Super High Roller – Day 2

Leo Soma defies odds to win the Super High Roller

The two-day Super High Roller attracted 51 runners at US$ 5,300 each for a prize pool of US$ 247,350. Sixteen players returned in Day 2, each one gunning for the US$ 91,520 top prize. After six hours of intense play, it concluded with France’s Leo Soma overcoming a huge deficit at heads up to deny Filipino Florencio Campomanes the title.

Recapping the race, among the nine players that fell without pay were entering chip leader Vincent Huang, and on the bubble, Czech Republic’s Roman Hrabec who fell to Soma with two pair at the flop burned on the river by higher kicker on a board .

With the money intact, the pace was quicker. Brandon Hsien Ren Koh was ousted in 7th place with outdrawn by Gary Yongja Lin’s that improved to trips-Jacks. Mini High Roller champion Joshua McCully followed, also booted by Lin with Ace-King dominating Ace-Queen throughout. Taiwan’s Justin Chi-Jen Chu fell next in 5th place with dusted by Soma’s flush on a board .

Down to four players, Campomanes doubled through Lin with pocket Aces ahead of pocket Sixes. The momentum carried leading to the end of Shardul Parthasarathi in 4th place and Lin in 3rd place. Against Shardul, Campomanes check-called throughout a board , Shardul shoved on the river with bluff, Campomanes called with second pair. To eliminate Lin, it was all in at the flop . Lin , Campomanes with . The turn was no help to Campomanes but the river gave him the flush.

This kicked off heads up with Campomanes ahead 70 bb to Soma’s 53 bb. Despite the deep stacks, it didn’t take long for Campomanes to drain down Soma, at one point to as low as 5 bb, but Soma recovered with a double up. In total , Soma doubled up three times before the final hand was tabled.

On the first win, Soma’s set beat on a board . Next one was two pair on the turn to stay ahead of mid-pair. The third showdown, Campomanes had , Soma with , a Queen dropped on the flop and held.

With Soma slightly ahead in chips, the pair engaged in a pre-flop war that ended with Soma’s five-bet shove tank-called by Campomanes. Soma dominated with over , the board ran .

Buy in: US$ 5,300
Entries: 51
Prize pool US$ 247,350
ITM: 7 places

Rank	Player	Flag	Payouts
1	Leo Soma	France	$91,520
2	Florencio Campomanes	Philippines	$54,417
3	Gary Yongja  Lin	China	$33,392
4	Shardul P	India	$23,498
5	Justin Chi-Jen Chu	Taiwan	$18,551
6	Joshua McCully	Australia	$14,841
7	Brandon Hsien Ren Koh	Malaysia	$11,131

Main Event – Payouts

Reiji Kono crowned WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI Main Event champion!

Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 1,011
Prize pool: US$ 980,670
ITM: 128 players

Final table payouts

1	Reiji Kono	$131,731*	$800
2	Bien Mai	$117,842*	$600
3	Matthieu Lamagnere	$112,247*	$500
4	I-Chun Chiu	$59,820	$400
5	Jose Catela	$45,120	$300
6	Sho Katsura	$34,400	$250
7	Feng Ji Chua	$26,510	$200
8	Lewis Cowell	$20,660	$150
9	Nicholas Ragot	$16,280	$125

*Three-way ICM deal; top prize includes WPT World Championship entry worth $10,400. WPT value adds airfare and accommodations.

