Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

Picking up the action on the flop 3♠ T♦ Q♥ and 410,000 already in the pot, we see Wang Yilong lead 120,000, Li Dong calls, the turn 8♠ has Wang lead for another 250,000 which gets called again to complete the board 9♠ . With a ton of draws having gotten there, Wang slows down to a check and Li Dong jams. Wang Yilong preserves his remaining 630,000, surrendering the pot to Li Dong who now sits on 4,000,000.

Wang Yilong starts us off with a 40,000 raise from cutoff and Li Dong defends big blind to see the flop K♣ 5♦ K♠ . Wang's 30,000 c-bet gets check-raised to 90,000 and a call presents the turn Q♠ . Switching gears, Li leads for 120,000, gets raised to 300,000 and calls to see the action killer river T♦ . Two checks has Li Ding scoop the pot with K♦ 3♠ .

Coming off of a string of profitable hands, Wang Yilong continues to put pressure on the table with another 32,000 open from the cutoff and Jin Xudong defends his big blind to see the flop 8♥ T♦ A♣ . A 60,000 c-bet gets check-called by Jin for the turn 2♦ , another 180,000 barrel from Wang gets check-called again to complete the board 9♥ where Wang Yilong jams his massive stack to put Jin Xudong all-in for his last 459,000. After the use of three time banks Jin Xudong begrudgingly lets it go, making Wang Yilong the first player to reach 2,200,000.

Cutoff Wang Yilong raises 32,000 with K♣ 8♣ and takes two customers to the flop 7♥ T♣ Q♣ . The action gets checked to button Zhu Jie who forks out 42,000 that gets rid of the big blind, but keeps Wang in the hunt for his flush that promptly arrives in the form of the 2♣ turn. Both players check for the board to complete 5♠ where Wang Yilong wants 250,000 tuition for Val-U and Zhu Jie pays up.

Ji Linrui gets us going with a 25,000 raise from under the gun and a call from +1 has Wang Yilong squeeze to 105,000. Ji four-bets to 210,000 and takes only Wang to another monsoon flop J♦ 7♦ 9♦ . Taking a stab for 100,000, Ji Linrui ultimately lets it go when faced with Wang Yilong's check-jam and preserves 330,000 for a better opportunity.

Under the gun kicks off with a 16,000 raise, Kong Chun Lam three bets 44,000 from +2, cutoff Wang Yilong cold four-bets to 100,000, the initial raiser folds and Kong jams A♥ Q♦ for 219,000. Easy call for Wang with A♠ K♦ who avoids any trouble on J♣ 3♣ 7♣ 7♠ K♥ to eliminate Kong and inch closer to a million in chips.

With the pot at 71,000 and Q♦ J♣ 7♠ on the board Wang Yilong bets 66,000 from under the gun and big blind Ya Na check-calls to continue to the turn 3♠ . Wang jams his massive stack and Ya Na surrenders.

Defending champ Kong Qingtao and fan favorite John Juanda unfortunately had their runs cut short in 102nd and 149th place.

Two players looking at monsters ends up with a preflop showdown again. This time it is Xiao Shaoping with Q♠ Q♥ from +2 and Wang Yilong with K♣ K♦ in the cutoff with the former being at risk for 168,000. The dealer graces us with 8♠ A♦ J♥ 3♣ 4♠ , no help for the ladies and we inch one step closer to the next money jump.