Level: 27
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
He opened to 400,000 and nakkaaaa defended the big blind to then check-fold the Q♠8♥2♦ flop to check-fold to a bet.
nakkaaaa then came along against an open raise by heat who bet the Q♥10♣7♣5♠ turn for 575,000, which nakkaaaa called. On the 7♦ river, both checked and heat tabled the K♠9♣ which nakkaaaa had beat holding the J♠J♣.
One hand after winning the showdown pot, TKC25 jammed out of the small blind into the big blind of joint chip leader He who quickly called.
TKC25: A♠8♦
He: 9♥9♦
No ace appeared on the K♥3♥3♠4♣6♣ board and TKC25 became the first final table casualty.
Long-M got a shove through against heat post flop and tanaka0129 then raised the button for TKC25 to defend the big blind. TKC25 check-called for 200,000 on the K♥10♣8♥ flop before they checked down the 9♠ turn and 4♠ river.
TKC25 showed the 10♦3♦ for a pair of tens and it was good to win the pot.
After a brief introduction, the cards went in the air and Torey Byrne limped the small blind in the first hand for nakkaaaa to check. On the Q♦10♠5♥ flop, Byrne check-called for 200,000 and they checked the K♠ on the turn. Byrne checked the 5♠ river and folded when nakkaaaa bet 1,100,000.
There will be 19:35 minutes left in the current level when the action resumes and the redraw of the final table along with the updated chip counts can be found below.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tanaka0129 | Japan | 4,225,000 | 21 |
| 2 | Long-M | Japan | 2,575,000 | 13 |
| 3 | TKC25 | Japan | 3,100,000 | 16 |
| 4 | He | Japan | 13,700,000 | 69 |
| 5 | heat | Japan | 12,900,000 | 65 |
| 6 | YOBU | Japan | 5,015,000 | 25 |
| 7 | Torey Byrne | United States | 4,600,000 | 23 |
| 8 | nakkaaaa | Japan | 6,250,000 | 31 |
| 9 | KNT | Japan | 3,875,000 | 19 |
tanaka0129 raise-called the all-in of table short stack Morisho and they were flipping for the tournament life of the latter.
Morisho: 5♠5♦
tanaka0129: A♥8♠
The K♥7♦2♦7♥K♠ board counterfeit the pocket pair of Morisho and he left the main stage table in pain. There are now nine players remaining and they are on a short break prior to the nine-handed final table.
Long-M pushed all-in first to act and Noguchi called in the next seat, all other players folded.
Noguchi: A♥K♥
Long-M: K♦9♦
The Q♦3♦2♥ flop gave Long-M the flush draw and he instantly left Noguchi drawing dead on the 8♦ turn to make the Q♥ river a formality.
On the main feature table, tanaka0129 was all-in for eight blinds with A♦10♥ against the K♣J♠ of heat. The board ran out A♣8♦6♦2♠3♥ and tanaka0129 survived against the table chip leader.
Level: 26
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000