We are heads up here for the championship title! Here are the chip counts:
Lim Yohwan 4,380,000
Mikiya Kudo 3,295,000
Final payouts:
1st PHP 2,844,500
2nd PHP 1,896,100
Koji Asaka moved all in on the small blind with 1.090M, Mikiya Kudo tank-called from the big blind.
Asaka K♠ 2♦
Kudo K♦ Q♦
The board ran 10♥ 7♥ 7♦ Q♠ Q♥ for a full house to Kudo. Asaka finished in 3rd place and earned PHP 1,323,800 for his deep run.
Mikiya Kudo is staging a return to the chip leader status. He won three in a row to help him back up to 3M. The first pot was an uncalled raise.
The second pot saw Lim Yohwan raise form the button to 170k and Kudo defended on the big blind. At the flop 6♥ 2♥ 7♠, Kudo bet 190k, Yohwan called. On the K♥ turn, Kudo bet again and Yohwan folded.
Third consecutive win he limped from small blind, Yohwan raised to 240k, Kudo shoved, Yohwan folded while showing A♠. Kudo now above average. He has 3M.
Average stack is 2,558,333.
The players discussed a deal but it was a no go. Game resumes.
Small blind Lim Yohwan raised to 200k, big blind Koji Asaka called. On the flop 3♦ K♠ J♥ Yohwan checked, Asaka all in for 970k, Yohwan tank-folded while showing red queens. Asaka returned the gesture and showed a king.
Big blind Le Ngoc Khanh tossed the rest of his chips out front after being pushed by sb Lim Yohwan, the massive chip leader.
Khanh 10♣ 9♣
Yohwan K♦ 9♠
The board bricked. Khanh exited in 4th place. He earned PHP 963,600 for his deep run.
3 players remaining. Average stack at 2,558,333. Kudo and Asaka below average stack.
Lim Yohwan raised to 170k from utg and Mikiya Kudo defended on the big blind. At the flop 2♥ 3♦ 9♦, Kudo check-called a 125k bet. On the 3♣ turn, both checked. On the river 10♦, Kudo checked, Yohwan bet 150k, Kudo called. Yohwan won with A♦ 10♠ pair.
Lim Yohwan 3,695,000
Mikiya Kudo 2,010,000
Koji Asaka 1,130,000
Le Ngoc Khanh 840,000
Mikiya Kudo had just won a big double up in the previous hand but couldn’t enjoy it. He just sent a big chunk of it to Lim Yohwan. The hand kicked off with a raise to 140k by Kudo from sb, Yohwan called from bb. At the flop 3♠ K♥ Q♣, Kudo led for 110k, called by Yohwan. On the 2♠ turn, it reversed. Kudo checked, Yohwan bet 250k, Kudo called. On the 7♦ river, Kudo checked, Yohwan bet 800k, Kudo tank-called. Yohwan showed K♣ Q♠ two pair and Kudo mucked.