
Day 4
Lim On the Edge of Elimination

Akira Takasugi raied to 160,000 from the cutoff and Dawid Smolka shoved all in from the small blind for 1,408,000. Donghyun Lim also moved all in from the big blind for around 4,000,000. Takasugi called for his remaining chips.
Dawid Smolka: A♥ 9♣
Donghyun Lim: Q♠ Q♣
Akira Takasugi: K♦ K♣
Takasugi looked poised to scoop in a humongous pot with pocket kings on the flop of 5♣ 7♦ 4♦ .
However, the dealer sent an A♣ on the turn, improving Smolka to superior pair of aces.
The river bricked out a 6♥ , locking up a monstrous pot for Skolka and leaving Lim crippled with less than one million chips.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DW Dawid Wiktor Smolka | 4,500,000(56 BB) |
AT Akira Takasugi | 3,700,000(46 BB) |
DL Donghyun Lim | 680,000(9 BB) |
Matsuda Gets Crippled Then Busts
There was a pot of 600,000 in the middle with a completed board of 6♥ 4♦ 2♣ 9♥ A♥
Big blind Shinya Matsuda checked his option to under the gun Donghyun Lim who bet 150,000. Matsuda made the call.
Lim showed A♦ J♠ and took down the pot, leaving Matsuda with 6BBs.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DL Donghyun Lim | 4,380,000(73 BB) |
SM Shinya Matsuda | 440,000(7 BB) |
We didn't catch the hand, but Matsuda busted of the Main Event before the big blind got back to him.
Lim Picks Off Kumar's Bluff

Donghyun Lim opened the cutoff to 120,000 and Nishant Kumar three-bet to 300,000. Lim made the call.
On the flop of J♠ A♠ 8♦ Lim check-called after a bet of 225,000 from Kumar.
When the 2♦ hit on the turn, Lim check-called again to a bet of 530,000 from Kumar.
After a Q♥ landed on the turn, it went check-check.
Lim revealed A♦ 9♦ for a flopped pair of aces to catch Kumar's bluff, who mucked the hand eventually.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DL Donghyun Lim | 3,230,000(54 BB) |
NK Nishant Kumar | 1,190,000(20 BB) |
Lim's Third Barrel Gets Job Done

