Kim Back To Starting Stack
Brian Kim's European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event hadn't started too well, as he slipped down to around 18,000 or so, but he's not back to nearly the stack he began the day with thanks to a little backdoor help.
On the final board of 
, there was approximately 5,500 in the middle. Kim had fired a bet of 4,750 after his opponent checked to him, and the player sat in the tank for a minute or two prior to making the call. Kim tabled the 
for a rivered queen-high straight and scooped in the pot. His opponent didn't show.
This is the second EPT event that Kim has played in his poker career, having first fired in the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €10,000 Main Event last season in May. In that event, Kim's run was cut short when 12th-place finisher Clyde Tjauw Foe flushed away Kim's set of eights before Vasili Firsau eliminated him a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
29,000
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29,000 |