Kim Takes Another Big Hit
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
As smooth as the start of the day had been for Eui Kim, as cruel the last few minutes turned out to be for the Canadian. In a preflop raising war, Miguel Capriles ended up all in for 22,625 out of the big blind and both players flipped over pocket pairs.
Miguel Capriles: 
Eui Kim: 
The board came 
and Capriles doubled to leave Kim on just over 11 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 46,000 |
|
4,500 | -19,500 |
flop to 3,500 after a 1,000 continuation bet from Tedeschi and the turn was the 
.
and Kim bet 20,000. Tedeschi repeatedly opened his hands and gestured towards his hand while thinking over his decision. Eventually after around four minutes the clock was called.
for a full house - threes full of sixes - but Tedeschi had him beat with 
- fours full of threes.
turn brought a bet of 1,500 by Damian Oklobzija in the small blind and Wong jammed his last 10,000 in from early position. The action folded back to Oklobzija and he made the call.
on the river failed to improve Wong.
, Pekarek bet 3,500 into 8,000 and Khaw raised to 15,000. Pekarek jammed for more than 100,000 and that sent his opponent into the think tank.
turn and 
river.
on a ten-high board. Strang jumped to nearly three times the starting stack, Michael Gathy and Dzmitry Urbanovich have chipped up to very similar amounts on nearby tables.
river. Zhou bet 15,000, which covered the remaining stack of Liberto, and the American made an agonizing fold to be left with fewer than half the starting stack.
and claimed the pot without any table chat.
turn for 11,000 i9nto 20,000 and that was enough to force a reluctant fold from his sole remaining opponent.
