HomeSeung Soo Jeon and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa had all their chips in an all in battle. Tsuchikawa had J♠ 4♣ and Jeon had K♦ 4♥. The board ran 10♦ 2♣ 4♠ 5♥ K♣ and Jeon double up. He now has 245K chips. Tsuchikawa has about the same.
With his chips on a constant decline, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa went all in on top of Thong Botho’s all in and it was a showdown.
Tsuchikawa A♥ 4♣
Botho 8♠ 6♣
The board ran 4♦ 4♠ 3♦ 2♣ 6♥ and Tsuchikawa doubled up. He now has around 35ok.
Next hands….
Thong Botho went all in… no callers.
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa went all in…. no callers.
Thong Botho walks.
Thong Botho went all in…. no callers.
Thong Botho wetn all in…. no callers.
Thong Botho walks.
Thong Botho is taking full control of the table. He once again raised to 65k and Seung Soo Jeon called on the big blind. At the flop of 7♦ 9♥ 10♥, Jeon checked-blind and Botho checked as well. At the turn of 6♠, there was a bet and a call leading to the river card of A♣. Jeon checked Botho shoved, and that was it, another pot to Botho.
Thong Botho has picked up another pot. He raised to 75k and was called by Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. On the flop of K♦ Q♦ Q♥, a bet of 55k was made and it was called. On the turn of 8♠ another bet was made, 6k by Tsuchikawa, and Botho called. On the river of A♣, both checked and Botho won with his 9♦ 9♥.
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa faced Thong Botho again. Tsuchikawa raised to 64k only to get answered with an all in by Botho. Tsuchikawa quickly folded.
Back from the break, Thong Botho raised to 65k on the button and was called by the sb Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. At the flop of 3♣ 9♥ 4♠, Tsuchikawa checked to Botho who bet 80k. Tsuchikawa called and the turn landed J♦. They both checked. On the river of J♠, it was checked again by both parties and Botho won it with 10♦ 4♣ bottom pair. Tsuchikawa showed an A♥.
We are at a short break. 3-handed. Average stack is 893,333.
Thong Botho 1.55M
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 660k
Seung Soo Jeon 450k
After giving up the previous hand to Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, both Thong Botho and Tsuchikawa were in a hand again. Botho raised to 67k and Tsuchikawa called. At the flop of Q♥ 5♠ J♥, both checked. At the turn of 8♦, check again. But on the river of 10♣, the battle got a bit intense with Botho betting 66k and Tsuchikawa tanking. Tsuchikawa eventually called and Botho won the hand with his A♦ K♠ nuts straight.