Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

Attracting another 259 entries with 33 advancing to Day 2 we have a total of 66 already waiting for the rest of the four opening flights to finish before they can start making use of their chips again.

Jingda Yang is on top of today's rankings with 581,000, Andrew Han came in second with 468,000 and is closely followed by Buhui Zhi sitting in third with 457,000.

Blinds will be turned back to level 16 at least, so their stacks will be worth more than what today's chip counts represent.

Day 1C Turbo is close to the money bubble already, so we will jump right into live updates over there.

Catching the action on the river 8♥ 6♣ J♦ Q♠ J♥ and 88,000 in the middle big blind Kozo Yamada leads 44,000, hijack Buhui Zhi raises to 125,000 and Yamada contemplates with the aid of a time bank before letting it go.

The J♣ and 7♥ keep Yao ahead and slot him right into the thick of stacks towards the top end of the leaderboard.

Cao's gutsy call gets rewarded when the dealer flips over 6♦ 9♥ T♥ 2♠ 8♦ which dethrones Wang and catapults Cao up in the ranking.

Zi-En Huang lays out 12,000 from +1 and big blind Jingda Yang defends to see the 5♦ T♠ 4♦ flop. Yang starts a triple barrel sequence of 18,000, 21,000 and 75,000 to the 5♣ turn and 8♥ river with Huang calling all the way before throwing it in the muck when Yang flips over A♦ J♣ .

Cutoff Quan Jin raises to 12,000 and calls after small blind Andrew Han upped it to 36,000 to see the flop T♣ Q♦ 5♥ where his 41,000 c-bet gets called and the turn 3♠ drops. Facing a 186,000 jam from Han, Jin needs two time banks before letting it go and Han shows A♣ J♣ .

Button Jingyi Wang puts 13,000 in the middle and big blind Yubin Xie defends to see the flop 8♦ 5♠ 6♦ where Wang's 13,000 c-bet gets countered by a 35,000 check-raise, but she finds a call after consuming two time banks. The 3♣ turn gets checked to the 9♦ river and the action is back at her. Fumbling with a bunch of chips, two of them fall over the line, the dealer says its official for 10,000 and Yubin Xie makes the call before throwing it in the muck when Wang flips over A♦ 9♥ .

Catching the action on 8♠ 7♥ Q♦ and 117,000 up for grabs we see Button Chuan Wang separate 55,000 from his mountain of chips and Yaoquan Lin check-calls from under the gun before the turn 4♣ and river 8♣ get checked down with Wang's T♠ T♥ coming out on top of Lin's 9♣ 9♥ .

Six outs and a dream dont materialize for Hung when the board completes 6♥ and T♦ , leaving us with 34 players, one away from advancing to Day 2.

Away from our eyes, one of the players recalls the hand saying under the gun Yu Cheng Wang went all-in for 79,000 holding A♣ Q♣ and small blind Buhui Zhi called with J♥ J♦ .

The board ran Tx 4x 5x 3x Tx and made Yu Cheng Wang the bubble.

Wei Ting Chen looks happy when he sees his opponent's hand, but that smile turns into a frown when the dealer flips over K♦ 5♥ 7♠ 6♠ J♦ giving Yuanxi Chen a straight that takes us to the bubble.

Button Huanyu Chen opens 10,000, small blind Chuan Wang wants 40,000, but lets it go after Chen declared all-in for 213,000.

Cutoff Andrew Han increases to 10,000 and big blind Quan Jin defends to see the flop 6♣ J♥ 3♠ where Han's 7,000 c-bet gets met with a 34,000 raise from Jin who calls with the aid of a time bank after Han pumped it further to 75,000. The 5♣ turn has Jin put Han all-in for his last 116,500, but he decides to wait for a better opportunity to use those chips.

Perfectly played by Huang who gets rewarded when the board drops 5♣ T♦ J♦ 8♥ 3♠ and slots into 2nd place overall.

This leaves the field with 42 player that try to get to the 39 ITM slots or better, make it to Day 2 as one of the last 33 players standing today. Min cash is a fixed KRW 2,000,000 for all Day 1 cashers.

