Kosei Ichinose continues to his ascent here at the final 12 players. Having chipped up to near average in two double ups, he is now into a million chips having won two big pots once again.
Against Hyun Kyu Bae, it was all in preflop. Hyun with K♦ K♥, Ichinose with A♣ Q♦. The board ran 10♠ A♥ 7♣ 5♦ 2♦ for a double up to Ichinose. This brought him up to around 800k.
Next hand, he raised to 25k, Kim three-bet to 85k, Ichinose called. On the flop 5♦ K♦ 9♥ both checked, On the 4♦ turn, Ichinose bet 72k and Kim called. On the 2♥ river, Ichinose fired out 210k, and won it with no call from Kim.