High Roller Runner-Up Kazuhiko Yotsushika Joins the Field
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Kazuhiko Yotsushika finished in second place in the PokerStars Festival Korea ₩4,350,000 buy-in High Roller which concluded on Friday night, earning ₩52,200,000 for his efforts. He has just registered and taken his seat in this event, and he's been seated on the same table as Hiroyuki Noda and Linh Tran, who is building a big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
34,100
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
, Wei Hsiang Yeu checked from under the gun and Ikmyung Choi bet 1,600 from the hijack. Yeu called.
and both players checked. Yeu quickly flipped over 
for aces with a nine, but was second best to Choi's 
, so Choi raked in the chips.
, Oleg Shalaumov checked in the big blind. A player in middle position bet 1,000 and got two calls. Shalaumov woke up with a raise to 3,500 and that was enough to chase everyone to the muck.
and Lew tossed out a bet of 1,150. His opponent quickly folded and Lew took the pot.
, and an opponent in the big blind called. Kitauchi bet 4,000 more on the 
river. He got called once again, so he showed down 
for a flush and took the pot down.
and about 5,500 chips in the middle, the player in the big blind was heads-up against Chun Ho Edward Yam and bet 1,375. Yam raised to 3,500 from the button, and after brief consideration, the big blind folded and Yam took the pot.
, action checked around to Hiroyuki Noda in the cutoff and he bet 775. Tokutake Mochizuki check-raised to 2,000 from the big blind, Linh Tran got out of the way from the hijack, and Noda reraised to 5,500, sending Mochizuki into the tank. After about 30 seconds, he came over the top for 15,000. Noda quickly folded and Mochizuki took the pot.
for ace high and Noda tabled