Han Yu opened to 17,000 from under-the-gun and action folded all the way around to Yasuyuki Tsuji in the small blind. Tsuji three-bet shoved all-in and after a brief moment in the tank, Yu called.
Yu:
Tsuji:
The board ran out and Tsuji scored the double up. Yu is still healthy with a 40+ big blind stack.
The following players have seen their Main Event run come to an end, picking up $79,300 HKD. A few notables to hit the rail during the last level include Daniel McAulay, Bryan Huang, Kahle Burns, and Matthew Wakeman.
Sofia Lövgren is enjoying some momentum right now. After just winning two big hands that we posted below, she was just involved in a hand where she faced a raise from Jun Zhou. He was in the hijack and she was on the button. She three-bet to 39,000 and he called.
The flop came and Zhou checked. Lövgren pushed all in and Zhou quickly folded.
With a board of , David Peters fired out a bet of 73,000 on the button and Ro Woong Park check-called from the small blind.
The completed the board on the river and Park checked once more. This time Peters used both hands to slide each of his stacks of yellow 5,000 chips, totaling 200,000. Park would end up folding and Peters climbed to almost 600,000.
Sofia Lövgren raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Daniel McAulay three-bet to 46,000 from the small blind. With action back on Lövgren, she thought for a while before pushing all in for her remaining 250,000. McAulay snap-called.
Lövgren:
McAulay:
Lövgren winced when she saw how bad of shape she was in. The flop came . By the turn of , she had pushed back her chair and was ready to get up. But the hit the river and she earned a huge double-up. McAulay was left with just 25,000 chips.
In the very next hand, Jun Zhou raised to 14,000 from under the gun, Lövgren called, and McAulay pushed his last 25,000 in. Zhou called but Lövgren pushed all in over the top, getting a fold out of Zhou.
McAulay:
Lövgren:
The board ran out nine-high and Lövgren's tens won the pot, eliminating McAulay from play.
A big mistake just worked out magically for Canadian Avraham Oziel but crippled a countryman in the process.
We arrived at the table to see Oziel's stack cut out in front of him and the all-in triangle accompanying it. The decision was on Ping San Chan, looking down at a board.
Chan would end up making the call only to look horrified at Oziel's holding. The two tabled their hands with Oziel adding "I made a big mistake, but got lucky."
Oziel:
Chan:
Chan was in deep trouble, needing one of the two remaining aces to bust Oziel. The river blanked out and Chan was forced to pay off Oziel, leaving himself with just 25,000.
In typical Canadian fashion though, Oziel apologized many times admitting he was tired and thought for sure he had ace-ten, his favorite hand.
Chan busted the very next hand, having to pay the big blind, and unable to find a miracle.
Thibaut Blondel has added even more chips to his growing stack, most recently when he raised to 14,000 from early position and got a call from the player in the big blind.
The flop came and action checked to Blondel. He bet 13,000 and his opponent called.
The turn was the and his opponent check-called his bet again — 33,000 this time.
The river was the and both players checked. Blondel showed and outkicked the other player's to win the pot.