Payouts 10th – 128th

10	Yunsheng Sun	$16,280	$100
11	Cyrill Rousset	$12,980	$100
12	Shun Nozaki	$12,980	$100
13	Shardul Parthasarathi	$10,460	$75
14	Kunal Patni	$10,460	$75
15	Benjmin Mun	$8,530	$75
16	Hassaan Arif Siddiq	$8,530	$75
17	Yujie Sun	$7,040	$50
18	Darren Moves	$7,040	$50
19	Trent Fechter	$7,040	$50
20	Vinh Hai Huynh	$7,040	$50
21	Yoshikazu Fujita	$5,880	$50
22	Lawrence Pashak	$5,880	$50
23	Jumpei Masatoshi	$5,880	$50
24	Matthew Henry Bevin	$5,880	$50
25	Shue King Ng	$4,970	$50
26	Seongsu Kong	$4,970	$50
27	Yen-Han Chen	$4,970	$50
28	Hua-Wei Lin	$4,970	$50
29	Gaurav Sood	$4,970	$50
30	Mr. Shyamsundar	$4,970	$50
31	Qiyuan Huang	$4,970	$50
32	Odni Chuaypan Gudmundsson	$4,970	$50
33	Harsh Bubna	$4,250	$50
34	Victor Chong	$4,250	$50
35	Frank Lillis	$4,250	$50
36	Koen Breed	$4,250	$50
37	Jasven Saigal	$4,250	$50
38	Dongyun Jo	$4,250	$50
39	Marvin Andrew Unsworth	$4,250	$50
40	Brad Owen	$4,250	$50
41	Chien-Chih Weng	$3,680	$50
42	Jaecheol Song	$3,680	$50
43	Kjell Ove Dyb	$3,680	$50
44	Vitalii Borodin	$3,680	$50
45	Alok Birewar	$3,680	$50
46	Sevvy Steenman	$3,680	$50
47	Ian Modder	$3,680	$50
48	Zhiguang Zou	$3,680	$50
49	Yu-Chung Chang	$3,220	$50
50	Muhammed Ali Chandna	$3,220	$50
51	Gabriel Carter	$3,220	$50
52	Ilya Firstov	$3,220	$50
53	Arun Sriram	$3,220	$50
54	Manuel Braunhofer	$3,220	$50
55	Jeffery Kurniawan	$3,220	$50
56	Atsushi Umeda	$3,220	$50
57	Maxime Costas	$2,860	$50
58	Armon Van Wijk	$2,860	$50
59	Laury Philippe Vanlerberghe	$2,860	$50
60	Philemon Ip	$2,860	$50
61	Kevin Tang	$2,860	$50
62	Aristotle Sigua	$2,860	$50
63	Heesoo Im	$2,860	$50
64	Hiroki Morishita	$2,860	$50
65	Clement Van Driessche	$2,570	$50
66	Sunwook Baek	$2,570	$50
67	Viktor Smoliakov	$2,570	$50
68	Nobuaki Sasaki	$2,570	$50
69	Sandro Burkhard	$2,570	$50
70	Romit Advani	$2,570	$50
71	Joshua Zimmerman	$2,570	$50
72	Anh Minh Nguyen	$2,570	$50
73	Yao Loon Tay	$2,340	$50
74	Chiraag Patel	$2,340	$50
75	Qingqing Zhang	$2,340	$50
76	Jason Lau	$2,340	$50
77	Christopher Mateo	$2,340	$50
78	Konstantin Generalov	$2,340	$50
79	Shengchao Zhu	$2,340	$50
80	Vikaash Shah	$2,340	$50
81	Raju Jaruplavath	$2,160	$50
82	Thijs Hilberts	$2,160	$50
83	William Bolton	$2,160	$50
84	Charlie Ciresi	$2,160	$50
85	Yongsuk Lim	$2,160	$50
86	Oliver Schulze	$2,160	$50
87	Jean-Robert Autran	$2,160	$50
88	Eric Wasylenko	$2,160	$50
89	Roger Spets	$1,990	$50
90	Abhijith Cheruku	$1,990	$50
91	John Perry	$1,990	$50
92	Kevin Kupferschmid	$1,990	$50
93	Michael Haddad	$1,990	$50
94	Quan Qiu	$1,990	$50
95	Phuong Ngoc Nguyen	$1,990	$50
96	Nebojsa Blanusa	$1,990	$50
97	Khanh Linh Ta	$1,990	$50
98	Tomoaki Miura	$1,990	$50
99	Shun Kawakami	$1,990	$50
100	Anton Michlmayr	$1,990	$50
101	Haozhen Gu	$1,990	$50
102	Minkyu Kim	$1,990	$50
103	Dhaval Mudgal	$1,990	$50
104	Zi Xuan Tan	$1,990	$50
105	Gavin Best	$1,860	$50
106	Guohui Zhang	$1,860	$50
107	Asish Ghosh	$1,860	$50
108	Amit Kaushik	$1,860	$50
109	Erik Rozhynskyi	$1,860	$50
110	Thomas Vanleeuwen	$1,860	$50
111	Siddharth Karia	$1,860	$50
112	Mr. Suhendra	$1,860	$50
113	Aladin Reskallah	$1,860	$50
114	Lucas Tae	$1,860	$50
115	Anmol Mehta	$1,860	$50
116	Manh Truong Nguyen	$1,860	$50
117	Junwoo Seo	$1,800	$50
118	Seokjun Lee	$1,800	$50
119	Giwon Park	$1,800	$50
120	Yosuke Motoki	$1,800	$50
121	Roland Kivi	$1,800	$50
122	Roman Hrabec	$1,800	$50
123	Ivan Govorov	$1,800	$50
124	Sombath Sok	$1,800	$50
125	Chi Ling Tsang	$1,800	$50
126	Junwoo Lee	$1,800	$50
127	Qi Dong	$1,800	$50
128	Jae Kyung Sim	$1,800	$50

