Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Taro Kimura shoved from the cutoff for his last 35,000 and was called by Yutaro Sukegawa in the small blind.
Kimura:
Sukegawa:
Kimura had the preflop advantage with the better ace but needed his hand to hold up in order to preserve his tournament life. The flop came to pair Sukegawa's ten, giving him the lead and leaving Kimura in bad shape. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river sealed the deal to give Sukegawa the pot and eliminate Kimura to break the money bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yutaro Sukegawa |
228,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Taro Kimura
|
Busted |
Joshua Lebowitz was all in and at risk from the hijack when we got to his table. He had and Duming Tsai had in the small blind, slightly covering Lebowitz's 90,000. The board ran out , no help to Lebowitz.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Duming Tsai |
205,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Joshua Lebowitz | Busted |
With about 45,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Weikuo Hsiao bet 18,000 from late middle position and Ivan Leow, who was next to act in the hijack, raised to 50,000. Hsiao shoved, Leow called to put him at risk, and the two players tabled their hands.
Hsiao:
Leow:
Hsiao was ahead with his overpair but needed to fade an ace or spade since Leow had the nut flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing and the river gave Hsiao the nut boat to take the pot for the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Leow |
596,000
-154,000
|
-154,000 |
Weikuo Hsiao |
385,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Justin Chan bet 51,000 in the cutoff on a bone-dry board. Shigeho Yoshioka made the call after some thought on the button, and Chan showed for top-top to take it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Chan |
631,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
Shigeho Yoshioka |
150,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
Sparrow Cheung got his stack in the middle on a flop of from the big blind against a single opponent in the cutoff who had him covered.
Cheung:
Cutoff:
Cheung was ahead with the better ace and the turn gave him Broadway, leaving his opponent with zero outs to win the pot outright and just three for a chop, but the river put Broadway on board and meant the two players would split the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sparrow Cheung |
100,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
With a substantial pot already brewing and the completed board reading , Takashi Ogura was in the big blind and heads-up against Weikuo Hsiao in the hijack who had bet enough to put Ogura to a decision for his stack. Ogura went into the tank and the clock had been called when we got to the table. As the last ten seconds ticked down, Ogura called. Hsiao flipped over for top set and Ogura showed as he stood up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Weikuo Hsiao |
570,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
Takashi Ogura | Busted |
Alan Lau lost a flip to Xingbiao Zhu and was eliminated in 29th place. It looked like his pocket fours fell to .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xingbiao Zhu |
475,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Alan Lau | Busted |
With about 40,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of action checked to Hiroyuki Noda in middle position and he bet 13,000. The button folded and the player in the big blind called.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Noda shoved to put his opponent to a decision for the remainder of his stack, which was approximately 160,000, and he quickly called.
Noda:
Big blind:
Noda was behind his opponent's turned two pair but could improve with a ten, queen, or club to take the pot, so he had quite a few outs. The river was one of them and Noda took the pot with a queen-high flush to eliminate his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hiroyuki Noda |
725,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Je Hoon Lee put his remaining 34,000 in under the gun and Oleg Shalaumov reshoved in the small blind.
Lee:
Shalaumov:
The board represented no help to to Lee, and he headed for payouts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oleg Shalaumov |
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Je Hoon Lee | Busted |