HomeJaepil You raised from the button and Tamon Nakamura called. At the flop 8♥ Q♠ A♣, Nakamura checked, You bet 225k, Nakamura called. On the 9♦ turn, Nakamura checked, You bet 250k, Nakamura raised to 750k, You shoved, Nakamura tossed in the call for his tournament life.
You J♣ 10♦
Nakamura J♠ 10♠
Both had a straight and split the pot. The river was 3♦.
Back from the break and after another seven hands played, Jaepil You continues to dominate the action and has climbed to 5.4M while Tamon Nakamura dropped to 2M.
One of the hands saw a raise to 125k by Nakamura, called by You. On the flop J♥ 5♠ 10♣, both checked. On the 5♦ turn, You check-called a 150k bet. On the 6♦ river, no bets and You won with J♠ 2♦.
Another winning pot saw Nakamura raise to 125, called by You. At the flop 4♦ J♦ 6♠, You check-called a 100k bet. On the K♦ turn, both checked. On the J♥ river, You laid out a bet then a quick fold by Nakamura.
Jaepil You
Early heads up action saw Jaepil You win a majority of the rounds. They played six hands before we reached a break.
The first hand button Tamon Nakamura raised to 100k and called by You. At the flop 10♥ 6♦ 3♦, You checked, Nakamura bet 100k, You raised to 325k, Nakamura folded.
On the third hand, Nakamura raised to 100k, You re-raised to 315k, Nakamura called. On the flop 2♥ 8♣ 3♣, You bet 425k and won the pot with Nakamura folding.
The fifth hand, Nakamura raised to 100k, You called. On the flop 6♠ 2♥ 8♠, You checked, Nakamura bet 125k, You called. On the 6♣ turn, You led for 375k and won it with no call.
Here are the current counts:
Jaapil You 4,750,000
Tamon Nakamura 2,655,000
Jaepil You (L) Tamon Nakamura (R)
Jaepil You – 4,135,000
Tamon Nakamura – 3,270,000
Good luck to both!
Bust out hand – Hideki Izutsu (L) – 3rd place
Hideki Izutsu has just fallen out of the running in 3rd place. His downfall was at the hands of Jaepil You who previously shaved off a large chunk of his stack. The final hand began with a raise to 155k by You from the button, three-bet by Izutsu on the big blind to 355k, You shoved, Izutsu snap-called for his tournament life.
You 9♣ 9♠
Izutsu K♣ J♠
The board ran 2♠ 9♦ J♥ 8♥ A♦ for a winning set to You and the rail for Izutsu. Izutsu had a spectacular run at his first APT event. He earned ₩23,166,000 for his impressive performance.
We are down to two players!
Hideki Izutsu picked up a pot but quickly lost it on the next hand both against Jaepil You. First pot, You raised from button position to 12k and Izutsu called from the big blind. At the flop 2♣ 7♠ 6♥, Izutsu checked, You bet 175k, Izutsu called. On the Q♦ turn, Izutsu led for 250k, You folded.
On the very next hand, Izutsu raised to 100k from the small blind and You called from the big blind. At the flop 4♦ K♣ 10♦, both checked and got a free look at the turn J♣, Izutsu bet 150k, and You called. On the 7♥ river, Izutsu checked, You bet 500k, and a call by Izutsu.
You opened 9♥ 8♣ straight to ship it. You climbed to 2.75M while Izutsu dropped to 1.3M.
Tamon Nakamura 3.3M
Jaepil You 2.2M
Hideki Izutsu 1.9M
Small blind Jaepil You raised to 120k, Tamon Nakamura three-bet to 300k, You called. At the flop 2♥ J♦ 9♣, You checked, Nakamura bet 225k, You raised all in for around 2.3M total. This sent Nakamura tanking for a couple of minutes. He then folded. You rises to around 2.6M.
Tamon Nakamura (L) Hideki Izutsu (R)
Button position Hideki Izutsu raised to 75k, Tamon three-bet to 250k, Izutsu called. At the flop 5♥ Q♥ 8♠, Nakamura c-bet 200k and Izutsu called. On the 4♠ turn, Nakamura fired out 450k, Izutsu shoved, and a quick-fold from Nakamura.
Izutsu goes up to 2.4M while Nakamura dropped to 3.5M. Nakamura is still the chip leader. Average stack is 2,466,666.