High Roller 3K – Day 2 – Live updates

Prize pool and payouts

Buy in: US$ 3,000
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Entries: 125
Prize pool: US$ 363,750
ITM”: 16 places

1	John Perry	$105,487
2	Daniel Smiljkovic	$65,475
3	Pratibh Saluja	$39,103
4	Monika Zukowicz	$24,553
5	Manuel Braunhofer	$18,188
6	Dylan Wayne Foster	$15,641
7	Justin Chu	$13,550
8	Leo Soma	$12,004
9	Ankit Jajodia	$10,549
10	Ian Litster	$9,276
11	Junwoo Lee	$9,276
12	Siddarth Karia	$9,276
13	David Chiv	$8,093
14	Florencio Campomanes	$8,093
15	Patrick Liang	$8,093
16	Terry Gonzaga	$7,093

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01:30: Daniel Smiljkovic dominated; John Perry wins!
Level 28: 75,000-150,000, 150,000 ante – 2 remaining – 6,250,000

The deciding hand came down at 1:30am with a preflop betting war leading to both players all in. John Perry had and Daniel Smiljkovic with , the board ran for a full house to Perry. With the turn it was all over. Smiljkovic was drawing dead. The river was of no consequence.

The stacks were fairly close so a count was done. Perry was ahead by just one big blind.

Daniel Smiljkovic walked away with US$ 65,475, John Perry banked the US$ 105,487 top prize. Congratulations to the champion!!

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01:10: John Perry doubles up to chip lead
Level 28: 75,000-150,000, 150,000 ante – 2 remaining – 6,250,000

On a board that completed , Daniel Smiljkovic shoved and John Perry tank-called. Smiljkovic was bluffing with , Perry shipped a double up with two pair.

John Perry – 7,325,000
Daniel Smiljkovic – 5,175,000

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00:45: Pratibh Saluja eliminated in 3rd place – $39,103
Level 27: 75,000-125,000, 125,000 ante – 3 remaining – 4,166,000

Pratibh Saluha goes all in on the ubbton with , small blind John Perry shoves with and the Aussie rail erupts. The board runs for Perry to ship it.

John Perry – 3,000,000
Daniel Smiljkovic – 9,500,000

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00:40: Smiljkovic grinding down the competition
Level 27: 75,000-125,000, 125,000 ante – 3 remaining – 4,166,000

Massive stacked Daniel Smiljkovic continues to grind down his last two opponents to send both below 13 bb. With pay jumps quite significant, it has been a raise-fold fest.

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00:: 25: Monika Zukowicz eliminated in 4th place – $24,552
Level 27: 75,000-125,000, 125,000 ante – 4 remaining – 3,125,000

An hour since the last bust, Monika Zukowicz followed to the rail. She was all in with and faced off against massive chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic with . The board ran for a pair to the big stack and 4th place to Zukowicz.

Daniel Smiljkovic – 7,225,000
John Perry – 2,925,000
Pratibh Saluja – 2,350,000

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23:00: Manuel Braunhofer eliminated in 5th place – $18,188
Level 25: 40,000-80,000, 80,000 ante – 5 remaining – 2,500,000

On a board and 440,000 in the pot, Manuel Braunhofer bets 160,000, Daniel Smiljkovic raises to 320,000, Braunhofer jams, Smiljkovic snap-calls.

Braunhofer
Smiljkovic

The turn and river completes the board. Braunhofer busts in 5th place. Smiljkovic rises to over half the chips in play.

Daniel Smiljkovic – 6,300,000

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22:00: Monika Zukowicz doubles through Smiljkovic
Level 23: 25,000-50,000, 50,000 ante – 5 remaining – 2,500,000 average

All in preflop, Monika Zukowicz survives the heat against chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic with . The board was .

