Aaron Lim opened to 20,000 from early position and was called by Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn and Sixiao Li. The flop brought and Li checked over to Lim. He checked behind which prompted Kampanatsanyakakorn to bet 50,000. Li folded while Lim decided to stick around.
Fourth street was the and Lim check-called a bet of 100,000. The finished off the board and Lim checked for a third time. Kampanatsanyakakorn moved all in and Lim folded his hand. Kampanatsanyakakorn is now up to about 630,000 in chips.
Action folded to Sung Soo Chon on the button and he shoved for 108,000. After a few moments, Nicky Tao Jin called from the big blind with . Chon was behind with , but scored the double up when the board ran out .
Casey Kastle shipped all in from early position for his last 25,000. Aaron Lim made it 45,0000 from the next seat over. Nicky Tao Jin looked at his cards and then announced a four-bet to 105,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and Lim kicked them in as well.
Kastle:
Jin:
A run out of ensured that Kastle would be our 9th place finisher. He will collect KRW 13,438,400 for his efforts.
Paul John Elliott opened with an early position raise to 22,000. Sung Soo Chon called from the next seat over and it folded around to Nicky Tao Jin who shipped all in from the button for 227,000. Elliott wasted no time announcing all in over the top and Chon folded.
Elliott:
Jin:
The crowd let out a collective gasp as they all saw the in the window which was followed by the and the . Jin was out in front with a set of tens and suddenly Elliott needed a king to score the knockout. The on the turn and the on the river did not do it, though, and Jin was able to double up.
On the first hand of the final table, Casey Kastle raised to 24,000 from the cutoff. Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn called from the big blind and a flop hit the table.
Kampanatsanyakakorn checked to Kastle who shoved for 190,000 effective. After about 30 seconds, Kampanatsanyakakorn called.
Kampanatsanyakakorn:
Kastle:
Kastle was ahead, but the hit the turn to give Kampanatsanyakakorn the lead. The river was no help to Kastle and he is down to less than three big blinds.
Taku Miyanaga moved all in for his last 70,000 from the button and Aaron Lim flung out a call from the big blind.
Miyanaga:
Lim:
The two were racing for Miyanaga's life and Lim continued his impressive run by taking the lead when the flop came . Miyanaga found no help on the turn () or the river () and was eliminated in 10th place.
The elimination of Miyanaga has prompted a re-draw to the unofficial final table of nine. We'll have a draw and full chip counts shortly.
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and Li checked over to Lim. He checked behind which prompted Kampanatsanyakakorn to bet 50,000. Li folded while Lim decided to stick around.
and Lim check-called a bet of 100,000. The 
finished off the board and Lim checked for a third time. Kampanatsanyakakorn moved all in and Lim folded his hand. Kampanatsanyakakorn is now up to about 630,000 in chips.
, but scored the double up when the board ran out 
.
ensured that Kastle would be our 9th place finisher. He will collect KRW 13,438,400 for his efforts.
in the window which was followed by the 
and the 
. Jin was out in front with a set of tens and suddenly Elliott needed a king to score the knockout. The 
on the river did not do it, though, and Jin was able to double up.
hit the turn to give Kampanatsanyakakorn the lead. The 
) and was eliminated in 10th place.
