Short stacked Wang Wei Ping went all in with 75k and to his immediate left, Roman Shcherbakov called for a showdown.
Wang A♣ Q♦
Shcherbakov 10♥ 10♦
The board ran K♥ 8♦ J♣ 6♣ 7♠ and with no hits to Wang, Shcherbakov celebrated while Wang packed up in 19th place. Wang earned KRW 2,119,000.
Kosei Ichinose raised to 20k, short stacked Pak Vyacheslav shoved his remaining 147k, and after getting a count, Ichinose called.
Vyacheslav A♥ 10♦
Ichinose A♦ Q♣
The board ran 6♠ 8♠ 5♣ 6♥ 4♠ for a higher spread to Ichinose. That ended Vyacheslav’s run in 20th place. He earned KRW 2,119,000 for his efforts.
Jason Sun raised to 25k and Sachiko Harima called. At the flop 5♣ A♣ 8♥, Harima led for 30k and Sun fold while turning over K♠ K♣. Harima returned the gesture showing A♥ Q♣.
Kam Ip Yuk tossed in his remaining chips with 7♥ 3♥ and was up against Jason Sun with 6♣ 6♠. The board ran dry to send Yuk out as the first casualty of Day 3. Yuk earned KRW 2,119,000 for his deep run.
The aggressive Kam Ip Yuk just lost back-to-back pots that sent his stack down to 107k. The first loss was to Hyun Kyu Bae followed by a double up to Sachiko Harima.
For Hyun, he won the opening pot of the day, four-betting a to 130k with Paul Hong raising to 18k and Shin Martin boosting it to 40k. No calls came. He now has around 850k.
For the latter Harima, her J-J held against Yuk’s A-Q. Sachiko now at 645K.
First big pot came down with Shota Masuda capitalizing off the leader JInwoo Kim. Masuda raised to 20k, Kim three-bet to 52k, Masuda shoved, and Kim with the call.
Masuda A♥ K♠
Kim J♦ J♠
The board ran 4♠ 6♠ 2♦ 8♠ Q♠ for a winning higher flush to Masuda. He climbed to 360K. Kim dropped to 630K.
Good luck to the final 21 players! Today will play down to the final 8 players. Details below for our readers:
Total entries: 170
Buyin: KRW 1,100,000
Prize pool: KRW 164,900,000
ITM: 29 places
Last night saw the bubble burst and the money flow. Today’s players are guaranteed a minimum of KRW 2,119,000. Blinds start at Level 17 4000-8000 ante 1000. Average stack is 404,761.
Top four leaders:
Jinwoo Kim – 767,000
Teruhisa Aoyama – 764,000
Paul Hong – 743,000
Kam Ip Yuk – 739,000
Stay with us as we provide you updates on the Day 3 action.