We caught up to find three players looking down at a flop of . Kohei Osa was first to act and fired out 1,500 from the small blind. John Kim made it 4,500 to go and the player on the button quickly got out of the way. Osa, however, called to see fourth street.
The dealer rapped the table and produced the on fourth. Osa came out swinging again with a bet of 2,000. Kim moved all in which was a bet for Osa's tournament life. Osa moved his cards to the muck and is now sitting on merely 8,000. Kim, on the other hand, has 35,000 in chips.
With the board reading and about 11,000 in the pot, John Kim bet 8,000 into an opponent who immediately raised all in for 9,050, just 1,050 more. Kim took one last look at his cards before sliding them to the muck.
We got to the table just in time to see the run out in a hand where John Kim was all in for his tournament life. Kim held against an opponent's . The board fell and Kim was able to score a double to about 25,000 in chips.
The UTG+1 player raised to 2,000 and Bold Uunadi three-bet to 5,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to the UTG+1 player who, upon seeing flop, shoved for 3,700. Uunadi called with and looked to get there against his opponent's .
The turn gave Uunadi a few outs to win the pot, but the river was not among them.
The board read and Sixiao Li was the first to act. She checked over to Hong Yang Bian who also tapped the table Raiden Kan checked behind and the dealer produced the on the turn. The two ladies checked once more and Kan fired out 2,500.
Li dipped into her stack and made it 5,025 to go. Bian let go of her hand and Kan stuck around. Fifth street was the and Li bet 6,000. Kan made it 12,000 to go and Li then went into the tank. Well over two-and-a-half minutes passed before Li finally pushed her cards to the muck. Kan scooped up the pot and is now sitting on about 41,000 in chips.
Players are now on their final 10-minute break of the day. When they return they will play two more 60-minute levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.