On a flop of 
, Oleg Shalaumov checked in the big blind. A player in middle position bet 1,000 and got two calls. Shalaumov woke up with a raise to 3,500 and that was enough to chase everyone to the muck.
Shalaumov bested the formidable Pete Chen heads up to win a preliminary event here for nearly $14,000 and he's looking to add to his success here in Korea.
With about 3,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading 
, Wei Hsiang Yeu checked from under the gun and Ikmyung Choi bet 1,600 from the hijack. Yeu called.
The river brought the 
and both players checked. Yeu quickly flipped over 
for aces with a nine, but was second best to Choi's 
, so Choi raked in the chips.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika finished in second place in the PokerStars Festival Korea ₩4,350,000 buy-in High Roller which concluded on Friday night, earning ₩52,200,000 for his efforts. He has just registered and taken his seat in this event, and he's been seated on the same table as Hiroyuki Noda and Linh Tran, who is building a big stack.
Xiangbiao Zhu, who cashed in the High Roller here, bricked on his first try in the Main Event yesterday. However, he's off to a good start on Day 1c after a sizable pot here in Level 4.
With the board reading 
and about 15,000 in the middle, Zhu bet 7,800 from the button after the big blind checked. That player thought a bit and splashed in a call. Zhu turned over 
for the nut flush.
Photos by Long Guan.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
With about 2,600 already in the middle and the board reading 
all four players who saw the flop checked.
The turn brought the 
and the small blind checked. Linh Tran bet 1,700 from the big blind, Tsuyoshi Muranaka folded from under the gun, and Simon Burns called from the button.
The river was the 
and Tran bet again, 6,500 this time. After a bit of thought, Burns folded and Tran took the chips.
Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.
After one limp in middle position, Hyeonwoo An made it 700 to go in the cutoff. A player on the button called and so did the small blind, but Celina Lin made it 3,500 to go out of the big blind. Both An and the small blind called.
Action checked to An on the 
flop, and he shoved all in for 17,425. The small blind quickly folded but Lin thought about two minutes and called.
Lin: 
An: 
If Lin was hoping to see a draw, she was left disappointed. The turn was a and the river an 
, so An doubled up with two pair.
The player under the gun opened to 525, Ryuichi Saitoh called from the hijack, and Valeriy Fokin called from the button.
The flop fell 
and the preflop raiser checked. Saitoh bet 1,000, Fokin folded, and the preflop raiser did the same shortly thereafter, so Saitoh took the pot.
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