HomeWith the fall of Morihiko Ogawa, we have reached the end of Day 3! The Final 8 players has been established. We will have a recap for you shortly. Congratulations to the Final 8 players!
Here are the finalists and their stack sizes:
| Tsubasa Kamei | Japan | 1,026,000 |
| Shiga Mitsuhiro | Japan | 305,000 |
| Tatsuya Stu Terakawa | USA | 483,000 |
| Daiki Horikawa | Japan | 873,000 |
| Tomoharu Furuya | Japan | 420,000 |
| Iori Yogo | Japan | 882,000 |
| Yosuke Murata | Japan | 567,000 |
| Toshimasa Sakato | Japan | 235,000 |
Morihiko Ogawa, 9th place
Morihiko Ogawa hung in there with his short stack but met his end at the hands of Daiki Horikawa in 9th place. He fell just one spot shy of the Final 8.
Ogawa was all in with A♠ K♣ up against Horikawa’s A♣ J♦. Though he was ahead, the board ran 3♠ 6♦ J♣ J♠ 3♣ for a full house to Horikawa. Ogawa earned ₩4,570,000 for his deep finish.
Soichiro Kojiya, 10th place
The first casualty of the unofficial final table was Soichiro Kojiya. Kojiya was all in with Q♦ Q♥ and was called by the leader Tsubasa Kamei with A♥ 10♥. The board ran 3♥ 6♦ 6♥ for a flush draw to Kamei. The turn wasn’t a hear but it was A♠ to push Kamei ahead with a higher pair. Then with the river J♣, that ended the hand and Kojiya’s day in 10th place. He earned ₩3,906,000.
Kamei now up to 1M in chips.
Stu Terakawa
Stu Terakawa shipped in a big double up against one of the leaders, Tomoharu Furuya. Hands tabled were Furuya K♣ Q♠ and Terakawa K♦ K♠ with a board of 8♣ K♥ 7♦ J♥ 2♣. We aren’t sure when the all ins were but likely at the flop.
Terakawa doubled up to 435k. Furuya dropped to 470k.
Aya Kagawa, 11th place
The last female in the running has just been eliminated. Aya Kagawa bounced back from a cooler two rounds ago but still could not bring her stack to the heights of the leaders. She wasall in with A♦ 10♥ and was called by Yosuke Murata with Q♦ Q♠. No hits came on the board. She bowed out in 11th place and earned ₩3,338,000.
This brings us to the unofficial final table of 10 players.
Tsuyoshi Nitta, 12th place
Tsuyoshi Nitta was Iori Yogo‘s next victim Nitta raised to 35k, Yogo shoved, Nitta committed all his chips.
Nitta A♦ J♥
Yogo 9♦ 9♠
Board bricked, 7♥ 5♦ 8♠ Q♠ 4♥. Yogo now at 770k. Nitta out in 12th place.
Yosuke Otsubo three-bet shoved on top of Iori Yogo’s 22k raise and was called. Otsubo A♦ 3♦, Yogo J♣ J♠. The board bricked sending Otsubo out in 14th place. He earned ₩2,853,000 for his deep run.
Kyung Min Lee, 13th place
Yosuke Otsubo, 14th place
Naoki Morita,15th place
Ichiyo Niwa, 16th place
Shinji Sugeta, 17th place
Tomoki Matsuda, 18th place
