
Flight A
Mark Almusajin Finishes Brenton Buttigieg
Brenton Buttigieg opened on the hijack, and went on to four bet jam 55,500 in against Mark Almusajin's raise from the small blind. Almusajin called off, putting his opponent at risk over a flip.
Board K♦ Q♣ 3♥ 7♠ 8♦ missed to fill up Buttigieg's suited connectors, shipping Almusajin the pot with his pocket pair.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | 9♦9♣ SB | 438,000(219 BB) |
BB Brenton Buttigieg | J♠T♠ HJ | busted |
Mark Almusajin Running Good

With a pot 11,000 situated on flop Q♠ 3♦ 4♦ , Brenton Buttigieg fired a bet of 5,500, and called a check raise to 16,000 from Mark Almusajin on the big blind. On turn T♦ , Almusajin sent out another 18,000, followed by a final 44,000 on river 5♠ . Buttigieg called him down, yet mucked as Almusajin revealed nut flush A♦ 6♦ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | 378,500(189 BB) |
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 55,500(28 BB) |
Chip Count Update

Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | 287,500(192 BB) |
177,000(118 BB) | |
DM Darren Moves | 165,000(110 BB) |
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 141,000(94 BB) |
RT Ricardo Torres (2) | 138,000(92 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 123,000(82 BB) |
HT Ho-Tai Tsai | 120,000(80 BB) |
RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 118,000(79 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 107,000(71 BB) |
DK Daito Kamei | 101,000(67 BB) |
MT Masahiro Toyoda | 98,000(65 BB) |
TA Teruhisa Aoyama | 93,200(62 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong | 70,000(47 BB) |
MG Martin Gonzales | 70,000(47 BB) |
MF Maxim Fana | 58,000(39 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 53,000(35 BB) |
PE Paul Elliott | 53,000(35 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 48,000(32 BB) |
43,000(29 BB) | |
33,000(22 BB) | |
30,000(20 BB) | |
30,000(20 BB) | |
LT Leslie Tsui | 30,000(20 BB) |
RR Rey Roca | 30,000(20 BB) |
LE Lester Edoc | 30,000(20 BB) |
NA Naohiro Arita | 25,500(17 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 22,000(15 BB) |
Chip Count Update

Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Mark Almusajin | 160,100(160 BB) |
140,000(140 BB) | |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 108,000(108 BB) |
DK Daito Kamei | 102,000(102 BB) |
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 84,200(84 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 79,500(80 BB) |
CQ Cezar Quiambao | 79,000(79 BB) |
79,000(79 BB) | |
MT Masahiro Toyoda | 79,000(79 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 74,000(74 BB) |
MG Martin Gonzales | 58,000(58 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong | 58,000(58 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 55,000(55 BB) |
52,400(52 BB) | |
WJ William Jones | 48,000(48 BB) |
MF Maxim Fana | 46,200(46 BB) |
46,000(46 BB) | |
PE Paul Elliott | 44,200(44 BB) |
RR Rey Roca | 43,000(43 BB) |
RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 41,300(41 BB) |
JM Joris Michl | 38,800(39 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 35,800(36 BB) |
HT Ho-Tai Tsai | 35,200(35 BB) |
DF Daniel Francis | 34,000(34 BB) |
JC John Constiniano | 31,900(32 BB) |
ED Emmanuel Derecho | 31,000(31 BB) |
SA Sangjin An | 30,300(30 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 30,000(30 BB) |
29,200(29 BB) | |
CK Carsten Klug | 22,000(22 BB) |
14,000(14 BB) | |
TY Taeil Yun | 13,500(14 BB) |
7,100(7 BB) |
Darren Moves Takes Initiative

Brenton Buttigieg opened 1,600 on the hijack and was joined by four more players to flop 8♦ 5♥ T♠ . Action was checked to Darren Moves on the cutoff, allowing him to bet 5,000. All else folded, easily earning Moves the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 68,700(86 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 58,600(73 BB) |
Brenton Buttigieg Extracts Value

Brenton Buttigieg opened 1,500 on the hijack and was called by two players behind. Action on board 9♥ J♣ T♠ 8♠ 7♥ was checked all the way down to the river, where Buttigieg fired a final 4,000. Claude Henoud made the call, and mucked as Buttigieg revealed a queen-high straight A♣ Q♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
BB Brenton Buttigieg | 76,200(127 BB) |
CH Claude Henoud | 9,500(16 BB) |