Blind level
Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
22/174
Total Chips
5,220,000
Average
237,273

Day 1B

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 5:39:24 AM

Kozo Yamada Extends His Lead

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500
Wei Hong

Kozo Yamada is at it again with a 1,500 open from the button and calls after big blind Wei Hong increased to 4,000. The flop K 6 5 sees Yamada call a 4,000 c-bet to the turn T where he calls a 20,100 all-in from Hong with one card to come.

PlayerHandChips
66
D
133,100(266 BB)
WH
A4
BB
busted

Drawing dead already, Wei Hong gets ready to leave when the river 7 wraps up the hand, giving Yamada - who had his biggest live cash here in Jeju at the RDPT in July, finishing 3rd in the Red Dragon Championship for $135,307 - a massive lead over the rest of the field for now.

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 5:02:55 AM

Kozo Yamada Close To 100K

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
Kozo Yamada

Picking up the action on Q 8 5 J and 11,300 up for grabs, Yunpeng Bai leads 7,600 from +1 with button Kozo Yamada - fresh from a heater at the P1 Circuit Incheon where he final tabled seven events in eight days - and big blind Wei Hong tagging along to the river K . Another 17,000 lead from Bai prompts Yamada to jam for 31,000, Hong gets out of the way and Bai fills up with K J , surrendering to Yamada's higher two pair K Q .

PlayerChips
96,100(240 BB)
58,900(147 BB)
WH
34,100(85 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:47:08 AM

Blind Battle Goes Wei Hong's Way

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

With the action folded to small blind Yixi Tang we see 1,200 enter the middle and Wei Hong defends big blind. Tang continues for 1,500 on A 7 2 , but lets it go after Hong increased it to 4,500.

PlayerChips
WH
33,200(83 BB)
YT
23,000(58 BB)