Main Event

3,000 ante

Under the gun Tom Dwan goes all in with K♥ T♥ to battle with, utg+1 Phuong Linh Nguyen joins the shove with A♠ K♦ , button Kang Ikseok in as well with J♥ J♣ . With the board running 4♠ 3♠ 6♦ J♠ 3♦ , Dwan is eliminated and Kang ships it.

2,000 ante

Hijack Han Yeongwoo raises to 5,000, cutoff Kang Ikseok three-bets to 15,0000, Han calls. On the flop 6♣ 3♥ K♣ , Kang c-bets 5,000, Han shoves, Kang calls and opens A♠ A♥ . Han with Q♣ 7♣ flush draw. The turn 9♦ is no help to Han but the river 2♣ grants the flush to double up.

200 ante

On a turn board J♠ 8♥ 2♣ 9♠ , Kang Ikseok calls a player’s all in and opens J♥ J♦ . At risk player has A♠ A♥ . Kang ships it on the river 8♠ .

200 ante

Action folds to the small blind Beh Kok Weng raises to 500, big blind Kang Ikseok three-bets to 1700, Weng calls. At the flop 4♥ J♦ 3♥ , Kang c-bets 1700, Weng check-raises to a large 6,700, Kang calls. On the turn Q♥ , more chips in the pot with Weng betting 7,500 and Kang making the call. On the river 6♣ , Weng checks, Kang jams, Weng folds.

5,000 ante

Preflop betting war leads to Tan Boon risking it all with A♦ K♦ , called by Kang Ikseok with A♥ 7♥ . When the board runs T♥ 9♦ 4♦ 7♣ Q♠ , Kang spikes his kicker card to boot Tan out of the running.