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21:50: Dylan Wayne Foster eliminated in 6th place – $15,641
Level 23: 25,000-50,000, 50,000 ante – 6 remaining – 2,083,333 average

From button, Daniel Smiljkovic raises to 100,000, big blind Dylan Wayne Foster defends. At the flop , Smiljkovic c-bets 50,000, Foster check-calls. On the turn , Smiljkovic bets 100,000, this time Foster check-raises to 400,000, Smiljkovic pushes, Foster puts the rest of his chips out front.

Smiljkovic
Foster

The river is no help to Foster to fall in 6th place.

Daniel Smiljkovic – 5,000,000

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21:40: Justin Chu eliminated in 7th place – $13,550
Level 23: 25,000-50,000, 50,000 ante – 7 remaining – 1,785,714 average

All in preflop with short stacked Justin Chu ahead to Pratibh Saluja’s . The board runs for a straight to Saluja. Chu ousted in 7th place.

Pratibh Saluja – 1,715,000

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21:30: Leo Soma eliminated in 8th place – $12,004
Level 23: 25,000-50,000, 50,000 ante – 8 remaining – 1,562,500 average

All in at the flop , Leo Soma has top pair but is still behind Daniel Smiljkovic’s . The turn and river completes the board. Soma is eliminated in 8th place.

Daniel Smiljkovic – 4,290,000

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21:20: Ankit Jajodia eliminated in 9th place – $10,549
Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante – 9 remaining – 1,388,888 average

Ankit Jajodia goes all in on the second hand of the final table and John Perry puts him at risk. Jajodia with , Perry , the board runs , out goes Jajodia in 10th place.

John Perry – 2,550,000

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21:10: Final Table
Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante -9 remaining – 1,388,88 average

The last Korean in the lineup has fallen to Monika Zukowicz to bring the field down to 10 players. One more bust before it is down to the final table. John Perry attempted to make that happen by calling Ian Litster’s all in.

Litster
Perry

No hits for either on a board for a double up to Litster.

Ian Litster – 880,000
John Perry – 1,200,000

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20:30: Chip count update
Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante – 11 remaining – 1,136,363 average

Daniel Smiljkovic – 2,320,000
John Perry – 1,600,000
Pratibh Saluja – 1,470,000
Dylan Wayne Foster – 1,400,000
Manuel Braunhofer – 1,170,000
Junwoo Lee – 730,000
Leo Soma – 1,050,000
Monika Zukowicz – 722,000
Ian Litster – 500,000
Ankit Jajodia – 275,000

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20:20: Manuel Braunhofer versus Junwoo Lee
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante – 11 remaining – 1,136,363 average

Button player Manuel Braunhofer raises to 60,000, small blind Junwoo Lee calls, the flop is . Lee check-calls a 110,000 c-bet by Braunhofer. On the turn , same action with Brauhofer’s 100,000 bet, check-called by Lee. The river both players check. Braunhofer wins it with two pair.

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20:10: Dylan Wayne Foster wins a pot against Smiljkovic
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante – 11 remaining – 1,136,363 average

Decent pot in the middle and 2-K-5-2-A, Daniel Smiljkovic bets 150,000, Dylan Wayne Foster calls and says show me the ace, Smiljkovic opens Nine-Seven, Foster wins it with pocket Threes.

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20:00 Siddharth Karia eliminated by Justin Chu
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante – 12 remaining – 1,041,666 average

From cutoff Siddharth Karia shoves his last 112,000, button Justin Chu and big blind Manuel Braunhofer call. At the flop , no side pot bets. On the turn , Chu bets 35,000, Braunhofer folds to deny the side pot.

Karia
Chu

The river don’t help Karia to bust in 12th place for US$ 9,276.

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 19:50: Pratibh Saluja with the big check-raise
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante – 12 remaining – 1,041,666 average

Small blind Pratibh Saluja limps and big blind John Perry checks, the flop runs , Saluja check-calls 35,000. On the turn , Perry bets 150,000, Saluja check-raises to 460,000, quick fold from Perry.

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19:40: John Perry wins a small one against Smiljkovic
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante – 12 remaining – 1,041,666 average

Dan Smiljkovic opens from cutoff and big blind John Perry calls. On the flop , Smiljkovic c-bets 30,000, Perry check-calls. On the turn and river no bets land. Perry wins it with .

