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Korea (Republic of), Jeju Shinhwa World
Day 3
Dai Linghui takes it down
Cutoff Aghayev Farhad opened to 200,000, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 7♠ 8♣ Q♥ . Checked to Aghayev, he continued for 150,000, called by Lu Yingjun. Big blind Dai Linghui raised it up to 450,000 and found both oppponents with a complete. On turn 5♥ , Dai barreled a hefty 1,500,000 and took the pot down after none made the call.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,800,000(58 BB) | 1,350,000 | |
| 3,500,000(35 BB) | 400,000 | |
| 2,200,000(22 BB) | -2,150,000 |
Midpair good for Aghayev Farhad
Hijack Lu Yingjun opened to 150,000 and called a 400,000 three bet from small blind Aghayev Farhad. Flop came Q♠ J♣ 6♥ and saw Aghayev shove all-in for 1,100,000. Lu tank calls with K♦ 6♦ , crushed against Aghayev’s A♣ J♥ . The turn 4♦ and river 4♠ complete the board, earning Aghayev the double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,350,000(58 BB) | 450,000 | |
| 3,100,000(41 BB) | -250,000 |
Meremans Antoine bows out
Folded to cutoff Meremans Antoine, he shoved his 825,000 stack in with A♣ 7♦ and was called by big blind Lu Yingjun with A♠ Q♣ . Dominated, the board Q♦ K♣ 3♥ J♥ K♥ left Meremans crumbled and out of the Main Event games.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,900,000(52 BB) | 800,000 | |
busted | -1,900,000 |
Break Time!
22 players remain in battle for the KRW 434,936,000 top prize.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,900,000(65 BB) | 500,000 | |
| 4,700,000(63 BB) | -100,000 | |
ML | 4,650,000(62 BB) | 50,000 |
| 3,100,000(41 BB) | -150,000 | |
| 2,900,000(39 BB) | 1,650,000 |
Hanusi Mate doubles through Lu Yingjun
A blind vs blind all-in saw Hanusi Mate at risk with 8♣ 9♣ , called by Lu Yingjun with A♦ Q♠ . In for a race, Hanusi was in luck after he flopped the nuts on T♠ 7♥ J♠ 7♣ J♦ to gain the double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,250,000(108 BB) | -350,000 | |
| 1,580,000(53 BB) | 800,000 |
Split pot for Qi Xuming and Lu Yingjun
Utg+1 Qi Xuming opened, joined by Lu Yingjun along with the big blind on flop 4♦ 4♣ 2♣ . All three check it through, heading to turn J♦ . Checked to Lu, he sent out a 160,000 bet, called by the raiser. River 6♦ saw Lu bet another 200,000, Qi with a final call. Lu shows K♦ J♣ and chops it after Qi reveals K♣ J♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,600,000(120 BB) | 1,500,000 | |
| 1,250,000(42 BB) | 530,000 |
Day 2
Break Time!
The 1,065 entry field is down to 73 players remaining with China’s Lin Yan still in the forefront.
Top Chip Counts
Average stack: 729,452 Total chips in play: 53,250,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
LY | 2,255,000(113 BB) | 695,000 |
| 2,100,000(105 BB) | 2,090,000 | |
| 1,880,000(94 BB) | 1,828,000 | |
| 1,670,000(84 BB) | 475,000 | |
| 1,600,000(80 BB) | 570,000 |
Day 1B
Tsujisaka Tetsuya lands a double up
Utg Tsujisaka Tetsuya open shoved 18,000 in with 4♣ 4♠ and was met with another all-in behind from Lu Yingjun with A♣ K♠ . Flipping for the 92 BB pot, Tsujisaka doubled through after the board 8♦ 5♦ 3♣ 9♣ 4♦ faced up on the felt.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 37,000(93 BB) | 27,000 | |
| 10,000(25 BB) | -24,000 |
Nie Yizhou fills up on the river
With an open and three calls behind, big blind Nie Yizhou squeezed to 2,700, called by Lu Yingjun and Erdene Ochir. Flop came 7♦ J♣ 5♦ and Nie continued for 2,000. Only Lu made the call and headed to turn 9♠ . Nie this time, check called for 6,500 and saw river 8♣ . Nie leads for 16,000 and gets to showdown after Lu puts in the call. Nie shows T♣ T♠ for a straight, Lu with a muck.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 78,000(260 BB) | 78,000 | |
| 34,000(113 BB) | 34,000 | |
| 26,000(87 BB) | 26,000 |