
D1C
Heavy Preflop Action Leads To A Split
Preflop action heats up starting with a raise of 8500 by Jeffrey Haas from under the gun. Next to act Jianfeng Sun and Li Kai flat, then button Monika Zukowicz three-bets to 25,000. Haas wants to raise but accidentally calls, Sun four-bets 75,000, two folds follow then Haas says "now I am all in". A♠ he moves it in, Sun tosses in the one chip call.
At the showdown, both players have aces, Sun with A♦ A♣ , Haas A♥ A♠ , the board runs 9♥ 4♣ T♣ Q♦ K♥ for a split pot.
Player | Chips |
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JS Jianfeng Sun | 184,000(74 BB) |
JH Jeffrey Haas | 99,000(40 BB) |
KL Kai Li | 97,000(39 BB) |
MZ Monika Zukowicz | 95,000(38 BB) |
Li Kai Fires And Fires
Benny Glaser opens and finds one caller in until Li Kai three-bets 8200. Only Glaser calls and it's off to the flop 3♣ T♥ 3♥ . Kai continues for 7000 and Glaser calls to see the turn 3♦ . Kai barrels 12,000 and this time he wins the pot.
Denis Titenski vs Li Kai
Bastien Joly raises to 1,100 and Li Kai calls. Denis Titenski then squeezes to 3,500 and big stack Kai is the only caller. On the 6♠ 6♣ 3♣ flop, Kai checks and Titenski wins the pot with a bet worth 3,500. He has slightly more than half of the starting stack at his disposal whereas Kai already tripled up.
Player | Chips |
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KL Kai Li | 120,000(240 BB) |
DT Denis Titenski | 25,000(50 BB) |
Chun Ping David Lo Leads the Field at the Break with 211,800

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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CP Chun Ping Lo | 211,800(424 BB) |
SN Shen Ng | 137,800(276 BB) |
KL Kai Li | 129,000(258 BB) |
AS Andrew Swenson | 118,000(236 BB) |
HP Hyunkyou Park | 108,600(217 BB) |
ND Neil Davidson | 103,400(207 BB) |
NC Nuno Correia | 101,400(203 BB) |