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19:30: Quick busts
Level 20: 15,000-25,000, 25,000 ante – 12 remaining – 1,041,666 average

After the bubble burst, four players quickly busted. The latest one was David Chiv who three-bet jammed with , was called by initial raiser Daniel Smiljkovic holding . The board runs .

14th – Florencio Campomanes – US$ 8,093
15th Patrick Liang – US$ 8,093
16th Terry Gonzaga – US$ 7,093

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19:15: Bubble bursts! 
Level 20: 15,000-25,000, 25,000 ante – 17 remaining – 735,300 average

After the fall of Dennis Ng to Dylan Wayne Foster and Kannapong Thanarattrakul to chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic, it was down to 17 players which meant bubble time!

The bubble round lasted all of two hands. On the first hand-for-hand, big stacked Leo Soma raised to 50,000, bigger stacked Foster three-bet to 150,000, Soma four-bet to 400,000, Foster folded. Soma showed .

Leo Soma – 1,800,000
Dylan Wayne Foster – 1,740,000

Next hand Oliver Schulze shoves , down the orbit Pratibh Saluja calls with , the board runs . Schulze busts on the bubble

Pratibh Saluja – 1,200,000

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19:05: Terry Gonzaga doubles through Thanarattrakul
Level 20: 15,000-25,000, 25,000 ante – 20 remaining – 625,000 average

All in preflop with Terry Gonzaga ahead to caller Kannapong Thanarattrakul’s . The board runs for a double up to Gonzaga.

Terry Gonzaga – 473,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 244,000

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19:00 : Chip leader update
Level 20: 15,000-25,000, 25,000 ante – 20 remaining – 625,000 average

Daniel Smiljkovic – 1,645,000
Leo Soma – 1,400,000
Pratibh Saluja – 1,140,000
Junwoo Lee – 830,000
John Perry – 620,000

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18:50: Siddharth Karia finds the river
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 21 remaining

Siddharth Karia was nearly out when his pocket Fours spiked the two-outer set on the river to double through Oliver Schulze.

Siddharth Karia – 366,000
Oliver Schulze – 300,000

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18:45: Ankit Jajodia rails one
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 21 remaining

All in on a flop , at risk player is all in with , Ankit Jajodia with overpair , the turn and river completes the board.

Ankit Jajodia – 670,000

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18:40: Chip leader update
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 22 remaining

Leo Soma – 1,430,000
John Perry – 1,000,000
Junwoo Lee – 950,000
Pratibh Saluja – 872,000
Manuel Braunhofer – 815,000

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18:35: David Chiv happy for another double up
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 23 remaining

All in on the flop , David Chiv ahead , Florencio Campomanes . The turn and river are safe for Chiv to double up.

David Chiv – 605,000
Florencio Campomanes – 370,000

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18:30: Pratibh Saluja doubles through Khamidullin
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 25 remaining

All in preflop, Pratibh Saluja doubles through with spiking an Ace on the river board to beat Timur Khamidullin’s .

Pratibh Saluja – 872,000

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18:20: Abhishek Goindi out of the running
Level 19: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante – 25 remaining

Just before the break, Abhishek Goindi three-bets from the small blind from 36,000 to 123,000. Initial raiser Florencio Campomanes four bet jams for 508,000 total, Goindi tank-folds. Campomanes rises to 690,000, Goindi drops to 428,000.

Back from the break, five minutes in, Goindi falls to John Perry. We don’t have the hand but we were Perry sucked out on the river. We’ll get the hand history on that for the full scoop. Perry now at 1,000,000.

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18:05: Manuel Braunhofer vs Leo Soma again
Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 16,000 ante – 27 remaining

Big pot of 436,000 and a board , Manuel Braunhofer bets 110,000, Leo Soma thinks a bit then shoves. Quick fold from Braunhofer.

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18:00: Seyed Sedigh shows Chee the bluff
Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 16,000 ante – 27 remaining

On a flop and around 180,000 in the pot, small blind Jonathan Chee bets 60,000, late position Seyed Sedigh jams for a total of 212,000, Chee tank-folds. Sedigh proudly shows his bluff.

Seyed Sedigh – 452,000
Jonathan Chee – 263,000

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17:50: David Chiv doubles through Foster
Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 16,000 ante – 27 remaining

We aren’t sure how David Chiv lost a large portion of his stack because when we saw him all in, he only had 139,000 left. Button Dylan Wayne Foster called. Chiv with , Foster with . The board runs for a straight to Chiv.

