Main Event

Utg+1 Ma Zhaoxi open shoved his 445,000 stack in with A♣ K♣ and was met with another all-in from Yamamoto Kazuo with 8♥ 8♦ . All other players fold and the two run the board 2♥ A♦ 6♠ K♠ 4♠ . Ma lands two pair, sparing him from elimination.

Cutoff Chi Yanfei opened to 60,000 and was met with a three bet to 180,000 from big blind Yamamoto Kazuo. Chi answered with an all-in for 680,000 total and Yamamoto snap calls.

Chi A♥ 6♥ Yamamoto Q♥ Q♦

Up against a monster, Chi instantly gained the advantage after the flop A♣ A♦ K♠ 8♣ 8♦ showed two aces.

Heung Tsz Kin open shoved his 180,000 stack in from late position with K♠ J♠ and was called by big blind Yamamoto Kazuo with A♣ 5♠ . In for a race, the board 2♣ T♣ 2♥ 5♦ 2♠ landed Yamamoto a pair to knock Heung out.

Yamamoto Kazuo opened, followed by a three bet to 130,000 from small blind Liu Lijiang. Yamamoto answered with an all-in for 470,000 and collected a fold from Liu shortly after.

An all-in preflop situation saw Yin Tao all-in for 350,000 with A♥ K♦ up against Yamamoto Kazuo’s Q♦ Q♠ . A classic flip, Yamamoto’s pocket pair held on 8♣ T♠ 3♦ 4♠ J♠ , knocking the WPT Korea 2023 Main Event champion out of the running.

Mp Chen Chuan Shu opened to 8,000, called by two players behind. Big blind Yamamoto Kazuo bumped it to 50,000 with only Chen completing the action. Flop came A♣ 2♥ 5♠ and saw Yamamoto continue for 30,000, called by Chen. Yamamoto barreled another 60,000 on turn T♠ and secured the pot after his opponent folded.