It folded to Pekka Ikonen who announced he was all in from the small blind. Having just been crippled down to his last 275,000 in that hand with Chuan Shi, Jin made the call with his remaining chips from the big blind.
Ikonen showed and Jin . The board came , and Jin was eliminated.
Ikonen is now sitting with close to 2 million, which puts him right in the thick of things with four players left.
From under the gun, Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 140,000-chip raise. Next to speak, Chuan Shi popped it to 350,000. Shawn Busse folded the small blind, and over the big, Owen Crowe moved all in.
Ikonen insta-folded and Shi tanked. After a while, Shi announced the call.
Showdown
Shi:
Owen:
The board spread and Shi is our 4th place finisher, taking home $153,935. Owen is our current chip leader with about 5,300,000 chips.
Shawn Busse opened with a raise to 140,000 from the button, and Pekka Ikonen called from the big blind.
The flop came . Ikonen quickly led out with a bet of 275,000, and Busse sat for two minutes staring ahead at the board. Finally he reached down and carved out a raise of 625,000. Ikonen took that as sufficient reason to let his hand go.
Busse chips up to 2.7 million, while Ikonen slips to 1.375 million.
On the button, Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 175,000-chip raise and was called by the other two players.
The flop was and the action checked to Crowe in the big blind. he fired a 330,000-chip bet and was called by Shawn Busse. The turn card was a and both players checked.
The river brought a to the tabled a Busse fired a 575,000-chip bet, Crowe called.