APT Korea Incheon 2018 Championships Event

Hiroshi Nishiyama, 13th place

Hiroshi Nishiyama was next to fall to Tae Hoon Han. Han had J-8 and Nishiyama with A-4. An eight landed on the board to pair up Han and eliminate Nishiyama in 13th place. He earned ₩3,510,000 for his finish.

Han now up to 800k.

Lam Cheuk Nam, 14th place

In a battle of the blinds, Tae Hoon Han shoved and short stacked Lam Cheuk Nam called after the clock was called.

Han J♦ 6♥
Lam 7♦ 5♦
Board Q♣ 10♦ 3♥ 10♣ 9♣

Lam was eliminated in 14th place. He earned ₩3,510,000 for his finish.

Tatsuya Hirose, 15th place

Another quick fallout here, Tatsuya Hirose was all in with 7♦ 8♦ and Kei Kiyohara called with J♦ J♥. The board fell K♥ 4♠ 4♦ Q♥ J♠ for a dominating full house to Kiyohara. Hirose earned ₩3,510,000 for his finish.

Liu Qiao Nan, 17th place

The new round brought two players all in. At table 2, Liu Qiao Nan shoved with A-Q and was eliminated by Tamon Nakamura with K-K. Liu finished in 17th place.

Konstantin Pogodin, 16th place

At table 1, Konstantin Pogodin was all in with Q-Q and Hiroyuki Yoshimura called with K-K. The kings held to send Pogodin out in 16th place.

Action began with Tae Hoon Han raising to 20k and finding two caller in Kei Kiyohara and Hung Sheng Lin. At the flop 9♠ 2♠ 6♦, Han c-bet, Kiyohara folded, and Hung check-called. On the 4♥ turn, Han again fired, this time 84k and still Hung hung in there. Then with the Q♦ river, both opted to check it and Hung won with 9♣ 8♥ pair with Han mucking.

Hung up to 930k, Han down to 580k.

Yozo Nomura, 18th place

Jaepil You raised to 24k and was called by both Aleksei Sei and Yozo Nomra. At the flop J♦ K♦ 4♣, Nomura checked, You c-bet 60k, Sei folded, and Nomura moved all in for 143k total. You called.

Nomura Q♠ 10♦ draw
You J♣ 9♣ mid pair

The turn 2♣ and river 6♣ were no help to Nomura, instead You improved further to a flush to eliminate Nomura in 18th place. Nomura earned ₩3,000,000 for his finish.

Hideki Izutsu’s stack

Aleksei Sei is now tabled with the chip leader and is stunned not just of the massive stack across him but the number of pots the leader has just won at the new table. This had Sei jesting, “who is this guy?”

Izutsu did in fact win three consecutive small pots. On a 2♦ A♠ 6♣, Izutsu bet 35k and Bae Hyun Kyu called. On the turn Q♥ and river K♦, both checked it and Izutsu won with K-7.

Next hand, was against Liu Qiao Nan who raised to 21k called by Izutsu. They checked it all the way to the end 9♠ 7♦ 10♥ 8♦ 10♣, Nan opened 7♣ 4♣ pair but Izutsu had better with A♠ 7♥.

Following that, Yozo Nomura raised to 25k and Izutsu called from the cutoff. At the flop 2♠ Q♦ 10♠, Nomura bet 30k, Izutsu called. On the 7♣ and 6♠ river, both checked, and Izutsu won with 10-8 pair.

Sunny Jennens, 19th place

Sunny Jennens seems to be on the losing end of pots. We saw him fold to a check-raise by Aleksei Sei. He also folded to Jaepil You on a hand that saw a flop 7♥ 2♥ 5♣. Jennens bet 30k, You raised to 130k. Jennens folded.

His last hand of the event was just dealt. On a flop 7♥ 2♦ 9♦, Jennens was all in with 10-10 and You called with 7♦ 6♦ flush draw. The turn 3♥ was blank but the river J♦ granted the flush to send Jennens out in 19th place. He earned ₩2,564,000 for his finish.

We are down to two tables with 18 players remaining.