Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu raised it up to 2.4 million from the small blind and Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach just called out of the big blind. On a flop of ![]()
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, Yu continued for 3.825 million and called all-in when Mallach raised to 22.325 million.
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu: ![]()
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Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach: ![]()
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The biggest cooler in No Limit Hold'em saw Yu on the brino of elimination but he pulled a rabbit out of the hat on the
turn and
river runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,031,340
23,705,370
|
23,705,370 |
|
|
34,752,206
19,495,370
|
19,495,370 |
|
|
11,496,454
4,210,000
|
4,210,000 |
Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun raised for all but the last 400,000 on the button and then got the chips in after the ![]()
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flop when Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in the big blind bet.
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach: ![]()
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Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun: ![]()
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The
turn further improved Hyun and the
river was a blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,671,340
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
|
27,915,752
6,836,454
|
6,836,454 |
|
|
17,692,908
6,196,454
|
6,196,454 |
It didn't take long for the next all-in showdown and this time it would be Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun who ended up as the player at risk once more, this time facing Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu.
Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun: ![]()
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Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu: ![]()
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Thanks to a board of ![]()
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, the late stages of this final table experienced another twist as Hyun suddenly became the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,845,816
23,152,908
|
23,152,908 |
|
|
28,069,432
18,601,908
|
18,601,908 |
|
|
23,364,752
4,551,000
|
4,551,000 |
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu raised to 2.4 million out of the small blind and was called by Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in the big blind. Yu bet all streets of the ![]()
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board for 1.683 million, 4.88 million and jammed for 12,356,432.
Mallach called all the way with ![]()
and had to settle for a chop as Yu had also flopped the same two pair with ![]()
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In the next hand, Yu raised the button and folded to Mallach's shove from the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,460,816
4,615,000
|
4,615,000 |
|
|
26,874,752
3,510,000
|
3,510,000 |
|
|
19,944,432
8,125,000
|
8,125,000 |
Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun won two pots in a row against Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu to further cement his top spot. The first limped pot saw them check the ]![]()
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flop and Hyun bed the
turn for 950,000 and the
river for 2,850,000. Yu called both times and his ![]()
was no good as Hyun had ![]()
for the superior kicker.
Hyun then min-raised the button and only bet the ![]()
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turn, the
river was checked. Yu tabled ![]()
for a pair of eights while Hyun won the pot with ![]()
for a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,099,816
7,639,000
|
7,639,000 |
|
|
25,354,752
1,520,000
|
1,520,000 |
|
|
13,825,432
6,119,000
|
6,119,000 |
As fate would be, Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu and Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach once more clashed in a battle of the blinds in third-last hand of the level.
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu: ![]()
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Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach: ![]()
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The ![]()
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board left Mallach second-best once more and Yu doubled into second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,099,816 | |
|
|
28,750,864
14,925,432
|
14,925,432 |
|
|
10,429,320
14,925,432
|
14,925,432 |
Level: 37
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 120,000
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach was down to fewer than 10 big blinds in the new level and jammed the button to pick up a call by Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu in the big blind.
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach: ![]()
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Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu: ![]()
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Both had clashed not long ago when Yu had a minor kicker advantage too and the outcome was the same this time as the ![]()
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board left Mallach empty-handed. He takes home $83,696.15 for his efforts and the head-up will start nearly even in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,139,816
5,960,000
|
5,960,000 |
|
|
45,140,184
16,389,320
|
16,389,320 |
|
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Busted |
After two hands in heads-up, the players headed into a scheduled 6-minute break as Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu gained the lead by winning both hands in a row against Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,880,184
6,740,000
|
6,740,000 |
|
|
40,399,816
12,700,000
|
12,700,000 |