David Chiv – 318,000
Dylan Wayne Foster – 425,000

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17:40: Akihiro Konishi cracks aces for second double up
Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 16,000 ante – 28 remaining 

In the previous level, Akihiro Konishi doubled up his short stack with pocket Queens. Still very short with 91,000 (5.5 bb), he shoves again and is looking bleak with against John Perry‘s . With the board , Konishi improves to a straight to double up.

Akihiro Konishi – 222,000
John Perry – 330,000

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17:30: Dennis Ng jams on David Chiv
Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 16,000 ante – 28 remaining

On a board , David Chiv bets, big blind Dennis Ng check-jams for an additional 121,000 for Chiv to call. The pot has now grown to 248,000. With 490,000 behind, Chiv can afford it. He tanks for some time then folds. Ng wins the pot and asks Chiv “You have an overpair?” Chiv replied that he did.

Dennis Ng – 369,000
David Chiv – 490,000

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17:20: Junwoo Lee versus Justin Chu
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 12,000 ante – 28 remaining

On a flop , button Junwoo Lee bets 25,000 and Justin Chu check-calls. On the turn , both players check. The river , Chu leads out 25,000, Lee calls. Chu shows top pair but it’s not good enough to win the pot with Lee showing .

Junwoo Lee – 490,000
Justin Chu – 150,000

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17:10: John Perry muscles for the pot
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 12,000 ante – 28 remaining

John Perry shoves in back to back hands. First hand opens with under the gun +1 Dennis Ng raising to 25,000, Perry shoves from the big blind. Ng folds. Immediately following that hand, Abhishek Goindi raises to 26,000 from the button, Perry three-bets to 125,000 and wins the pot.

John Perry – 430,000

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17:00: Manuel Braunhofer versus Leo Soma
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 12,000 ante – 28 remaining

From under the gun, Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni raises to 24,000, down the orbit hijack Leo Soma three-bets to 75,000, back to Brauni who four-bets to 180,000, Soma tank-folds.

Manuel Braunhofer – 1,150,000
Leo Soma – 510,000

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16:50: Kannapong Thanarattrakul spikes two-outer, rails Shah
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 12,000 ante – 29 remaining

Vikaash Shah was looking good when he pushed with and got called by Kannapong Thanarattrakul but with the board running , it is a winning set for Thanarattrakul to rail Shah.

Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 350,000

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16:40: David Chiv full house against Thanarattrakul
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 10,000 ante – 32 remaining

On a board , David Chiv shows his full house and drags in a big pot against Kannapong Thanarattrakul.

David Chiv – 700,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 240,000

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16:30: Vikaash Shah hangs in there
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 10,000 ante – 35 remaining

While other shorts drop, Vikaash Shah earns a double with dominating Hwany Lee’s on a board .

Vikaash Shah – 195,000

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16:25: Good call by Jonathan Chee, exposes Junwoo Lee’s bluff
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 10,000 ante – 38 remaining

On a board and 240,000 in the pot, Jonathan Chee checks, Junwoo Lee bets 80,000, Chee tanks then calls. Lee shows his bluff, Chee wins with King high.

Jonathan Chee – 610,000
Junwoo Lee – 510,000

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 16:15: John Perry rails Gaurav Sood
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 10,000 ante – 41 remaining

Short stacks dropping fast. Next to go was Gaurav Sood who shoved 12 bb holding on a board . John Perry check-called with flush. Perry zooms up the ranks to top 5 in chips.

John Perry – 651,000

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16:10: Florencio Campomanes cleans out Koh
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 10,000 ante – 43 remaining

All in preflop, Brandon Koh at risk with against bigger stacked and bigger carded Florencio Campomanes with . The board runs low [qc}.

Florencio Campomanes – 330,000

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15:55: Break time, 45 remaining, chip leader update
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 45 remaining

45 players remaining at the break. Here are the current chip leaders:

Daniel Smiljkovic – 790,000
Leo Soma – 700,000
Manuel Braunhofer – 645,000
Junwoo Lee – 600,000
Oliver Schulze – 560,000
Timur Khamidullin – 555,000
Seyed Sedigh – 550,000
Pratibh Saluja – 515,000

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15:45: Pratibh Saluha eliminates Shardul
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 48 remaining

Short stacked Shardul Parthasarathi is all in for his last 65,000 and to battle with, big stacked Pratibh Saluja calls with . The board runs empty for Shardul to bust.

