HomeAfter a preflop raise war led to Julius Malzanini announcing all in and Thong Botho calling for his tournament life, it was Malzanini’s A♣ K♣ against Botho’s K♥ K♦. The board bricked and Botho was pumped with his big double up. He now has over 350k chips.
We are down to 9 players. One more elimination before the official final table of 8 is decided. Leading in chips is Julius Malzanini and Seung Soo Jeon with 540k chips.
With 10 players remaining, the players merged down to one table. Immediately into it, John Sayo was all in with 62k and Julius Malzanini called. Sayo had A♥ Q♥ and Malzanini was behind with A♠ 10♣. The board ran 10♠ 7♠ 2♦ 8♣ K♠, pairing Malzanini’s kicker card and he eliminated Sayo in 10th place. Sayo earned P171,000 for his finish.
Nick Blackburn decided to get all his chips in after getting re-raised by Seung Soo Jeon from 15k to 42k. Jeon snap-called.
Blackburn 8♠ 8♥
Jeon A♠ K♣
The board ran Q♥ 7♣ 6♥ J♣ K♠ landing Jeon a higher pair on the river. Blackburn was out in 11th place and earned P159,000.
Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba moved all in on the small blind with around 30k and was called by Tetsuya Tsuchikawa on the big blind.
Simba K♣ 2♦
Tsuchikawa A♠ 3♠
Board ran 3♦ A♦ 2♥ K♥ 5♣ giving both two pairs but Tsuchikawa had the better hand. Simba finishes in 12th place and collects P159,000.
Byeongcheol Kim and Terry Gonzaga faced off twice that eventually led to a big double up for Kim. On the first encounter, Kim raised to 12k, Gonzaga re-raised to 33k, and Kim called. At the flop of A♣ 2♦ 4♣, Gonzaga led out for 35k and took the pot with Kim folding.
A couple of hands after, Kim raised to 12k, Gonzaga re-raised to 33k again, and this time, Kim shoved. Gonzaga called and it was Kim’s A♦ 10♠ against Gonzaga’s J♦ J♥. The board ran A♠ 10♦ 5♥ K♣ 3♠, and Kim rejoiced at his double up. He climbs to 340k.
Gonzaga goes down to around 133k.
After a short break, the 12 remaining players were short-handed with six players at each table. Action was slow with small pots being collected. Tetsuya picked up a pot of 34k. Seung Soo Jeon won a 33k pot. Bonanno picked up the blinds and antes of 15k after an uncalled raise.
Terry Gonzaga called Thong Botho’s all in of 72k and it was a showdown. Botho had A♦ 7♣ and Gonzaga had Q♦ 6♦. The board ran 5♣ 5♦ 6♠ giving Gonzaga the lead. The turn of 8♣ still had Gonzaga ahead, but with a 4♥ on the river, Botho landed a straight and happily doubled up.
Jun Saito was the next player to bust out of the main event. He was all in with A♠ J♣ and was called by Dong Hyun Kim with 10♠ 10♥. The board bricked and Kim’s hand stayed ahead. Saito leaves in 13th place and P136,000 in pay.