Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
268,000
64,300
|
64,300 |
|
|
230,000
115,700
|
115,700 |
|
|
181,000
34,800
|
34,800 |
|
|
68,000
23,900
|
23,900 |
|
|
59,000
34,900
|
34,900 |
|
|
20,000
20,400
|
20,400 |
Action folded around to Yang Zhang on the button and he raised to 9,000. Takashi Ogura was in the big blind and after a bit of thought, he three-bet to 28,000. Zhang called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Ogura tossed out a bet of 30,000. Zhang folded and Ogura took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
64,800
|
64,800 |
|
|
195,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
|
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Photos by Long Guan.
Goken Okawa got all his chips in the middle before the flop against Roman Tsoyi who had him covered.
Okawa: ![]()
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Tsoyi: ![]()
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Tsoyi had the preflop advantage with his jacks and Okawa needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out ![]()
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which was no help to Okawa and Tsoyi took the pot to send him to the rai.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
262,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A player in the small blind moved all in for about 40,000 and got called by Wei Hsiang Yeu, who had ![]()
in the big blind. The small blind had ![]()
and bricked out on the board to send the pot to Yeu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Alan Lau raised to 9,000 from the button and got a call from the player in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and the big blind checked. Lau bet 11,000 and the big blind called.
The turn brought the
and the big blind checked. Lau bet again, 30,000 this time, and his opponent called.
The river was the
and both players checked. The big blind flipped over ![]()
for a pair of tens, but Lau tabled ![]()
for flopped top two pair to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
168,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
After a middle-position open to 10,000 and a call from Taehoon Han in the cutoff, Yuki Ko shoved all in from the big blind. The opener mucked but Han asked for a count. It was 97,000 total, and Han called.
Han: ![]()
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Ko: ![]()
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The race was on, and Ko kept the lead on the ![]()
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flop. A
turn helped Ko slightly, and the
river was a brick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
188,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
With about 45,000 chips already in the middle and the completed board reading ![]()
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, Albert Paik was in the cutoff and facing a decision for 15,000 against the player in the big blind. Paik went into the tank for nearly a minute before he raised to 57,000. His opponent called and Paik quickly flipped over ![]()
for the rivered nut straight. Paik's opponent flicked his cards into the muck and Paik took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
298,000
212,000
|
212,000 |