shows 2♣ 7♥ 8♥ as Kalgin checks and Firstov CBets to 5,000. Siddiqui folds but the Russian sticks around. It is Heads Up to the turn that produces the J♠ as Kalgin checks again and the Kazakh unloads again, this time for 20,000. Kalgin still calls. The river is the A♦ as Kalgin checks a third time. Now, Firstov opts to check behind.

Kalgin flips over 9♣ 9♠ while a relieved Firstov shows Q♦ Q♠ for a substantial pick up in chips.

Player	Chips
HS Hamid SiddiquiUnited States of America	210,000(105 BB)
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	137,000(69 BB)
AK Andrey KalginRussian Federation	75,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 11:48:29 AM

Random Chip Counts

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
NH Nguyen Hoa ThinhViet Nam	245,000(204 BB)
JS Jakkapong SreprasomThailand	191,500(160 BB)
HS Hamid SiddiquiUnited States of America	150,000(125 BB)
HG Huidong GuMacao	149,000(124 BB)
JM John MatsudaJapan	134,000(112 BB)
QQ Quan QiuChina	131,000(109 BB)
LZ Lei ZhangChina	123,400(103 BB)
AF Adrien Franck BergerFrance	121,000(101 BB)
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	120,800(101 BB)
YW Yan Wen YeeMalaysia	113,800(95 BB)
YS Yunsheng SunChina	108,000(90 BB)
HZ Hongru ZhangChina	106,300(89 BB)
NG Neeraj GajriaIndia	105,000(88 BB)
LS Leo SomaFrance	105,000(88 BB)
SA Sameer AgarwalIndia	103,200(86 BB)
YC Yubo Chen	102,700(86 BB)
BM Bien MaiViet Nam	95,600(80 BB)

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 10:12:46 AM

Random Chip Counts

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Player	Chips
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	170,100(170 BB)
NH Nguyen Hoa ThinhViet Nam	122,800(123 BB)
DN Daniel NeilsonAustralia	104,500(105 BB)
RM Renji MaoChina	92,000(92 BB)
BM Bien MaiViet Nam	84,500(85 BB)
HS Hamid SiddiquiUnited States of America	82,200(82 BB)
YC Yubo Chen	81,900(82 BB)
PS Patrik SelinSweden	80,100(80 BB)
YL Yao Liu (3)China	80,000(80 BB)
NG Neeraj GajriaIndia	79,600(80 BB)
LZ Lei ZhangChina	79,500(80 BB)
JM John MatsudaJapan	78,300(78 BB)
AE Adriaan Ernest WaackUnited States of America	75,100(75 BB)
YS Yunsheng SunChina	74,800(75 BB)
AK Andrey KalginRussian Federation	65,300(65 BB)