Break With 11 Players Remaining
After the late surge of eliminations at the end of the level, there are just 11 players remaining and they have been sent into a 15-minute break.
After the late surge of eliminations at the end of the level, there are just 11 players remaining and they have been sent into a 15-minute break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised to 50,000 in the hijack and called the shove of Mike Takayama in the cutoff for 210,000.
Mike Takayama:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
On a board of , WSOP bracelet winner Takayama found no help and was sent to the payout desk in 11th place for ₩13,340,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kannapong Thanarattrakul |
900,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
Mike Takayama | Busted | |
|
On the outer table, Feng Chen got his last nine big blinds in with the and Duc Trung Vu looked him up with the from one seat over.
The board came and Chen celebrated the double with his rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Duc Trung Vu |
720,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
Feng Chen |
380,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
A few minutes into the new level, there has been a double up and two eliminations as Mike Takayama had departed from the feature table and was followed by Kannapong Thanarattrakul.
A raising war between Thanarattrakul and Kazuhiko Yotsushika ended up in the shove for 955,000 by the former and Yotsushika called after he already had nearly half a million in chips invested.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
Kazuhiko Yotsushika:
After a board of , Yotsushika dodged the over cards, gutshot and counterfit outs of his opponent to win the biggest pot of the tournament so far and reduce the field to the final nine players. Thanarattrakul takes home ₩13,340,000 for his efforts.
There will now be a short break to set up the nine-handed final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kazuhiko Yotsushika |
2,400,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Busted |
There are some 33 minutes remaining in the level and the seat assignments and chip counts of the final nine players can be found below.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lei Yu | China | 345,000 | 17 |
2 | Feng Chen | China | 410,000 | 21 |
3 | Liuheng Dai | China | 810,000 | 41 |
4 | Bawoo Yun | United States | 475,000 | 24 |
5 | Yang Zhang | China | 305,000 | 15 |
6 | Duc Trung Vu | Vietnam | 605,000 | 30 |
7 | Bin Sun | China | 1,140,000 | 57 |
8 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 2,405,000 | 120 |
9 | Bin Wang | China | 1,275,000 | 64 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kazuhiko Yotsushika |
2,405,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Bin Wang |
1,275,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Bin Sun |
1,140,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Liuheng Dai |
810,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Duc Trung Vu |
605,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Bawoo Yun |
475,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Feng Chen |
410,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Lei Yu |
345,000
-308,000
|
-308,000 |
Yang Zhang |
305,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
|
The final table started with a raise to 50,000 by Lei Yu with the and he scooped the blinds and big blind ante to boost his short stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lei Yu |
395,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Bawoo Yun raised to 45,000 in the hijack and Bin Sun in the small blind made it 130,000 to go. Yun moved all in for 475,000 and Sun asked for a count before making the call, he needed two time bank extensions to do so.
Bawoo Sun:
Bin Sun:
The flop gave Sun a flush draw and while the turn blanked, the river completed the suckout and Sun was eliminated in 9th place for ₩15,871,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bin Sun |
1,700,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
Bawoo Yun | Busted |
Yang Zhang moved all in for 295,000 with the and Liu Heng Dai in the big blind looked down at . He used one time bank extension and eventually folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Liuheng Dai |
770,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Yang Zhang |
345,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Feng Chen raised it up with the and Duc Trung Vu called with in the big blind.
On the flop both checked and the followed on the turn. Vu bet 60,000 and Chen called and the followed on the river.
Vu cut out a bet of 180,000 and Chen used a time bank extension while staring at the board behind his sunglasses. He then moved all in for 295,000 and Vu had to call just 115,000 more, which he did with a pair of nines on a four-card straight and flush board to get shown the bad news.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Feng Chen |
850,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
Duc Trung Vu |
115,000
-490,000
|
-490,000 |