Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

Following a failed attempt at a bluff, Bohao Huang pushed his last 150,000 in, and was called behind by Jie Zheng. At risk, Huang flopped the nut straight on board A♥ T♣ Q♥ T♥ J♣ , but was left drawing dead as soon as the turn hit a full house for Zheng.

Vying for 200,000 in the middle on board T♣ A♣ 8♦ 3♣ , Yi Ma check called a pot sized bet from Bohao Huang behind, and headed to river 6♠ . Ma checked once more, urging Huang to bet for the rest of Ma's stack - 330,000. Ma, out of time banks, had only 2 seconds left on the clock before making the call with top pair A♥ J♣ , good against Huang's busted draw K♣ Q♥ .

Four more eliminations are left on the table before the money trickles in. 87 players are due to cut a payday off of the KRW 1 million prize pool, with mincash set at KRW 3,200,000 (~USD 2,295).

Top Chip Counts

All three KPC Main Event starting flights have played through the first twelve levels, with 135 players out of its 530-entry field surviving the Day 1 battle. The money is expected to trickle in over today's Day 2 games, where 87 runners are deemed to cut a share of the KRW 1 million (~USD 718,110) prize pool. Mincash is set at KRW 3,200,000 (~USD 2,275), with the KRW 190 million (~USD 135,085) top prize remaining on the horizon.

Action will close following nine hours of play, by the end of Level 19.

Korea Poker Cup Main Event

Dates: November 22-26, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 1,600,000 (~USD 1,145)

Guarantee: KRW 1,000,000,000 (~USD 718,110)

Entries: 530 (247 unique)

Prize pool: KRW 1,000,000,000 (~USD 718,110)

ITM: 87 places

Day 1A: 195 entries, 45 qualified

Day 1B: 210 entries, 48 qualified

Day 1C Turbo: 125 entries, 42 qualified

Day 2: 135 players

Day 3: Monday, November 25

Day 4 /Final: Tuesday, November 26

Top Ten Chip Counts

With an open and two calls ahead, Bayar Saran squeezed all-in for 30,000, and was looked up by initial raiser Bohao Huang. In search of an ace, the board K♥ J♣ 7♦ 5♥ J♠ felted none, leaving Saran out right at the last level of play.

Korea Poker Cup Main Event players are off to a 30-minute break, with registration deemed to close right before the start of Level 10. Quan Jin currently holds down the lead, with a chip count of nearly three times the average stack over the remaining 97-player field.

Day 1B is set to close following three more levels, with action wrapping up by the end of Level 12.

Bohao Huang opened 500 on the hijack, called behind by Cheng Yen Lo along with big blind Aghayev Farhad. Action on flop Q♥ 9♥ 9♦ was checked round to turn 5♦ . Farhad led 1,500, called by Huang. Lo bumped it up to 4,500, and saw both continue to river T♠ . Led all-in for 17,100, and shipped the pot as both threw in the fold.

Three players vied for 9,600 in the middle across board 5♦ T♠ 2♠ 4♥ . Cheng Yen Lo led 7,000 out of the small blind, called by Jieming Xu behind. Bohao Huang on the button reshoved for 25,700 total and was challenged by Xu.

Huang 8♦ 6♦

Xu 9♦ 9♥

A gutsy shove with only an inside straight draw, Huang's aggression paid off as the river 7♠ completed his straight, earning him the full double up.

Jianwei Lin opened utg, and put in a 4,000 fourbet shortly after being met with a raise from Bohao Huang. Huang continued to flop A♣ 3♠ 9♥ , and called a 2,500 cbet from his opponent. On turn 8♠ , Huang called another 4,500, and arrived at river 8♣ . Lin checked to Huang, and folded after his opponent demanded a final 17,300.