Main Event

Whenever there appears to be a larger pot brewing over on table five, it is Hyukjin Kwon applying pressure. The latest hand was no different as he jammed the A♣ K♦ 9♦ 6♦ 5♦ river into Hyun Ho Cho. Almost 40,000 were in the middle and Cho as well as Kwon had similar stack sizes. The former eventually slid his cards into the muck and Kwon collected the pot once more, again without needing to show the cards.

The duel of Hyukjin Kwon and Dabin Kang had taken place several times throughout the early stages of Day 1b thus far and they created a pot of around 23,000 once more to the J♠ 7♦ 5♠ 3♦ turn.

Kang checked out of the small blind and Kwon bet 5,500 on the button, which earned him a reluctant fold.

Joining the action on the Q♦ T♣ 7♠ 2♣ turn, big stack Hyukjin Kwon bet 1,600 and then called a raise to 4,000 by Dabin Kang. He checked the J♦ on the river and Kang bet 9,000 to take down the pot without resistance.

Hyukjin Kwon bet a three-way flop of 4♥ 3♥ 2♠ when checked to and was called only by Dabin Kang in the next seat. The Q♠ turn was checked and Kwon bet the 6♦ river to force out Kang. He moved up to almost two times the starting stack already in what shapes up to be a hot start.

Among the players on the first table to kick off are also two female contenders in Jae Young Jeon and Dabin Kang. The latter chipped up some already when she defended her big blind and check-called one street on the A♠ K♦ 9♠ 2♣ 4♣ board. Her K♣ 8♥ won the pot, as Xu Joan only had Q♦ T♥ for a missed gutshot.