Michel Molenaar

Hand 101: Michel Molenaar raised to 450,000 with A J and Jeremy Chan defended his big blind with A 3 .

On a flop of 9 8 2 , Chan check-called for 400,000.

The J turn made things fairly spicy, with a nut flush draw for Chan and top pair for Molenaar.

Chan checked over to his opponent, who bet 1,300,000, and made a reluctant call.

That led them to the 2 on the river, which paired the board and completed Chan's flush. He checked over to Molenaar who had 4,000,000 behind. Molenaar pushed all in, and Chan beat him into the pot to finally break his runner-up curse.

Molenaar had to settle for second place this time, earning a consolation prize of KRW 170,950,000 (~USD 122,720).