
D1B
Leo Soma Doubles Thru Simas Karaliunas

With around 10,000 in the middle to the Q♠ T♥ 4♥ T♦ 3♦ river, Leo Soma jams for the last 12,000 in the big blind. Simas Karaliunas tanks for more than two minutes and eventually calls with the A♦ K♥ , which is no good against Soma's J♠ T♠ for trips tens.
Player | Chips |
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LS Leo Soma | 34,000(57 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 28,500(48 BB) |
Peter Da Wins Four-Bet Pot Off Simas Karaliunas

Peter Da raises to 1,100 and Leo Soma three-bets to 3,500. Simas Karaliunas then four-bets to 8,500 and Da asks to see his stack size before he calls, Soma folds.
After all the preflop action, they check down the J♥ 9♠ 2♥ K♣ 7♣ board and Karaliunas shows T♥ T♦ , Da wins the pot with the Q♣ Q♦ for the superior pocket pair.
Player | Chips |
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PD Peter Da | 95,000(190 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 46,500(93 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 26,500(53 BB) |
D1A
Lots Of Shoving Going On
With registration closed, the new level brings shoves around the room. One of the beneficiaries is Marc Joseph who calls the light 10,500 all in and proceeds to dominate with A♠ Q♠ over A♥ 3♣
Florencio Campomanes also bites the dust. He sends in his last 7,000 and loses to Frank Lillis with A♣ 6♥ staying ahead of K♣ 7♠
Another all in was Remy Murcia who says he can feel it coming. And indeed it did. He is all in with A♦ Q♦ and improves on the board T♠ K♣ 7♦ J♥ 6♥ to overcome Xianhua Fu's A♣ K♥ .
For Simas Karaliunas, he defends his big blind with a shove that pushes out small blind Jon Kyte who tries to steal with a 7000 raise.
Player | Chips |
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JK Jon Kyte | 128,000(64 BB) |
MJ Marc Joseph | 86,000(43 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 85,000(43 BB) |
XW Xianhuan Wu | 62,000(31 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 48,000(24 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 25,000(13 BB) |
Simas Karaliunas's Overpair Gives Benny Glaser The Boot

From the button, Benny Glaser calls big blind Simas Karaliunas's three-bet of 4500 to take the bout to the flop 5♥ 6♣ T♣ . Karaliunas sends out a stack of orange chips that well cover Glaser who commits the rest of his chips.
At risk player Glaser has J♠ J♥ , Glaser is in trouble with K♦ T♠ , the turn 7♥ and river J♦ finishes Glaser as Karaliunas ships it.
Player | Chips |
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SK Simas Karaliunas | 75,200(75 BB) |
BG Benny Glaser | busted |
Patrik Selin Drags In An Action Packed Preflop Pot
Kunal Patni tells the WPT reporter to stick around his table as it is action heavy and he was not kidding. After Yukako Hiroi wins a pot, the next hand opens with a raise of 1100 from Peteris Enders, beside him Simas Karaliunas three-bets 3500, several spots over on the small blind Aliaksei Chernak four-bets 9000, then big blind Patrik Selin five-bets all in. Everyone folds including Chernak who shows J♠ J♦ which is a good fold to Selin's A♥ A♣ .
Player | Chips |
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PS Patrik Selin | 81,000(162 BB) |
AC Aliaksei Chernak | 57,400(115 BB) |
45,000(90 BB) | |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 33,500(67 BB) |
Dinesh Alt Chips Up
In a three-bet pot to the K♠ J♠ 2♠ flop, Dinesh Alt checks and Simas Karaliunas bets 2,000 for the Swiss to call. Alt check-calls another 8,000 on the 9♥ turn and Karaliunas checks behind the 4♦ on the river.
"I win," Alt says as he rolls over the 5♠ 4♠ and Karaliunas indeed mucks.
Player | Chips |
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DA Dinesh Alt | 68,000(136 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 58,000(116 BB) |