
Day 1B
Top Pair Lands Yoo Gyeong Tae in Trouble

Three players were seen vying for the 10,300 pot in the middle across board 6♠ J♥ 9♣ Q♣ . James Moriles led 7,600 off the big blind, pushing one player out. Yoo Gyeong Tae however, responded with an all-in for 14,000 more, to which Moriles gladly obliged.
Yoo K♠ Q♠
Moriles K♥ T♠
Crushed against the nut straight, Yoo exited the arena shortly after river 5♠ sealed his fate.
Player | Chips |
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JM James Moriles | 135,500(226 BB) |
YG Yoo Gyeong Tae | busted |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
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AZ Aleksei Zhukov | 134,700(269 BB) |
SY Seungmin Yu | 79,800(160 BB) |
YK Younghoon Kim | 77,200(154 BB) |
SW Son Wonkook | 68,500(137 BB) |
63,200(126 BB) | |
YG Yoo Gyeong Tae | 60,500(121 BB) |
JK Jiwoo Kim | 60,100(120 BB) |
MS Miura Shinya | 59,100(118 BB) |
AV Aaron Valencia | 57,100(114 BB) |
YJ Youngjun Jang | 51,600(103 BB) |
IC Inkyu Choi | 51,000(102 BB) |
John Tech Pays Off Yoo Gyeong Tae

Attempting to secure the 15,000 in the middle across board 6♥ 3♥ 8♦ 9♠ 2♥ , Yoo Gyeong Tae striked a final 5,500 on the button and was called by John Tech for a showdown.
Yoo revealed straight 7♠ 5♦ and claimed the pot just as Tech tossed his hand back in the deck.
Player | Chips |
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YG Yoo Gyeong Tae | 55,600(139 BB) |
JT John Tech | 21,700(54 BB) |
Yoo Gyeong Tae Takes from Sin Yong Il

Sin Yong Il opened on the hijack and called a 2,000 three bet from Yoo Gyeong Tae right behind.
On flop 6♠ 3♣ 4♦ , Il check called another 2,000, revealing turn 5♦ . Both checked it through to river 8♣ , where Il paid a final 3,000, only to muck as Yoo showed overpair T♥ T♣ .
Player | Chips |
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YG Yoo Gyeong Tae | 49,800(166 BB) |
SI Sin Il | 20,500(68 BB) |