Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

Quanzhen Fang defended his big blind against Joris Michl's hijack open, and went on to battle on board K♠ 9♥ J♥ K♥ . Michl barreled 10,000, followed by another 20,000, with Fang check calling both streets.

On river 2♠ , Fang led 35,000, and called a raise for 90,000 more from Michl, only to find his flush 4♥ 3♥ , entirely behind Michl's higher flush Q♥ 7♥ for the pot.

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).

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Quanzhen Fang opened utg+1, joined by Xudong Zhang from the blinds. On flop J♦ T♣ 6♥ , Zhang check raised to 26,000, and saw Fang call behind. Turn K♠ and river 2♣ was checked to showdown, revealing Zhang's 7♣ 7♦ , no good against Fang's pair of jacks A♥ J♠ .

Up against an open and a call, Yao Yao shoved for 58,000, and faced initial raiser Quanzhen Fang's monster pair. Drawing slim, Yao exited the Main Event arena shortly after board J♣ 8♥ 9♠ 5♠ Q♠ rolled on the felt.

With a pot of 12,800 centered around flop 8♣ 5♦ 6♥ , initial raiser Xiaoyun Li led 3,000, raised by Quanzhen Fang behind to 8,000. Aleksei Sei on the big blind, joined in along with Li to turn K♣ . Action checked to Fang, who bet all-in for 19,400, convincing both to throw in the fold.