Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:26 PM Local Time
The Action Escalates in Rapid Fashion
Alexander "Craggy" Bylick bowed out in 24th place when came up second-best to the of Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach on a board of .
Moments later a huge three-way all-in saw both Daan "DaanOss" Mulders and Koray "KakiTee" Turker at risk.
Koray "KakiTee" Turker:
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders:
Wei "dugui777" Zhao:
The board gave Turker a miracle straight while Mulders hit the rail.
In the blink of an eye, Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong and Martijn "visacard" Gerrits, then Turker sent over his chips to "ArtePokerTV" and Patricia "PatriciaLD" Levy Dery hit the rail to go from 23 to 18 left in lightning speed.
Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 11,082,695 | 3,199,500 |
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 5,672,098 | -32,399 |
Alexander "Craggy" Bylicki | 0 | -2,020,400 |
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders | 0 | -5,883,278 |
Koray "KakiTee" Turker | 0 | -320,257 |
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong | 0 | -2,785,024 |
Martijn "visacard" Gerrits | 0 | -1,834,996 |
Patricia "PatriciaLD" Levy Dery | 0 | -2,190,735 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:21 PM Local Time
Sammartino and Danchev Eliminated
Dario Sammartino was one of the shortest stacks still in contention and jammed the cutoff with , which was called by Wei "dugui777" Zhao on the button with .
On a board of , Sammartino failed to connect and bowed out in 26th place.
And the next big name to fall was Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev who took a rough beat against "Tr1pTripM".
Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev:
"Tr1pTripM":
The board came to eliminate Danchev in 25th.
Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 7,883,195 | 3,412,010 |
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 4,431,652 | 1,528,974 |
Dario Sammartino | 0 | -1,262,320 |
Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev | 0 | -1,410,474 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:16 PM Local Time
Dayan From Big Stack to Busto
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka became the next casualty and Daan "DaanOss" Mulders went on a rampage to go from short stack to big stack while Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan went from fourth in chips to out in 27th place.
Mulders doubled in an ace-rag war and then doubled through Dayan with versus on a board of .
Mulders then used the pressure to reraise into Dayan's committed raise and the latter eventually called while waiting on a pay jump.
Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan:
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders:
Again the Dutchman had the best of it on a board.
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders | 5,883,278 | 4,840,125 |
Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan | 0 | -5,154,662 |
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka | 0 | -2,266,534 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:13 PM Local Time
Kamei Flops the Best Of It
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei raised the it up from the cutoff and picked up two callers including "tonythetiger" in the big blind.
After the flop, "tonythetiger" was at risk with for bottom two pair only to find himself in devastating shape against the of Kamei. The turn and river brought no miracle escape.
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 5,417,260 | 1,882,724 |
tonythetiger | 0 | -1,350,261 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:07 PM Local Time
Two Down After the Break
Patrick "marypoppins" Hu-A-Kam was the first player to bust after the break when he got it in with against the of "PokerSamurai". They both turned a straight draw but the ace-queen high prevailed as the board ran out .
"Quokka" got his short stack in via flip with against the of Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach and the board delivered the overcard on the turn.
