We just saw a four-way flop, on which both blinds, including Kitty Kuo, checked to Eric Yim. Yim was seated under the gun and bet 5,500, which was called by only Junichi Nakagiri in position.
On the turn the hit and Yim checked to Nakagiri who quickly moved all in.
Yim looked back down at his cards, and then slid forward the call as he 12,300 chips left in front of him.
Yim:
Nakagiri:
The river was the and Yim raked in a double up.
"Man, I needed that," Yim said in excitement while Nakagiri is now the one looked for some help as he's down to less than 10 big blinds.
We arrived at the table to find both Kitty Kuo and Juicy Li check their options on a flop.
The turn brought the and Kuo quickly threw out 9,000 in chips which was called before the completed the board.
Kuo cut out her bet and slid out 25,000 and Li made the call almost instantly. Kuo then tabled her for a full house, much to the surprise of Li, who mucked her hand.
Shunter Baba raised before the flop and from the button it was Yu Kurita who three-bet to 6,500. The action folded back to Baba and he made the call.
The flop came down and Baba check-called a bet of 5,500. On the turn the hit and this time Baba check-called 8,800.
The river brought the and Kurita immediately checked behind when Baba checked to her again. Baba quickly showed and that was enough to take down the pot.
Lkhagvaa Dugarbaatar raised to 2,800 from middle position and was called by Celina Lin on the button as well as Winfred Yu and Yasuyuki Asakura in the blinds.
The flop came down and all four players opted to check. After the dealer produced the on the turn the action checked around to Lin who slid out 6,600 in chips. Only Yu made the call as the pair waited for the to complete the board.
Yu sat motionless for a moment before moving all in for around 20,000 in chips. It didn't take Lin long to muck her hand relinquishing the pot to Yu.
The start of Day 2 has been a complete disaster for Tyler Jennens so far, as he just lost another very big pot with a strong holding. A player raised to 2,400 after which Kitty Kuo threw in the call and Jennens three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff. Juicy Li, who was seated in the big blind, paused for a bit before making it 16,200 and the initial raiser went into the tank.
Meanwhile, Kuo folded her cards as she had not seen the other player. Kuo was under the impression she had raised to 2,500, but in the end it made not difference as the initial raiser folded and Jennens moved all in. Li snap-called for 32,400 and the showdown went as following.
Li:
Jennens:
The board ran out and Li more than doubled up. Jennens was left with 40,000 after having started the day with more than 100,000 chips.
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa raised to 2,500 from middle position and was called by Nick Wong in the small blind. Hiroyuki Tanaka then bumped it up to 6,500 from the big blind as the decision fell back on Tsuchikawa. He made the call then Wong folded.
The flop came down and Tanaka reached for his chips and bet out 7,500. The bet was called before both players watched the fall on the turn. Tanaka then moved all in for 21,000 and was quickly called before both players tabled their cards.
Tanaka:
Tsuchikawa:
Tanaka was in great shape with the superior kicker and held on as the completed the board.
Battulga Mandakh opened to 3,000 from under the gun before Jeffrey Holbrook moved all in for his remaining 15,800 from the next seat. The action folded back around to Mandakh who made the quick call.
Mandakh:
Holbrook:
The board ran out to see Mandakh improve to a pair of kings and eliminating Holbrook from the tournament.
on which both blinds, including Kitty Kuo, checked to Eric Yim. Yim was seated under the gun and bet 5,500, which was called by only Junichi Nakagiri in position.
hit and Yim checked to Nakagiri who quickly moved all in.
and Yim raked in a double up.
flop.
and Kuo quickly threw out 9,000 in chips which was called before the 
for a full house, much to the surprise of Li, who mucked her hand.
and that was enough to take down the pot.
and all four players opted to check. After the dealer produced the 
on the turn the action checked around to Lin who slid out 6,600 in chips. Only Yu made the call as the pair waited for the 
to complete the board.
and Li more than doubled up. Jennens was left with 40,000 after having started the day with more than 100,000 chips.
and Tanaka reached for his chips and bet out 7,500. The bet was called before both players watched the 
fall on the turn. Tanaka then moved all in for 21,000 and was quickly called before both players tabled their cards.
