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The Championships Event pulled in a total of 148 entries. With each buyin at KRW 1,650,000, the prize pool amounted to KRW 215,340,000.
1st place: KRW 49,770,000
ITM: 25 places
Looks like the money bubble will burst sometime today.
Jacky Wong three-bet all in with 37.5k remaining and initial raiser Hiroshi Nishiyama called. Wong had 5♦ 5♥, Nishiyama with A♣ Q♠, the board bricked to double up Wong.
Ever since Tatsuya Hirose was saved from elimination by cracking Preston Lee’s aces with kings, he has been attacking the felt and with much success. We caught him pick up two pots, one against Masato Shimizu. The board showed K♣ 4♦ 6♥ Q♠ 2♦ and 52k already brewed. Hirose bet 25k and won it with Shimizu folding.
Next one was against Hyunil Hong. On a raised pot preflop, the flop landed 5♥ 4♥ 8♦. Hirose check-called Hong’s 10k bet. On the J♠ turn, both checked. Then on the 7♣ river, Hirose led for just 10k and won it with Hong folding.
Hirose climbed to 245k.
Pete Chen
Short-stacked Pete Chen doubled up with K-4 both pairing up on the board against a player’s 3-3 but his stack was still very low. He moved all in on the next hand with his 16.5k, Kosaku Akashi joined in with his remaining 17k, and initial raiser Kentaro Somekawa called for a three-way showdown.
Chen Q♣ Q♦
Akashi K♣ K♥
Somekawa 7♠ 7♥
The board ran 8♠ 3♠ A♦ 4♦ 6♣ to eliminate Chen while Akashi tripled up.
Kosaku Akashi
We’re not sure how Sunny Jennens charged up to over 300k but he is now the current chip leader.
Hajime Iwakura was one of the day’s re-entries but was still unable to get any further. He was just eliminated by Kojo Kinamaru.
Iwakura 10♣ 10♠
Kinamaru A♥ K♣
The board ran 2♣ 8♥ Q♠ 10♥ J♥.
All in preflop saw Fokin Valeriy with A♣ 4♣ but couldn’t get any help on the board and was eliminated by Masaki Fujitani with 10-10.
Tatsuya Hirose
Tatsuya Hirose breathed a sigh of relief after having to hold his breath in a cooler against chip leader Preston Lee. It began with heavy betting preflop.
Tamon Nakamura raised to 3500
P-Lee three-bet to 8k
Jaehoon Lee four-bet to 24k
Hirose all in for 67k
Initial raiser Nakamura folded, Lee raised again to over 200k J-Lee. J-Lee folded, and it was heads up.
Hirose K♦ K♠
P-Lee A♥ A♣
The board ran K♥ 4♠ 7♣ 9♠ Q♣ for a lucky set to Hirose to avoid the rail. He doubled up to 150k. P-Lee dropped back to where he started the day around 280k.
After one level, the chip leaders are still the same entering the day with Preston Lee on top, Sunny Jennens now in 2nd rank, and Jaepil You in third rank.
Total chips in play: 7,400,000
Average stack: 92,500
Players remaining: 80
Preston Lee
Sunny Jennens
Jaepil You