
D3
Yujian Sun Busts On A Set Over Set Cooler
After a four-bet battle preflop, Collin Ho and Yujian Sun face a flop Q♦ T♦ 5♠ and 350,000 already in the pot. Sun checks trying to trap Ho who bets 175,000, Sun shoves, Ho snap-calls and it's a huge cooler.
Ho has Q♣ Q♠ top set, Sun with T♥ T♣ set, the turn 7♥ and river J♦ don't improve Sun to exit in 25th place.
Player | Chips |
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CH Collin Ho | 2,650,000(106 BB) |
YS Yujian Sun | busted |
Big Pot For Daniel Charlton To Cross Into 3M In Chips

Daniel Charlton opens 40,000 from cutoff, Toan Chan Truong calls from the button, then big blind Yujian Sun three-bets to 125,000. After a bit of tanking, both Charlton and Truong call.
More chips go flying at the flop 7♠ 2♣ 8♣ starting with Sun who tank-bets 150,000. This doesn't shake anyone and all three head to the turn 6♣ which they all check. The river card comes 5♦ . Sun checks, Charlton bets 275,000, Truong folds, Sun goes in the tank again then calls.
Charlton shows 9♦ 8♦ straight, Sun mucks but shows one card 4♥ for the bottom straight.
Player | Chips |
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DC Daniel Charlton | 3,360,000(168 BB) |
YS Yujian Sun | 875,000(44 BB) |
Daniel Charlton Puts Pressure On His Opponents

Catching the action on a board 3♣ 3♦ 2♣ with four players in and a pot of around 200,000 weighing down the middle. After the blinds check, Yujian Sun bets 75,000 from under the gun, down the orbit Daniel Charlton raises 150,000, blinds fold and Sun calls.
On the turn Q♥, Charlton sends out 325,000, and after two time banks run out, Sun surrenders his hand.
Player | Chips |
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DC Daniel Charlton | 1,630,000(109 BB) |
YS Yujian Sun | 1,400,000(93 BB) |
Artem Vezhenkov Leads the Field at the Break with 1,796,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 1.3 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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AV Artem Vezhenkov | 1,796,000(120 BB) |
YS Yujian Sun | 1,635,000(109 BB) |
YH Yukako Hiroi | 1,550,000(103 BB) |
1,533,000(102 BB) | |
AA Aditya Agarwal | 1,521,000(101 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 1,385,000(92 BB) |
JP John Perry | 1,381,000(92 BB) |
RB Renat Bohdanov | 1,373,000(92 BB) |
DC Daniel Charlton | 1,321,000(88 BB) |
Thomas Boivin Eliminated in 52nd Place by Collin Ho ($10,200)

Yujian Sun opens to 32,000 and Thomas Boivin three-bets to 175,000 with fewer than that behind. Collin Ho then jams for 374,000 and Sun asks for a count but folds, Boivin calls all-in.
Ho is ahead with K♣ K♦ versus A♣ K♠ and there is no ace on the 7♣ 6♥ 3♠ 5♣ 3♦ runout to send Boivin out in 52nd place.
Player | Chips |
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YS Yujian Sun | 1,525,000(127 BB) |
CH Collin Ho | 650,000(54 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | busted |
Yujian Sun Doubles Up Off Daniel Charlton

Catching the action on the river with a big pot in the middle, Yujian Sun is all in on a board 5♣ 6♦ 8♥ A♣ 5♦ with A♠ Q♣ on hand and wins a double up off Daniel Charlton with A♥ 9♥ .
Player | Chips |
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DC Daniel Charlton | 835,000(84 BB) |
YS Yujian Sun | 800,000(80 BB) |