Super High Roller

Facing an utg open, Valeriy Pak shoved 610,000 in with 7♦ 7♣ and ran right into Christopher Park’s Q♣ Q♠ . A major underdog, the board 4♣ A♣ 2♠ K♠ 4♠ delivered no bad beats and sent Pak out of the SHR Final Table.

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

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

Chip Count Update

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Featured Table

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

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.

Utg Tang Tiayuan opened to 6,500, called behind by Valeriy Pak. Flop came 6♠ T♠ 5♠ and saw Tang pull a check raise to 31,000 after Pak sent out a 12,000 bet. Pak completes, moving on to turn K♥ . Tang this time, leads for 55,000, Pak with a call. River 3♣ merited no more bets with Tang revealing 6♣ 6♦ for the pot.

Hijack Zhou Quan opened to 3,500 and saw both players on the blinds complete. On flop K♠ 5♦ 4♣ , Zhou continued for 6,000, called by small blind Valeriy Pak. Zhou fired a heftier 16,500 on turn 3♦ and called Pak’s raise to 38,000 not long after. On river Q♦ , Pak sent out a final 77,000 bet, called by his opponent. Pak shows 7♦ 7♠ , no good against Zhou’s set 4♥ 4♦ .

Button Yu Lei opened to 4,000 and was met with a three bet to 16,000 from big blind Valeriy Pak. Yu completes and heads to flop T♥ K♥ 4♥ . Pak continues for 25,000, called by Yu. Turn J♥ went check check, peeling river 2♥ . Yu fires a final 36,000, Pak with a check fold.

Folded to small blind Valeriy Pak, he opened to 3,500, called by big blind Li Keyi. Flop came 5♠ J♣ 2♠ and saw Pak continue for 3,000. Li bumped it up to 9,500 and was met with a click back to 18,500. Li makes the call and sees turn A♣ . Pak sends out an 18,500 bet, called by Li through to river 3♣ . Checked by Pak, Li threw in a 50,000 bet and was called by his opponent. Li reveals A♦ J♥ for two pair and claims the win.