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 5,704,497 | 1,968,814 |
PokerSamurai | 3,987,745 | 1,745,154 |
Patrick "marypoppins" Hu-A-Kam | 0 | -1,070,434 |
Quokka | 0 | -1,120,814 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:02 PM Local Time
Updated Counts of the Final 31
lafiera8 | 7,527,223 | -410,000 |
Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 6,928,543 | 3,717,757 |
Yu "kris16" Du | 5,777,975 | -834,168 |
Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan | 5,154,662 | 2,319,131 |
Che Li "32bo" Lin | 5,002,420 | 356,500 |
Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 4,471,185 | 4,471,185 |
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 4,440,028 | 4,440,028 |
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 4,300,180 | 4,300,180 |
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 4,003,828 | -2,333,440 |
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 3,735,683 | 51,815 |
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 3,534,536 | 284,000 |
Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson | 3,259,082 | 161,220 |
DonaldTurnip | 3,178,819 | 2,420,059 |
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 2,902,678 | 154,143 |
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong | 2,785,024 | -36,000 |
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka | 2,266,534 | 6,000 |
PokerSamurai | 2,242,591 | 177,190 |
Patricia "PatriciaLD" Levy Dery | 2,190,735 | 2,190,735 |
BakedSand | 2,182,936 | 2,182,936 |
preflopPlus | 2,034,370 | -108,985 |
Alexander "Craggy" Bylicki | 2,020,400 | 2,020,400 |
Martijn "visacard" Gerrits | 1,834,996 | 898,138 |
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 1,577,060 | 828,065 |
Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev | 1,410,474 | 1,410,474 |
Oliver "King_Bill47" Bill | 1,350,799 | 1,350,799 |
tonythetiger | 1,350,261 | -567,239 |
Dario Sammartino | 1,262,320 | 625,854 |
Quokka | 1,120,814 | 1,120,814 |
Patrick "marypoppins" Hu-A-Kam | 1,070,434 | 1,070,434 |
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders | 1,043,153 | 1,043,153 |
Koray "KakiTee" Turker | 320,257 | -1,512,539 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:57 PM Local Time
Break With 31 Remaining
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong won a flip against Siddarth "SUITEDACE007" Shanmugarajeswaran to send the latter on very few blinds and those vanished with against the of "VSMPZD" on a board of .
Right after, the remaining 31 players headed into the next scheduled 31-minute break.
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong | 2,821,024 | |
aki1023 | 0 | |
Siddarth "SUITEDACE007" Shanmugarajeswaran | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:53 PM Local Time
"lafiera8" Joins the Big Stacks
Another two players busted to reduce the field to the final 33 player and among those to depart was "zxb8553624" from China.
They were at risk in a preflop all-in for more than 4.74 million and held but "lafiera8" was well ahead with the .
The board provided no help to the player at risk and "lafiera8" continued their rise on the leaderboard.
lafiera8 | 7,937,223 | 4,639,041 |
magicman1710 | 0 | -2,644,729 |
zxb8553624 | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:49 PM Local Time
Double Ups for Turker and Mallach; "Dani_2207" Busts
Koray "KakiTee" Turker doubled through "Dani_2207" when his cracked the of "Dani_2207" on a board of .
Up next, Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach held with the against Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka with as the board contained no ace and just two diamonds.
The misery for "Dani_2207" then continued when they ran with into the of Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei who got there on the board.
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 3,683,868 | 3,683,868 |
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 3,250,536 | -513,103 |
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka | 2,260,534 | -1,696,934 |
Koray "KakiTee" Turker | 1,832,796 | 1,832,796 |
Dani_2207 | 0 | -2,391,045 |
Donga54 | 0 | -519,735 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:43 PM Local Time
Kirby Jams At the Wrong Time
First to act, Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka raised it up to 176000 and then called the shove of Stewart "spicypigeon" Kirby for nearly 20 blinds on the button.
Stewart "spicypigeon" Kirby:
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka:
On a board of , Kirby turned the flush only for Lapka to river a full house. Lapka then lost a smaller pot with pocket ines but remains above the average stack
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka | 3,957,468 | 887,935 |
tintank | 0 | |
Stewart "spicypigeon" Kirby | 0 | -2,366,710 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:39 PM Local Time
The Next Duo Busts
Konstantsin "downdowndown" Nedahavorau and "david1341" were sent to the rail in 41st and 40th place with the latter handing over his chips to "32bo" in the following preflop all-in via three-bet shove from the big blind.
"david1341":
"32bo":
The kicker played a pivotal role on the role as "32bo" earned another knockout.
Che Li "32bo" Lin | 4,645,920 | 988,074 |
david1341 | 0 | -2,026,653 |
Konstantsin "downdowndown" Nedahavorau | 0 | -880,398 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:35 PM Local Time
Lin Takes the Lead After a Very Rough Beat
China's "Roughrough" raised it up to 160,000 and Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin three-bet to 550,000 from the cutoff. A four-bet shove for more than 2.44 million followed and Lin made the call.
"Roughrough":
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin:
There was no help on the flop but Lin improved thanks to the turn, the river was a blank.
