APL Main Event (65,000 PHP)

A back and forth between Jiaqi He on the button and Dong Jae Lee on the small blind eventually landed both stacks in the middle, Lee at risk for his entire 61,500.

He in rough shape, turned the tables as flop J♠ 4♣ 9♠ landed him top set, with no help arriving for Lee on either turn 6♦ or river A♠ to knock him out of the running.

Two more 60-minute levels is left at play with all survivors by the end of Level 11 advancing to Day 2 this Saturday, March 1st. More than half the field has been dusted with only 29 runners currently remaining in battle.

Registration will be open for late entrants, all the way before the start of Day 2.

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Dong Jae Lee opened on the cutoff and was met with an 8,000 three bet from Chun Yuan Chen right behind. Lee clapped back with a raise to 19,000, yet gave it up as Chen put his tournament life on the line.

On a completed board of 4♥ 9♥ J♦ 8♣ 3♠ , river action saw Dong Jae Lee fire a final bet of 3,000 on the button. Sehyeon Kim check jammed for 12,200 more with 6♦ 6♣ , and got a call from Lee with ace-high A♣ 2♣ . An ill-timed hero call, Kim's bluff instead got full value off Lee for a nice double up.

Won Gyu Kang was put on the spot after Dong Jae Lee demanded for his last 17,000 on board 6♦ J♠ Q♠ J♠ 8♣ alongside a pot of 34,000. Kang called off with K♥ K♣ and banked the win as Lee was caught red-handed with 7♣ 6♥ .

A blind vs blind battle built a pot of 28,300 in the middle across board J♠ 8♣ 4♠ J♥ 8♥ . Dongjae Lee checked to Chun Yuan Chen, pushing his opponent to fire an overbet of 30,000. Lee looked him up with a boat A♥ 8♦ and claimed the pot as Chen revealed bluff Q♦ 9♦ .

On a board of 5♠ 2♣ K♠ 6♥ K♣ , Dong Jae Lee sent out a bet of 5,000 off the small blind and was met with a raise to 16,000 from utg raiser Kang Won Gyu. Lee tank folded in frustration, saying he had pocket jacks as Lee revealed bluff A♥ Q♠ .

Having just hit the rails a few hands prior, Kang Won Gyu re-entered the Main Event Day 1A games and was seated right back on his original seat.

Dong Jae Lee defended his big blind against Kang's 1,200 early open, and check called another 1,000 on flop K♠ 9♦ 4♥ . Action on turn 8♠ and river J♣ warranted no more bets, revealing Lee's A♥ 8♦ , no good against Kang's A♦ 9♠ .