
D1C
Marius Kudzmanas Leads the Field at the Break with 800,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up 15 players with at least 400K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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800,000(100 BB) | |
CH Carlos Hidalgo | 758,000(95 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 700,000(88 BB) |
MK Mikiya Kudo | 674,000(84 BB) |
AP Alexander Puchalski | 666,000(83 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 647,000(81 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 640,000(80 BB) |
VL Vadzim Lipauka | 630,000(79 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | 570,000(71 BB) |
CT Calvin Tan | 516,000(65 BB) |
SS Sumit Sapra | 504,000(63 BB) |
DO Daisuke Ogita | 502,000(63 BB) |
KW Kaifan Wang | 501,000(63 BB) |
YY Yuan Yu | 429,000(54 BB) |
JS Jianfeng Sun | 409,000(51 BB) |
Assorted Counts in the Field
Player | Chips |
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820,000(137 BB) | |
AP Alexander Puchalski | 715,000(119 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 625,000(104 BB) |
CT Calvin Tan | 500,000(83 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 490,000(82 BB) |
SO Shiina Okamoto | 390,000(65 BB) |
CC Chak Chan | 315,000(53 BB) |
MZ Monika Zukowicz | 195,000(33 BB) |
VC Victor Chong | 120,000(20 BB) |
Updated Counts in the Field
Player | Chips |
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CH Carlos Hidalgo | 670,000(112 BB) |
AP Alexander Puchalski | 600,000(100 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 530,000(88 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 450,000(75 BB) |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 330,000(55 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 330,000(55 BB) |
VL Vadzim Lipauka | 300,000(50 BB) |
JH Jeffrey Haas | 290,000(48 BB) |
ST Satoshi Tanaka | 275,000(46 BB) |
SO Shiina Okamoto | 270,000(45 BB) |
JH Jhon Hendri | 250,000(42 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 245,000(41 BB) |
GT George Tomescu | 185,000(31 BB) |
AA Alfie Adam | 160,000(27 BB) |
TM Tom Maguire | 145,000(24 BB) |
JS Joseph Sandaev | 140,000(23 BB) |
KP Kunal Patni | 70,000(12 BB) |
CH Christian Harder | busted |
Alexander Puchalski Scores Another Knockout

A player is all in under the gun for about 35,000 with 7♦ 7♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Alexander Puchalski's A♦ Q♠.
The board comes K♥ 5♠2♠8♠A♣ , and Puchalski turns a spade flush draw and pairs his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.
Player | Chips |
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AP Alexander Puchalski | 500,000(100 BB) |
Alexander Puchalski Knocks Out a Player
Alexander Puchalski raises under the gun to 8,000, the player on the button reraises to19,500, and Puchalski calls.
The flop comes 7♥ 4♠2♦ , Puchalski checks, the button bets 15,000, and Puchalski calls.
The turn card is the K♦ , Puchalski checks, the button again bets 15,000, and Puchalski check-raises to 35,000. The button calls.
The river card is the 5♣ , and Puchalski moves all in. The player on the button thinks for a bit before he calls all in for about 90,000 with Q♥ Q♣ . But Puchalski turns over 7♠7♦ to win the pot with a flopped set of sevens and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.
Player | Chips |
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AP Alexander Puchalski | 440,000(88 BB) |