
Day 1A
Small Drop For Israel
Mark Alvin Israel rides his winning momentum but has been given the brakes by Minsung Kim. The hand opens with an 8000 raise from Kim that Israel calls on the small blind. When the flop lands 3♥ J♦ J♣ , Israel check-calls 7000 however on the turn 2♦ , Israel opts to fold to the 19,500 continuation bet.
Player | Chips |
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MK Minsung Kim | 310,000(78 BB) |
MA Mark Alvin Israel | 180,000(45 BB) |
Okada Micro Flight A Registration Closes At 115 Entries
That's it for Flight A of the inaugural Okada Micro with 115 entries across ten levels of late registration and 48 players remaining. We will have the official number of ITM as soon as it has been announced. Here are the top stacks at the start of the new level.
Player | Chips |
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MK Minsung Kim | 163,500(109 BB) |
AS Azamat Shafiev | 141,000(94 BB) |
JA Jhun Aballa | 128,000(85 BB) |
AG Alexander Goh | 124,000(83 BB) |
RP Ramon Pablo | 114,500(76 BB) |
SH Seung Hyun Han | 100,400(67 BB) |
JS Jeong Seonghun | 99,000(66 BB) |
GT Gyeong Tae Yoo | 94,000(63 BB) |
PV Pantaleon Valencia | 88,500(59 BB) |
AC Albert Castillo | 85,500(57 BB) |
DD David Deltreuilh | 84,500(56 BB) |
Minsung Kim Adds Another Kill To His List

Four players toss in 2500 preflop before seeing the flop land 8♣ J♦ 7♥ . From teh big blind, Alexander Ungria bets 5800, only Minsung Kim calls to head to the turn K♣ . Ungria moves all in for 20,000, Kim has a strong hand and calls to put Ungria on the ropes.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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MK Minsung Kim | 7♠7♣ D | 160,000(133 BB) |
AU Alexander Ungria Jr | 5♦9♠ BB | busted |
With only a straight to help Ungria, the outs don't arrive on the river 5♠ for Kim to claim another stack.
Minsung Kim Boots Richard Marquez

Warm Up champion Richard Marquez will have to re-enter having just fallen to Minsung Kim. From under the gun, Marquez opens 2600 then calls big blind Kim's 7500 three-bet. At the flop 9♥ 6♥ 3♦ , Kim checks to Marquez who bets 10,000, Kim goes all in for 80,000, Marquez risks his 59,000 stack.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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MK Minsung Kim | K♥Q♥ BB | 139,000(116 BB) |
RM Richard Marquez | T♥8♥ UTG | busted |
Both players are drawing with Kim ahead with king-high. The turn K♦ grants Kim a pair leaving Marquez with just 4 outs. It doesn't come on the river 8♠ to send Marquez out of the tournament area.
Minsung Kim In The Driver's Seat

Minsung Kim opens for 1500, the blinds call - Roy Khor and Alexander Ungria. Kim lays out min-bet of 500 at the flop Q♦ 5♥ A♦ and the blinds check-call. Kim pumps up to a 4000 bet on the turn 6♠ , and this time the blinds both give up their hand to Kim's aggression.
Player | Chips |
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MK Minsung Kim | 39,000(78 BB) |
AU Alexander Ungria Jr | 30,000(60 BB) |
RK Roy Khor | 13,000(26 BB) |