Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

With two bigger pairs on 9♣ 2♥ T♠ 9♥ T♥ Xu's eight loses against Qin's ace.

Yikang Xu leads 160,000 from +1, small blind Weiwi Tang wants 460,000 and Xu obliges to see the flop 7♠ 2♠ K♣ where Tang's 325,000 c-bet gets called to reveal the turn K♥ . Tang slows down to a check, but calls after Xu separated 400,000 from his stack. The board completes T♣ , Xu bets 1,000,000 with 6♦ 6♣ and Tang uses a time bank before check-calling with Q♦ Q♣ .

Yuan Qin gets us going with a min raise from the cutoff and button Yikang Xu flats before big blind Chen Yu Sung lays out the winning bet of 450,000.

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.

No miracle for Zhu on 4♦ 5♦ Q♥ Q♣ J♥ leaves him with crumbs and propels Xu into the top 10 just a few hands after he was down to 20 BBs.

Under the gun Weiran Pu - fresh from a $309,000 cash for 5th at the $15,000 Triton Event #1 - opens 40,000 and big blind Yikang Xu defends to see the flop Q♣ 4♣ 9♣ where Pu continues for 30,000 and gets called once again. The turn 3♣ gets checked to the river 6♥ and Pu fires another 150,000 with a flush J♣ 8♣ . Xu calls and mucks.

KPC Main Event 3rd place finisher in November - Cheng Yen Lo opens 25,000 from the cutoff and big blind Yikang Xu defends big to see the flop 5♥ 4♦ 5♦ that gets checked to the turn 3♠ . Xu's 35,000 lead gets called, the board completes 8♥ and he lays out another 45,000 with 3♥ 4♥ to pick up the pot after Lo calls and mucks.

The setup plays out A♥ 9♠ 6♥ 8♣ 7♥ , sending Harder to the payout desk and Xu goes into 2nd place overall.