Team Malaysia Eliminated in 5th Place by Team Netherlands; Money Bubble Begins

Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands) moves all in from the small blind, and Webster Lim Chin Wei (Malaysia) thinks for about 10 seconds in the big blind before he uses one of his two-minute Team Timeouts.

Wei’s teammates immediately tell him to call, and Wei quickly returns to the table and calls all in for about 85,000 with .

Gerrits turns over , and Wei needs to improve to keep Team Malaysia alive in the tournament.

The board comes , and Gerrits pairs his king on the flop to win the pot for Team Netherlands and eliminate Team Malaysia in fifth place.

Seat 1.  Hong Kong SAR  –  420,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2.  China  –  320,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Taiwan SAR  –  275,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Netherlands  –  900,000  (56 bb)

5th Place:  Malaysia
6th Place:  Korea
7th Place:  Singapore
8th Place:  New Zealand
9th Place:  Japan

With four teams remaining and the final three finishing in the money, this is the Money Bubble. Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  KRW 27,475,000  (~US $24,625)
2nd:  KRW 16,485,000  (~US $14,775)
3rd:  KRW 10,990,000  (~US $9,850)