Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

The dealer makes short work of Loo by flipping over T♠ 9♠ 3♦ 9♣ K♣ and the man from Hong Kong who proclaimed his road to the championship is paved last night after busting Chun Ming Lau with king-ten against Lau's ace-king has fallen himself.

When the action folds to small blind Pun Kit Loo, 250,000 wander into the middle and Zhiqiang Zhang defends to see the Q♠ A♣ 8♠ flop where Loo's 225,000 c-bet gets met and the 3♥ turn is revealed. Loo slows down to a check, Zhang fires 300,000 and Loo fills up for the J♥ river to hit the felt. Both players check and Zhang's Q♦ 7♦ beats the J♣ 9♠ of Loo.

The J♠ is enough for Lin to make the nuts and the 7♥ river only a formality.

With Bin Zhao busting in 25th place there is going to be a redraw for the last three tables and everyone has at least KRW 8,050,000 (~$5,860) secure.

When the action folds to small blind Pun Kit Loo 80,000 go into the middle and Joey Wong defends to see the 3♦ 9♥ K♠ flop where Loo's 100,000 c-bet gets met and the Q♦ turn is rejected for a free A♥ river. Betting another 110,000 with J♣ J♥ , Loo convinces Wong to call and muck.

Getting to the action on the 8♥ 7♣ 7♥ Q♥ turn and 455,000 in the middle, Pun Kit Loo leads 70,000 from under the gun and Joey Wong calls to see the 4♠ river where Loo fires another 150,000 with Q♦ T♦ , but Wong calls with A♦ A♥ for the higher two pair.

With another blind battle going full distance we come to the table when someone slammed his chips, finding out that on a complete board 4♥ A♠ 5♦ 3♣ 2♥ and 545,000 in the middle, small blind Pun Kit Loo shoved for 465,000 with K♦ 6♦ and big blind Joey Wong found a A♣ T♣ hero call, playing the board.

After losing quite a chunk of his almost 2M stack, Jieming Xu is back at it with a 32,000 open from +1, Zheng Yuanyang flats and big blind Pun Kit Loo squeezes to 120,000. Only Xu calls for a repeat heads-up that ended in a double up for Loo last time. The 2♦ 8♦ T♦ flop sees Loo continue for 100,000, called by Xu and a repeat of that on the 5♦ turn for 200,000 has the board complete J♠ with both players checking down and Xu's 6♦ 6♣ winning against A♠ 4♠ from Loo.

The K♦ leaves Xu with only chop outs, but the A♣ river hands the massive pot to Loo in its totality.

Under the gun Pun Kit Loo starts us off with 25,000, Jing He makes it 75,000 from +1 and Tianhao Zheng cold four bets 190,000 right behind in +2. Loo gets out of the way and He thinks for a bit before showing J♣ J♦ and throws it in the muck.

So far so good for Loo, looking poised to catch up to the leading spots on T♥ 8♦ 2♣ K♠ before the Q♥ river gives Qian a straight and keeps him alive.