Unlucky turnout for Gyeong Byeong Lee. He had a very healthy stack coming into the bubble round but lost it all in two successive pots. The first pot had him on the big blind seat. He called Fu Bang Huang’s raise preflop and the spread came 7♣ 3♥ 9♦. Lee checked, Huang bet 26k, Lee called. On the 7♥ turn, action was the same with Lee calling a 32k bet. On the A♠ river, no bets came. Lee was first to show and turned over 9-3 two pair but was no good against Huang’s 10-10 higher two pair.
The bubble hand came right after. It was battle of the blinds between Lee on the small blind and Kosei Ichinose on the big blind. The flop showed K♦ Q♣ 9♦. Lee checked then called Ichinose’s 28k bet. On the 2♦ turn, Lee led for 50k, Ichinose shoved, and Lee called for his tournament life.
Lee 4♦ 5♦ flush
Ichonose Q♥ Q♠ set
The river 2♠ was not what Lee wanted to see. Ichinose improved to a full house and the bubble was delivered. Nutty!
We have reached the money! It’s bagging time!