Lim YohwanChip CountsDay 2Level 29 · 50,000/100,000 (100,000)1 of 189 left
Yohwan "BoxeR" Lim Goes the Distance at PSC Mystery Bounty for NT$ 464,000
Just shy of twelve hours of play, Yohwan Lim finished a marathon run to the top to capture the PS Championship Mystery Bounty title along with a total payout of NT$ 464,000. The Korean star outlasted the final day's 30 returnees from a field of 189 entries, collecting nine bounties worth NT$ 129,000 along the way.
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Final 9 Payouts
1Lim YohwanSouth KoreaNT$335,000
2Yu Cheng LinTaiwanNT$215,000
3Wu Chia-YunTaiwanNT$139,000
4Kung LiTaiwanNT$98,500
5Ori KossonogiIsraelNT$77,000
6Jinwoo JeonSouth KoreaNT$65,000
7Hung Wai SzeHong KongNT$56,000
8Koon Man HeiHong KongNT$48,500
9Chihwei LiuTaiwanNT$42,000
Event Recap
Lim wasted little time making his presence felt. Early in the day, he clashed with fellow Korean star Seungmook Jung in a huge pot that ended with Lim's pocket aces dominating Jung's ace-king. It was the first of eight eliminations Lim delivered throughout the day and propelled him to the top of the counts, a position he held through much of the race.
- Final Table Recap
By the time the final table was formed, Lim was still setting the pace, though Kossonogi Ori and Yu Cheng Lin were right on his tail. Kossonogi had already scored big in another department, pulling the coveted NT$ 180,000 top mystery bounty before the final table kicked off.
Lim quickly added another knockout by sending Chihwei Liu out in 9th place, then from there the action hit the brakes. It took a grueling 80 hands before the next elimination arrived, and once again Lim was responsible, ending Man Hei Koon run in 8th.
Li Kung broke Lim's knockout streak by eliminating Hung Wai Sze in 7th place, then made the elimination even sweeter at the bounty chest. Li pulled one of the NT$ 75,000 prizes, the second-largest bounty available.
The balance of power shifted at six-handed when Yu picked up pocket aces and eliminated Jinwoo Jeon who had pocket kings. The cooler sent Jeon out in 6th and launched Yu into a commanding lead.
No sweat off Lim's back as he went back to collecting knockouts. He won a race with pocket tens against Kossonogi's ace-king to send him out in 5th place, then eliminated Li in 4th place to reclaim the lead. Wu Chia-Yun was next to fall at Lim's hands in 3rd place, setting up the showdown that had been brewing throughout the final table.
Lim entered heads up against Yu with 58 big blinds to 36, but with both players deep, there was plenty of poker left to play. Yu steadily chipped away at the deficit and eventually overtook. But it didn't hold.
Lim turned a board showing a full house into a bold bluff and successfully tricked Lin into folding in what could potentially have been a split pot. From there, Lim finished the job winning with overcards against Yu's small pocket pair.
Congratulations to the champ!
Filed by Tricia David
