
D2
Nariman Yaghmai Earns With Aggression

Kiyoung Kim opens 9000, Nariman Yaghmai makes it 25,500, Kim flats to see the flop J♠ 9♥ 6♦ . Yaghmai continues for 22,000, Kim gives it up.
Player | Chips |
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NY Nariman Yaghmai | 217,000(54 BB) |
KK Kiyoung Kim | 193,500(48 BB) |
D1B
Nadav Cohen Among the Late Casualties
Nadav Cohen is all-in with 8♥ 8♦ and dominated by the Q♦ Q♣ of Kiyoung Kim. There is a sweat until the A♣ 9♥ 7♠ T♠ turn but the river is a blank to send Cohen to the rail. Also on the table is last year's runner-up Joshua Mccully with an average stack.
Player | Chips |
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KK Kiyoung Kim | 140,000(56 BB) |
JM Joshua Mccully | 140,000(56 BB) |
NC Nadav Cohen | busted |
Dylan DeStefano Leads the Field at the Break with 383,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up 12 players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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DD Dylan DeStefano | 383,000(255 BB) |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 332,000(221 BB) |
EA Edgar Antezana | 318,000(212 BB) |
289,000(193 BB) | |
DN Daniel Neilson | 261,000(174 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 258,000(172 BB) |
XC Xinhong Chen | 257,000(171 BB) |
JP Jerwin Pasco | 257,000(171 BB) |
KK Kiyoung Kim | 237,500(158 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 224,500(150 BB) |
RB Renat Bohdanov | 215,000(143 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 212,000(141 BB) |
Adrian Garcia Steals It On The Turn

Big stacked Kiyoung Kim drives the betting to 2500 and gets called by Adrian Garcia and small blind Arun Sriram. At the flop 5♠ 7♦ A♣ , Kim continues for another 2500 and both opponents stick around for the turn T♣ . Following two checks, cutoff Garcia bets 12,000 and it's enough to claim the pot.
Player | Chips |
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KK Kiyoung Kim | 236,000(197 BB) |
AS Arun Sriram | 68,300(57 BB) |
AG Adrian Garcia | 60,000(50 BB) |
Jerwin Pasco Joins the Bigger Stacks
Several players over on table 43 have already increased their stack significantly including Wendy Freedman, Daniel Neilson, Timon Prill and Jerwin Pasco. The latter two are involved in a big pot of more than 50,000 to the 6♣ 5♠ 4♠ Q♥ 9♦ river on which Pasco bets 17,000.
Kiyoung Kim sigh-folds and Prill also sends his cards into the muck. Kim mentions that he folded pocket kings, while Prill was chasing a flush and missed.
Player | Chips |
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JP Jerwin Pasco | 145,000(290 BB) |
TP Timon Prill | 135,000(270 BB) |
WF Wendy Freedman | 95,000(190 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 85,000(170 BB) |
KK Kiyoung Kim | 18,000(36 BB) |
Dmitrii Tsvetkov's Ace-High Is Good
Three-way action to the flop K♣ 6♦ 4♣ , it is checked to Dmitrii Tsvetkov on hijack, he test-bets 1500 and only big blind Kiyoung Kim calls. From there, both opt to check the rest of the board 9♠ 6♠ . Tsvetkov flips open A♣ J♦ and it's good to take the pot.
Player | Chips |
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DT Dmitrii Tsvetkov | 45,000(113 BB) |
KK Kiyoung Kim | 36,000(90 BB) |