Kelvin Beattie went all in from under the gun +1 and it looked like he might get through but he eventually found a caller in Toshimasa Kawahira, from the small blind. Once the big blind folded Kawahira yelled "nuts, baby" as he turned over . Beattie responded with "don't show me the nuts." as he turned over .
The board ran out and Kawahira's aces held, eliminating Beattie from the tournament in 17th place. They are now consolidating down to two tables.
Akira Ohyama raised to 14,000 from the cutoff and was immediately followed with the all in of An Tai Young on the button for an additional 71,000. Ohyama made the call and the hands were tabled.
Ohyama:
Young:
The board ran out leaving Ohyama with only 12,000. He went all in a few hands later and lost when his couldn't improve upon the flopped pair of his opponent.
Toan Ngoc Nguyen raised from the button to 12,000 and Bian Hong Yang proceeded to move all in from the small blind for 112,000 total. Both blinds folded and Nguyen called right away.
There are still 24 players remaining in the APPT Seoul Main Event but at the end of this day just one will be left with all the chips. The tournament slowed down considerably last night and therefor three tables are left with American Jeff Holbrook (579,000) firmly in the lead. It's still anyone's game though as the good structure leaves a lot of room for all the remaining players.
Among the contenders today we recognize former Aussie Million finalist Sam Cohen who's in second place with 417,000 chips. Cohen had a great day yesterday in which she never put a lot of chips at risk. Chane Kampanatsanyakorn from Thailand finished second in this event last year and he's once again looking to make a run as he comes into the final day fourth in chips with 281,000.
Winfred Yu, host of some of the biggest cash games in the world in Macau, still has a good chance as he takes 244,000 chips into the final day. The Day 1b chip leader Raiden Kan had a late resurge and he's also still in the hunt with 202,000 and Andy Chan, the former ACOP Main Event runner up, looks to finally take home a title of his own as he still has 197,000 chips left.
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