Chuan Wang gets us going for 8,500 from +1 and takes three interested parties to the K♠ 4♥ 6♥ flop where his 30,000 continuation finds a single customer in cutoff Jingda Yang. The 8♠ turn is rejected for a free Q♣ river and Yang's 40,000 bet in position goes unanswered.

Jianming Luo becomes the bubble boy in 27th after shoving sevens into Man Cheng Hoi's jacks with no help on the board.

Everyone left in the field has at least KRW 8,000,000 (~$5,802) secure with KRW 140 Million (~$101,425) going to the champion.

Under the gun Kozo Yamada wants 8,500 and both blinds oblige to see the 8♣ Q♥ 5♣ flop where his 12,500 c-bet gets only called by small blind Cheng Huang for the 9♠ turn to drop. Another barrel of 22,000 is met for the board to complete A♠ where Huang snaps a third barrel of 62,500 with A♣ Q♦ , but he receives the bad news when Yamada flips over Q♠ Q♣ .

Things are gearing up to be a clean double up for Peng on 6♠ 6♣ T♦ 2♣ before the dealer realizes its late and wants to get this over with asap and conjures up a K♣ on the river to eliminate the former chip leader.

Qingjun Wu lays out 6,500 and has two compadres follow him to the 4♥ K♦ T♠ flop where his 7,500 c-bet just bloats the pot. The 2♠ turn gets checked to complete the board Q♥ where last to act Buhui Zhi forks out 30,000 to take it down.

The odds are increasing for Zhang on K♠ 3♦ K♦ 7♠ before dropping to zero when the river Q♣ hits the felt.

First to act Cheng Huang raises to 6,500 and takes two customers to the J♦ 3♦ 5♦ flop where the action gets checked to Jingyi Wang in +2 who tests the waters for 13,000 and Huang is the only taker, watching the A♥ turn hit the felt. Checked down to the 9♥ river Huang leads for 15,000 to scoop the pot uncontested.

The dealer flips over T♦ J♥ 3♥ A♦ 6♥ handing Chen the win and eliminates Shuang Gao.

After the current stream goes on break the stream will continue with this lineup.

Xiang Zhang lays out 5,000 from +1 and calls after hijack Renyi Wang upped it to 18,000 for the 6♠ 3♠ K♥ flop to hit the felt. Wang's 6,500 c-bet gets called, the 2♠ turn is rejected for a free 2♥ river and Wang's 2nd barrel of 16,000 gets the job done with Zhang losing a time bank before deciding to fold.

With 7♠ 9♥ 8♠ J♦ on the board and 78,500 up for grabs, small blind Dapeng Wang tests the waters with 20,000, but lets it go after Chuan Wang raised to 75,000.

No miracle for Hou on 3♣ K♠ A♦ 6♣ J♦ and his run comes to an end.

The 9♦ helps nobody improve and Kozo Yamada is back in contention.

Cutoff Jingyi Peng leads the way for 4,500 and takes both blinds to the 2♣ 5♥ Q♠ flop that gets checked to the 6♥ turn where a delayed c-bet of 6,000 just bloats the pot further. The river 7♣ has big blind Dapeng Wang take over the reins with a 25,000 lead which is enough to make both opponents fold.

The Aussie cashed in three events at the last KPC in April and is certainly hungry for more.

Things are looking peachy for Thoo when the dealer flips over J♥ 7♣ 6♣ 3♣ before going pear shaped on the 5♣ river, giving Zhi a flush.

Chuan Wang can already start scooping before the 7♠ river is dealt, handing him the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Cutoff Tsun Yin Chiu opens 3,500 and small blind Yubin Xie defends to see the 7♠ 7♦ 8♦ flop where Chiu's 10,000 c-bet gets met with a min raise and Chiu fills up. Xie fires a 25,000 and 35,000 barrel on Q♣ and 6♣ with Chiu calling both to realize his Q♠ T♥ top pair is no match for Chiu's K♥ K♣ .