The action folded to Sunghak Lee in the small blind and he opted to move all-in only for Yuzhou Yin to call.
Yuzhou Yin: 8?8?
Sunghak Lee: 6?6?
Both players had found pocket pairs and Yin was ahead. That lead was cemented with the 10?8?3? flop as Lee now needed running cards to avoid a major setback. Yin had nothing to fear anymore on the 2? turn and the 4? river was just a formality.
The double of Yin was for 1,980,000 and cut the stack of Lee into more than half.
Artur Martirosian raised to 275,000 from the small blind and Sunghak Lee called from the big blind.
The flop was J?8?Q? and Martirosian check-called a bet of 225,000 from Lee.
Both players checked the 5? turn and the river was K?. Martirosian fired 720,000 and turned over K?8? when Lee tank-called. Lee flashed the losing hand and tossed it in the muck.
Sunghak Lee verbally announced sixty and it took a few seconds before he clarified that he meant a min-raise to 160,000, which then stood. It folded to Juan Baraza in the big blind and he carefully studied the tournament info screen before shoving for 290,000, Lee called instantly.
Juan Baraza: Q?J?
Sunghak Lee: K?8?
Baraza had live cards on the A?A?2? flop and 4? turn but the 5? river let the high-card play, sending the Spaniard to the rail in 5th place for $25,800.
Action was heads up with 1,100,000 in the pot and a full board of 9?3?K?2?2? when Artur Martirosian bet 925,000 and Sunghak Lee called. Lee turned over [adkkh] to beat the K?8? of Martirosian.
Meanwhile, Yuzhou Yin limped in from the small blind and Dongwuk Moon shoved from the big blind. Yin called quickly for his last 205,000 and the cards were turned up.
Yuzhou Yin: A?7?
Dongwuk Moon: J?8?
The board ran out Q?10?4?7?7? and Yin held on to take the pot and earn the double with three sevens.
Dongwuk Moon raised for Sunghak Lee in the big blind to call. Lee check-called the K?6?4? flop for 120,000 before they checked down the 9? turn and 7? river. Lee tabled the A?6? and won the pot.
Artur Martirosian then raised to 160,000 and Moon defended the big blind. Moon check-raised the K?8?3? flop from 110,000 to 330,000 and won the pot uncontested.
Martirosian won the blinds and ante with a min-raise, then defended the big blind against Moon's min-raise on the button. The Q?8?7? flop was checked by Martirosian, Moon bet 180,000 and the call of the chip leader followed.
The A? turn was checked and Martirosian bet the 2? river for 800,000. Moon then went into an atypical tank and called after two minutes.
"You win," Martirosian declared and revealed 10?9? for a busted straight draw. Moon won the pot with the K?10? and that resulted in some gasps by the other players.
