APL MAIN EVENT (26,000 TWD)

Jihwan Oh defended his hijack open and called a 36,000 three bet from Chao Hao Ting on the small blind. With less than half the pot behind Oh, Ting bet all-in on flop J♠ 2♠ 6♥ , leaving Oh to happily flick in the rest of his chips with top pair K♠ J♣ .

Chao looking to catch up with 8♦ 8♥ , found no eights on runout 2♦ Q♠ , putting a dent on his towering stack.

Facing an open and a call, Cheng Hsiu Li pushed all-in for his remaining 31,000 and was called by both Korean opponents Jihwan Oh and Haram Joo. Oh continued for 31,000 on flop K♠ 5♦ 6♣ , yet quickly folded after Joo demanded for his 12 big blinds behind, awarding Joo the side pot uncontested.

At showdown, Cheng's ducks was unable to get past Joo's K♦ Q♦ on runout T♥ 4♥ , sending him out of the Main Event Day 1A running shortly after.

Cheng Hsiu Li on the button, called a preflop open from Jihwan Oh, and faced a 10,000 cbet on flop 2♥ 9♠ J♠ . Cheng responded with an all-in for 35,000 more, leaving Oh up for a gamble.

Cheng K♠ 8♠

Oh 6♥ 6♣

Drawing to several outs, Cheng managed to book one on runout 7♣ 3♠ , earning him a clean double for his completed flush.

Chao Hao Ting opened utg and was met with one call from Jihwan Oh on the button.

On board Q♥ 6♥ 8♣ A♦ , Chao checked both streets to his opponent, pushing Oh to double barrel - 11,000 and 22,000. Chao was up to the test, and arrived at showdown shortly after Oh finally decided to check back river 6♣ .

Chao showed A♥ 5♥ , splitting the pot as Oh showed a similar two pair A♣ 3♣ .