HomeDay 2 is over! The Final 8 has been formed! Players will return tomorrow at 130pm for the race to the title. Here are the contenders:
Bobby Zhang – Australia – 1,001,000
Anthony Thong Boon Tee – Malaysia – 793,000
Iori Yogo – Japan – 652,000
Roger Spets – Sweden – 435,000
Andrew Nguyen – USA – 210,000
Aditya Sushant – India – 188,000
Lim Yohwan – Korea – 162,000
Henrik Tollefsen – Norway – 110,000
Action resumes tomorrow, Wednesday, December 5. Blinds continue running at 3K/6K ante 6K with the clock counting down from 14 minutes and 42 seconds.
Jin Yong met his end in 9th place at the hands of Roger Spets. Action folded to the small blind Yong, he limped, Spets checked. At the flop K♠ 4♣ 6♦, Yong bet 6k, Spets called. On the 3♦ turn, Yong all in, Spets called.
Yong mucked upon seeing Spets’s 2♣ 5♦ straight. The river J♠ completed the board. Yong earned PHP 324,400 for his finish.
Bobby Zhang
Bobby Zhang raised to 13k and found two callers, Iori Yogo and bb Jin Yong. On the flop K♣ 8♥ 2♣, no bets landed. On the K♥ turn, Zhang bet 11k, Yogo called, Yong folded. On the 5♣ river, Zhang sent out 78k, Yogo tank-called. Zhang won it with 5♦ 5♠ full house.
Takao Shimizu – 10th place
Lim Yohwan raised to 14k, Antohny Thong Boon Tee three-bet to 75k, Takao Shimizu all in, Yohwan folded, snap-call by Tee.
Tee A♥ A♦
Shimizu A♠ K♠
The board didn’t help Shimizu improve instead Tee ran up a nut flush to ship it and eliminate Shimizu in 10th place. Shimizu earned PHP 277,300.
We are down to 9 players. Tee up to 805k.
We have reached the unofficial final table of 10 players. They will play until the end of the level before bagging up.
Jim Bonanno
Jim Bonanno took 11th place. He told us he hit the ace on the flop but still lost to a flush. He earned PHP 237,000 for his finish.
Masaki Fujitani – 12th place
Immediately after the bubble burst, short stacked Masaki Fujitani joined on the rail. He earned PHP 237,000 for his finish.
Bubble boy – Seo Dong Kyoon
Iori Yogo and Seo Dongkyoon went at it preflop that led to all ins. Yogo had K♣ K♠, the at-risk player Seo with A♥ J♠. The board ran 5♥ 3♥ 6♣ 6♥ 3♦ to end end the bubble round and bring on the money.
Lim Yohwan put the rest of his stack out front with K♣ 2♥ and Aditya Sushant called with a dominating A♣ Q♣. The board ran 10h} 2♠ 9♦ 8♥ 8♦ for a happy double up to Yohwan.
Two short stacks jammed it. Masaki Fujitani all in with 9♠ 9♥, Lim Yohwan with 8♦ 8♣, the board threw blanks for a double up to Fujitani. He now has 110k, Yohwan down to 47k.
Bubble round continues…