
D1B
Bigger Diamond Earns James Rann A Triple Up
From hijack, Donghyup Kim raises 2500, small blind James Rann goes all in for14,700, big blind Jennifer Cassell smooth-calls and Kim joins for a possible side pot. Both players take it easy and check to the river A♦ 4♦ 5♦ K♦ 4♥ . Kim bets30,000 but no action as Cassell folds.
Rann flips open A♣ Q♦ and say he didn't realize he had a diamond. Kim has J♦ J♣ lower flush for a triple up to the short stack.
Player | Chips |
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JC Jennifer Cassell | 123,600(103 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 50,400(42 BB) |
45,300(38 BB) |
Carlos Javier Hidalgo Rises to a Big Stack
Carlos Javier Hidalgo raises to 1,300 and Dongkyu Kim calls in the next seat. Arun Sriram then squeezes to 8,500 and Hidalgo tank-calls, Kim also comes along. Sriram bets the Q♥ 7♠ 3♦ flop for 6,500 to earn two calls and checks the 2♣ turn.
Hidalgo now bets 11,100 and Kim folds, as does Sriram, for the Spaniard to claim the healthy pot with a big smirk on the face.
Player | Chips |
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CH Carlos Hidalgo | 175,000(219 BB) |
AS Arun Sriram | 49,500(62 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 17,100(21 BB) |
Early Arrivals
Within the first two hands of the day, the field has doubled and among the early arrivals are Jungsup Yun, Xiaosheng Zheng, Dongkyu Kim, Robert Kiss, Peter Kiem, Travis Endersby, and Ankit Wadhawan.
D1A
Donghyup Kim Doubles Thru Sungmin Cho With Quads

Sungmin Cho raises to 2,400 and Donghyup Kim jams for the last 18,400 two seats over. All players behind fold and the table big stack calls.
Kim flips with 8♦ 8♣ versus K♥ Q♥ and doubles in style by hitting quads on the A♥ 8♠ 7♠ 8♥ Q♦ board right before the players head on their next 15-minute break.
Player | Chips |
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SC Sungmin Cho | 320,000(267 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 39,000(33 BB) |
Azizjon Rakhimov Denied In Two Pots
Azizion Rakhimov gets involved in two hands that ends with his stack getting drained. The first hand he opens from early position for 800 and finds one caller in Donghyup Kim from the small blind. They check to the turn 3♠ 6♥ 2♠ 7♣ Where Kim leads out and Rakhimov quickly folds.
Next hand, sees a much larger pot of 15,200 before goin to the flop 2♠ 7♦ 4♣. Big blind Zapatera Gomez bets 4000, Rakhimov calls, then Gomez jams the turn J♣ . Rakhimov folds.
Player | Chips |
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ZG Zapatero Gomez | 59,000(118 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 33,000(66 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 24,000(48 BB) |
Donghyup Kim Takes From Javier Gomez

On the 9♠ 3♣ 2♠ flop, Donghyup Kim and Javier Gomez invest 4,000 each and check the A♣ turn. Kim bets the Q♠ river for 5,000 and Gomez reluctantly calls but mucks versus A♥ 4♥ .
Player | Chips |
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JG Javier Gomez | 37,000(93 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 33,000(83 BB) |