Day 2
Baek Youngseok bubbles in 10th place

Cutoff Baek Youngseok shoved for 740,000 with A♣ 2♣ and was called by small blind Ronato Alcano with A♥ Q♥ . Dominated, the board 3♠ J♠ 4♣ K♠ 4♥ locked in the win for Alcano, leaving Baek to bubble the final table.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RA Ronato Alcano | 7,700,000(48 BB) |
busted |
David Howard gets paid

A four way raised pot saw flop A♠ 5♠ 5♥ . Checked to Baek Youngseok, he bet 250,000, called by the small blind. Big blind David Howard raised all-in for 935,000 and saw Baek put in his stack with A♥ Q♠ , only to be crushed by Howard’s trips 2♠ 5♣ . The runout steered clear of any bad beats, earning Howard a full double up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DH David Howard | 3,250,000(27 BB) |
1,380,000(12 BB) |
Baek Youngseok takes it down

Ronato Alcano defended his big blind vs button Baek Youngseok’s 250,000 open and headed to flop A♠ 5♠ 9♠ . Baek continued for 300,000, Alcano with a check fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RA Ronato Alcano | 9,000,000(75 BB) |
2,200,000(18 BB) |
Luqman Alghanim busts in 14th place

Utg Luqman Alghanim opened to 250,000 and called off for his entire 1,300,000 stack after hijack Baek Youngseok moved all-in. A crucial flip, the board 3♥ T♣ J♣ T♥ 5♠ missed to land Luqman a pair, sending him out of the Main Event arena.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
LA Luqman Alghanim | A♣Q♦ | busted |
9♦9♣ | 3,350,000(34 BB) |
Baek Youngseok pulls a squeeze

Button Czar Ian Marcos opened to 175,000, called by the small blind. Big blind Baek Youngseok squeezed all-in for 1,200,000 and picked up the dead money after both opponents folded.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CI Czar Ian Marcos | 2,400,000(30 BB) |
1,600,000(20 BB) |
Baek Youngseok gives it up

Small blind Baek Youngseok put in a raise to 160,000, called behind by Lee Woosang. On flop 3♠ K♣ 3♣ , Baek continued for 175,000, called once more by his opponent. Turn came 9♦ and Baek was quick to give it up after Lee fired a 500,000 bet.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LW Lee Woosang | 4,100,000(51 BB) |
1,200,000(15 BB) |
Kai Paulsen outkicked into 25th place

Kai Paulsen opens then call Baek Youngseok's three-bet shove.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KP Kai Paulsen | A♠Q♥ | busted |
A♦K♣ | 1,900,000(38 BB) |
Flight A
End of Flight A - Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RH Ryoji Hatanaka | 436,000(87 BB) |
384,000(77 BB) | |
AB Aivaras Bardauskas | 372,000(74 BB) |
JM John Matsuda | 350,000(70 BB) |
316,000(63 BB) | |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | 311,000(62 BB) |
287,000(57 BB) | |
262,000(52 BB) | |
MA Mark Almusajin | 243,000(49 BB) |
240,000(48 BB) | |
233,000(47 BB) | |
YP Yohn Paredes | 227,000(45 BB) |
210,000(42 BB) | |
RK Roman Kundasov | 198,000(40 BB) |
196,000(39 BB) | |
196,000(39 BB) | |
190,000(38 BB) | |
NK Namhyung Kim | 175,000(35 BB) |
171,000(34 BB) | |
164,000(33 BB) | |
158,000(32 BB) | |
152,000(30 BB) | |
149,000(30 BB) | |
141,000(28 BB) | |
HC Hwanho Choe | 139,000(28 BB) |
KK Kinam Kim | 137,000(27 BB) |
RH Ryoh Hasegawa | 124,000(25 BB) |
110,000(22 BB) | |
101,000(20 BB) | |
88,000(18 BB) | |
88,000(18 BB) | |
81,000(16 BB) | |
80,000(16 BB) | |
RC Ryan Chua | 64,000(13 BB) |
64,000(13 BB) |
Baek Youngseok continues to rise
Ronald Ashley Lane open shoves his last 5 bb with J♦ 2♣ then proceeds to fall to Baek Youngseok's A♠ K♦ on a board 3♥ 3♠ A♥ K♣ 2♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
179,000(45 BB) | |
busted |
Baek Youngseok wins the preflop battle
Utg Yu Kunlong raises 11,000, cutoff Jun Xian Kher calls, small blind Baek Youngseok shoves around 119,000, no takers.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
401,000(100 BB) | |
212,000(53 BB) | |
149,000(37 BB) |
More chips for Yu Kunlong

Utg Baek Youngseok opens 10,000, Yu Kunlong calls from hijack, the rest fold. Both players check the flop 3♦ 8♥ 2♦ , then Yu bets 7000 on the turn 7♦ . Baek calls and they head to the river Q♥ . No bets again. Baek has A♣ J♥ air, Yu takes it with 7♥ 9♥ pair.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
487,000(122 BB) | |
90,000(23 BB) |
Random Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
180,000(60 BB) | |
165,000(55 BB) | |
158,000(53 BB) | |
140,000(47 BB) | |
140,000(47 BB) | |
KK Kinam Kim | 100,000(33 BB) |
100,000(33 BB) | |
LE Lenart Ecarma | 88,000(29 BB) |
88,000(29 BB) | |
75,000(25 BB) | |
35,000(12 BB) | |
RC Ryan Chua | 20,000(7 BB) |
3,000(1 BB) |