
D2
Thor Morstoel Eliminated 13th place - US$ 3,000

Thor Morstoel's preflop all-in of 370,000 was called by Yunsheng Sun. The showdown saw Morstoel holding A♠ 8♦ and Sun holding 4♣ 4♥ . The board, Q♠ 5♦ 4♠ Q♦ 8♥ gave the pot to Sun's full-house of fours full of Queens.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YS Yunsheng Sun | 835,000(21 BB) |
busted |
Kyle Bao Diep is Running Hot

Kyle Bao Diep placed 60,000 into the pot preflop and Thor Morstoel called. The flop had 7♦ Q♦ 4♣ . Bao Diep made a bet of 45,000 following Morstoel's check and Morstoel called to see the turn, 4♦ . The players checked down to river, T♦ . The players checked again to showdown. Bao Diep help A♣ T♥ and Morstoel had K♠ 7♠ . Kyle takes the pot with the higher pair.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 1,450,000(48 BB) |
820,000(27 BB) |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
TM Tom Maguire | 4,520,000(151 BB) | 1 | 1 |
NT Nguyen Tuan Hung | 1,110,000(37 BB) | 1 | 2 |
510,000(17 BB) | 1 | 3 | |
AP Abhishek Paul | 1,600,000(53 BB) | 1 | 4 |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 1,950,000(65 BB) | 1 | 5 |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 300,000(10 BB) | 1 | 6 |
JJ Jeremy Jehanne | 355,000(12 BB) | 1 | 7 |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,780,000(59 BB) | 1 | 8 |
335,000(11 BB) | 2 | 1 | |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 740,000(25 BB) | 2 | 2 |
ST Sertac Turker | 1,100,000(37 BB) | 2 | 3 |
YL Yongjia Lin | 1,480,000(49 BB) | 2 | 4 |
950,000(32 BB) | 2 | 5 | |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 505,000(17 BB) | 2 | 6 |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 1,380,000(46 BB) | 2 | 8 |
Thor Morstoel Takes Down Hyun Kyon Park

Thor Morstoel made a preflop raise of 40,000 and Ankit Wadhawan called. Hyun Kyon Park goes all-in with 364,000 and Morstoel joined all-in while Wadhawan folded. Morstoel held 9♠ 9♥ while Park held A♠ T♠ . The board, qd 2♣ 5♦ 9♦ J♥ gave Morstoel a set of nines allowing himto knock out Park in the 23rd Position.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,222,000(61 BB) | |
AW Ankit Wadhawan | 543,000(27 BB) |
HP Hyunkyou Park | 384,000(19 BB) |
Hyunkyu Park Risks It All To Double Up

Hyunkyu Park raised the stakes early on with a 167,000 all-in preflop raise. Thor Morstoel called and the players revealed the cards. Park had A♦ T♣ while Morstoel had K♥ T♥ . The board 2♣ 5♣ T♦ 9♥ A♣ , gave Park two-pairs allowing him to double up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
798,000(40 BB) | |
HP Hyunkyou Park | 384,000(19 BB) |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
520,000(26 BB) | 2 | 1 | |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 740,000(37 BB) | 2 | 2 |
ST Sertac Turker | 945,000(47 BB) | 2 | 3 |
YL Yongjia Lin | 1,300,000(65 BB) | 2 | 4 |
1,222,000(61 BB) | 2 | 5 | |
478,000(24 BB) | 2 | 6 | |
AW Ankit Wadhawan | 543,000(27 BB) | 2 | 7 |
HP Hyunkyou Park | 384,000(19 BB) | 2 | 8 |
YL Yiannis Liperis | 1,420,000(71 BB) | 3 | 1 |
AP Abhishek Paul | 1,700,000(85 BB) | 3 | 2 |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 890,000(45 BB) | 3 | 5 |
RK Robert Kiss | 372,000(19 BB) | 3 | 7 |
TM Tom Maguire | 3,800,000(190 BB) | 43 | 1 |
NT Nguyen Tuan Hung | 694,000(35 BB) | 43 | 2 |
QQ Quan Qiu | 326,000(16 BB) | 43 | 3 |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 522,000(26 BB) | 43 | 4 |
U Unknown | 340,000(17 BB) | 43 | 5 |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 640,000(32 BB) | 43 | 6 |
DT Dang Thi Hue | 277,000(14 BB) | 43 | 7 |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,930,000(97 BB) | 43 | 8 |
Nikolai Guliaev Forces Thor Morstoel To Fold

Nikolai Guliaev in big blind calls Thor Morstoel's preflop raise of 35,000. The flop shows 6♦ 4♠ 3♣ . Guliaev bets all-in 110,000 and Morstoel folds under pressure.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
950,000(59 BB) | |
204,000(13 BB) |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
4,200,000(263 BB) | |
TM Tom Maguire | 1,700,000(106 BB) |
YL Yongjia Lin | 1,410,000(88 BB) |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,400,000(88 BB) |
YL Yiannis Liperis | 1,290,000(81 BB) |
AP Abhishek Paul | 1,105,000(69 BB) |
1,023,000(64 BB) | |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 789,000(49 BB) |
HP Hyunkyou Park | 730,000(46 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 721,000(45 BB) |
PJ Philip Joyce | 682,000(43 BB) |
676,000(42 BB) | |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 600,000(38 BB) |
NT Nguyen Tuan Hung | 570,000(36 BB) |
RK Robert Kiss | 558,000(35 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 538,000(34 BB) |
ST Sertac Turker | 515,000(32 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 515,000(32 BB) |
AW Ankit Wadhawan | 481,000(30 BB) |
U Unknown | 445,000(28 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | 434,000(27 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 407,000(25 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 395,000(25 BB) |
JJ Jeremy Jehanne | 313,000(20 BB) |
TH Takashi Hirukawa | 307,000(19 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 280,000(18 BB) |
DT Dang Thi Hue | 245,000(15 BB) |
200,000(13 BB) | |
RM Renji Mao | 182,000(11 BB) |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 169,000(11 BB) |
FB Fernando Borges | 120,000(8 BB) |
Morstoel Scores A Big One

Facing a raise that was called, big blind Sheng Quek pushes 316,000 and successfully pushes out one player but not initial raiser Thor Morstoel. At the flip, Morstoel is ahead and further improves to bounce out Sheng and ship a big one.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
Q♥Q♦ UTG | 1,130,000(141 BB) | |
QS Quek Sechariah Sheng | A♣J♣ BB | busted |
Day1C Chip Count - 20 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MC Manuel Carvalho | 830,000 |
JV Jordy Vleugels | 593,000 |
YL Yiannis Liperis | 586,000 |
AK Amit Kaushik | 493,000 |
ST Sertac Turker | 411,000 |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 401,000 |
397,000 | |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 373,000 |
350,000 | |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 316,000 |
AP Abhishek Paul | 242,000 |
PJ Philip Joyce | 232,000 |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 218,000 |
FB Fernando Borges | 206,000 |
MS Martin Sedlak | 147,000 |
MH Mostafa Haidary | 104,000 |
IF Ilya Firstov | 91,000 |
PD Patrik Demus | 42,000 |
GT Guy Taylor | 40,000 |
32,000 |