It didn't take long for the bubble to burst with two players going bust at separate tables. At one table, it was all in preflop. Bao Shuang was eliminated by Webster Lim with A♣ 9♥ over J♣ T♠ on a board A♦ 6♠ Q♠ Q♦ 8♦ . Over at the other felt, Wang Hui's A♠ J♦ missed the board against Wang Yaijang's 9♣ 9♠ .

Since both players were at separate tables, they will split the minimum payout.

Chen Zhen used up all of his time banks after Zhou Yang's four-bet shoved, Chen called and flipped over K♠ K♥ , Zhou with A♣ Q♣ . Clubs dominated the board K♣ 9♣ 7♣ for the nut flush, however Chen still had outs for the full house. The turn 8♥ and A♥ were not the cards Chen needed to get ousted.

With this win, Zhou stormed to the top of the the pack.

Strong turnout Main Event Day 1K with 154 entries throughout the 9 levels of late registration. They play down to 24 players.

Three Main Event flights now running simultaneously with Day 1K joining on the floor. By Level 3, 65 was on register and 59 seated. There's still plenty of time for latecomers to join in with registration closing at the end of Level 9 at 11:30pm. Buy in is ₩2,400,000 (~US$ 1,760). Starting stack is 30,000, blinds increase every 15 minutes.