Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

Day 1F Turbo is still running, but the numbers are tallied already, so we can announce a record breaking KRW 1,616,799,600 (~$1,178,399) prize pool combined over six opening flights, almost doubling the guaranteed KRW 880 Million.

Ledong Zhou topped the biggest of the opening flights with 711,000 after battling through a field of 353 and 44 players advancing to Day 2 after two players busted at the same time on the cutoff bubble.

Almost equal in chips are April's KPC Mystery Bounty winner Joseph Kim with 587,000 in second and Xinchen He in third with 586,000.

All of the 44 qualifiers from Day 1E only have a few hours left until they can make use of their chips again tomorrow at 12:00 local when Day 2 begins.

Day 1F Turbo is still underway, closing in on the money bubble, so we will migrate over there to continue the live updates until the complete lineup for Day 2 is decided. See you there!

While the dealer gets ready, we hear that Baofeng Zhang eliminated Zuyou Wang on the other table and the elimination of Yiheng Luo occured on the table next to that.

Na Ye has too many outs, missing on 3♥ and 9♥ , handing Kim a huge double up on the buzzer.

Getting to the action on the river A♦ 5♥ A♦ Q♠ T♠ and 170,000 up for grabs Pun Kit Loo in +2 and cutoff Kai Lun Chuang are all-in with the latter at risk for 167,000, but he shows A♥ T♥ full house, beating Loo's K♥ J♥ straight.

Hijack Yuval Rosenberg puts 18,000 in the middle and button Bin Wang pays up to see the 3♥ K♥ K♦ flop where Rosenberg misses his c-bet and calls a 22,000 bet from Wang for the Q♦ turn that gets checked to complete the board J♠ . Rosenberg forks out 65,000 and Wang folds, showing T♠ T♦ .

The board runs J♦ T♦ K♥ 4♥ 3♣ giving Loo two pair before he proclaims 'this is the road to the championship'.

The whole table is asking for a king and the dealer falters under the pressure, flipping over K♣ 6♥ 4♠ 8♦ 8♠ , bursting the bubble and granting the rest at least a KRW 2,000,000 min cash.

Ledong Zhou ups the fee to 16,000 from +1 and big blind Yiheng Luo defends to see the flop 7♠ 2♥ 2♠ and Luo's 15,000 donk bet gets snapped from Zhou. On the 8♥ turn Luo checks before letting it go against a jam from Zhou.

Dilijiang A leads 12,000 from the button and both blinds defend to see the Q♣ 2♦ 7♠ flop where his 18,000 c-bet gets called by small blind Daniel Lee only. The 4♠ turn and 3♦ river are checked down with Dilijiang A's A♣ Q♥ winning against Q♦ 9♦ from Lee.

The turn A♠ hits, Baiyu Ni starts yelling 'ace, ace, ace', but the dealer doesn't comply and rivers the J♠ to let the shorty live.

Peng Deng lays out 13,000 from +2 and button Ledong Zhou tags along for the 5♣ 6♣ K♥ flop where Deng continues for 20,000, but gives up after he is faced with a 50,000 raise from Zhou.

The dealer flips over T♠ 8♥ 3♦ 9♠ when Kim says 'give him a queen' but the A♥ river grants Li the pot.

With 87 out of 182 remaining, players have 28 ITM places to look for and the day will end when the last 23 are left standing to advance to Day 2.

With the board T♣ 9♣ T♥ 5♠ 2♦ complete and 39,000 in the middle we see small blind Daniel Lee lead 21,500, but lets it go with the aid of two time banks after Suwei Yang raised to 76,000.

Weiwei Huang becomes the bubble boy in 9th place after losing a preflop all-in against Jingxuan Zhu and Sai Ho Chiu who checked down to the river 9♦ 3♣ 4♦ 6♠ J♥ with Zhu's K♣ J♠ winning against Chiu's A♦ Q♠ and Huang's A♣ 7♣ .

That gives everyone a guaranteed payday of $44,000 in 8th place, but all of the remaining players will have their sights set on the $285,300 first prize.

Current chip leader Sai Ho Chiu has a combined live earnings of just over $20,000 on Hendon, so he is already making history for himself.

Good luck everyone until we check back in for an update when Day 1E is over.

