Joni Jouhkimainen opened to 17,000 in the hijack seat, Philippe Ktorza three-bet to 36,000 in the cutoff, and Jouhkimainen called. The dealer fanned , Jouhkimainen checked, and Ktorza fired out 32,000. Jouhkimainen check-raised to 76,000, Ktorza moved all in for around 250,000, and Jouhkimainen snap-mucked.
The very next hand, Griffin Benger opened to 16,000 from under the gun, Ktorza three-bet to 33,000 in the hijack, and Gautam Sabharwal moved all in out of the small blind. Benger folded and Ktorza snap-called.
Sabharwal:
Ktorza:
The board rolled out , and Sabharwal was eliminated in 14th place.
Igor Kurganov opened to 16,000 from early position, Max Lykov called in the cutoff, David Peters moved all in for around 130,000 or so from the big blind. Kurganov immediately mucked, and Lykov tank-called.
Lykov:
Peters:
The board ran out , and Peters was eliminated in 15th place.
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Aaron Lim opened to 16,000 before the flop and it folded to Max Lykov who called from the small blind. Jan-Peter Jachtmann three-bet to 42,000 from the big blind and it was back on Lim.
The recent APPT Seoul Main Event winner cut into his stack and came out with a four-bet to 93,000. Lykov quickly released and Jachtmann called.
The flop came down and the action went check-check. The paired the board on the turn and Jachtmann checked again. Lim fired 101,000 and Jachtmann stuck around.
The river paired the board once again with the . Jachtmann checked for a third time and Lim tanked for well over a minute before betting 142,000. Jachtmann tossed in a call.
Lim tabled .
Jachtmann threw away his cards and Lim scooped a massive pot, thus further extending his chip lead.
We missed the details of the hand but can report that Georgios Karakousis has been eliminated in 16th place at the hands of Jan-Peter Jachtmann. Karakousis held against the of Jachtmann.
Fresh off of doubling through Aaron Lim, Chris Brammer raised to 19,000 in the cutoff on the 12th hand of hand-for-hand play. Lim three-bet to 49,000 out of the big blind, and Brammer four-bet shoved for around 200,000. Lim instantly called.
Lim:
Brammer:
Brammer was in great shape, and the board missed Lim completely. The on the turn looked like a bad card for Lim, but it actually gave him an extra out to make the best hand.
Most of the players who were sweating the hand left the table at this point, but they turned back quickly when the spiked on the river. Just like that, Brammer was eliminated on the stone bubble, and Lim is back over 920,000 chips.
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, Jouhkimainen checked, and Ktorza fired out 32,000. Jouhkimainen check-raised to 76,000, Ktorza moved all in for around 250,000, and Jouhkimainen snap-mucked.
, and Sabharwal was eliminated in 14th place.
, and Peters was eliminated in 15th place.
paired the board on the turn and Jachtmann checked again. Lim fired 101,000 and Jachtmann stuck around.
. Jachtmann checked for a third time and Lim tanked for well over a minute before betting 142,000. Jachtmann tossed in a call.
