Day 1C
Somashekar rails one on a flip

Utg+2 opens, hijack three-bets 18,000, big blind Somashekar KM calls, utg+2 four-bets all in, hijack folds, Somashekar calls. At the showdown, it’s a flip with utg+2 9♠ 9♦ and Somashekar K♣ Q♣ . The board runs A♦ Q♦ K♦ T♦ K♠ for a boat to Somashekar.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
415,000(138 BB) | 45,000 |
Blinds up, 108 players remaining

Blinds are up, 108 players remaining. The event plays to the end of Level 14.
Big stacks update:
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
568,000(189 BB) | 5,000 | |
385,000(128 BB) | 385,000 | |
375,000(125 BB) | 344,000 | |
375,000(125 BB) | 55,000 | |
370,000(123 BB) | 85,000 | |
367,000(122 BB) | 17,000 | |
340,000(113 BB) | 340,000 | |
297,000(99 BB) | 297,000 | |
290,000(97 BB) | 290,000 | |
278,000(93 BB) | 18,000 | |
263,000(88 BB) | 133,000 |
Somashekar KM scores a huge double up against Chen Mingcong

Utg Pham Quang Van opens 5500, cutoff Somashekar KM and big blind Chen Ming Cong call, flop comes A♣ 6♥ 8♣ . Pham c-bets 11,000, Somashekar calls, Chen check-raises 41,500, Pham and Somashekar call. On the turn T♥ , Chen shoves (146,500), Pham tank-folds, Somashekar tanks using up three time-banks then calls.
Somashekar KM Q♣ T♣ draw Chen Mingcong 6♠ 8♠ two pair
The river 5♣ is the money card for Somashekar to double up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
285,000(114 BB) | 285,000 | |
280,000(112 BB) | 207,000 | |
65,000(26 BB) | 65,000 |