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 6,337,268 | 2,292,102 |
7high | 0 | -369,272 |
Neumanriel | 0 | |
Roughrough | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:30 PM Local Time
Shraiberg Eliminated by "kris16"
The hot streak of "kris16" continues as they sent yet another player to the rail. This time it was Vladimir "vladi88" Shraiberg who bet the turn and jammed the river with for trips nines only for "kris16" to check-call with for jacks full out of the small blind.
Yu "kris16" Du | 6,612,143 | 1,750,288 |
Vladimir "vladi88" Shraiberg | 0 | 0 |
cnbmb | 0 | 0 |
stoneone | 0 | -573,235 |
Eduardo Pires | 0 | 0 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:20 PM Local Time
Down to Six Tables
With the eliminations of Jie "MTT0516" Wu and Francisco' "EdiJunio11" Correia, the field has been whittled down to the final 48 players.
Wu got his chips in with against the of Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson as the board ran out .
Correia had a flip with against the of Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin but the board gave Lin quads right away.
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 4,045,166 | 4,045,166 |
Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson | 3,097,862 | 3,097,862 |
Jie "MTT0516" Wu | 0 | 0 |
Francisco "EdiJunio11" Correia | 0 | -1,017,057 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:13 PM Local Time
"ExoticJoe" No More
The "real" Exotic Joe has been sentences to 22 years in prison while the Irish player with the moniker "ExoticJoe" has just been felted in 56th place in the following showdown.
"ExoticJoe":
"32bo":
A roller coaster board of gave "32bo" a seven-high straight on the river.
Che Li "32bo" Lin | 3,657,846 | 3,657,846 |
ExoticJoe | 0 | -2,496,656 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:09 PM Local Time
How Eliminated by "kris16"
First to act, "kris16" opened to 100,000 and picked up two callers in "PokerSamurai" and Brant "senatorbk" How out of the blinds. Only How check-called a continuation bet for 250,000 on the and they checked the on the turn.
How then jammed the river for 657,798 with the and was quickly called by "kris16" with for trips queens.
Yu "kris16" Du | 4,861,855 | 1,496,798 |
PokerSamurai | 2,065,401 | -342,000 |
Brant "senatorbk" How | 0 | -1,575,349 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:08 PM Local Time
Stafman Gets Flushed Away
As one of the first players after the break, Tyler "Big Tyler" Stafman hit the rail when he got it in out of the big blind after a flop when facing a bet of "david1341" in the small blind.
Tyler "Big Tyler" Stafman:
"david1341":
The turn was save but the river was not. Other notable casualties thereafter can be found below.
david1341 | 2,026,653 | 1,205,437 |
Tyler "Big Tyler" Stafman | 0 | -1,364,933 |
Pareidolia | 0 | -253,548 |
Hen "GeorgeTheVet" Rosilio | 0 | 0 |
JimmyMcNulty | 0 | 0 |
Jayb0y_11 | 0 | -299,104 |
Jose "robertoduran" Severino | 0 | 0 |
Mike Leah | 0 | 0 |
Josh "KeyserSoze44" Rotenberg | 0 | 0 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:02 PM Local Time
Updated Top 10 Stacks
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 3,763,639 | 2,561,011 |
Yu "kris16" Du | 3,365,057 | -112,000 |
lafiera8 | 3,298,182 | |
Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 3,210,786 | |
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka | 3,069,533 | 2,131,511 |
Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan | 2,835,531 | |
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 2,748,535 | 1,023,342 |
magicman1710 | 2,644,729 | |
PokerSamurai | 2,407,401 | -81,640 |
Dani_2207 | 2,391,045 | 1,148,436 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 6:56 PM Local Time
Lahmani On the Rail
As one of the last players before the next 6-minute break, Oshri Lahmani saw his hopes of an even deeper run end when he departed in a big pot against "kris16".
Lahmani had raised to 175,000 from the small blind and picked up a call by "kris16" in the big blind to then check-shove for a million chips on the flop and get called.
Oshri Lahmani:
"kris16":
The pair and flushdraw held as the turn and river were both blanks.
Only 64 players remain, updated counts and bustouts will follow shortly.
Yu "kris16" Du | 3,477,057 | 2,230,775 |
Oshri Lahmani | 0 | -583,270 |