Asia Player of the Year Eliminated

In the first orbit of the Warm Up a couple days ago, Yosuke Sekiya, the 2012 Asia Player of the Year, got his chips in with against an opponent who held on a flop. Sekiya was primed to get off to a good start, but then disaster struck as the case spiked on the turn. Similarly, Sekiya just suffered a bad beat here in the Main Event to exit early.

We caught the action in the last hand before the break with the all-in button in front of Sekiya. He was all in for 14,725 while Shingo Cho, who already had 2,700 in the pot, was pondering what to do. He tanked for several minutes prompting many players to exit the tournament floor. A minute or so into the break, Cho dropped in a call.

Cho:
Sekiya:

Cho seemed to regret the decision, and rightfully so as he was a 2-1 dog. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Sekiya was a 65.48% favorite while Cho would come from behind 33.68% of the time. Much to Sekiya's dismay, this was one such time as the flop delivered Cho a set to make him a 91.21% favorite. Neither the turn nor river delivered Sekiya the case king, and he became the first elimination of the day.