Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

Another 14 players are added to the 66 already in waiting after a marathon Main Event Day 1C Turbo that saw 107 entries battle it out over 20 blind levels with a clear winner at the end.

Jieming Xu bagged an astonishing 1,095,000 (182 BB at the start of Day 2 right now) in chips, eclipsing all the other top qualifiers so far by a huge margin. He was already riding a massive stack when we began live coverage after Flight B ended and more than doubled his stack after that. Just in the last hour he knocked out Haozhao Wang, Shu Liu, Ke Hu and Cheng Chen which netted him more than 600,000 in chips worth at least 100 BB when the blinds will be turned back to level 16 or lower on Day 2.

Itsang Tu and Zeyang Ding came in as shared 2nd with 268,000.

Everyone still looking to qualify can do so tomorrow at 12:00 noon in Flight D with 40 minute intervals and late registration open until the end of level 9 around 19:30.

What a long but worthy night. See you all tomorrow at noon for fresh live coverage from the Main Event Day 1D!

Chen's odds keep increasing on 8♠ 5♣ 4♠ 4♣ before going to zero when today's golden boy Jieming Xu hits the 9♣ to break the 1 Million mark and lets everyone get some well deserved rest at 3:30 in the morning.

The J♥ and 2♣ doesn't help the underdog at risk, extending Xu's lead even further and we are now at the Day 2 bubble.

Liu hits two pair, but falls further behind on the flop Q♣ A♣ 9♥ and the turn Q♦ is the nail in his tournament coffin for an insignificant 2♦ river that no one cares about.

Things are looking peachy for Wang when the 4♥ hits, but turn pear shaped on the 2♣ river, giving Xu a pair and granting the remaining players at least the KRW 2,000,000 (~$5,802) min cash.

An ace in the window on 6♣ 4♦ A♦ 9♠ 4♠ makes Wang breathe a little easier, but with the chip leader on his table it could still be over at any minute.

A sweat till the end, but Qian emerges victorious on 3♣ A♠ Q♠ 9♠ A♣ and jumps up the leaderboard.

With 10 out of 168 players left standing the organizers decided together with the remaining players that they will pause the game for today and continue tomorrow at 1pm until a new champion is crowned.

Trung Quan Nguyen - fresh from his $245K APT High Roller victory - sits on top of the leaderboard with 3,790,000 and is closely followed by Malaysian Jeremy Je Min Chan who bagged 3,660,000.

All of the remaining contenders will be gunning for the KRW 140 Million (~$101,425) champion's purse.

A mere 22 out of a total 107 entries remain trying to make the 17 ITM places and advance to Day 2 as one of the last 14 standing.

Jieming Xu who already warmed up in Flight B earlier has a commanding lead over the rest of the field with 572,000, more than double of what Itsang Tu and Xiong Chen have with 268,000 in a shared 2nd place.

With 34 out of 107 players remaining we got the info that 17 players will be ITM and 14 advance to Day 2.

Live Updates will continue here once Flight B is in the books.

With 64 out of a total 107 entries at the start of level 10 we are still waiting for official confirmation of ITM and Day 2 places.

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.

With 14 early birds at the tables already the action starts right away. Good luck everyone!

The second stand alone Korea Poker Cup series taking place at the Landing Casino inside the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World Resort will be headlined by the Main Event featuring an increased KRW 880,000,000 (~USD 637,780) guaranteed prize pool that will certainly be broken again, considering the Mystery Bounty entries yesterday that crushed last KPCs field by quite some margin.

Day 1C Turbo is the third of six starting flights costing KRW 1,300,000 (~US$ 946) to enter, adding another tranche of contenders to the 33 out of 259 entries that already bagged their chips for Day 2 last night and however many will be joining them after Day 1B is over.

Once at the tables, players start with a stack of 30,000 which is a deep 150 times the opening blinds with 20 minute blind intervals, and late registration stays open until the end of Level 9 at around 23:30.

Cards start flying at 20:00 and SMP will start live coverage here once Flight B concludes.