Day 1B
Hwaejae Jeong Runs Queens Into Kings
Hwaejae JeongJunsheng Qiao and Dongwoon Lee limped in before Hwaejae Jeong on the button made it 28,000 to go. Hyukjin Kwon four-bet to 125,000 from the bg blind to force out Qiao, while Jeong already wanted to call all-in.
Lee reminded him he was still to act and reluctantly folded, Jeong then called all-in.
The pocket queens found no help on a board of 9♠ 8♦ 4♦ T♥ 7♣ while Lee sighed, apparently having folded pocket jacks.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
JQ Junsheng Qiao ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | MP | 85,000(17 BB) |
HJ Hwaejae Jeong ![Korea (Republic of) [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "Korea (Republic of) [KOR]"){kind=small} Korea (Republic of) | Q♣Q♠ D | 175,000(35 BB) |
DL Dongwoon Lee Korea (Republic of) | CO | busted |
HK Hyukjin Kwon Korea (Republic of) | K♦K♥ BB | 360,000(72 BB) |
Updated Counts Table 6
Hyukjin Kwon has become the undisputed largest stack on his table and took on Dongwoon Lee, the latter of which put up resistance from the small blind. With the turn showing K♦ 7♥ 5♦ 7♦ , Lee bet 35,000 and Kwon's shot clock ran down to zero before he opted to fold.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HK Hyukjin Kwon Korea (Republic of) | 264,000(53 BB) |
DL Dongwook Lee Korea (Republic of) | 140,000(28 BB) |
SX Shizi Xiao China | 130,000(26 BB) |
YK Youngkyu Kim Korea (Republic of) | 110,000(22 BB) |
HJ Hwaejae Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 110,000(22 BB) |
JQ Junsheng Qiao China | 90,000(18 BB) |
HK Heeseok Kim Korea (Republic of) | 87,000(17 BB) |
Hwaejae Jeong vs Dongwook Lee
Dongwook LeeWith an average of more than 30 big blinds and no severe short stacks, the action has slowed down a lot. Hwaejae Jeong won a pot off Dongwook Lee when the latter bet a Q♣ 9♦ 8♣ flop for 13,000. Lee gave it some thought, shook the head and folded.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HJ Hwaejae Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 140,000(35 BB) |
DL Dongwook Lee Korea (Republic of) | 120,000(30 BB) |
Fortunate Double for Hwaejae Jeong Against Minho Yoo
Just before the blinds went up, Hyukjin Kwon raised to 8,000 from under the gun Hwaejae Jeong pushed for 46,000 on the button and Minho Yoo did so for more in the small blind to force out Kwon.
The kings of Yoo were cracked as Jeong hit a full house on the A♦ 7♣ 7♥ A♣ Q♦ board to survive.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
HJ Hwaejae Jeong Korea (Republic of) | A♥K♦ D | 110,000(37 BB) |
HK Hyukjin Kwon Korea (Republic of) | UTG | 200,000(67 BB) |
MY Minho Yoo Korea (Republic of) | K♥K♠ SB | 80,000(27 BB) |
Two Double Ups for Minho Yoo
Minho Yoo first got it in preflop with A♠ 7♠ versus Q♣ J♠ and held thanks to a board of A♣ T♦ 5♦ 9♥ 6♣ despite a sweat on the turn.
He was then all-in against Hwaejae Jeong in the next hand and his K♦ J♦ rivered the best hand on the Q♠ T♦ 3♦ 3♠ K♠ runout for another double.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
MY Minho Yoo Korea (Republic of) | 75,000(25 BB) |
HJ Hwaejae Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 70,000(23 BB) |
Down to 17 Players
Hwaejae Jeong flipped for his tournament life with pocket sevens against the big slick of Hyukjin Kwon. Despite the latter picking up the superior diamond draw as well, the pair held on a board of T♦ 4♣ 2♦ 6♦ 3♠ . However, soon after, Kwon made up for the minor setback when he knocked out Qingjun Wu to bring the field down to 17 hopefuls.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
QW Qingjun Wu China | busted | |
HK Hyukjin Kwon Korea (Republic of) | A♣K♦ | 220,000(88 BB) |
HJ Hwaejae Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 7♦7♣ | 80,000(32 BB) |