Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
On the button, Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 175,000-chip raise and was called by the other two players.
The flop was and the action checked to Crowe in the big blind. he fired a 330,000-chip bet and was called by Shawn Busse. The turn card was a and both players checked.
The river brought a to the tabled a Busse fired a 575,000-chip bet, Crowe called.
Busse tabled and Crowe . Chopped pot.
Shawn Busse opened with a raise to 140,000 from the button, and Pekka Ikonen called from the big blind.
The flop came . Ikonen quickly led out with a bet of 275,000, and Busse sat for two minutes staring ahead at the board. Finally he reached down and carved out a raise of 625,000. Ikonen took that as sufficient reason to let his hand go.
Busse chips up to 2.7 million, while Ikonen slips to 1.375 million.
Owen Crowe -- 5.33 million
Shawn Busse -- 2.09 million
Pekka Ikonen -- 1.965 million
From under the gun, Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 140,000-chip raise. Next to speak, Chuan Shi popped it to 350,000. Shawn Busse folded the small blind, and over the big, Owen Crowe moved all in.
Ikonen insta-folded and Shi tanked. After a while, Shi announced the call.
Showdown
Shi:
Owen:
The board spread and Shi is our 4th place finisher, taking home $153,935. Owen is our current chip leader with about 5,300,000 chips.
It folded to Pekka Ikonen who announced he was all in from the small blind. Having just been crippled down to his last 275,000 in that hand with Chuan Shi, Jin made the call with his remaining chips from the big blind.
Ikonen showed and Jin . The board came , and Jin was eliminated.
Ikonen is now sitting with close to 2 million, which puts him right in the thick of things with four players left.
From under the gun, Wenlog Jin opened the pot with a 140,000 chips. Next to speak, Chuan Shi popped it to 350,000. Jin moved all in and Chuan called.
Showdown
Shi:
Jin:
The board gave Shi a full double up. Jin slipped to 275,000 chips and Shi is now up to 1,950,000 .
Wenlong Jin limped in from the cutoff -- something we haven't seen much of at all at this final table -- and Chuan Shi called behind him on the button. Both blinds decided to come along as well, Shawn Busse in the small and Owen Crowe in the big.
The flop came . It checked to Jin who bet 110,000 and only Crowe decided to stick around for more. The turn came the , and both players checked.
The river then brought the . Crowe fired 200,000 into the middle, and Jin thought a moment before letting it go.
Crowe is back out in front with about 2.9 million, and Jin has 1.42 million.
The last two hands saw preflop three-bets from Pekka Ikonen, and both times the reraises were good enough for the Finnish player to take the pots.
On the first Chuan Shi raised to 150,000, and a 390,000 reraise from Pekka Ikonen chased Shi out. On the next, Owen Crowe made to 140,000 from the button, and Ikonen's reraise to 400,000 from the small blind did the trick again.
Ikonen moves up close to 1.6 million after those two hands.