
Day 1
Christopher Park Is Put All-in With The Nuts

Chris Park kicks off the action with a min-raise to 30,000, taking Martin Nielsen to the flop 8♣ 7♥ A♠ that gets checked to the turn 6♠ . Another check from Park has Nielsen slide 75,000 over the line before Park check-raises to 160,000 and another call completes the board 5♣ . Park leads for 40,000, making it look like a blocker, Martin Nielsen falls for it, puts his opponent all-in for 265,000 with J♠ 8♠ which gets snapped by Park's nuts T♠ 9♣ .
Player | Chips |
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CP Christopher Park (2) | 950,000(63 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 285,000(19 BB) |
Stephen Chidwick Sucks Out

After Martin Nielsen opened 27,000 from the button and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind the chips go flying on 9♥ 4♣ 5♦ with Chidwick at risk for 203,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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MN Martin Nielsen | A♥9♦ D | 564,000(47 BB) |
SC Stephen Chidwick | 6♣9♣ BB | 468,000(39 BB) |
The turn 2♥ gives Chidwick four more outs, hitting one of them on the river 3♠ to deal a huge blow to Nielsen.
Massive Double Up for Martin Nielsen

Under the gun Miao Chenxiang kicks off the action with a raise to 25,000, the cutoff calls, Martin Nielsen pumps it to 100,000 from the button, Miao four-bet jams 521,000 holding A♠ J♥ , the cutoff folds and Nielsen snaps with A♣ A♥ , putting last night's $15,000 Superstar Challenge 6th place finisher in a great spot to double up.
Player | Chips |
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MN Martin Nielsen | 952,000(95 BB) |
MC Miao Chenxiang | 70,000(7 BB) |