Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Buy-in
1,650,000 KRW
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Yutaro Sukegawa Eliminates Taro Kimura to End the Bubble
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Taro Kimura shoved from the cutoff for his last 35,000 and was called by Yutaro Sukegawa in the small blind.
Kimura: 
Sukegawa: 
Kimura had the preflop advantage with the better ace but needed his hand to hold up in order to preserve his tournament life. The flop came 
to pair Sukegawa's ten, giving him the lead and leaving Kimura in bad shape. The 
on the turn changed nothing and the 
on the river sealed the deal to give Sukegawa the pot and eliminate Kimura to break the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
228,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
Busted |
Tsai Eliminates Lebowitz
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Joshua Lebowitz was all in and at risk from the hijack when we got to his table. He had 
and Duming Tsai had 
in the small blind, slightly covering Lebowitz's 90,000. The board ran out 
, no help to Lebowitz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
Busted |
Hsiao Doubles Through Leow
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
With about 45,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of 
, Weikuo Hsiao bet 18,000 from late middle position and Ivan Leow, who was next to act in the hijack, raised to 50,000. Hsiao shoved, Leow called to put him at risk, and the two players tabled their hands.
Hsiao: 
Leow: 
Hsiao was ahead with his overpair but needed to fade an ace or spade since Leow had the nut flush draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing and the 
river gave Hsiao the nut boat to take the pot for the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
596,000
-154,000
|
-154,000 |
|
385,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Yoshioka Pays Chan
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Justin Chan bet 51,000 in the cutoff on a bone-dry 
board. Shigeho Yoshioka made the call after some thought on the button, and Chan showed for top-top to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
631,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
|
150,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
An Unlucky Chop for Sparrow Cheung
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Sparrow Cheung got his stack in the middle on a flop of 
from the big blind against a single opponent in the cutoff who had him covered.
Cheung: 
Cutoff: 
Cheung was ahead with the better ace and the turn gave him Broadway, leaving his opponent with zero outs to win the pot outright and just three for a chop, but the river put Broadway on board and meant the two players would split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Takashi Ogura Eliminated by Weikuo Hsiao
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
With a substantial pot already brewing and the completed board reading , Takashi Ogura was in the big blind and heads-up against Weikuo Hsiao in the hijack who had bet enough to put Ogura to a decision for his stack. Ogura went into the tank and the clock had been called when we got to the table. As the last ten seconds ticked down, Ogura called. Hsiao flipped over 
for top set and Ogura showed 
as he stood up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
Busted |
Zhu Eliminates Lau
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Alan Lau lost a flip to Xingbiao Zhu and was eliminated in 29th place. It looked like his pocket fours fell to 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted |
Noda Sends One Home
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
With about 40,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of 
action checked to Hiroyuki Noda in middle position and he bet 13,000. The button folded and the player in the big blind called.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Noda shoved to put his opponent to a decision for the remainder of his stack, which was approximately 160,000, and he quickly called.
Noda: 
Big blind: 
Noda was behind his opponent's turned two pair but could improve with a ten, queen, or club to take the pot, so he had quite a few outs. The river was one of them and Noda took the pot with a queen-high flush to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Shalaumov Eliminates Lee
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Je Hoon Lee put his remaining 34,000 in under the gun and Oleg Shalaumov reshoved in the small blind.
Lee: 
Shalaumov: 
The 
board represented no help to to Lee, and he headed for payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |