Super High Roller

A limp pot, both players saw flop 4♦ 8♦ T♣ . Ouyang Jiali led for 350,000 and was met with a raise to 1,400,000 from Stephen O’Dwyer. Jiali answered with an all-in, O’Dwyer with a final call.

Ouyang T♦ 4♥ O’Dwyer Q♥ Q♠

Crushed once more, the turn 7♦ and river A♦ couldn’t save O’Dwyer, plummeting his stack back down to 11 BB.

Stephen O’Dwyer opened to 450,000 with 7♥ 7♣ , called by Ouyang Jiali with K♦ Q♦ . Flop came T♥ 2♦ 3♦ and O’Dwyer continued for 550,000, check called by his opponent. Turn 5♣ and river 4♣ were checked down, leaving O’Dwyer to pick up the pot with his pocket pair.

A limp pot, both players saw flop 2♣ 4♠ 9♥ . Stephen O’Dwyer led for 200,000, called by Ouyang Jiali. O’Dwyer checked turn Q♥ and snap called Ouyang’s all-in for his remaining 2,300,000.

Ouyang T♠ 4♥ O’Dwyer Q♦ 9♣

Ahead with two pair, O’Dwyer locked in the double up shortly after the river 3♦ rolled on the felt.

Stephen O’Dwyer bumped up the action to 450,000 with A♣ A♠ , called by Ouyang Jiali with T♦ 9♦ . O’Dwyer continued for 300,000 on flop K♦ 2♠ J♥ and another 1,400,000 on turn 7♠ with Ouyang check calling both streets. River 8♣ completed the board, pushing Ouyang to lead for 1,200,000 and call off O’Dwyer’s all-in for her remaining stack. O’Dwyer takes the tough beat and plunges down to 14 BB.

Ouyang Jiali opened the action to 500,000 with Q♦ 9♦ , called by Stephen O’Dwyer with Q♣ 2♦ . Both players checked flop K♥ K♣ 2♥ through, revealing turn T♣ . Ouyang this time, sent out a 450,000 bet, check called by her opponent. On river J♣ , Ouyang fired a heftier 1,000,000 but folded shortly after O’Dwyer pulled a raise to 4,000,000.

Stephen O’Dwyer defended his big blind with Q♦ 3♥ and called two barrels from Ouyang Jiali on board 7♠ 2♦ 3♦ 7♣ 9♥ . Action was checked by the river with Ouyang showing K♣ T♦ , no good against O’Dwyer’s pair.

Chip Count Update

Action started on utg Stephen O’Dwyer who opened with A♣ 8♠ , called behind by short stacked Christopher Park with 9♣ T♣ . Flop 7♣ K♦ 5♥ was checked through which led to Park bettting both turn 3♠ and river J♥ , only to see O’Dwyer check call both streets with ace-high. A nice try for Park, his ten high leaves him with a fourth place finish.

Ouyang Jiali limped her A♥ A♦ from the small blind and was followed by a check back from big blind Stephen O’Dwyer with 6♠ 7♠ . Both players checked the flop Q♣ 4♠ T♣ and headed to turn 9♠ . Ouyang this time, fired 300,000, called behind by her opponent. River 3♠ completed the board which wasn’t enough to convince Ouyang to slow down. Ouyang moved all-in, collecting a quick call from O’ Dwyer with his flush.

Having defended her big blind against utg Stephen O’Dwyer’s open, Ouyang Jiali continued her run good, flopping 3♦ 2♦ 6♥ with 5♥ 4♣ . O’Dwyer with K♥ K♠ called his opponent’s continuous betting all the way down to river, only to be crushed upon seeing the chip leader’s flopped straight.

In a blind battle, small blind Tang Tiayuan risked it all with A♣ 8♦ and was called by big blind Stephen O’Dwyer with T♠ T♦ . Gunning for an ace, the board K♠ 3♠ 2♠ 5♥ 3♦ spared none to knockout Tang completely.

