Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

Despite a slow start, Day 1E ended up with a total of 234 entries and 36 players advancing to day 2, more than doubling the 35 qualifiers from the first 4 flights combined.

After a long bubble with every short stack doubling up for a while we finally reached the 36 qualifiers at level 16 with an average stack of 195,000 and the top two in chips being overall leaders in the cumulative Day 2 list.

Jingxuan Zhu came out on top bagging a whopping 586,000 chips after a late charge including the elimination of William Li with A♦ K♠ against Li's 5♦ 5♣ .

Second in chips Ya Na accumulated 511,000 with a stellar run starting at level 10 with less that 50 bigs where she came out of nowhere with a flurry of great hands in level 12 with 200 big blinds, eliminating Guo Xin with A♠ A♦ against K♣ K♥ in a blind battle at the end.

Third in chips Li Bing made his 374,000 on the bubble, a few outs away from busting when he had K♠ Q♣ against Ju Yuhang's Q♦ J♦ who three-bet-jammed 30 big blinds on K♦ 5♦ 6♠ which Li Bing snapped and evaded the diamonds for a massive double up and left Ju Yuhang with so few chips that he bubbled a few hands later.

Four starting flights remain with Day 1H starting at 13:00 which has the same structure as Day 1E.

Under the gun Ju Yuhang makes it 12,000 and big blind Li Bing defends for the action flop 6♠ K♦ 5♦ . Ju continues for 12,000, Li check-raises to 30,000, Ju jams Q♦ J♦ flush draw to put Li all-in, who snaps with K♠ Q♣ for a total of 172,000 and the board completes Q♠ and 2♣ , leaving Ju Yuhang with 27,000 in chips.

Li Bing with Q♥ Q♣ and Rainer Kempe with A♣ A♦ are all-in pre with Kempe being at risk for his 89,200 (70bb) . The dealer keeps it interesting until the the turn K♥ 8♥ 4♦ A♥ with the set for Kempe giving Li a flush draw and a bunch of additional outs and the river J♥ being one of them, Kempe has his rockets experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly and crashes out of the tournament just after late registration closed.