Main Event

Hyukjin Kwon raised the button and found a caller in Youngkyu Kim out of the small blind. Kim checked the 9♥ 2♠ 2♣ flop and then folded when Kwon made it 15,000 to go.

Over on the other table, Joo Hee Oh raised to 11,000 and Hyunjeong Kim defended her big blind off a severe short stack. She checked the K♦ J♦ 9♦ flop and then folded to a continuation bet in the penultimate hand of this level.

Youngjong Lee defended his big blind against a button raise by Jingon Kim and checked the J♦ T♦ 9♣ flop. Kim eyeballed the stack on the other side of the table and bet 26,000, Lee folded.

One hand later, Hyunjeong Kim limped in and folded when Sungmin Ha jammed with his big stack.

Jingon Kim was all-in for 28,000 with A♦ J♣ against the J♥ J♠ of Sungmin Ha. The board ran out A♠ K♦ 9♣ K♣ K♠ and Kim doubled.

One hand later, Hyunjeong Kim jammed for 29,000 from under the gun and Youngjeong Kim did so for 40,000. All others folded and Kim won the flip with A♦ Q♠ versus A♥ K♠ on the 6♥ 2♦ 2♣ 3♣ 6♠ board.

The latter Kim then jammed 11,000 next. Harim Jeong called on the button, as did Kim in the big blind. Both active players checked down the J♣ J♥ 5♦ 6♠ 2♦ board and the micro stack tripled with 5♠ 3♣ - which Kim was it? ;)

Harim Jeong raised and called a three-bet as they headed to the A♣ 8♠ 2♦ flop. Jeong checked, Hyunjeong Kim bet 14,000 and Lee called. They checked down the 3♥ turn and 6♣ river for Jeong to win the pot with the A♠ 9♠ .

One table over, Dongwook Lee jammed the river of an A♥ 9♦ 7♦ 6♠ 5♦ board to win a nice pot without showdown, joining the bigger stacks in the later stages of Day 1b.

The field has been whittled down to just 21 hopefuls, essentially meaning that half of them will advance with one exception. Yuri Murikami and Jun Young Lee have been eliminated while Alan Lau increased his stack in a heads-up pot versus Dongwoon Lee when his pocket jacks prevailed versus Q♠ T♣ on an ace-king high board.

Picking up the action in a three-bet preflop pot on the Q♦ T♥ 5♠ 4♠ turn, Hyunjeong Kim bet 15,000 when checked to. Yoonwoo Jang then check-raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Kim called all-in for 26,500.

Kim's A♣ Q♣ were up against T♣ 9♣ and held thanks to the 3♦ on the river.