Seung Soo Jeon raised from the cutoff and was called by chip leader Iona Finkenrath in the small blind. The German instantly shoved the flop for effectively one third of his stack. Jeon stood up from the table, mastered the board while his opponent sipped on a can of Red Bull.
Ultimately the Korean mucked and Finkenrath smiled at him: "I hope(d) you call me."
Ashley Tay moved all in for his last 101,000 from the button and Romit Advani asked the dealer for the count before reluctantly calling and turning over his out of the big blind. Tan had two high cards in but the board ran out to send the Malaysian to the rail in 14th place.
Iona Finkenrath made it 50,000 and Seung Soo Jeon defended his big blind.
They both checked the flop. The turn brought the and Finkenrath checked. Jeon made it 50,000, Finkenrath check-raised to 150,000 and Jeon called. The river came the and Jeon pushed all in.
Finkenrath made the quick call with having rivered the flush and Jeon showed for one pair.
Winfred Yu made it 45,000 and Frederick Hernandez pushed all in for some 180,000.
Yu made the call with and Hernandez was flipping for his tournament life on . The flop came down giving Yu a set and he busted Hernandez after the turn and river combo.
Late yesterday, Iona Finkenrath had made most chips by building up bigger pots but barely having to go to showdown. The German tried to apply the same strategy today as well and faced Seung Soo Jeon. They created a pot of 400,000 to the and Jeon checked from the hijack seat.
Finkenrath bet 100,000 from the button and received a reluctant call by the Korean. "You win," the German immediately said and mucked his cards. Jeon did not have to show in order to claim the chips, but still flashed the to get atop the counts.
In a battle of the blinds, Kazuhiro Shirasawa moved all in from the small blind and Ashley Tay called from one seat over for his last 106,000 chips. Shirasawa only had the and Tay's secured a double up on the board.
A few hands later, the big blind was nearing and the Japanese got his last 84,000 chips in from under the gun. Thomas Lee called out of the big blind with the and won the flip versus despite a scary flop on the board.