HomeSi Young Lee will not be bringing home a back-to-back win. He won this event right here in April and hoped for a repeat, but not the case. He lost two pots that sent him out of the running.
The first hand saw action fold to the blinds, Lee limped and sb Ying Lin Chua checked. At the flop 2♥ 5♣ 9♠, Lee checked, Chua bet 2k, Lee raised to 7k, called by Chua. The turn J♥, Lee bet 10k, Chua all in, called by Lee. Chua 2♠ 5♠ two pair, Lee A♣ A♠ overpair, the river 6♦ was a miss for Lee to drop to 14k and Chua to rise to 75k.
Several hands later was a three-way all in, mid position Lee 9♠ 9♦, Roger Spets all in J♦ J♥, bb Tai Jin Kim A♠ K♥, the board ran 8♠ 3♥ 2♥ K♠ 6♥. Lee busted, Kim claimed both the main and side pot. Spets dropped to 14k and exited shortly after. Kim up to 145k.