In the battle of the players with three letters in their names, Micahel Ium took down a big pot against Young Cho. Ium shoved all in preflop for 210K and Cho called.
Ium:
Cho:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river the . Ium increased his stack to 470K while Cho slipped to 610K.
Noam Freedman has picked up a few small pots with sheer agression. He's taken over the chip lead from David Stucke after Cho won a big pot from Stucke.
Young Cho raised 40K preflop and David Stucke called. The flop was . Cho fired out 60K and Stucke called. The turn was the . Cho checked and Stucke bet 150K. Cho called. The river was the . Both players checked. Cho showed for two pair. Stucke mucked. After that pot, Stucke slipped to 990K and Cho increased his stack to 850K.
There are 15 players left in this event. David Stucke is still the chip leader. He became the first player to pass the 1M mark and is sitting on a stack worth over 1.15M. Noam Freedman and Thai Ton are the closest to him with about 750K each.