| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RB Rui Bouquet | 500,000(167 BB) |
HT Hun Tae Choi | 470,000(157 BB) |
| 417,000(139 BB) | |
NA Najeem Ajez | 300,000(100 BB) |
AS Arun Sriram | 290,000(97 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 250,000(83 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 250,000(83 BB) |
TV Tom Verbruggen | 245,000(82 BB) |
AV Andres Vasquez | 235,000(78 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 210,000(70 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 140,000(47 BB) |
LY Li Yun | 130,000(43 BB) |
CT Chao Ting Cheng | 112,000(37 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 110,000(37 BB) |
AR Amin Riyazati | 100,000(33 BB) |
EW Eric Wasylenko | 90,000(30 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 70,000(23 BB) |
Jiazhi Zhong kicks off the hand with a min-raise that late position Tero Laurila and big blind call. At the flop 9♦ 7♠ A♥ , Zhang continues for 5000 that only Laurila calls. More chips are fueled in the turn 9♥ with a bet of 13,000 from Zhang raised to 39,000 by Laurila, Zhang calls to complete the board 5♦ . Zhang slows to a check, Laurila shoves61,500, Zhang only has 48,000 behind and goes deep in the tank.
After a few minutes, the clock is called. Zhang is given another two minutes. He then folds and shows A♠ K♠ . A♠ Laurila is dragging in the chips, he lets Zhang choose a card and opens T♥ . Zhang says "you had Ace-Ten hearts?"
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
TL Tero Laurila | 164,000(82 BB) |
| 48,000(24 BB) |
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
LY Lin Yu | 220,000(138 BB) |
HG Hugues Girard | 210,000(131 BB) |
MK Michael Kim Falcon | 150,000(94 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 110,000(69 BB) |
CW Chien Wang | 95,000(59 BB) |
FR Fabian Rolli | 95,000(59 BB) |
KB Koen Breed | 95,000(59 BB) |
KL Kolja Luecking | 80,000(50 BB) |
GS Georgios Skarparis | 75,000(47 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 75,000(47 BB) |
JS Josip Simunic | 75,000(47 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 70,000(44 BB) |
MJ Marc Joseph | 65,000(41 BB) |
HC Hon Cheong Lee | 55,000(34 BB) |
KH Konstantin Held | 45,000(28 BB) |
DK David Kozma | 17,000(11 BB) |
Tero LaurilaWith the board showing Q♣ J♥ 2♥ 3♣ on the turn, Tero Laurila (middle position) and the player in the big blind put in 5,500 each.
The river card is the K♥ , the big blind moves all in for about 20,000, and Laurila snap-calls. The big blind shows 2♦ 2♣ for a set of deuces, but Laurila turns over A♥ 8♥ to win the pot with an ace-high flush in hearts, making the player in the big blind the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
TL Tero Laurila | 86,000(287 BB) |
Tero LaurilaTero Laurila defends out of the blinds in the first hand after sitting down and Anzhela Vasylenko bets the 8♦ 8♣ 7♦ 9♣ turn for 1,200, which only Laurila calls. On the 3♦ river, Laurila calls another 2,800 and then says "I have a smaller one" when he gets shown J♣ T♦ for the jack-high straight.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 45,000(225 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 35,000(175 BB) |
Marc JosephSo far, 36 players are registered and among them are the likes of Marc Joseph, Dinesh Alt, Anzhela Vasylenko, Wendy Freedman, and 2024 Irish Open champion Tero Laurila.