
Blind level
Level 17: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
Entries
9/59
Total Chips
11,800,000
Average
1,311,111
Day 1
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 12:44:24 PM
Ilya Firstov Spikes the River to Bust Huu Dung
Level 8: 2,000 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Quang Do opened to 8,000 from utg+1, but the action quickly escalated when Ilya Firstov, in the small blind, put in a massive 3-bet to 104,000 and confidently declared, "I'm putting them all in."
Huu Dung, in the big blind, responded by shoving all in. Quang Do folded.
Firstov tabled A♣ K♦ , dominating Dung’s A♠ J♣ .
The flop came 7♣ Q♣ J♠ , giving Dung a pair of jacks and the lead. The turn was the 4♦, offering no help to Firstov. But the river brought the K♥ , giving Firstov top pair with top kicker to win the pot.
Dung was eliminated from the tournament but didn’t stay gone for long. He immediately rebought and returned to the same table, in the same seat, ready to battle again.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
QD Quang Do | UTG+1 | 92,000(31 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | SB | 296,000(99 BB) |
HD Huu Dung Nguyen | BB | busted |