
D1A
Thomas Boivin Leads the Field at the Break with 385,500

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 250,000 in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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TB Thomas Boivin | 385,500(193 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 339,000(170 BB) |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 332,500(166 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 313,500(157 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 311,000(156 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 298,500(149 BB) |
K Kristopher Rundquist | 292,500(146 BB) |
AG Asish Ghosh | 284,000(142 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 270,000(135 BB) |
Abhinav Iyer Scores a Triple Knockout

Four ways to the K♠ 7♠ 2♣ 5♠ turn, Ran Koller in the small blind pushes all-in for 11,500 into a pot of 16,000. Jiazhi Zhong calls in the big blind and so does Abhinav Iyer from an early position. Yang Liu in the hijack then moves all-in for 32,500 and Zhong calls with few chips behind.
Iyer moves all-in over the top and Zhong shrugs, calls for the last few blinds still at his disposal.
Ran Koller: 2♠ 2♥
Jiazhi Zhong: K♦ 7♣
Yang Liu: A♠ 3♠
Abhinav Iyer: K♣ K♥
Iyer not only has the biggest stack but also best hand with the top set. Koller has one out, Zhong is drawing dead and Liu has the most equity to escape with his gutshot wheel draw and nut flush draw. The river is the 8♥ and Iyer knocks out three shorter stacks, though, remains just behind table neighbour Hongru Zhang chip wise.
Player | Chips |
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HZ Hongru Zhang | 255,000(170 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 235,000(157 BB) |
RK Ran Koller | busted |
ZJ Zhong Jiazhi | busted |
LY Liu Yang | busted |
Sungmin Cho Leads the Field at the Break with 316,500

A scan of the field during the break turned up 14 players with at least 200,000 in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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SC Sungmin Cho | 316,500(264 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 297,000(248 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 269,000(224 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 264,500(220 BB) |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 259,000(216 BB) |
AF Alberto Flores | 253,000(211 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 241,000(201 BB) |
FM Francesco Morales | 225,900(188 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 220,500(184 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 219,000(183 BB) |
VL Victor Li | 211,000(176 BB) |
JS Josip Simunic | 210,500(175 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 208,500(174 BB) |
LK Lars Kamphues | 203,500(170 BB) |
YC Yuhang Chen | 198,500(165 BB) |
Hongru Zhang Defends On The Small Blind

Action folds around to the small blind Hongru Zhang, he raises 3500 and big blind Michael Gathy defends. More chips go in the pot as Zhang continues for 4500 at the flop T♠ 8♦ 3♦ and Gathy making the call. On the turn A♦ , Zhang checks, Gathy bets 9000, Zhang raises 18,000, Gathy gives it up.
Player | Chips |
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MG Michael Gathy | 121,700(122 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 54,800(55 BB) |
Hongru Zhang Takes From Hun Tae Choi

Hun Tae Choi checks the J♥ T♣ T♦ 9♣ 6♦ river and table neighbour Hongru Zhang bets 15,000 into a pot of around 17,000. Choi reluctantly calls and instantly mucks when Zhang reveals the Q♦ Q♣ .
Player | Chips |
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HZ Hongru Zhang | 95,000(158 BB) |
HT Hun Tae Choi | 48,000(80 BB) |