Mystery Bounty

Korea’s Jang Sumin pushes his dwindling stack of 26,000 to the middle of the table from UTG as the action folds to the D where chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China 3-bets it to 56,000. Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine calls from the SB.

The flop comes A♠ K♠ 5♦ as Rozhynskyi checks. Zheng CBets to 80,000 and Rozhynskyi still calls. The turn is the T♣ and the Ukrainian checks again. Zheng decides to go all-in and Rozhynskyi chooses to fold.

Jang shows 9♦ 9♥ while Zheng is in the lead with A♣ J♥ . The river card is the 8♦ , sending the Korean to the rail as Zheng picks up steam and more artillery as his stack is now back to over 800,000.

Jang finishes in 13th place.

In a hand joined in progress, the pot rose to 45,000 on a flop of 7♠ 2♥ 4♣ between protagonists Jean Dufour of France in the HJ and Korea’s Jang Sumin.

Dufour bets 16,000 and gets called. The turn is the 3♥ as both players opt to check. The river is the 3♦ as the Frenchman checks again. This time, Jang bets 37,000 and Dufour cannot call.

The Korean flips over A♣ 4♥ for a pair of fours on the flop and takes the chips in the middle.

Jang Sumin of Korea opens from the D for 700 and gets a call from Japan’s John Matsuda in the SB. However, fellow Korean Lee Jangkyu 3-bets to 2,300 from the BB and both behind call.

The flop shows 6♦ T♣ A♦ as Matsuda checks. Lee continues barreling for 2,000 as Jang and Matsuda stay sticky. The turn is the 2♣ and this time, all check. The river is the 7♥ and after Matsuda checks, Lee unloads 5,000. No one calls