Sang Gu Kim has fallen out of the running in 16th place. Sam lost a showdown against Teruhisa Aoyama then tossed the rest on the next hand. The first hand Sang raised to 30k, Aoyama shoved, and Sang with the call for slightly more chips.
Sang Q♣ Q♦
Aoyama A♣ A♠
The board bricked. Aoyama doubled up to 400k, Sang down to 65k. On a flop of J♣ 4♣ A♠, Sang was all in with 3♦ 4♦ and was behind Paul Hong’s A♣ 3♠. The turn 10♣ and river J♠ ended his day at the Main Event. Sang earned KRW 2,468,000 for his deep run.