Pratibh Saluja – 440,000

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15:40: Daniel Smiljkovic doubles through Menzel
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 48 remaining

On a turn board and a pot of 87,000 brewed, Daniel Smiljkovic ahead with against Menzel’s . The river secures the double up for the WSOP winner Smiljkovic.

Daniel Smiljkovic – 450,000
Max Menzel – 80,000

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15:35: Aditya Agarwal doubles through Gonzaga
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 48 remaining

Button Aditya Agarwal shoves 77,000 with , small blind Terry Gonzaga calls with the board runs for Agarwal’s kicker to play for a double up.

Aditya Agarwal – 168,000
Terry Gonzaga – 300,000

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15:30: Nevan Chang saved by the river, Ayow pays up
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 48 remaining

From under the gun, Kevin Ayow raises to 18,000, hijack Nevan Chang  and big blind Terry Gonzaga call. On the flop , Ayow c-bet 21,000, Chang calls, Gonzaga folds. On the turn , both shove, Ayow with two pair, Chang in danger of elimination with . The river improves Chang to a better two pair to double up.

Nevan Chang – 225,000
Kevin Ayow – 360,000

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15:20: John Perry shoves on Thanarattrakul
Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 8,000 ante – 48 remaining

John Perry and Kannapong Thanarattrakul stare down a board and 205,000 in the pot, Perry shoves 190,000 to send the Thai pro tanking. With over 200K, Thanarattrakul can afford it but opts to fold. Perry says “it was a very good turn”.

John Perry – 395,000

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15:10: Leo Soma deliver double KO
Level 14: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 ante – 50 remaining

Sandwiched between two players with Ace-Queen, Leo Soma proceeds to send them packing with pocket Tens prevailing on an Eight-high board.

Leo Soma – 890,000

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15:00: Jasven Saigal ends Ovechkin
Level 14: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 ante – 55 remaining

End of the road for Aleksandr Ovechkin who could not get out of the short stack zone. His last attempt was with that missed against Jasven Saigal’s . The board was .

Jasven Saigal – 320,000

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14:40: Seyed Sebigh dusts two at once
Level 14: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 ante – 61 remaining

Seyed Sebigh aka Freddy is all in with standing firm against overcards and . The board was . Sebigh rises to 600,000.

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14:20: Junwoo Lee on a rush, zooms up the rung
Level 13: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante – 68 remaining

Three consecutive hands for Junwoo Lee with the first one awarding him a double up. His won the flip against Ian Litsters’s with two Kings on the board. The next hand, Lee raised from under the gun, big blind Seyed Sedigh aka Freddy defended, and the flop was , Lee bet 9,000, Sebigh called. On the turn , Lee bet fired 29,000, this time Sebigh folded.

Third consecutive hand saw the board complete and 55,000 in the pot. Lee bet 29,000 from the big blind got called by button player Litster, Lee showed , top pair on the river.

Junwoo Lee – 540,000

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14:10: Chip leaders
Level 13: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante – 72 remaining

There are currently 72 players remaining. In the lead are Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni with 608,000 and Pratibh Saluja with 480,000. Both players are sitting side by side.

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13:40: Gediminas Uselis rails Autran
Level 12: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante

Gediminas Uselis eliminates short stacked Jean Robert Autran with top pair on a board ahead of mid pair.

Gediminas Uselis – 250,000

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13:35: Cao Ngoc Anh falls to Campomanes
Level 12: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante

Cao Ngoc Anh enters with 21 bb then proceeds to lose it in two hands, first to John Perry then the rest to Florencio Campomanes. Up against Perry, the board shows and the pot at 46,000. Cao bets 12,000, Perry calls. On the river , both check. Perry wins with trips.

Next hand, Cao shoves his 42,500 stack, Campomanes flats, Cao with , Campomanes . The board runs [2s}.

John Perry – 240,000
Florencio Campomanes – 140,000

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13:30: Brauni rails Sood and Van Driessche
Level 12: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante

Early dropouts here with Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni giving the boot to two players – Gaurav Sood and Clement Van Driessche. For the latter Van Driessche, he first doubled through Brauni with cracking on a board . Van Driessche landed another double up, this time against Brad Owen with K-10 straight over K-2. With 122,000 in his arsenal, he lost it all to Brauni on the next showdown. Van Driessche has since re-entered.

Up against Sood, Brauni’s prevailed against Queen-Ten on a board . Brauni rises to 540,000.

