Jeju Open Mystery Bounty (900,000 KRW)

No help arrives for He on Q♠ 4♥ T♦ 3♥ 3♦ letting him make history at the KPC Mystery Bounty by breaking his $1,000,000 mark in live earnings. What an achievement!

Hand #57: Button Weiwi Tang lays out 325,000, but folds when Zong Chi He puts out a massive three-bet.

Hand #58: Small blind He limps and Tang takes the offer for a free 3♥ 5♣ 8♥ flop that gets checked to the Q♣ turn. Tang's 160,000 bet gets called before he takes it down on the river 4♦ with another 425,000 that goes unanswered.

Hand #59: Button He opens 325,000 once more and big blind Baofeng Zhang defends to see the flop 2♠ 5♠ 7♠ where Zhang folds to a 300,000 c-bet.

Hand #60: Small blind Zhang limps, He opts for a free flop that gets checked to the river 7♦ 9♥ 4♠ 2♦ J♥ where Zhang forks out a 250,000 bet that gets the job done.

Everybody likes a chop, except the dealer who tables 2♦ Q♥ Q♣ Q♦ 4♦ , giving Zhang a flush to break the tie.

Hand #40: Zong Chi He makes it 400,000 from the small blind to collect the dead money.

Hand #41: Weiwi Tang does the same with a 2,700,000 jam.

Hand #42: First to act He opens 240,000 and big blind Baofeng Zhang defends before folding to a 200,000 c-bet from He on the A♥ 2♦ 2♠ flop.

Hand #43: Zhang limps his small blind and He opts to check for the J♣ 8♣ 9♦ to hit the felt which gets rejected for a free 2♥ turn. Zhang leads 250,000 and gets called, the board completes J♥ and Zhang is back to a check. He just hit trips with Q♠ J♠ and determines 850,000 is the best size for a value bet and gets paid by Zhang with T♣ 8♦ .

Hand #38: Small blind King Lun Shih pushes Baofeng Zhang off of his big blind with a 260,000 raise.

Hand #39: Button Shih opens 240,000 and big blind Zong Chi He defends to see the flop 6♥ 7♣ A♥ that has He call a 225,000 c-bet before the 3♥ turn and J♥ river get checked down with He's 9♦ 7♥ winning over Shih's K♦ 9♠ .

Hand #31: King Lun Shih opens 200,000 from the button, but lets it go after small blind Baofeng Zhang upped it to 550,000.

Hand #32: Under the gun Shih puts out another 200,000 and takes both blinds to the 9♠ Q♥ Q♠ flop where his 225,000 continuation gets called by small blind Zong Chi He for a heads up turn 4♠ . A 350,000 second barrel is called again and the A♠ river gets checked with Shih's T♦ T♣ taking it down against He's K♦ 9♣ .

All blanks on 8♣ 2♦ 3♣ 8♠ 4♦ keeps He ahead and Su finishes banking the biggest cash of her young live poker career including the KRW 28 million (~$20,369) top bounty.

Another beat graces the table on 8♠ J♣ 4♠ 3♠ K♦ , keeping He alive and stopping Shih's rise.

Baofeng Zhang is absolutely in control, but Zong Chi He has position on him and is arguably the strongest player left in the field. This makes for a great Final 9 with lots of interesting hands to come!

Baofeng Zhang is still ahead on table 32 and Peng Deng Dominates table 33.

With KRW 2,070,000 (~$1,515) secured already, Zong Chi He breaks into the $1M live earners club during the KPC Mystery Bounty, no matter what happens from here on out.

He gets the ball rolling with a raise to 65,000 from the button and big blind Zhenfang Huang defends to see the T♦ Q♦ 8♦ flop that gets rejected for a free 4♥ turn. He's 110,000 delayed c-bet finds a call, the board completes 3♠ and two checks reveal Huang as the winner with 8♣ 5♣ mid pair.

Digging for five outs to stay alive, He finds running hearts on 3♥ and A♥ to turn the hand around and stay in the race for the title.

The river 2♦ keeps Chen in front, avoiding the knockout and tripling up in the process.