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Kim Takes a Pot Off the Chip Leader

by Christian Zetzsche • September 24, 2026 - 12:05 PM

Taehwan Kim

Heads-up to the Q ♣️ 10 ♣️ 10 ♥️ 9 ♠️ turn, South Korea's Taehwan Kim bet 20,000 with 130,000 behind and table chip leader Jie Zhang checked carefully before he sent his cards into the muck.

"Very big turn," Kim said before he raked in the pot but didn't show any of his cards.

The field has been trimmed to 29 hopefuls as Yuki Yamamoto was also among the latest casualties.

Player Chip Count
Jie Zhang 775,000
Chanyoot Ruangsakul 375,000
Vinay B 230,000
Taehwan Kim 185,000