A flop ran out T♦ 3♦ K♥ with around 250,000 chips in the pot when Shinya Matsuda checked over in the big blind and Donghyun Lim fired out 90,000 from middle position. Matsuda made the call.
The 4♥ hit on the turn, where Matsuda checked to Lim again, who then sent another bet of 350,000. Matsuda tagged along.
After the river showed 7♥ , Matsuda kept his strategy and checked. Lim delivered his third barrel of 250,000, which successfully forced the Japanese player to fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DL Donghyun Lim | 1,970,000(33 BB) |
SM Shinya Matsuda | 1,310,000(22 BB) |
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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CK Chun Kit Lai | 1,700,000(34 BB) | 21 | 1 |
HM Huang Mu Shiang | 5,205,000(104 BB) | 21 | 2 |
YX Yu Xin Liu | 3,235,000(65 BB) | 21 | 3 |
RM Rishi Mehra | 1,765,000(35 BB) | 21 | 4 |
AA Anusorn Asiralertsiri | 2,855,000(57 BB) | 21 | 5 |
RS Ryan Shyun Yuan Kim | 4,970,000(99 BB) | 21 | 6 |
BX Benson Xu | 950,000(19 BB) | 21 | 7 |
IM Iat Man Leong | 1,865,000(37 BB) | 21 | 8 |
PM Pan Ming Lee | 1,245,000(25 BB) | 22 | 1 |
SK Sho Katsura | 1,930,000(39 BB) | 22 | 2 |
NG Nicholas Go | 2,350,000(47 BB) | 22 | 3 |
ZY Zhen Yang Dong | 345,000(7 BB) | 22 | 4 |
WF Wang Feng Lin | 520,000(10 BB) | 22 | 5 |
YS Yuen Shan Chui | 655,000(13 BB) | 22 | 6 |
NP Nopparut Piyatassakorn | 1,975,000(40 BB) | 22 | 7 |
SK Shinichiro Kano | 2,140,000(43 BB) | 22 | 8 |
AH Andrew Hoon Haw Ong | 1,903,500(38 BB) | 23 | 1 |
PH Pongsapak Himathongkom | 1,720,000(34 BB) | 23 | 2 |
AT Akira Takasugi | 3,500,000(70 BB) | 23 | 3 |
SM Shinya Matsuda | 1,985,000(40 BB) | 23 | 4 |
DL Daehyung Lee | 2,065,000(41 BB) | 23 | 5 |
DL Donghyun Lim | 1,350,000(27 BB) | 23 | 6 |
NK Nishant Kumar | 2,615,000(52 BB) | 23 | 7 |
KC Ka Chuen Yip | 1,165,000(23 BB) | 23 | 8 |
KH Kuo Hui Chen | 7,575,000(152 BB) | 24 | 1 |
MT Methavee Taveekitvatee | 1,910,000(38 BB) | 24 | 2 |
KS Kiwanont Sukhum | 835,000(17 BB) | 24 | 3 |
JL Juyub Lee | 1,655,000(33 BB) | 24 | 4 |
LM Law Marcus Lok Sheng | 2,485,000(50 BB) | 24 | 5 |
MR Mean Ratanatabtim | 3,595,000(72 BB) | 24 | 6 |
AM Alberto Morales Fore | 1,240,000(25 BB) | 24 | 7 |
DT Dang Thi Hue | 985,000(20 BB) | 24 | 8 |
RK Rintaro Kagawa | 2,660,000(53 BB) | 25 | 1 |
PK Peter Kiem | 1,095,000(22 BB) | 25 | 2 |
CY Chun Yin Lau | 1,085,000(22 BB) | 25 | 3 |
HF Hirotoshi Fukumaru | 830,000(17 BB) | 25 | 4 |
YH Yu Hsien Lin | 1,800,000(36 BB) | 25 | 5 |
PF Powen Fang | 3,660,000(73 BB) | 25 | 6 |
RN Robert Nemeskeri-kiss | 2,100,000(42 BB) | 25 | 7 |
KH Kaihung Hu | 3,450,000(69 BB) | 25 | 8 |
JW Jin Wing Wayne Lam | 5,175,000(104 BB) | 26 | 1 |
TK Tomoya Kuratani | 1,685,000(34 BB) | 26 | 2 |
YC Yu Cheng Hsu | 1,605,000(32 BB) | 26 | 3 |
AA Abraham Abdulla Ceesvin | 1,025,000(21 BB) | 26 | 4 |
OC Owen Chong | 3,820,000(76 BB) | 26 | 5 |
DW Dawid Wiktor Smolka | 970,000(19 BB) | 26 | 6 |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 370,000(7 BB) | 26 | 7 |
GH Guolun Huang | 1,345,000(27 BB) | 26 | 8 |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KH Kuo Hui Chen | 7,575,000(152 BB) |
HM Huang Mu Shiang | 5,205,000(104 BB) |
JW Jin Wing Wayne Lam | 5,175,000(104 BB) |
RS Ryan Shyun Yuan Kim | 4,970,000(99 BB) |
OC Owen Chong | 3,820,000(76 BB) |
PF Powen Fang | 3,660,000(73 BB) |
MR Mean Ratanatabtim | 3,595,000(72 BB) |
AT Akira Takasugi | 3,500,000(70 BB) |
KH Kaihung Hu | 3,450,000(69 BB) |
YX Yu Xin Liu | 3,235,000(65 BB) |
AA Anusorn Asiralertsiri | 2,855,000(57 BB) |
RK Rintaro Kagawa | 2,660,000(53 BB) |
NK Nishant Kumar | 2,615,000(52 BB) |
LM Law Marcus Lok Sheng | 2,485,000(50 BB) |
NG Nicholas Go | 2,350,000(47 BB) |
SK Shinichiro Kano | 2,140,000(43 BB) |
RN Robert Nemeskeri-kiss | 2,100,000(42 BB) |
DL Daehyung Lee | 2,065,000(41 BB) |
SM Shinya Matsuda | 1,985,000(40 BB) |
NP Nopparut Piyatassakorn | 1,975,000(40 BB) |
SK Sho Katsura | 1,930,000(39 BB) |
MT Methavee Taveekitvatee | 1,910,000(38 BB) |
AH Andrew Hoon Haw Ong | 1,903,500(38 BB) |
IM Iat Man Leong | 1,865,000(37 BB) |
YH Yu Hsien Lin | 1,800,000(36 BB) |
RM Rishi Mehra | 1,765,000(35 BB) |
PH Pongsapak Himathongkom | 1,720,000(34 BB) |
CK Chun Kit Lai | 1,700,000(34 BB) |
TK Tomoya Kuratani | 1,685,000(34 BB) |
JL Juyub Lee | 1,655,000(33 BB) |
YC Yu Cheng Hsu | 1,605,000(32 BB) |
DL Donghyun Lim | 1,350,000(27 BB) |
GH Guolun Huang | 1,345,000(27 BB) |
PM Pan Ming Lee | 1,245,000(25 BB) |
AM Alberto Morales Fore | 1,240,000(25 BB) |
KC Ka Chuen Yip | 1,165,000(23 BB) |
PK Peter Kiem | 1,095,000(22 BB) |
CY Chun Yin Lau | 1,085,000(22 BB) |
AA Abraham Abdulla Ceesvin | 1,025,000(21 BB) |
DT Dang Thi Hue | 985,000(20 BB) |
DW Dawid Wiktor Smolka | 970,000(19 BB) |
BX Benson Xu | 950,000(19 BB) |
KS Kiwanont Sukhum | 835,000(17 BB) |
HF Hirotoshi Fukumaru | 830,000(17 BB) |
YS Yuen Shan Chui | 655,000(13 BB) |
WF Wang Feng Lin | 520,000(10 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 370,000(7 BB) |
ZY Zhen Yang Dong | 345,000(7 BB) |