
Flight A
Felix Von Rahden Caps Run Short

Felix Von Rahden open shoved his remaining 35,500 following the previous loss and was looked up by Akshaya Kothari right on the big blind.
Von Rahden dominated, exited the arena just as board 2♣ Q♥ 5♣ T♣ 7♥ sealed his fate.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AK Akshaya Kothari | A♠Q♣ BB | 177,000(44 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | A♥J♠ UTG+1 | busted |
Harry Halim Survives Flip
A preflop back and forth between Felix Von Rahden and Harry Halim landed the latter's entire 58,000 in the middle, leaving him at risk over a classic NLH flip.
Board 9♦ J♠ K♦ J♦ 9♠ favored Halim's overcards, earning him a much needed double up just as the day is about to close.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
A♥K♥ UTG | 126,000(32 BB) | |
FV Felix Von Rahden | Q♦Q♥ D | 35,000(9 BB) |
Felix Von Rahden in No Sweat
Takuma Sasaki open shoved his 48,500 stack in early position and ran right into Felix Von Rahden's big blind special.
Sasaki in rough shape, found some hope of a flush on flop 4♥ 6♥ T♥ , but bricked out turn J♦ and river A♣ , eliminating him from the Flight A counts.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
FV Felix Von Rahden | K♠K♣ BB | 142,500(48 BB) |
TS Takuma Sasaki | Q♥Q♣ UTG+1 | busted |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
51,000(17 BB) | 25 | 1 | |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 175,500(59 BB) | 25 | 2 |
AK Akshaya Kothari | 117,000(39 BB) | 25 | 3 |
RY Robertson Yap | 90,000(30 BB) | 25 | 4 |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 108,000(36 BB) | 25 | 5 |
WY William Ysmael | 38,000(13 BB) | 25 | 6 |
TS Takuma Sasaki | 41,000(14 BB) | 25 | 7 |
66,000(22 BB) | 25 | 8 | |
129,000(43 BB) | 26 | 1 | |
SU Shinichiro Ueno | 127,000(42 BB) | 26 | 2 |
TJ Topi Johannes Palenius | 105,000(35 BB) | 26 | 3 |
252,000(84 BB) | 26 | 4 | |
JZ Jayden Zalac | 35,000(12 BB) | 26 | 6 |
YE Yuma Endo | 164,000(55 BB) | 26 | 7 |
RF Roland Ferrer | 42,000(14 BB) | 26 | 8 |
JD James Dela Cruz | 185,000(62 BB) | 28 | 1 |
KS Kiwanont Sukhum | 108,000(36 BB) | 28 | 2 |
JM John Maklouf | 58,000(19 BB) | 28 | 3 |
CS Chirag Shah | 28,000(9 BB) | 28 | 4 |
MM Mario Michaels | 146,000(49 BB) | 28 | 5 |
LE Lester Edoc | 111,000(37 BB) | 28 | 6 |
RM Reiner Magbutay | 50,000(17 BB) | 28 | 7 |
AS Adam Shriki | 165,000(55 BB) | 28 | 8 |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 180,000(60 BB) | 29 | 1 |
HM Hwang Minsoo | 231,000(77 BB) | 29 | 2 |
MR Marc Rivera | 57,000(19 BB) | 29 | 3 |
IY Ibuki Yamasaki | 143,000(48 BB) | 29 | 5 |
CL Christian Lortie | 175,000(58 BB) | 29 | 6 |
AS Akira Suzuki | 151,000(50 BB) | 29 | 7 |
IS Ionut Stochita | 79,000(26 BB) | 29 | 8 |
Player Chip Counts on Table 25
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TN Tamon Nakamura | 169,000(85 BB) |
RY Robertson Yap | 133,000(67 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 122,000(61 BB) |
TS Takuma Sasaki | 77,000(39 BB) |
AK Akshaya Kothari | 55,500(28 BB) |
53,500(27 BB) | |
49,500(25 BB) |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MM Mario Michaels | 183,000(122 BB) |
174,000(116 BB) | |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 154,000(103 BB) |
TJ Topi Johannes Palenius | 133,500(89 BB) |
RF Roland Ferrer | 132,000(88 BB) |
OR Oliver Richert | 132,000(88 BB) |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 128,000(85 BB) |
TS Takuma Sasaki | 127,000(85 BB) |
AK Akshaya Kothari | 118,000(79 BB) |
HM Hwang Minsoo | 115,000(77 BB) |
JD James Dela Cruz | 115,000(77 BB) |
SP Seungjin Park | 113,000(75 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 107,000(71 BB) |
RM Reiner Magbutay | 95,500(64 BB) |
IS Ionut Stochita | 91,500(61 BB) |
83,600(56 BB) | |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 73,000(49 BB) |
EP Eunseo Park | 67,000(45 BB) |
AS Akira Suzuki | 63,000(42 BB) |
JM John Maklouf | 60,000(40 BB) |
Tatsuhiko Hayashi Wins with No Risk
Felix Von Rahden fired a 7,000 three bet against a hijack open and was met with a cold jam right behind from Tatsuhiko Hayashi for 14,700 more. Both opponents weren't up to the challenge, earning Hayashi the ten big blind boost uncontested.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
FV Felix Von Rahden | 137,000(114 BB) |
TH Tatsuhiko Hayashi | 34,100(28 BB) |
Felix Von Rahden Calls Down Harry Halim
A button vs big blind battle found a pot of 11,600 on flop K♥ 5♠ 2♠ . Felix Von Rahden led out a bet of 4,000 and called Harry Halim's raise to 10,000. On turn J♥ , Von Rahden check called another 15,000 and went on to commit a final 10,000 on river 9♣ .
Halim showed a rivered pair of nines T♠ 9♠ , unable to beat Von Rahden's pair of jacks A♥ J♣ for the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
191,000(159 BB) | |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 119,300(99 BB) |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
182,700(183 BB) | |
RF Roland Ferrer | 120,000(120 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 109,300(109 BB) |
MM Mario Michaels | 109,000(109 BB) |
RG Ryan Gebow | 93,300(93 BB) |
SP Seungjin Park | 90,900(91 BB) |
81,000(81 BB) | |
AS Adam Shriki | 80,200(80 BB) |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 79,500(80 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 74,300(74 BB) |
TJ Topi Johannes Palenius | 72,000(72 BB) |
AK Akshaya Kothari | 67,500(68 BB) |
JD James Dela Cruz | 60,000(60 BB) |
JM John Maklouf | 53,200(53 BB) |
JZ Jayden Zalac | 52,000(52 BB) |
Player Chip Counts on Table 25
Player | Chips |
---|---|
171,000(214 BB) | |
FV Felix Von Rahden | 53,600(67 BB) |
DN Darius Nass | 49,200(62 BB) |
TS Takuma Sasaki | 46,300(58 BB) |
42,500(53 BB) | |
ST Shota Takakura | 35,300(44 BB) |
TH Tatsuhiko Hayashi | 8,200(10 BB) |
Felix Von Rahden Spared from Elimination

Facing an open and a call, Antonio Serrano III squeezed all-in on the big blind for 39,500 and saw Von Rahden call off his lesser 31,900 stack.
Von Rahden in rough shape against the rockets, luckily turned it around as board 6♦ 7♦ 9♣ 8♣ 9♥ ran him a straight to survive through.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
FV Felix Von Rahden | T♠T♣ CO | 66,600(83 BB) |
AS Antonio Serrano III | A♥A♠ BB | 7,600(10 BB) |