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.

Ya Na kicks off the action with a 10,000 min-open from under the gun and takes two players to the flop Q♥ J♥ 4♠ where her 15,000 c-bet only keeps Zhu Jie along for the ride in +1. The turn 2♣ sees a second barrel of 20,000 being called for the river Q♦ where a third barrel of 30,000 gets called by Zhu, who mucks after Ya Na tables K♣ Q♠ .

A blind battle with Ya Na holding A♠ A♦ in the small blind and Guo Xin having K♣ K♥ in the big there is no other outcome than another preflop all-in with Guo Xin at risk for 121,000. A dry 7♣ 7♦ 6♣ 9♠ 5♣ has the rockets prevail and sends Guo Xin to the rail.

Picking up the action on the turn A♣ 3♠ 7♠ 7♣ and 23,600 in the middle, Ju Yuhang leads 12,500 from the hijack, followed by a check-call by Ya Na out of the big blind to see the river 2♣ . Another 37,000 from Ju with king high K♥ 5♥ finds yet another check call from Ya showing A♦ 9♥ to pick up a juicy pot that catapults her into the top 5 of the leaderboard.