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In a hand that saw Hyunsup Kim put in the rest of his few remaining chips, Maria Ho made the call top put Kim at risk in an attempt to get the table down to eight.
Hyunsup Kim: K♣10♦
Maria Ho: K♥5♦
Much to the disappointment of Kim, the flop came 5♥4♠5♠, flopping him dead to running tens for the win or running kings for a chop, but when the turn brought the 7♦, Kim was drawing dead headed to the meaningless 9♣ river as Ho extends her chip lead and sends Kim to the exit in ninth place for $51,000.
Action folded to Hyunsup Kim in the cutoff who jammed. Thomas Santerne called off his smaller stack from the big blind, putting himself at risk and setting up a runout.
Thomas Santerne: A♠7♦
Hyunsup Kim: J♣10♥
The board ran out K♠A♣K♦A♥8♦, giving Santerne a full house to secure the much needed double while leaving Kim extremely short-stacked.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Maslak | Russia | 33,700,000 | 42 |
| 2 | Jin Hoon Lee | South Korea | 11,200,000 | 14 |
| 3 | Maria Ho | United States | 45,700,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Hyunsup Kim | South Korea | 6,700,000 | 8 |
| 5 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 23,100,000 | 28 |
| 6 | Thomas Santerne | France | 9,700,000 | 12 |
| 7 | Drew Scott | Canada | 27,200,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Max Pinnola | United States | 4,800,000 | 6 |
| 9 | Kartik Ved | India | 10,200,000 | 12 |

One day after being accused of cheating a California home game out of millions, Tony Mars issued a statement to PokerNews denying the allegations.
Wesley Fei and Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot, both Hustler Casino Live regulars, claim that Mars, who also plays on HCL, brought a special UV-marked deck that allowed him to decipher face-down cards.
The alleged scandal occurred in a game at a private residence in Yorba Linda, California, a community in Orange County.
Konstantin Maslak raised to 1,600,000 in the cutoff and Rafael Robles deliberated for a while before he called on the button with only 200,000 behind. Konstantinos Nanos jammed for about 9,600,000 in the small blind, Maslak called, and Robles put in his remaining chips.
Rafael Robles: J♣10♣
Konstantinos Nanos: A♥Q♥
Konstantin Maslak: A♠K♣
The board ran out A♣J♥5♠7♥2♣ and Maslak scooped to eliminate Robles in 11th place for $41,000 and Nanos in 10th place for $41,000.
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
The remaining 11 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Hyunsup Kim raised the button and Davidi Kitai defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the 8♦7♥3♦ flop and Kitai checked. Kim bet 900,000 and Kitai check-raised all in for 3,900,000. Kim deliberated and ultimately put in the chips.
Davidi Kitai: Q♠8♣
Hyunsup Kim: A♠9♣
The K♥ and K♣ completed the board and Kitai secured the double.