Main Event

Youngjong Lee flipped for the last 25,000 with 5♠ 5♥ from the cutoff against the K♦ Q♠ of Sungmin Ha on the button. The Q♣ J♠ 4♦ flop provided the overcard and two blanks followed.

At the same time one seat over, Jae Young Jeon got her micro stack in with T♥ 8♠ against the J♥ 5♥ of Hyukjin Kwon. The A♦ 6♥ 4♣ 4♦ 2♠ board missed both players and the jack was enough for the elimination.

On the J♠ T♠ 2♦ Q♦ turn, Jae Young Jeon got her chips in against Yoonsang Cho and had the best of it with K♠ 9♠ for the king-high straight and flush draw. Cho was in rough shape with the 9♦ 8♠ for the bottom end of the straight, unable to capture a miracle chop on the 8♣ river.

Sungmin Ha had re-entered and doubled his stack with a hero call against Jaejoon Yang when his Q♥ 6♣ had the superior kicker on the 9♥ 6♠ 4♠ 5♦ turn. The river was the J♣ and Ha doubled.

Right after that on new blinds, chip leader Hyukjin Kwon raised to 3,700 and Hyun Ho Cho called all-in for 3,200 with the 9♦ 8♦ . Kwon only had 9♣ 7♠ and Cho prevailed on the 4♥ 4♣ 2♣ 5♠ 8♥ board.

New on the table is Nana Nakamura, who took a short break after her third place in the High Roller.

A short-stacked Xu Joan was all-in with Q♠ T♠ but had turned a straight on the K♣ 9♣ 3♥ J♠ 3♣ board to crack the A♠ A♥ of Jaejoon Yang. However, the chips didn't last long as he then got it in with A♣ 8♥ against the T♠ T♣ of Jae Young Jeon. The board ran out 9♣ 4♠ 2♣ J♠ 6♦ and that spelled the end for Joan.

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.