Toshimitsu Kamei joins the leaders with 1M

It was a slow and steady climb but Toshimitsu Kamei got to the seven-digit range which is average stack with 9 players remaining. To get him there, he won a pot against the leader Evegeny Kurilenko. Action began with Kurilenko raising to 50k, called by both Kamei and big blind Hung Sheng Lin.

At the flop A♣ 2♣ 8♦, Hung checked, Kurilenko bet 55k, Kamei called, and Hung opted out. On the 9♣ turn, Kurilenko sent the action to Kamei who used it to slide out 103k. Kurilenko folded. Kamei now at 1M.