Day 1
Biggest Pot of the Day

Chen Peng opened to 16,000 from early-position and Mikael Andersson on the button went along before Ankit Ahjuya in the small-blind raised it to 75,000. Next to him Pham Nghia in the big-blind put in a cold call. The action was back on the original opener who made a four-bet to 220,000. The button got out of the way and Ahjuya moved all-in, equaling 439,000. The big-blind folded and Peng called, covering Ahjuya.
Ankit Ahjuya: A♥ K♥
Chen Peng: Q♦ Q♠
It was an exciting flip, by far the biggest pot we have seen today. The board ran out 5♦ 5♥ 6♦ 6♠ 4♣ , busting Ahjuya while giving Peng a huge stack.
Player | Chips |
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PC Peng Chen (2) | 1,200,000(150 BB) |
busted |
Ankit Ahjuya Gets Paid on the River

Ankit Ahjuya opened from the button and Nagami defended his big-blind. On K♣ J♦ 7♠ Ahjuya continued with a small bet. Nagami called and the turn brought the 6♣ . Nagami checked and Ahjuya put out a hefty bet of 60,000. Nagami called once more.
On the river appeared the 9♠ , Nagami checked and Ahjuya bet a third time for an amount of 150,000, almost putting Nagami all-in. After using a time bank, Nagami decided to throw in a call and was shown the bad news as he could not beat Ahjuya K♠ J♦ .
Player | Chips |
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620,000(89 BB) | |
KN Kyosuke Nagami | 30,000(4 BB) |
Park Folds on the River
Hye Park opened to 13,000 on the button and Ankit Ahjuya defended from the big blind.
The two read a flop of 6♣ 9♣ J♥ , bringing flush possibilities, and Ahjuya check-called after Park bet 9,000. The board-pairing J♠ fell on the turn, where both checked through.
A K♥ landed on the river, and Ahjuya fired out 50,000, forcing his opponent to muck his hand.
Player | Chips |
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339,000(57 BB) | |
HP Hye Park | 164,000(27 BB) |
Justin Tsui Wins Blind Battle Against Ahjuya

It folded around to Ankit Ahjuya in the small-blind who opened it up to 17,500. Justin Tsui called and the flop was T♦ T♣ 5♣ . The Indian pro bet 20,000 which quickly got called by Tsui. Ahjuya bet another 20,000 on the 9♣ turn, but Tsui did not go anywhere and called once again.
The river 4♣ gave four cards to a flush and Ahjuya slowed down and checked. Tsui put out a 80,000 bet and after about 30 seconds of thinking time, Ahjuya led his hand go.
Player | Chips |
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JT Justin Tsui | 421,000(84 BB) |
310,000(62 BB) |
Ahjuya Applies Pressure to Kim

Ankit Ahjuya opened the hijack to 6,000 and Gab Yong Kim defended from the big blind.
A monotone flop filled out 6♣ 4♣ T♣ , and Kim checked the action to Ahjuya, who bet 11,000. This was enough to force his opponent to muck the hand.
Player | Chips |
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470,500(157 BB) | |
GY Gab Yong Kim | 207,000(69 BB) |
Ahjuya Rivers a Flush

Mikael Andersson opened the cutoff to 5,500, and Ankit Ahjuya three-bet to 16,500 on the button, which Thanisorn Saelor cold four-bet to 45,000 from the small blind. Only Ahjuya dropped in a call.
Both players saw a flop of 6♣ 7♥ 3♥ , bringing flush and straight possibilities, and Saelor bet 20,000. Ahjuya called to see the 4♥ land on the turn, where the action went check-check.
The river brought an 8♥ , and Saelor fired out 68,000, which Ahjuya snap-called to take it to a showdown. Saelor turned over king-high with K♦ Q♦ while Ahjuya flipped a flush with A♣ K♥ , scooping the sizable pot.
Player | Chips |
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392,500(157 BB) | |
TS Thanisorn Saelor | 57,500(23 BB) |
Easy Pot for Stausholm
Ankit Ahjuya limped in from the small blind and Martin Stausholm checked from big blind.
A flop rolled off 5♥ 2♥ 3♣ , bringing flush possibilities and both players checked through to see the 6♦ fall on the turn, where Ahjuya checked the action to Stausholm, who then bet 2,500. Ahjuya mucked his hand.
Player | Chips |
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MS Martin Stausholm | 403,500(269 BB) |
253,000(169 BB) |
Ahjuya Forced to Fold on the River
On the 5♦ A♦ A♠ flop, there were 7,500 chips in the middle when Thanisorn Saelor from the big blind and Anikit Ahjuya from the cutoff checked the action to Martin Stausholm on the button, who then bet 2,000. Only Ahjuya dropped in a call.
The 7♣ hit on the turn, where Ahjuya checked it to his opponent. Stausholm then bet 1,500, and Ahjuya stuck around.
The river showed a T♠ , and Ahjuya kept his strategy and checked over, sending Stausholm into the tank. Eventually, Stausholm fired out 48,000, forcing the Indian player to toss his cards in the muck.
Player | Chips |
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MS Martin Stausholm | 340,000(340 BB) |
259,500(260 BB) | |
TS Thanisorn Saelor | 132,000(132 BB) |