HomeLee Jong Yeol was in terrible shape and needed to chip up somewhere. He found that spot with two players calling his all in of 2675. The board ran 8♠ 2♣ J♥ to which Kai Paulsen bet 3k for a side pot. It wasn’t to be as the other player folded. At the showdown, Paulsen had Q♦ J♦ and Lee had pocket kings. The turn of 7♦ and river of 7♣ were no help to Paulsen and Lee happily tripled up.
Ian Brion raised to 550 and was called by Regie Ann Delos Reyes, Changjo Im, and Sebastian Benz. The board ran 8♠ Q♣ 8♥ and everyone checked. At the turn of 9♥, Brion and Delos Reyes checked to Im who bet 700. Benz folded while the two previous checkers called. On the river of 4♠, Im checked, Brion checked, Delos Reyes value bet of 2950. Im folded and Brion called. Delos Reyes quickly mucked without a showdown.
With two limpers in the hand, one of whom was John Tech, Lee Jong Yeol checked his big blind and the flop ran 7♠ 9♥ 9♠. Lee acted first and bet 450, got one player to fold, but Tech raised to 1200. Lee called and the turn came Q♣. Lee check-folded when Tech bet 1600.
The hand began with a preflop raise by Michael Falcon that was called by Andrei Dementev. At the flop of Q♥ 2♦ 10♥, Falcon continued and bet 800. Dementev called and the turn landed 4♦. Falcon bet again, this time 1500, and Dementev called. On the river of 6♦, Falcon bet 5k, and Dementev called once more. Falcon won the hand with his K♦ 9♦ flush.
Level 3 is heating up with heavy action at the felt. At table 2, Kai Paulsen raised to 400, was three-bet by Jong Yeol Lee to 800, then called by Yuh Kwangsuk. Returning back to Paulsen, he four-bet to 2600 and the dealer flopped it after Lee and Kwangsuk called. Board 9♦ J♥ Q♣, Paulsen and Lee checked, Kwangsuk bet 4k, and he was called by both players in the hand with him. With a hefty pot already brewing in the middle, the dealer felted 7♦ on fourth street and again Paulsen and Lee checked. Kwangsuk would continue and bet 7k. This time, Paulsen folded and Lee called. The river of 7♣had Lee checking again, Kwangsuk unrelentless with his bets and moved all in for over 8k. This time Lee folded and Kwangsuk won the big pot. He showed his pocket queens for a full house.
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Jim Bonanno raised to 250 preflop and got called by four players. At the flop of 7♣ 3♣ 6♣, action folded all the way to the button player, William Kang, who bet 1150. Sungchang Park on the small blind called while everyone else folded. At the turn of Q♥, Park checked to Kang who bet 2950. Park folded and showed his 3♠ 6♠ two pairs.
Preflop: Lots of action in this hand with Lim Yo Hwan raising to 250, getting called by Ed Silvano and Jacob By, but when it reached Byeongcheol Kim, he raised to 650. The button player called, Hwan folded, and both Silvano and Hii called.
Flop: 7♣ 9♥ 3♠, Silvano bet 600, Dy folded, Kim raised to 1250, db folded, and Silvano called.
Turn: Q♥, Silvano checked to Kim who bet 2500. Silvano called.
River: 9♠, Silvano snap-all in, Kim folded.
Silvano earns a nice pot.
William Kang and Michael Falcon were in a hand that ended very well for Kang. On a turn board of 2♦ 4♦ 3♠ Q♦, Falcon bet 1100 into a pot of 3k. Kang called and it was off to the river of 10♠. Falcon quickly announced all in for over 30k chips, easily covering Kang’s 4k stack. After assessing the board, Kang decided to call for his tournament life and turned over A♠ K♣. This was a great call because Falcon had K♠ J♣. Kang doubled up.