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Yuji Masaki - 5th Place
Yuji Masaki showed amazing survival skills at the final table, but Brian Kang finally stopped him. Masaki opened with a shove from the small blind for 22,000. Brian Kang asked for a count, then called with . He had Masaki "in a bit of a bother", as TD Danny McDonagh put it, when Masaki showed . The hand wasn't over, however. The flop to add some drama to the hand. Masaki had already used up his nine lives, it seemed, as neither the turn nor the river were one of his twelve outs. He was eliminated in fifth place, earning $26,043 as a result.
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. He had Masaki "in a bit of a bother", as TD Danny McDonagh put it, when Masaki showed 
. The hand wasn't over, however. The flop 
to add some drama to the hand. Masaki had already used up his nine lives, it seemed, as neither the turn 
nor the river 
were one of his twelve outs. He was eliminated in fifth place, earning $26,043 as a result.