Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
With about 22,000 already in the pot and the completed board reading ![]()
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, Antti Halme bet 10,000 from the big blind and Yuto Watanabe called from under the gun. Wanatabe tabled ![]()
for top pair, top kicker and Halme mucked.
The next hand, it looked like he jammed from the small blind over a raise from the cutoff and got a call from his opponent. Halme had ![]()
and his opponent held ![]()
. The board was no help to Halme and he has been eliminated.
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hyeonwoo An (middle position) and Chengbei Li (cutoff) each put in 8,000 on the turn with the board reading ![]()
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, and the river brought a
for a four-flush. An bet 5,000 into a pot of roughly 27,000, an Li fired in a big raise to 25,000. An thought only briefly before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | |
|
|
90,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
104,400
44,900
|
44,900 |
|
|
96,400
30,600
|
30,600 |
|
|
73,000
50,700
|
50,700 |
|
|
72,200
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
|
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
64,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
41,800
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
37,600
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
|
21,000
37,300
|
37,300 |
|
|
20,500
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
18,400
18,400
|
18,400 |
Photos by Long Guan.
Keisuke Taenaka raised to 2,100 from the hijack and Naohito Tamaya three-bet to 6,100 from the big blind. After a bit of consideration, Taenaka called.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Tamaya bet 12,000. Taenaka folded ![]()
face up and Tamaya took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Ikmyung Choi opened for 2,500 in middle position and got three-bet to 8,000 by a player on the button. Choi responded by shoving all in, but he knew he was in trouble when his opponent snap-called.
Choi: ![]()
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Button: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop changed things in a hurry in Choi's favor. The
turn and
river kept him best. Stacks were cut down and Choi had about 37,000, while his opponent had around 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,000
14,100
|
14,100 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Hroshi Matsumoto got his whole stack of 10,900 in preflop holding ![]()
and was put at risk by an opponent holding ![]()
. The board ran out ![]()
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, safe for Matsumoto to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,900 |
Chun Ho Edward Yam was in the big blind and heads-up against the button on a flop of ![]()
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. Yam checked, the button bet 1,200, and Yam called.
The turn brought the
and both players checked.
The
fell on the river and Yam bet 4,100. His opponent folded and Yam took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,000
55,400
|
55,400 |