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13:25: Dongyun Jo doubles through Ovechkin
Level 12: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante

Short stacks go at it. Dongyun Jo all in with , Aleksandr Ovechkin with , the board runs for a double up to Jo.

Dongyun Jo – 150,000
Aleksandr Ovechkin – 20,000

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13:20: High Roller 3K underway!
Level 12: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante

The two-day High Roller 3K is rollin’ here at NagaWorld with 56 returning players joined by new entries to bring the number past 100. Registration is open for this level only and closes at the start of Level 13. We will have the prize pool and payouts up soon after. Among the new arrivals are re-entries Gary Lin, Florencio Campomanes, and new entry WSOP winner Daniel Smiljkovic.

Day 2 – 56 returnees

Rank	Player	Stack	BB	Table/Seat
1	Timur Khamidullin	528,000	132	T-13 [02]
2	Pratibh Saluja	509,000	127	T-07 [07]
3	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	497,000	124	T-03 [02]
4	Seyed Javad Sedigh	374,000	94	T-01 [02]
5	Dylan Wayne	313,500	78	T-12 [04]
6	Ting-Yi Tsai	311,000	78	T-11 [02]
7	Max Menzel	300,000	75	T-02 [08]
8	Terry Gonzaga	289,500	72	T-08 [04]
9	David Chiv	276,000	69	T-37 [02]
10	Manuel Braunhofer	272,000	68	T-07 [08]
11	Kar Wee Chee	250,500	63	T-11 [06]
12	Dennis Ng	245,500	61	T-13 [04]
13	Junwoo Lee	233,500	58	T-01 [03]
14	Tien- Min Liang	224,500	56	T-12 [06]
15	John Edward Perry	215,500	54	T-03 [01]
16	Kevin Phillip Ayow	212,000	53	T-08 [05]
17	Kyungkun Lee	193,000	48	T-02 [01]
18	Ankit Jajodia	185,000	46	T-37 [04]
19	Darren Moves	183,500	46	T-02 [02]
20	Joshua Mccully	183,000	46	T-37 [08]
21	Oliver Biles	175,000	44	T-11 [07]
22	Joseph Adams	171,500	43	T-13 [01]
23	Ian James Litster	167,500	42	T-07 [06]
24	Kiale Matthews	167,000	42	T-03 [08]
25	Asish Ghosh	167,000	42	T-01 [08]
26	Gediminas Uselis	162,000	41	T-08 [07]
27	Micheal O’Neill	156,000	39	T-12 [02]
28	Aditya Agarwal	150,500	38	T-08 [03]
29	Abhishek Goindi	147,000	37	T-11 [08]
30	Andrew Neeme	144,500	36	T-12 [01]
31	Hsien Ren Koh	142,500	36	T-37 [07]
32	David Erquiaga	140,500	35	T-13 [05]
33	Siddharth Karia	131,000	33	T-01 [05]
34	Jasven Saigal	130,000	33	T-02 [03]
35	Andy Li Xue Yan	128,500	32	T-03 [03]
36	Gaurav Sood	128,500	32	T-07 [01]
37	Brad Owen	122,000	31	T-07 [03]
38	Jean Robert Autran	116,000	29	T-08 [02]
39	Heesoo Im	113,000	28	T-01 [01]
40	Quoc Dinh Nguyen	110,500	28	T-13 [06]
41	Akihiro Konishi	106,500	27	T-37 [01]
42	Victor Chong	98,000	25	T-11 [03]
43	Ngoc Anh Cao	83,500	21	T-03 [04]
44	Aleksandr Ovechkin	80,500	20	T-02 [04]
45	Benjamin Sai	79,500	20	T-12 [07]
46	Tomoki Matsuda	78,000	20	T-07 [05]
47	Dongyun Jo	76,500	19	T-02 [07]
48	Dhaval Mudgal	73,000	18	T-08 [01]
49	Seungmook Jung	70,000	18	T-03 [07]
50	Alok Birewar	67,500	17	T-12 [05]
51	Leo Soma	62,000	16	T-11 [01]
52	Monika Zukowicz	60,000	15	T-13 [07]
53	Vincent Chauve	52,500	13	T-01 [06]
54	Zarvan Tumboli	48,000	12	T-37 [05]
55	Clement Van Driessche	43,500	11	T-07 [04]
56	Vikaash Shah	38,500	10	T-08 [06]