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Paul Hong – CoinPoker promo winner
With the fall of Roman Shcherbakov, Paul Hong has won the CoinPoker “Last Man Standing” promo. Hong won himself a Main Event seat to APT Vietnam Championships 2018 in Ho Chi Minh next month. Congratulations to Hong!
Roman Shcherbakov, 3rd place
Roman Shcherbakov hung in there with his short stack, managing to double up several times, but he couldn’t go any further than 3rd place. He was just eliminated by Jinwoo Kim.
Shcherbakov A♣ 10♦
Kim A♠ 8♠
Board ran 2♣ 8♣ 7♦ Q♠ 5♠ for a pair to Kim to ship it. Shcherbakov earned a healthy KRW 16,744,000 for his deep finish.
Paul Hong limped on the sb and Jinwoo Kim checked it. The flop landed Q♣ Q♥ 6♣, Hong led for 60k, Kim called. On the K♠ turn, Hong bet 175k and Kim stuck with him with a call. Then on the 2♠ river, Hong slid out 425k and Kim again with the smooth call. Hong showed 10♥ 7♦ bluff which was no good against Kim’s Q♠ 8♣ trips. Kim up to 4.7M.
Paul Hong raised to 125k, Jinwoo Kim three-bet to 300k, Roman Shcherbakov on the bb folded, and back to Hong who called. On the flop K♦ Q♠ 5♥, Kim checked, Hong bet 250k, Kim called. On the 4♥ turn, Kim checked, Hong fired out 750k, Kim announced all in, and Hong quickly folded. Kim up to 4M, Hong down to 2.3M.
Paul Hong limped in from the small blind, Jinwoo Kim raised to 200k, Hong called. At the flop 2♠ 3♠ 2♦, Kim bet 500k and Hong check-called. On the 10♠ turn, Kim bet 600k and Hong check-called again. On the K♦ river, no bets arrived and Hong won with 8♣ 8♠.
Kim raised to 125k, Hong re-raised to 420k, Kim called. On the flop 8♣ 9♠ 8♦, Hong bet 350k and Kim called. On the 2♠ turn, Hong bet 850k and Kim folded.
Kim down to 2.9M, Hong up to 4.4M.
Hyun Kyu Bae, standing – 4th place
Hyun Kyu Bae couldn’t get past the hot-handed Jinwoo Kim and met his end in 4th place.
Hyun K♣ Q♠
Kim A♥ 10♥
The board ran 3♦ 3♠ 4♦ 3♣ 6♦. Hyun earned KRW 11,999,000 for his great run at the Main Event.
3 players remaining, average stack is 2,833,333.
Jinwoo Kim is ruling the felt at the moment, winning pot after pot to bring him over 4M and has overtaking Paul Hong for the chip lead. From our count, he claimed 8 pots so far. Here are some of those winning hands.
Kim Paul Hong raised to 100k, Hyun Kyu Bae three-bet to 350k, Kim four-bet to 600k, Hong folded and Hyun called. On the flop 7♠ J♦ 5♠, Kim shoved and won it with Hyun folding.
Next hand Kim raised to 110k and Roman Shcherbakov called. On the flop 2♠ Q♠ 2♦, Kim c-ber 110k, Shcherbakov called. On the A♦ turn, Kim bet 150k and Shcherbakov folded.
Paul Hong 3,805,000
Jinwoo Kim 2,320,000
Hyun Kyu Bae 1,520,000
Roman Shcherbakov 855,000
Average stack is 2,125,000
Payouts remaining
1st KRW 36,327,000
2nd KRW 24,225,000
3rd KRW 16,744,000
4th 11,999,000
Masaki Fujitani, 5th place
Masaki Fujitani has just been dealt his last hand of the Main Event. His fantastic run ended in 5th place. After losing a pot to JInwoo Kim, he risked it all two hands later. The hand began with a 95k raise by Fujitani, Paul Hong shoved his monstrous stack, Fujitani tanked again, then found the courage to call for his tournament life.
Hong 5♣ 5♠
Fujitani A♣ J♣
The board ran K♦ 8♥ 4♣ Q♣ 9♥ to eliminate Fujitani in 5th place. He earned KRW 8,915,000 for his deep run.