
Day 1B
Kozo Yamada Extends His Lead

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.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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KY Kozo Yamada | 6♣6♠ D | 133,100(266 BB) |
WH Wei Hong | A♣4♠ 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.
Kozo Yamada Close To 100K

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♥ .
Player | Chips |
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KY Kozo Yamada | 96,100(240 BB) |
YB Yunpeng Bai | 58,900(147 BB) |
WH Wei Hong | 34,100(85 BB) |