Team Japan Eliminated in 9th Place by Team Malaysia

Photo:  Team Japan

GACKT (Japan) raises from the hijack to 12,000, Luigi Knoppers (Netherlands) calls from the button, and Victor Chong (Malaysia) moves all in from the small blind for 138,000.

GACKT calls all in for 134,000, and Knoppers folds.

GACKT turns over , and needs to improve to keep Team Japan alive against Chong’s .

The board comes , and Chong flops a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Team Japan from the tournament in ninth place.

Malaysia  –  295,000  (59 bb)
Japan  –  Eliminated in 9th Place

CHIP STACKS IN RESERVE
Malaysia  –  99,000
Japan  –  0