
Day 1
Ilya Firstov Spikes the River to Bust Huu Dung

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 |
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QD Quang Do | UTG+1 | 92,000(31 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | SB | 296,000(99 BB) |
HD Huu Dung Nguyen | BB | busted |
Zhifan Ye Maintains Commanding Chip Lead

Zhifan Ye continues to dominate the field with a towering stack of around 290 big blinds, comfortably holding the chip lead as play continues deep into the tournament.
Trailing behind is Abhijith Cheruku, who also sits in a strong position with approximately 190 big blinds, well above the current average stack of 80 big blinds.
With deep stacks still in play, there's plenty of room for maneuvering, and both Ye and Cheruku are in prime position for a deep run. The rest of the field will need to make moves soon if they hope to catch up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
ZY Zhifan Ye | 725,000(290 BB) |
AC Abhijith Cheruku | 475,000(190 BB) |
HH Hoang Hai Nam | 457,000(183 BB) |
QD Quang Do | 438,000(175 BB) |
TM Tuan Minh Tran | 434,000(174 BB) |
SL Sia Lee | 419,000(168 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 372,000(149 BB) |
HH Henri Hinds | 340,000(136 BB) |
OT Oleg Titov | 337,000(135 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 325,000(130 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 305,000(122 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones | 293,000(117 BB) |
JM John Matsuda | 289,000(116 BB) |
DK Da K | 267,000(107 BB) |
JS Jo Seng Mok | 245,000(98 BB) |
CH Chak Hei Chan | 233,000(93 BB) |
HH Hai Ha Tran | 185,000(74 BB) |
Random Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HH Henri Hinds | 481,000(962 BB) |
QD Quang Do | 251,500(503 BB) |
HN Hoa Nguyen | 235,500(471 BB) |
JS Jo Seng Mok | 234,000(468 BB) |
ZY Zhifan Ye | 210,000(420 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 208,000(416 BB) |
FR Fabian Rolli | 197,000(394 BB) |
MH | 176,000(352 BB) |
SR Santiago Ramos | 175,500(351 BB) |
AC Abhijith Cheruku | 147,000(294 BB) |