HomeImmediately after chunking down Yuki Ko, Kitauchi Yoshihiro won the next two pot and soared to 1.1M in chips. On the first hand he was in a four-way raised pot pre-flop and watched the flop spread 5♣ Q♠ 4♣. Everyone checked and the A♥ turn came down. Shigeho Yoshioka bet 41k and was called by both Kazuto Sato and Yoshihiro. On the 4♠ river, action was checked to Yoshihiro who slid out a 50k bet and won it with no callers.
The next hand, Yuki Ko moved all in for 64k, Yoshihiro and Taehoon Han called. The board drew out to J♥ A♦ K♠ 8♥ Q♥ with no bets made for a side pot. Yoshihiro won with his Q♦ Q♥ set over Ko’s A♣ J♣ two pair. Ko earned KRW 2,330,000 for his 18th place finish.
Yoshihiro joins Jinwoo Kim in the million range with 1.1M in chips.