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Kim Hak Do held on to a short stack throughout the day and wasn’t able to bring it up to par. He survived the bubble round and could only reach as deep as 25th place. He pushed with 6♦ 6♥, Guo Dong called with 8♥ 8♠, the board ran dry for Kim to send Guo the pot. Kim earned TWD 68,000 for his efforts.
24 remaining. Average is 296,875.
All in preflop between two short stacks, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 5♦ 5♥ and Lee Chun Kit A♦ K♦, the board bricked for a double up to Tsuchikawa and down to 30k for Lee. Lee doubled up on the next hand to climb to 64k though still needs a couple of more boosts to reach average. Tsuchikawa up to 290k.
It took two hands to send Kim Dong Yeol out of the running in 26th place. The first hand saw a raise war preflop against Hsieh Chi Han. When the flop came 10♦ 5♣ 4♠, more chips in the pot with Kim betting 20k and Hsieh calling. On the turn 2♠, Kim laid out another 33k and still Hsieh called. The river 6♣ saw no bets, Kim showed A♥ K♥ miss, Hsieh won the pot with J♦ J♣. Kim down to 90k.
Hands later, Kim was all in Q♠ 3♠ flush draw hon a flop 5♥ 9♠ 2♠ called by Chia Yun Wu with A♣ A♠. Despite the hope, it didn’t materialize as the turn and river ran J♥ 10♣. Chia up to 270k.
Three players have quickly fallen after the bubble burst. Finishing 26th was Ma Chun Yu (TWD 68,000), Hui Wai Kwok 27th (TWD 56,700), and Kristof Segers 28th (TWD 56,700).
26 remain; estimated chip counts
Chips in play: 7,125,000
Average stack: 274,038
Table 22
Wilson Lim 114k
Joey Tin Lam Wong 155k
Kim Hak Do 65k
Guo Dong 325k
Kelvin Beattie 275k
Ho Bao Qiang 670k
he Zong Chi 900k (chip leader)
Kenichi Takarabe 188k
Lee Hwany 330k
Table 23
Chia Yun Wu 141k
Po Chang Yang 280k
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 164k
Kim Dong Yeol 90k
Hsieh Chi Han 270k
Roma Shcherbakov 165k
Lee Chun Kit 118k
Kevin Choi Yun Lam 395k
Table 24
Anson Wong 200k
Craig Edwards 300k
Foo Yong Cheong 85k
Shih Wei En 705k
Lee Shao Hung 95k
Chow Cliff 130k
Jinho Hong 450k
Tian Lin Chang 115k
Song Byung Hwa 200k
Hwang Sang Yeon was the unfortunate bubble player having just been knocked out by Po Cheng Yang. Hwang pushed with A♠ 8♦, Yang called with A♦ K♦, the board threw blanks at Hwang. Yang shipped it and everyone celebrated reaching ITM.
29 players remaining.
Chip leader He Zong Chi is fully exploiting the bubble round with his big stack. It helps having hands as well. His recent wins sent his stack to 1M. The first one was against Tetsuya Tsuchikawa.
From cutoff, He Zong Chi raised to 17k, bb Tsuchikawa called. On the flop K♣ 2♣ 5♣, He c-bet 30k, Tsuchikawa check-called. On the turn Q♠ both players checked. On the river 2♠, He bet 65k, Tsuchikawa check-called. He showed A♠ A♦, Tsuchikawa mucked. He up to 1M and is the overwhelming chip leader.
-Hijack Km Dong Yeol raised, bb Po Cheng Yang three-bet to 32k, Kim called. At the flop 5♦ 8♠ 10♠, Po led for 23k, Kim folded.
– Three-way raised pot to around 50k, the flop came 10♣ 10♠ Q♠. Big blind Joey tin Lam Wong checked, utg+1 Kristof Segers checked, button He Zong Chi bet 25k. Wong folded, Segers called. On the turn 9♥, another 33k fired by He, Segers called. On the river 2♠, Segers checked, He bet 50k, Segers tanked using one time bank then folded. He showed 10♥ for trips. Segers said he folded A-Q. He leads the final 30 players with around 830k. Running second rank is Shih Wei En with 750k.
-From cutoff, Kristof Segers raised to 18k, sb Foo Yong Cheong shoved his remaining 52k, Segers tank-called. Cheong 10♥ 10♠, Segers 9♣ 7♦, the board ran clean for a double up to 116k. Segers dropped to just over 100k.
Chia Yun Wu stayed in the running after surviving his all in despite starting out behind. He shoved with A♠ 5♣, Song Byung Hwa called with A♥ 9♣, the board granted Chia the win as it ran 5♥ J♦ 3♦ J♣ 2♣. Chia rose to 160k, Song down to 130k.
Still 30 players remaining.
Chan Lok Ming pushed his remaining chips with K♥ Q♣ to battle with however Lee Hwany had better A♣ Q♠. The board bricked. Chan out. Lee scooped. We are now at the bubble round with 30 players remaining.