Anthony Wright made it 16,000 to go in early position, and Jae Kyung Sim was the only caller, defending his big blind. The flop came down , and Sim check called a bet of 27,000 from Wright. Both players checked when the hit the turn, and on the river, Sim fired out 20,000. Wright made the call, and Sim rolled over for two pair. Wright mucked, and with that pot, Sim is now over 800,000.
The tabled folded around to Bawod Hyunshik Yun in the hijack, who opened to 16,000. Daniel Spence made the call from the button, as the flop came down .
Yun continued with a bet of 17,000, before quickly being met with a raise to 44,000 from Spence, which he called. The fell on the turn, and Yun opted to check. Spence quickly reached for his chips, counted out a stack, and slid out 54,000 into the middle. Yun didn't want any part of it, as he mucked his cards.
It seems like Jae Kyung Sim had a pretty simple plan coming into today: eliminate every player at the table. Well he's three for three so far, as he's just played executioner again, knocking Timo Kohijoki out in 7th place.
Kohijoki open shoved for his last 88,000, and Sim was next to act. Once he got the count, he made the call, and everyone else got out of the way.
Sim:
Kohijoki:
The flop brought no help for Kohikoki, coming . The on the turn gave Kohijoki straight draw outs, as a queen would now get it done for him. But the river brought the .
After that hand, Sim is now our chip leader, sitting on 760,000.
Michael Allmrodt could not wait any longer, moving all in for his remaining 28,000 from under the gun. Daniel Spence was to his immediate left and made the call, as did Jae Kyung Sim on the button, before all three saw the flop come . With Allmrodt all-in, the other two checked it down as it ran out and , before tabling their cards.
Allmrodt showed for king-high, before Spence tabled his for bottom pair. Sim turned his cards over last, and his made top-pair, which was good enough to eliminate his second opponent from the final table.
Well it was a quick day for one of our youngest players here as Andrew Nguyen was just eliminated in ninth place. Action started with Jae Kyung Sim raising to 16,000 from under the gun. he got a slew of calls from Anthony Wright, Daniel Spence, and Magnus Karlsson, and it got to Andrew Nguyen in the small blind.
He moved all in for his last 190,000, and it was back to Sim. He tanked for about two minutes, before sliding in chips for the call. Everyone got out of the way, and when the cards were tabled, Nguyen saw he was in a world of hurt.
Nguyen:
Sim:
Nguyen was looking for a queen, but it never came, as the board ran down . After that pot, Sim jumped up to second in chips with 610,000, while Nguyen will have to settle for just over 350,000 Philippine Pesos.
The action folded around to Jim Collopy on the small blind, who opened to 16,000. Andrew Nguyen was on the big blind, and made the call, as both players saw the flop come . Collopy threw out a continuation of 16,000 which was called, as the turn fell the . This time Collopy opted to check, as Nguyen placed out 35,000 in chips. Collopy sat motionless for a minute, before raising to 85,000, which was called quickly, as the completed the board.
Collopy thought for a moment, before moving all-in, as Nguyen mucked his cards.
In the very first hand of the final table, Timo Kohijoki moved all in for 147,000 from middle position. Everyone on the table opted to fold, as Kohijoki collected the blinds and antes.
, and Sim check called a bet of 27,000 from Wright. Both players checked when the 
hit the turn, and on the river, Sim fired out 20,000. Wright made the call, and Sim rolled over 
for two pair. Wright mucked, and with that pot, Sim is now over 800,000.
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fell on the turn, and Yun opted to check. Spence quickly reached for his chips, counted out a stack, and slid out 54,000 into the middle. Yun didn't want any part of it, as he mucked his cards.
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and 
for king-high, before Spence tabled his 
for bottom pair. Sim turned his cards over last, and his 
made top-pair, which was good enough to eliminate his second opponent from the final table.
. After that pot, Sim jumped up to second in chips with 610,000, while Nguyen will have to settle for just over 350,000 Philippine Pesos.
. Collopy threw out a continuation of 16,000 which was called, as the turn fell the 
completed the board.
