Main Event

Folded to small blind Choi Jaeki, he shoved his remaining 760,000 in with J♥ 2♣ right into chip leader Henrik Tollefsen’s A♠ 7♣ . Ahead of his opponent, Tollefsen delivered another bust after the board K♥ K♠ 7♦ 9♦ 5♣ left Choi with jack high.

Utg Choi Jaeki shoved his remaining 455,000 and was called by big blind Jeremy Catalig with 7♠ 7♦ . Choi is behind with A♦ 4♥ but quickly caught up to his opponent after the board A♠ J♠ 5♦ Q♠ 8♥ gave him top pair.

Utg Jeremy Catalig opened and proceeded to four bet to 670,000 against Choi Jaeki‘s 400,000 three bet. Choi completes and sees flop Q♠ 5♥ 8♥ . Catalig bets all-in for 1,720,000 and Choi snap calls with A♠ Q♣ . Catalig reveals overpair K♣ K♥ , leaving Choi’s top pair crushed. The turn 3♦ and river T♥ does no help as Choi slips down to 5 BB.

Cutoff Nakanishi Hirotaka opened to 120,000 and reshoved all-in for 925,000 vs small blind Choi Jaeki‘s three bet. Choi called off with A♥ 8♦ and is a huge underdog against Nakanishi’s A♦ J♦ . The board Q♠ 4♣ Q♥ J♠ 9♦ ran safe for Nakanishi, earning him a full double up.

Utg Mike Takayama opened to 110,000 and saw Choi Jaeki and the big blind come along on flop T♥ 8♦ 5♣ . Action was checked to Choi who bet 120,000, big blind folds and Takayama makes the call. Turn 3♣ this time, saw Takayama pull a check raise for 615,000. Choi puts him all-in and Takayama calls off for the rest of his 1,170,000 stack.

Choi T♦ T♠ Takayama 5♥ 5♦

Left drawing to one out, Choi locked in the win after the river 9♦ completed the board, giving him the overall chip lead.

Folded to cutoff Chengyu Liao, he shoved all-in and found small blind Choi Jaeki call off his entire 980,000 stack with A♣ Q♥ . Chengyu tables 4♦ 3♦ and manages to flop a flush draw on Q♦ T♦ 2♠ T♥ 2♣ . The runout however, bricked, awarding Choi the 2 million pot.

Utg Choi Jaeki defended his open and called Seonghun Jeong’s three bet to 100,000 to see flop Q♠ Q♦ T♣ . Checked to Seonghun, he bet all-in, convincing Choi to save his 13 BB behind.

Utg+2 Choi Jaeki opened to 25,000, called by cutoff Anthony Wong along with the big blind. Flop T♠ T♥ J♠ was checked to Wong who bet 75,000. Choi makes the call and heads to turn 8♣ . Choi checks once more, pushing Wong to bet all-in for 185,000. Choi calls off with K♦ Q♠ and has a ton of outs against Wong’s A♥ 9♠ . The river K♣ paired up Choi for the win, leaving Wong out of the Main Event games.