Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

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.

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♣ .

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

Hijack Jiajin Hao slides 1,300 over the line, cutoff Kozo Yamada ups it to 3,700, Hao four-bets 10,700 and snap folds after Yamada put him all-in, showing A♥ Q♦ . Yamada shows A♦ K♣ to give Hao a boost of confidence.

Hijack Kozo Yamada opens 900 and takes a family of four to the Q♥ K♦ 4♦ flop where button Jieming Xu puts out a first bet of 4,000, Ihchang Woo check-raises to 10,000 from the big blind and only Xu tags along for the J♣ turn that gets checked for a free T♥ river. With a four liner on board, Woo bets 6,000 with 4♣ 4♠ again and Xu calls before mucking.