A decorated APT champion has just been ousted here with Soo Jo Kim ousted by Yuka Asaka. On a raised pot preflop and three players in, the flop ran 4♠ 9♣ 7♣. Big blind Kim checked, utg Ghanem bet 5k, cutoff Asaka called, Kim raised to 18k, Ghanem folded, Asaka three-bet to 45k, and Kim moved it all in the middle. Asaka called.
Kim 6♣ 4♣
Asaka 9♦ 9♥
The turn J♥ and river 3♠ were no help to Kim and he was eliminated. Asaka climbed to 270k.