Main Event

Button Hong Jung Gi opened to 60,000 and called a huge raise to 350,000 from big blind Shah Chirag. Hong makes the call and flops K♥ 2♥ 6♠ . Shah bets 100,000 and calls off Hong’s jam for 710,000 total.

Hong A♥ K♠ Shah Q♥ T♥

Top pair vs flush draw, the turn 7♥ filled up Shah’s flush with Hong’s two pair by the river A♠ not enough for him to survive.

Hijack Hong Jung Gi opened to 22,000 and called off Lloyd Callaway’s 100,000 shove from the small blind.

Callaway A♦ J♦ Hong K♣ Q♣

Slightly behind, the board 9♠ 4♠ 6♣ Q♥ 8♥ ran in Hong’s favor, pairing up his queen to bag the pot.

Hijack Oleg Mordassov opened to 10,000, called behind by Hong Jung Gi. Button Marko Puskadija squeezed all-in for 80,000 total, Mordassov folds, and Hong quickly puts the chips in.

Puskadija A♠ J♣ Hong K♥ K♣

The board 5♥ 8♦ 7♠ K♦ 8♣ was no sweat for Hong as his full house easily put Puskadija out a few places before bubble time.

Short stacked Dexter Santos was facing pressure from the increasing blinds and decided to go with J♣ 9♠ for his 9BB stack. Big blind Hong Jung Gi made the call with A♠ 8♦ for a race. Hong remained ahead all the way on a board of T♣ 4♦ 5♠ K♥ 4♥ and successfully secured the additional 20,000 boost to his stack.