Andrew Kim raised to over four times the big blind from the hijack seat to open up the action, making it 100,000 to go. In the small blind, Taewook Kwon reraised all in for a little less than 200,000 and Kim called.
Kim:
Kwon:
Althogh Kwon's cheering section rooted loud and hard for Kwon to win the hand, the board didn't give him what he needed and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Kwon earned KRW 27,000,000 for his finish while Kim moved to nearly two million in chips.
From middle position, Rafael Rodrigo moved all in for 343,000. Although we did just report than no flops have been seen this level yet, this is the fourth time since the break that Rodrigo has moved all in preflop. The first three went uncalled, but Taewook Kwon woke up with the in the big blind this time and had Rodrigo on the ropes with the .
The flop came down and Rodrigo took the lead with top pair. The turn and river were both no help to Kwon and he was knocked all the way down to 190,000 in chips.
Andrew Kim is now the chip leader of the 2012 APPT Seoul Main Event. In order to get that honor, he won a massive clash with the former chip leader Moritz Ortmann. Here's how it went down.
From early position, Ortmann opened with a raise to 50,000 and play folded to Kim on the button. Kim put in a reraise and made it 150,000 to go. The two blinds folded and action fell back on Ortmann. He jammed and Kim snap-called with the . Ortmann held the . Kim was all in for 708,000 and the pot was worth nearly 1.5 million in chips.
The flop came down and Kim's aces stayed in the lead. The turn brought the and that left Ortmann needing a five on the river in order to get all he could out of this hand �� half of the pot with a chop.
The river completed the board with the case . Kim made a set of aces to win the hand and land himself an enormous double. Ortmann saw well over half of his chips shipped to the other side of the table as Kim moved himself into the chip lead.
After Sasa Zorc raised from the button to 40,000, Andrew Kim reraised to 110,000 from the small blind. Everyone folded and Kim's three-bet made it through.