Team Japan "Eliminated" by Team Hong Kong SAR; Team Japan Receives the Second Half of Their Starting Stack

GACKT (Japan) moves all in from middle position for 14,000, and Vincent Kwun Ngai Li (Hong Kong SAR) calls from the big blind with .

GACKT turns over , and needs to improve to avoid being felted. (Team Japan kept half of their chips in reserve, so they can’t be eliminated on this hand.)

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Li to win the pot for Team Hong Kong SAR and knock Team Japan down to zero chips.

Hong Kong  –  115,000  (29 bb)
Japan  –  Down to the Felt, But Not Out

CHIP STACKS IN RESERVE
Japan  –  103,000
Hong Kong SAR  –  114,000

The reserve stacks will be added during the break after Level 3, but teams that lose all of their chips receive their reserve stacks immediately.

Japan  –  103,000  (26 bb)