Under the gun Daniel Lee makes it 10,000 and takes two customers to the 2♠ 7♥ 3♥ flop that gets rejected for a free 6♣ turn. Big blind Dilijiang A leads 16,000, Lee folds and button Mengqing Lou raises to 52,000. Dilijiang A needs a time bank to find the call and the 9♠ river gets checked down, yielding no more value for Dilijiang A with 2♦ 2♥ set against a muck.

More outs for Ma on K♠ T♦ 3♥ fizzle out in the 6♥ and 6♣ blanks that make Nan Qin's double up official.

Lo flops and open-end straight flush draw on 8♣ 9♣ T♣ , hits a set on the J♥ turn with the table gasping before the K♥ river for Cheng Yen Lo's higher set makes the table erupt in all sorts of noises.

Cutoff Wing Yin Lee gets the ball rolling for 8,000 and takes three players to the 5♠ 3♣ 2♥ pitch where a 7,000 c-bet gets met by the rest. The K♠ turn and 2♦ river are checked down with Zhaoxi Ma's 7♥ 3♥ coming out on top.

None of Cheng's outs appear on J♥ and T♦ , cracking his aces and sending him to the rail with a few minutes of late reg left in Flight F Turbo.

The 2♣ turn gives Wang the flush, but the 5♣ river outdraws him again, putting Chen in front with the bigger flush.

After just scooping a massive pot against Chien Hung Chi with aces against nines, Peng Sen Wu is at it again raising to 6,000 and big blind Peng Deng defends to see the T♦ A♦ 4♦ flop. Wu triple barrels 4,000, 12,000 and 32,000 with Deng calling all the way to the 4♠ and Q♠ river, but mucks when he sees Wu flip over K♠ J♥ straight.

The A♣ in the window is bad news for Luo who cant improve on 7♥ 9♥ K♦ Q♠ and is left with less than a big blind.

Currently with 96 out of 120 entries remaining, late reg in Flight F Turbo will be open until the end of level 9 at around 23:30 local. Last chance for everyone, so come on over and jump in!

The biggest flight of the Series so far with 353 entries has 90 players remaining, all trying to get to the 53 ITM spots or even better, advance to Day 2 as one of the last 45 left standing at the end of the day.

Flight F Turbo has late reg still open, but the prize pool already sits at a whopping KRW 1,537,766,100 (~$1,120,796), making this yet another record breaking event for the Korea Poker Cup Series 2.

A set for Deng and more outs for Chen on J♠ K♣ 9♥ , but the favorite gets it through when the board completes 8♣ and 8♥ .

Dong says 'aiyaaaa' when Zhang flips over his cards and the pain continues with the board running 5♥ A♦ T♣ 8♥ 4♠ eliminating him, but he still has enough time to jump into Flight F.

Under the gun Tae Hoon Han opens 5,000, button Chung Hsien Lee ups it to 15,000 and small blind Mengqing Lou cold four bets 50,000. Both opponents fold with Lee handing two time banks to the dealer before doing so.

Catching the action on the 5♥ K♦ 9♣ flop and 37,500 up for grabs, big blind Joseph Kim bets 35,000 and Jing He declares all-in from the small blind. Kim complains that he thought she had way less chips, because her 25K chip is below a stack of 500s, but no enforcement is issued and Kim folds, losing three time banks in the process.

Vu Tuan Khanh Truong raises to 4,000 from +1 and takes two interested parties to the 5♠ 5♦ 8♠ flop where his 9,000 c-bet gets called by both before the T♥ turn gets checked to button Jiacheng Pang, who forks out 15,500 and ends the hand right there.

The T♥ turn and 6♣ river don't change anything and Lee says 'sorry' when Thoo is making his way to the rail.

The A♠ turn has Bao almost over the finish line, but the river 9♣ ends his hopes for advancing in Flight E, giving Lee trips who bounces back into the leading positions.

Another beat on J♦ 4♠ T♣ Q♣ 5♠ for another shorty to stay in the race.

No help for Hong - who already starts packing up - on 6♠ 8♣ T♠ J♣ but boom, 4♠ on the river, outdrawing last night's High Roller champ Xu who starts laughing.

No help for the underdog on 9♥ T♣ 5♠ 2♠ J♠ granting Chen a much needed double up.