
D3
Yoon Kang Gets Adam Friedman To Commit

Adam Friedman kicks off the hand with a raise from hijack and only Yoon Kang calls from cutoff. When the flop comes 8♥ 2♣ 9♦ , Friedman continues for 32,000 and Kang calls. They then check the turn 6♥ to head to the river K♠ . Friedman returns with a 62,000 bet, Kang pushes and well covers Friedman. After a time bank used, Friedman commits the rest of his stack.
Kang has 9♥ 9♠ set, Friedman shows J♥ J♣ , Kang ships it and eliminates Friedman in the process.
Player | Chips |
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YK Yoon Kang | 1,320,000(88 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | busted |
Ronald Haverkamp Takes It With A Check-Raise

Ronald Haverkamp defends on the small blind and heads to the flop 7♠ K♣ Q♣ where Jerwin Pasco continues for 25,000. Adam Friedman calls then Haverkamp check-raises to 85,000. This is enough to claim the pot. Haverkamp shows K♥ Q♥ .
Player | Chips |
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AF Adam Friedman | 510,000(51 BB) |
RH Ronald Haverkamp | 430,000(43 BB) |
JP Jerwin Pasco | 164,000(16 BB) |
Updated Counts in the Field
Player | Chips |
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LG Lynn Gilmartin | 1,250,000(125 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 1,150,000(115 BB) |
KB Koen Breed | 1,015,000(102 BB) |
SN Somashekar Nahadeva | 1,000,000(100 BB) |
MS Martin Stausholm | 970,000(97 BB) |
AV Artem Vezhenkov | 880,000(88 BB) |
AA Aditya Agarwal | 800,000(80 BB) |
SH Sho Homma | 675,000(68 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 600,000(60 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 450,000(45 BB) |
NP Nils Pudel | 325,000(33 BB) |
MS Martin Sedlak | 250,000(25 BB) |
DF Dylan Foster | 225,000(23 BB) |
D2
Xiaohua Fu Eliminated in 74th Place by Adam Friedman

With the final board showing K♦ J♦ 7♠ J♥ T♥ on the river, Adam Friedman bets enough to put Xiaohua Fu all in, and Fu thinks for a while before he calls all in for about 130,000 with K♠ Q♠ for two pair, kings and jacks.
But Friedman turns over Q♣ J♣ to win the pot with trip jacks and eliminate Fu in74th place.
Player | Chips |
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AF Adam Friedman | 700,000(88 BB) |
XF Xiaohua Fu | busted |
Adam Friedman Says "Nope, This Way"

Ivan Karatayeu defends his big blind to head to the flop with Adam Friedman. The cards land K♦ 2♦ J♦ . Karatayeu leads out 5500 and Friedman calls. The turn and river 8♦ 5♣ are checked by both.
Karatayeu shows J♣ 7♣ and just before the dealer ships, Friedman says, "nope, this way", then flips over Q♣ J♥ higher kicker.
Player | Chips |
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IK Ivan Karatayeu | 955,000(239 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 335,000(84 BB) |
Adrien Berger Leads the Field at the Break with 755,500
Player | Chips |
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AB Adrien Berger | 755,500(189 BB) |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 676,500(169 BB) |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 665,000(166 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 647,500(162 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 603,000(151 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 602,500(151 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 567,000(142 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 550,000(138 BB) |
DD Dylan Destefano | 542,000(136 BB) |
JG Joshua Gebissa | 474,000(119 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 465,000(116 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 426,000(107 BB) |
SH Sho Homma | 425,500(106 BB) |
JM John Matsuda | 423,000(106 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 422,000(106 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 408,000(102 BB) |
NH Ngoc Ha Nguyen | 375,000(94 BB) |
YK Yoon Kang | 345,000(86 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 330,000(83 BB) |
LG Lynn Gilmartin | 320,000(80 BB) |
AR Amin Riyazati | 315,000(79 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 305,000(76 BB) |
AA Aditya Agarwal | 295,000(74 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 290,000(73 BB) |
PH Paul Hofer | 260,000(65 BB) |
MR Michael Ruane | 255,000(64 BB) |
GT Guy Taylor | 230,000(58 BB) |
KP Kunal Patni | 225,000(56 BB) |
JP John Perry | 185,000(46 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 160,000(40 BB) |
CC Charlie Chiu | 150,000(38 BB) |
125,000(31 BB) |
D1A
Updated Counts in the Field
Player | Chips |
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BG Brian Green | 310,000(517 BB) |
MG Michael Gathy | 120,000(200 BB) |
RP Ryan Plant | 120,000(200 BB) |
AG Asish Ghosh | 110,000(183 BB) |
DC Daniel Charlton | 105,000(175 BB) |
EB Eduard Burd | 100,000(167 BB) |
YL Yiannis Liperis | 95,000(158 BB) |
DA Dinesh Alt | 90,000(150 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 90,000(150 BB) |
JS Jack Sinclair | 85,000(142 BB) |
CC Charlie Chiu | 65,000(108 BB) |
TH Trong Hieu Ngo | 60,000(100 BB) |
VL Vadzim Lipauka | 55,000(92 BB) |
KH Konstantin Held | 55,000(92 BB) |
DF Dylan Foster | 53,000(88 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 50,000(83 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 50,000(83 BB) |
JP John Perry | 50,000(83 BB) |
HK Hayato Kitajima | 50,000(83 BB) |
JS Joseph Sandaev | 49,000(82 BB) |
HG Hugues Girard | 48,000(80 BB) |
MD Max Deveson | 38,000(63 BB) |
UD Upeshka De Silva | 36,700(61 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 33,000(55 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | busted |
Adam Friedman vs. Azizjon Rakhimov

Azizjon Rakhimov raises from the cutoff, Adam Friedman reraises from the small blind to 4,200, and Rakhimov calls.
The flop comes 5♥ 4♣ 2♦ , Friedman bets 2,100, and Rakhimov calls.
The turn card is the 6♥ , and both players check.
The river card is the 5♠ , Friedman bets 2,600, and Rakhimov calls. Friedman says, "I have a four," and shows 7♥ 4♠ for two pair fives and fours. Rakhimov mucks, and Friedman takes the pot.
Player | Chips |
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AF Adam Friedman | 80,000(160 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 13,000(26 BB) |