Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

None of Chu's ten outs show up on the river 2♥ , taking him out of the running and the rest of the field to the final table, although still one knockout short of the official Final 8.

No miracle for Pu on 4♣ and 3♦ leaves us two eliminations away from the final table.

Pu hits trips and doubles up on 8♦ J♦ 8♥ 3♣ 5♣ .

After winning the previous hand with a three bet jam, Shuangchun Mou does so again, this time from the cutoff against Chi Jen Chu's 120,000 open out of the hijack.

Hijack Xiangyu Zhao makes it 100,000 and Chi Jen Chu defends big blind to see the flop 9♦ K♣ J♠ that gets checked to the turn 7♦ . Chu check-calls 80,000 for the river 5♥ to drop where he does so again for 280,000 and mucks after seeing Zhao flip over A♥ K♥ .

Under the gun Jiabao Lin kicks off the action with a 60,000 raise and takes two players to the flop 4♥ J♦ Q♣ . Checked To Chi Jen Chu on the button, 100,000 slide over the line and only big blind Chi Jen Chen fills up to see the turn 2♠ where Chen check-calls another 225,000. Chu jams 495,000 on the river 7♦ to scoop the pot.

Weiran Pu limps from the small blind, Chi Jen Chu makes it 100,000 and calls after Pu upped it to 275,000 to see the flop 3♥ 4♥ 9♣ . Pu spends a time bank before continuing for 175,000, Chu uses one of his own time banks before raising to 400,000, but snap folds when he is faced with Pu's massive jam.

The remaining 34 players have a KRW 5,200,000 (~$3,645) payday secured, but everyone will be gunning for a final table appearance and the chance to become new champion, worth KRW 216,500,000 (~$152,345) and bragging rights until the next 2025 KPC Series Event from June 17-23 2025 here at the beautiful Landing Casino.