HomeAnother Park falls, this time it was Sung Chang Park who raised to 12k, got re-raised by Kyungrok Kim to 32k, and with that Park shoved. Kim obliged and it was a coin toss showdown with Park holding pocket jacks and Kim with ace-king the board ran 6♠ 10♦ 8♦ K♠ 6♥ giving Kim the higher pair and the win. Park was eliminated.
Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba and Kunal Patni were in a raised pot preflop and the dealer spread the flop of 6♠ A♦ 8♣. Simba bet out 6300 and was awarded the pot with a fold from Patni.
John Tech raised to 4500 from the cutoff seat and was called by Lim Yo Hwan on the button. Action then moved to Gerald Casey who pumped up the pot by three-betting to 24.5k. Tech and Hwan folded for Casey to scoop the pot.
With an average stack of around 92k, Kevin Park three-bet Kota Nakano’s raise of 5k to make it 14k. One thing led to another and both players were soon all in. Nakano had A♣ K♥ and Park had J♥ J♠. The board ran K♠ 5♠ 5♣ A♥ 6♥ giving Nakano the big win having 5k more behind after the shoves. Nakano now had over 190k chips while Park packed up to leave.
The current chip leaders at the dinner break are Andrew Gaw with 247k chips and John Sayo with 210k chips. 37 players remaining.
Preflop action began with John Sayo raising to 4600 and from the big blind seat, William Kang called. At the flop of Q♠ Q♥ 8♥, they both checked. The dealer then turned 7♠ and this time, action was different. Sayo bet 6k and Kang called. On the river of J♥, Sayo bet the minimum of 1600, Kang expanded it to 13.5k, and Sayo made the call. Kang had pocket tens and was behind Sayo’s king-queen trips.
Lim Yo Hwan and John Graham were in a hand that started with a raise by Hwan to 3200. On the big blind seat, Graham re-raised making it 7600 to continue. Hwan called and they went to see the flop land K♦ 4♣ 10♣. Acting first, Graham led for 10k and Hwan flat-called. At the turn of 3♠, Graham went all in for over 32k and Hwan called with more chips. Graham turned over Q♠ Q♥ and was sorely behind Hwan’s 10♠[10h}. With the river of 5♠, Hwan was shipped all the chips.
William Kang saw Anthony Hope go all in with his 13.2k chips and was happy for it. He called and it was a showdown. Hope had A♣ Q♠ and Kang had A♠ A♦. the board ran 5♦ J♥ Q♦ 4♦ J♦ improving Kang further to a flush. Hope bowed out.
Lim Yo Hwan is on the rise. He raised to 3200 and big blind Marc Rivera called. At the flop of A♠ 3♣ Q♦, Rivera checked, Hwan bet 3700 and Rivera called. At the turn of 2♠, Rivera checked again, Hwan bet 5300, and Rivera gave it up.