
Flight C
Sorio Triples Up, Zhapbarkhan Waylaid in Side Pot

Ermito Sorio, Jr. of the Philippines takes the plunge with his remaining stack of 24,000 committed to the pot from the +1 position and it folds to the D where Korea’s Kim Kunwoo makes the call. In the SB, Nuerzhigit Zhapbarkhan of Kazakhstan also goes all-in for his last 57,000. Kim calls that as well.
Sorio turns over 6♠ 6♦ while Zhapbarkhan shows K♥ T♠ . Kim has A♣ 7♣ .
The runout goes 2♥ 4♥ 5♦ 2♣ Q♣ as Sorio triples up by having his sixes hold and Zhapbarkhan gets knocked out by Kim’s Ace-high.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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ES Ermito Sorio Jr | UTG+1 | 82,000(16 BB) |
DK Dk Kim Kunwoo | D | 298,000(60 BB) |
NZ Nuerzhigit Zhapbarkhan | SB | busted |
Kim Drops Sorio’s Stack

After a series of raises, it is all-in preflop for Filipino Ermito Sorio, Jr. and Korea’s Kim Kunwoo who is at risk for his last 132,000.
Sorio shows A♣ K♥ while Kim has Q♥ Q♦ .
The flop goes 3♣ T♦ Q♣ to give the Korean an insurmountable edge with top set as the last two community cards are the K♣ and the T♣ as Kim’s full house all but wipes out his Filipino foe.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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ES Ermito Sorio Jr | HJ | 12,000(3 BB) |
DK Dk Kim Kunwoo | BB | 270,000(68 BB) |