Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

The second of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 174 players and saw 22 advance to Day 2 during level 18 with a new overall chip leader in Chinese pro Lei Yu.

The No. 24 on China's all time money list already banked more than $300,000 this year, all coming from deep runs during the Poker Dream 16 and Triton events here at the luxurious Landing Casino in Jeju. His day kickstarted after flopping a boat in level 10, extracting a lot of value with a big over-bet on the river and a massive push close to the end when he faced Zi Wei Tung - chip leader at the time - in a hand where he rivered a full house with 7♥ 7♠ on 3♦ 3♣ 9♠ J♥ 7♣ to almost double his already large stack. He will start Day 2 with 722,000.

Second in chips Kecheng Long - fresh from his biggest cash of $38,381 for shipping the Super High Roller at the Danang Poker Tour just over a month ago - arrived on the leaderboard late during level 13, doubling up against Kuo Wei Kao with A♣ K♦ against A♠ Q♠ and busting Shengyong Wang with Q♠ Q♦ against 9♥ 9♠ in level 16 that led him to bag 525,000.

Third place finisher Ye Sheng accumulated 503,000 away from our view after being down to 23 big blinds when he lost a preflop all-in with A♦ K♠ against A♥ A♠ in level 12.

Day 2 will start on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00.

Overall chip leader Kecheng Long keeps the pressure up with a raise to 16,000 from +1, but Hualong Wang speaks up from the cutoff, declaring all-in for 59,000 with Q♣ Q♠ . Priced in, Long calls with 9♠ 5♣ and watches the dealer table Q♥ 2♦ K♣ 4♥ Q♦ , giving Wang quads and a much needed double up.

Hongjun Zhao raises to 6,500 from under the gun and big blind Hualong Wang defends to see the flop J♣ 2♥ 4♣ where Wang calls a 6,000 c-bet. The turn A♣ has Zhao fire a second bullet of 11,000 and then calls after Wang check-raised to 27,000. Wang leads 35,000 with A♥ 2♦ on the river 7♠ and Zhao calls after spending some time in the tank before throwing it in the muck.

With 46 out of 174 players remaining we will play down to 22 players that qualify for Day 2 and ITM starting at 27.

Button Hualong Wang raises to 400, big blind Ziyue Zheng makes it 1,600, Wang pumps it to 3,400 before calling Zheng's 5,200 five-bet to see the flop A♠ 4♠ 3♦ where a simple 1,500 c-bet gets the job done for Zheng.