Day 1A
Bonifacio Mondalo outkicks Kim
600 ante
From utg Min Hwa Kim raises to 1200, lojack Bonifacio Mondalo three-bets to 3,000, Kim four-bets to 8,000, Mondalo flats. At the flop 4♦ T♦ 2♣ , both players check. On the turn J♦ , Kim leads out 5,000, Mondalo calls. On the river 9♣ , another 6,000 bet from Kim, Mondalo calls. Kim opens K♣ J♣ top pair, Mondalo has slightly better A♣ J♠ higher kicker.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000(167 BB) | 16,000 | |
35,000(58 BB) | -20,000 |
Bonifacio Mondalo shows the bluff
600 ante
From utg+1, Min Hwa Kim raises to 1,200, hijack Bonifacio Mondalo calls, big blind Chao Yan three-bets to 4,600, Kim and Mondalo call. At the flop Q♦ 6♥ A♠ , Yan and Kim check, Mondalo bets 3,200, Yan and Kim call. On the turn Q♣ , action checked to Mondalo again who bets 6,000, this time only Yan joins to the river K♣ . Yan checks, Mondalo bets a large 20,000, Yan folds. Mondalo shows his J♣ 7♣ bluff.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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84,000(140 BB) | 9,000 | |
55,000(92 BB) | 55,000 | |
7,000(12 BB) | 7,000 |
Bonifacio Mondalo hits a very lucky river
400 ante
Cutoff raises to 1200, button Bonifacio Mondalo three-bets to 3500, small blind Hao Cheng four-bets to 5,700, cutoff folds, Mondalo calls. At the flop J♣ 8♦ 6♥ , Cheng c-bets 6,500, Mondalo calls. On the turn {2h, Cheng jams, Mondalo calls and shows T♦ 6♦ which is way behind Cheng’s K♣ K♠ . The river T♥ saves Mondalo from elimination with two pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000(188 BB) | 53,000 | |
15,000(38 BB) | -45,000 |
Hao Cheng gets good pay for his boat against Mondalo
300 ante
Cutoff Bonifacio Mondalo raises to 600, small blind Hao Cheng three-bets to 2100, Mondalo calls. On the flop J♠ 4♣ T♠ , both players check to get a free look at the turn T♥ . Mondalo leads out 3,000, Cheng check-raises to 9,000, Mondalo calls. On the river 3♣ , Cheng sends out a larger 17,100 bet, Mondalo calls then mucks to Cheng’s T♦ J♦ full house.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000(200 BB) | 60,000 | |
22,000(73 BB) | -48,000 |
Mondalo with quads, Hilberts eliminated
100 ante
Early elimination here at Level 1. With a pot of 8,000 already brewed and a board of T♣ 7♥ T♦ 4♦ T♥ , Bonifacio Mondalo goes all in, Thijs Hilberts check-calls. Mondalo has J♦ T♠ quads, Hilberts is eliminated with Q♠ Q♥ full house.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000(700 BB) | 70,000 | |
busted |