Having defended his big blind against and Li Boyao’s early open, Stephen O’Dwyer headed to flop 9♣ J♥ 6♥ . Both players check it through, revealing turn 7♠ . O’Dwyer led out a 90,000 bet, called by the raiser. River came 3♥ , pushing O’Dwyer to fire another 245,000. Li tank calls and mucks after O’Dwyer reveals 7♥ 4♥ for a flush.

A limp pot blind vs blind, action was seen on the turn Q♠ 2♦ 7♠ K♠ with 250,000 already in the middle. Small blind Tang Tiayuan pushed out a 130,000 bet, called by big blind Stephen O’Dwyer. River J♠ rolled another spade and saw Tang chuck out half his stack (320,000). O’Dwyer makes the final call and mucks after Tang reveals T♠ J♣ .

Espen Jorstad bubbled the final table after running into Leon Sturm’s A♠ A♥ with K♠ Q♠ on a queen high board. The final nine is set with Ouyang Jiali in the lead with 3.4 Million in chips.

Chip Count Update

Average stack: 1,611,111 Total chips in play: 14,500,000

Utg Ouyang Jiali opened to 60,000 and saw both players on the blinds come along. On board K♦ J♣ T♣ K♠ 5♦ , Ouyang was seen double barreling both flop and turn, with Stephen O’Dwyer calling both streets behind. River was checked through, revealing O’Dwyer’s K♣ 7♣ , Ouyang with a muck.

11 players remain in contention for the KRW 405,260,000 SHR top prize!

Chip Count Update

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Average stack: 1,450,000 Total chips in play: 14,500,000

Utg Yu Lei minraised with T♠ T♥ and called Stephen O’Dwyer’s 555,000 all-in. O’Dwyer with A♣ J♥ was down for a flip and managed to lock in a full double up after a jack-high board faced up on the felt.

Utg Ouyang Jiali opened to 55,000, called by Stephen O’Dwyer from the small blind. Action on big blind Park Christopher, he put in a squeeze to 250,000 and was met with another raise from Ouyang to 555,000. Both players make the fold, earning Ouyang the dead money.

Facing a 20,000 open, cutoff Sturm Leon bumped it up to 55,000 and was met with a cold four bet to 145,000 from small blind Stephen O’Dwyer. Original raiser got out of the way and Sturm put in the call. On flop 2♣ 5♥ K♦ , O’Dwyer continued for 33,000, called by his opponent. Turn 8♥ was checked through, revealing river T♥ . O’Dwyer checked once more, yet shortly found himself calling for his tournament life (345,000 behind) after Sturm bet all-in. Sturm shows the rockets A♣ A♥ , crushing O’Dwyer’s J♥ J♠ all the way.

Up against an open and a three bet, button Stephen O’Dwyer shoved all-in for 170,000 total and was called by Park Christopher with A♥ K♠ . O’Dwyer at risk with A♠ Q♠ , flopped top pair on 4♣ 2♠ Q♥ K♦ 8♥ but was eliminated after his opponent turned a higher one for the win.

Valeriy Pak defended his big blind against Stephen O’Dwyer’s button open and saw flop 4♦ 3♥ 2♦ . O’Dwyer continued for 14,000, check called by Pak. On turn A♠ , Pak led out a 16,000 bet, and a heftier 38,000 on river 3♦ . O’Dwyer called down both streets, exposing Pak’s missed straight draw T♣ 6♣ . O’Dwyer shows A♥ T♥ and piles in the boost.

Stephen O’Dwyer opened to 6,500 and was joined by both players on the blinds on flop Q♣ Q♠ 2♥ . Checked to O’Dwyer, he fired a 5,500 cbet and was met with a raise to 17,500 from big blind Thomas Boivin. O’Dwyer makes the call and heads to turn 2♦ . Boivin pulls another check raise, this time to 50,000. O’Dwyer continues, with the river K♣ completing the board. Boivin leads for 110,000, O’Dwyer with a final call. Boivin shows down a full house Q♥ J♣ and scoops up the pot.

Action on board A♠ K♠ 9♥ A♣ Q♠ saw 13,000 in the middle with raiser Thomas Boivin firing an 8,500 bet by the river. Big blind Stephen O’Dwyer put in a check raise to 25,500 to which Boivin folded.