Day 1B
Hajime Murase Lands The Set

Hajime Murase limped in with 8♥ 8♣, Choe Changgyu followed with a 15,000 raise, Seunghun Ko jammed for 140,000, Murase called for his tournament life while Choe tank-folded. When the card flipped open, it was a flip that ended with a double for Murase.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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HM Hajime Murase | 8♥8♣ | 196,000(39 BB) |
CC Changgyu Choe | 323,000(65 BB) | |
SK Seunghun Ko | A♣Q♣ | 56,000(11 BB) |
No Callers To Chia Ta Tsai's Check-Raise

Utg+1 Ting Yao Lin raises 8000, three players call and see a flop Q♣ J♣ 3♦ . Action is checked to cutoff Yuan Hsu Lee who lays out 11,000, small blind Hajime Murase calls, big blind Chia Tsai check-raises 35,000, this gets everyone to fold.
Player | Chips |
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CT Chia Ta Tsai | 285,000(71 BB) |
HM Hajime Murase | 178,000(45 BB) |
YH Yuan Hsu Lee | 153,000(38 BB) |
TY Ting Yao Lin | 136,000(34 BB) |
Hajime Murase Gains With Top Pair

Two players build a pot of 11,000 preflop to see the cards land 4♥ K♥ 8♥ . Big blind player Hajime Murase check-calls 3000, then check-calls 10,000 on the turn 3♦ . On the river 7♠ , Hajime switches up and leads out 35,000, gets called, and flips over K♣ T♥ and wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
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HM Hajime Murase | 248,000(124 BB) |