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Kai Paulsen

Norway

Day 1D

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5/5/2024, 9:15:00 PM

Kai Paulsen wins with big slick

Level 11: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Cutoff opens, button calls, small blind three-bets all in for 54,500, big blind Kai Paulsen four-bets all in for 90,000, two plays fold, small blind K♥ Q♠ calls then busts to Paulsen’s A♣ K♦ on board 6♦ 6♠ A♠ Q♣ J♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KP Kai Paulsen	158,000(53 BB)	66,500

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5/5/2024, 8:50:00 PM

Richard Tolentino wins the three-way

Level 11: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Dek Cruz open shoves 32,000, Richard Tolentino three-bets all in 40,500, Kai Paulsen four-bets all in with the biggest stack.

Dek Cruz K♥ T♠ Richard Tolentino A♠ J♥ Kai Paulsen J♦ J♣

The board runs 6♥ 8♣ A♥ 7♣ Q♠ . Tolentino doubles up and more as Cruz goes bust.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RT Richard Tolentino	120,500(40 BB)	85,500
KP Kai Paulsen	91,500(31 BB)	-40,500
DC Dek Cruz	busted	-65,000

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5/5/2024, 8:33:00 PM

Kai Paulsen hard-bets to claim it

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Facing a raise and a call, button Kai Paulsen three-bets 19,000 and is called by initial raiser utg. On the flop 5♦ A♥ 9♦ , Paulsen c-bets 10,500 and claims the pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KP Kai Paulsen	132,000(66 BB)	-10,000

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5/5/2024, 12:48:00 AM

Benjie Ebarle doubles up on the bubble

Level 16: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Benjie Ebarle at Chase Cup — Benjie Ebarle

Benjie Ebarle all in on the bubble with A♠ 9♦ , big blind Kai Paulsen calls with Q♣ T♠ . The board J♠ 6♣ A♦ 7♥ 6♥ keeps Ebarle ahead to double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KP Kai Paulsen	142,000(14 BB)	142,000
BE Benjie Ebarle	89,000(9 BB)	89,000

Day 1E

Day 1E sees Jessie Leonarez top the list, 26 more advance to Day 2

Date: May 5, 2024 Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327) Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) Prize pool: PH₱ 8,162,000 (~USD 143,000) Day 1E: 204 entries ITM: 26 players

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Jessie Leonarez	707,000	253,000
CC Chase Cokaliong	591,000	303,000
RM Rene Mar David	546,000	56,000
RR Ronn Ryan Mesina	411,000	214,000
BA Bruce Andrino	388,000	140,000
AL Alexis Lim	341,000	71,000
CL Conrad Lumaban	304,000	177,000
GC George Calingasan	271,000	198,000
DN Dante Natad	249,500	-136,500
AL Alex Lai	239,000	194,200
MR Marc Rivera	235,000	36,000
BB Bong Bartulaba	223,000	223,000
RC Rusty Co	208,000	2,000
RT Richard Toue	156,000	156,000
MV Melchor Vasquez Jr.	155,000	155,000
HR Harold Ruaya	130,000	130,000
F Flc	119,000	119,000
JD Jessie Dy	110,000	67,600
CB Chris Boys	108,000	-69,000
KP Kai Paulsen	107,000	-24,000
WB Wej Barte	104,000	104,000
JS Junwon Seol	98,000	98,000
AT Aa Tan	88,000	88,000
FC Frederick Cruz	66,000	66,000
JP Jharome Pena	44,000	-64,000
ID Ivan Dela Cruz	36,000	-15,000

Payouts

Place	Player
1	JL Jessie Leonarez
2	CC Chase Cokaliong
3	RM Rene Mar David
4	RR Ronn Ryan Mesina
5	BA Bruce Andrino
6	AL Alexis Lim
7	CL Conrad Lumaban
8	GC George Calingasan
9	DN Dante Natad
10	AL Alex Lai
11	MR Marc Rivera
12	BB Bong Bartulaba
13	RC Rusty Co
14	RT Richard Toue
15	MV Melchor Vasquez Jr.
16	HR Harold Ruaya
17	F Flc
18	JD Jessie Dy
19	CB Chris Boys
20	KP Kai Paulsen
21	WB Wej Barte
22	JS Junwon Seol
23	AT Aa Tan
24	FC Frederick Cruz
25	JP Jharome Pena
26	ID Ivan Dela Cruz

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5/5/2024, 11:44:00 PM

Just the nuts for Kai Paulsen

Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Button Kai Paulsen opened to 18,000, called by Jojo on the big blind. Flop 4♥ 3♥ T♥ saw Paulsen continue for 12,000 and bet all-in on turn 2♦ . Jojo called both streets, running his last 19,000 in on the turn with 9♥ 5♣ . Unfortunately for Jojo, Paulsen held the nut flush A♥ J♥ to knock him out of the games completely.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KP Kai Paulsen	131,000(26 BB)	37,700
J Jojo	busted	-78,000

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5/5/2024, 7:10:00 PM

Kai Paulsen ahead all the way

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Utg Kai Paulsen opened to 2,600, called by five other players behind. Action on big blind, he squeezed all-in for 31,000 with K♣ Q♣ and was called by the original raiser with A♦ K♦ . The board 9♥ 2♣ 6♥ 4♣ T♦ ran dry, leaving Paulsen’s ace high good for the taking.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KP Kai Paulsen	93,300(78 BB)	-64,700