
Flight A
Mark Almusajin Zooms to the Top

Mark Almusajin opened to 1,900, raised by Edilberto Gopez on the button to 3,500. Almusajin bumped it up further to 11,000, and Gopez completed. On flop Q♥ 3♠ 2♠ , Almusajin continued for 9,000, and snap called Gopez' all-in for 56,700 total.
Edilberto Gopez A♠ K♦
Mark Almusajin A♦ A♥
Gopez in rough shape, found no hope on runout T♦ 2♣ , knocking him out of the Main Event qualifier.
Player | Chips |
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MA Mark Almusajin | 144,500(241 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | busted |
Top Pair Good for Sangjin An

With 8,200 in the middle on flop 3♠ 5♠ Q♦ , action was caught on Edilberto Gopez with a bet of 2,500. Sangjin An check called, and did so once more on turn K♠ for 6,500. On river 6♦ , Gopez decided to check back, revealing An's top pair K♦ 9♦ , good for the win.
Player | Chips |
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EG Edilberto Gopez | 60,000(120 BB) |
SA Sangjin An | 47,000(94 BB) |
Top Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
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RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 88,700(177 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | 71,300(143 BB) |
66,500(133 BB) | |
63,100(126 BB) | |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 54,200(108 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong | 53,100(106 BB) |
51,300(103 BB) | |
ED Emmanuel Derecho | 50,500(101 BB) |
MF Maxim Fana | 50,200(100 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 47,600(95 BB) |
HK Hogyun Kang | 43,000(86 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 38,000(76 BB) |
SA Sangjin An | 37,000(74 BB) |
Edilberto Gopez Wins By Default
Ricardo Torres opened utg and called a 2,500 three bet from Edilberto Gopez right behind. On flop 7♣ Q♥ 9♣ , Torres faced a 4,000 continuation bet and responded with a raise to 8,500. Gopez made the call, and called another 5,500 on turn 5♣ . On river 9♦ , Torres sent out a final 14,000, yet mucked after Gopez paid the price.
Player | Chips |
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EG Edilberto Gopez | 76,400(191 BB) |
RT Ricardo Torres (2) | 4,200(11 BB) |
Tens Good for Edilberto Gopez

Edilberto Gopez opened 1,000 utg and called a 3,500 three bet from Lloyd Locsin on the small blind. On flop 7♣ 6♦ 3♦ , Gopez called another 3,500, revealing turn 7♥ . Both checked it through to river 3♠ , where Gopez gunned for a final 6,000. Locsin check called, only to muck as Gopez revealed T♠ T♣ .
Player | Chips |
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EG Edilberto Gopez | 45,600(114 BB) |
LL Lloyd Locsin | 20,400(51 BB) |
Rick Jason Ambata Tables Rockets

Edilberto Gopez sent out a 3,500 three bet against a button open, and saw Rick Jason Ambata cold call behind. On flop 2♦ 7♣ 4♦ , Gopez pulled a check raise to 16,000, called by his opponent. Ambata gunned for another 20,000 on turn 4♦ , enough to push Gopez out of the way. Ambata showed A♦ A♣ as he raked in the pot.
Player | Chips |
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RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 87,000(290 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | 39,300(131 BB) |
William Wright Bluffs Into Aces

With 10,800 in the middle across board 8♥ 8♣ 4♦ J♦ K♠ , Edilberto Gopez fired a 5,500 bet on the button, and saw William Wright check jam for 18,900 total. Gopez called off with A♦ A♣ , smashing Wright's 3♠ 3♣ all the way through.
Player | Chips |
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EG Edilberto Gopez | 58,600(293 BB) |
WW William Wright | busted |