Level 39 (Blinds 500,000/100,000/100,000)
Total Entries: 4,179
Players Remaining: 1
Chip Average: 83,580,000
Final Table Hand: 98
Byung Yoo (Norwood, NJ)
After a back and forth heads up battle, the $2,000,000 GTD Event 1 ended with in a flash, as David Hom hero called an all-in shove from Byung Yoo and had the young player slightly covered and held to win the hand and his first major tournament title.
The action was picked up with Hom making a pre-flop raise from the small blind and Yoo would call from the big blind.
The flop came down {8c}{Qh}{4s} and Yoo would lead out for 7,000,000.
David would flat call to see a turn card and the dealer would place down the {10d}.
Yoo would take a moment to think and then announce himself “all-in”, with Hom wasting no time to make the call and turn over his hand.
He acted like he had a monster, but he turned over {6d}{4c} for bottom pair.
It didn’t matter what pair he held, as Yoo immediately shook his head once Hom had called, turning over {Ac}{2h}.
He’d need another miracle card on the river, but it wouldn’t come as the {3h} completed the board and would confirm the pot as Hom’s.
There would be a few moments of uncertainty though, as the dealer and tournament staff would count out the chips and eventually confirm that Hom had Yoo covered by just under 2,000,000 chips, meaning Yoo would shockingly be eliminated in 2nd place.
It was a bluff gone wrong in the end, but Yoo had bossed much of the Final Table up until about an hour ago when David Hom started to get hot.
Despite for one runner-runner savior, Hom was nearly unstoppable over the last level, knocking out the final three players from the field, lastly Yoo who will take home just over $220,000 for his efforts, his largest score to date.