Hung Sheng Lin will not be taking home a second APT championship title. He was just taken out of the running by the chip leader Tamon Nakamura.
The hand began with a raise by Lin to 65k from utg, button Nakamura three-bet to 165k, Lin shoved, Nakamura called.
Lin A♥ J♣
Nakamura A♦ Q♥
The board ran out K♠ 4♠ 10♠ 8♣ 2♣. We are down to 3 players. Average stack is 2,466,6666.
Jaepil You moved all in for 625k and two spots over Hiroyuki Yoshimura all in as well for his tournament life with less chips.
Yoshimura 10♦ 10♥
You A♠ J♣
The board ran well for You 3♦ 5♥ J♥ A♣ 6♣ for a winning two pair to eliminate Yoshimura in 5th place. He earned ₩12,744,000.
Hung Sheng Lin raised to 70k and big blind Hideki Izutsu called. At the flop Q♥ 7♣ 9♠, Lin bet 120k and Izutsu check-called. On the 8♦ turn, Izutsu checked, Lin shoved his 270k stack, and was called.
Lin K♦ K♣
Izutsu A♦ Q♦ top pair flush draw
The river 7♥ was a safe card for Lin to ship in a double up to 920k. Izutsu dropped to 1.75M.
Average is 1.48M.
Naoki Morita moved all in with K♠ J♥ but down the round Hideki Izutsu woke up with K♥ K♣. The board ran 3♥ 6♥ 10♥ 4♥ 3♠ to send Morita out in 6th place. He earned ₩9,961,000 for his impressive deep run.
Morita has cashed in all three featured APT events in Incheon. This is his furthest finish.
6 players remaining
Tamon Nakamura 2.75M
Hideki Izutsu 1.83M
Jaepil You 1.175M
Hung Sheng LIn 650k
Hiroyuki Yoshimura 550k
Naoki Morita 430k
Hung Sheng Lin raised to 52k, big blind Tamon Nakamura three-bet to 150k, and after tanking, Lin called. On the flop 7♠ J♠ A♣ both checked. On the 4♦ turn, Nakamura bet 150k and won it with Lin folding.
Hiroyuki Yoshimura shoved his remaining 297k and Naoki Morita called.
Yoshimura K♦ K♥
Morita 6♣ 6♠
The board ran dry to double up Yoshimura to over 600k while Morita dropped to 430k.
Hyun Kyu Bae moved all in with his remaining 420k and chip leader Tamon Nakamura called.
Hyun A♥ 10♠
Nakamura 6♣ 6♠
The board ran Q♥ K♥ 7♣ 6♥ 4♣ to eliminate Hyun in 7th place. He earned ₩8,032,000 for his deep run.
Nakamura leads with 2.6M. We are down to 6 players.
Hung Sheng Lin opened with a 51k raise and big blind Tamon Nakamura – current chip leader – called. At the flop 9♠ Q♦ 3♠, Nakamura checked, Lin bet 26k, Nakamura raised to 80k, Lin shoved, Nakamura folded.