
Main Event - Day 2
Mark Almusajin Melts Snowmen

Teruhisa Aoyama opens then four-bet all in for 217,000. Mark Almusajin doesn't budge to put Aoyama at risk. At the showdown, Aoyama's snowmen don't hold against the ladies to go bust.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | Q♦Q♥ HJ | 612,000(61 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 8♠8♦ UTG+1 | busted |
Top Stacks

Player | Chips |
---|---|
JW Ju Won Chung | 748,000(94 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 725,000(91 BB) |
CR Christopher Richards | 695,000(87 BB) |
JK Jon Kyte | 600,000(75 BB) |
JI Jester Intia | 480,000(60 BB) |
DH David Howard | 458,000(57 BB) |
MM Michihiko Matsuda | 447,000(56 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | 446,000(56 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 398,000(50 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 353,000(44 BB) |
MA Mark Almusajin | 353,000(44 BB) |
AL Alexis Lim | 352,000(44 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 340,000(43 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 336,000(42 BB) |
RT Ryan Tan | 328,000(41 BB) |
MC Michael Concepcion (2) | 325,000(41 BB) |
WW William Wright | 312,000(39 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 300,000(38 BB) |
DC Dillion Chua | 294,000(37 BB) |
CS Chirag Shah | 290,000(36 BB) |
KE Kim Enriquez | 289,000(36 BB) |
ME Marco Espela | 277,000(35 BB) |
MA Martin Astorga | 271,000(34 BB) |
MT Masahiro Toyoda | 261,000(33 BB) |
DB Dmitrii Belikov | 255,000(32 BB) |
KJ Kyuhyung Jung | 249,000(31 BB) |
SL Suya Lee | 246,000(31 BB) |
Teruhisa Aoyama Shoves For The Pot

Catching the action on a board Q♥ 8♣ A♥ T♣ 2♦ with 96,000 in the pot. Mark Almusajin takes a stab for 45,000, Jon Kyte folds, Teruhisa Aoyama check-raises all in for 202,000, Almusajin gives up the fight.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JK Jon Kyte | 566,000(94 BB) |
MA Mark Almusajin | 368,000(61 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 343,000(57 BB) |
Mark Almusajin Bookends Winners

Facing a min-raise from utg+1 Teruhisa Aoyama, hijack Mark Almusajin makes it 35,000. Aoyama answers with a four-bet shove, Almusajin calls, risking his tournament life.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | A♦K♣ HJ | 380,000(76 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 7♦7♥ UTG+1 | 231,000(46 BB) |
With the board runningKd T♠ 8♥ 6♣ A♥ , Almusajin bookends winners for a happy double up.
Teruhisa Aoyama Soars Then Dips

After scoring a double up off Mark Almusajin, Teruhisa Aoyama zoomed to the top of the leaderboard while Almusajin was sent to the middle of the pack. On the next hand, Aoyama raised 8000 from utg+2 then called big blind Jon Kyte's 35,000 re-raise. Same action on the flop and turn 6♣ A♥ T♦ 5♣ with Aoyama calling Kyte's 19,000 and 55,000 bets. On the river K♦ , Kyte bangs out 105,000 and this time Aoyama opts not to continue.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JK Jon Kyte | 565,000(141 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 508,000(127 BB) |
MA Mark Almusajin | 193,000(48 BB) |
Day 2 Qualifiers
Player | Chips |
---|---|
EG Edilberto Gopez | 546,000(137 BB) |
MA Mark Almusajin | 520,000(130 BB) |
432,000(108 BB) | |
JK Jon Kyte | 427,000(107 BB) |
MA Martin Astorga | 425,000(106 BB) |
415,000(104 BB) | |
JW Ju Won Chung | 398,000(100 BB) |
ME Marco Espela | 385,000(96 BB) |
MM Michihiko Matsuda | 334,000(84 BB) |
NA Naohiro Arita | 320,000(80 BB) |
313,000(78 BB) | |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 310,000(78 BB) |
JR Jensen Rex Chow | 304,000(76 BB) |
KY Kunlong Yu | 303,000(76 BB) |
JG Jonald Garcia | 301,000(75 BB) |
DH David Howard | 291,000(73 BB) |
KK Keita Kitamura | 265,000(66 BB) |
JM Joris Michl | 254,000(64 BB) |
YG Yoo Gyeong Tae | 252,000(63 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 240,000(60 BB) |
MF Maxim Fana | 240,000(60 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 234,000(59 BB) |
GC Graham Cowan | 231,000(58 BB) |
WW William Wright | 227,000(57 BB) |
JC Jerome Cruz | 210,000(53 BB) |
207,000(52 BB) | |
MT Mike Takayama | 204,000(51 BB) |
RT Ryan Tan | 198,000(50 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 198,000(50 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 179,000(45 BB) |
MM Masakazu Miyamoto | 178,000(45 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 175,000(44 BB) |
MC Michael Concepcion (2) | 171,000(43 BB) |
JI Jester Intia | 167,000(42 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 165,000(41 BB) |
MG Martin Gonzales | 160,000(40 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 158,000(40 BB) |
JC John Carlo Sayo | 157,000(39 BB) |
156,000(39 BB) | |
PT Paul Tirnovean | 153,000(38 BB) |
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 152,000(38 BB) |
KE Kim Enriquez | 149,000(37 BB) |
DW Dong Woo Lee | 145,000(36 BB) |
PE Paul Elliott | 142,000(36 BB) |
RT Ricardo Torres (2) | 142,000(36 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 138,000(35 BB) |
CS Chirag Shah | 134,000(34 BB) |
MT Masahiro Toyoda | 134,000(34 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 130,000(33 BB) |
UE Uuganbayar Erdenekhu | 128,000(32 BB) |
CL | 126,000(32 BB) |
SL Suya Lee | 123,000(31 BB) |
AL Alexis Lim | 118,000(30 BB) |
CR Christopher Richards | 116,000(29 BB) |
113,000(28 BB) | |
CP Christopher Pasion | 102,000(26 BB) |
DC Dillion Chua | 102,000(26 BB) |
102,000(26 BB) | |
90,000(23 BB) | |
RM Rishi Mirpuri | 87,000(22 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 86,000(22 BB) |
RM Richard Marquez | 86,000(22 BB) |
RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 83,000(21 BB) |
73,000(18 BB) | |
JD John Dela Cruz | 73,000(18 BB) |
BE Benjamin Ebarle | 70,000(18 BB) |
66,000(17 BB) | |
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 58,000(15 BB) |
ML Marcuss Liow | 47,000(12 BB) |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 46,000(12 BB) |
ER Euryd Rivera | 3,000(1 BB) |