With a substantial pot of about 13,500 already brewing on a flop of , Takumi Samejima was in the cutoff and heads-up against the player under the gun, who checked. Samejima bet 8,500, and after a bit of thought, his opponent tossed his cards into the muck and Samejima took the chips.
The player in the cutoff raised, Albert Paik three-bet to 8,800 from the button, the cutoff four-bet to 19,000, and Paik called.
The flop fell and the cutoff bet 20,000. Paik called.
The turn brought the and the cutoff bet 25,000, putting Paik to a decision for over half of his remaining chips. After a bit of thought, he called.
The fell on the river and the cutoff, who had a larger stack than Paik, shoved. He went into the tank and tossed the dealer one time bank token. As the seconds ticked down, he called with seven remaining on the clock and showed , superior to the cutoff's , and Paik took the pot to double up and seize the chip lead.
Pete Chen, who has already made two final tables at PokerStars Festival Korea, entered this tournament late and recently lost his stack to Albert Paik. The board read and when the cards were turned over, Paik showed for a flopped set and Chen mucked.
With a substantial pot of about 18,000 already brewing and the board reading , Boyuan Qu checked from the cutoff and Antti Halme bet 6,500 from the button. Qu check-raised to 18,700, and after a few moments of thought, Halme jammed. The two players had nearly even stacks and Qu called to put himself at risk. He tabled , which was far ahead of Halme's . The turn and river were no help to Halme and Qu took the pot to double up.
Halme was left with just 1,600 chips and busted shortly thereafter.
and all three players checked.
and Ko bet 2,500. Laodee called and Cheung folded.
and both players checked. Ko tabled 
for a pair of aces with a four, but Laodee rolled over 
for aces with a six to take the pot.
and the cutoff bet 25,000, putting Paik to a decision for over half of his remaining chips. After a bit of thought, he called.
fell on the river and the cutoff, who had a larger stack than Paik, shoved. He went into the tank and tossed the dealer one time bank token. As the seconds ticked down, he called with seven remaining on the clock and showed 
, superior to the cutoff's 
and Lau checked. Gutierrez bet 3,000, both of his opponents folded, and he took the pot.
and when the cards were turned over, Paik showed 
. The 
turn and 
