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Geunseop Ban was able to add some chips on the outer table with the latest pick-up featuring a river bet worth 125,000 from under the gun against big stack Yoo Young Jin on the K♦ 7♦ 5♣ Q♠ 9♦ board. No call followed but Jin was very intrigued.

The chips continue to fly on the outer table as another three-bet pot emerged. This time, it was a duel between Geunseop Ban as initial raiser and Jaeseok Sim. They headed to the K♦ Q♥ 2♣ flop on which Ban checked. Sim fired a bet of 100,000 and won the pot uncontested, flashing the K♠ Q♠ for the top two pair before collecting the chips.

Geunseop Ban raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Jaeseok Sim three-bet to 75,000. Yoo Young Jin called the three-bet, everyone else folded. On the A♠ Q♥ 5♦ flop, Sim sized down to 40,000 and Jin called.

The 7♠ turn saw Sim bet 80,000 and Jin let go this time.

The action recommenced with a minor delay from the live stream table setup and on the outer tables in "The Platz", Hee Woong Kim finally showed up after the first break to take his seat.

On table seven, Yoo Young Jin bet a heads-up river of J♦ 9♣ 5♠ 3♣ Q♠ for 35,000. Dongwook Lee called but mucked when he was shown Q♣ J♠ for two pair.

Longhao Shen has been taking over control of table seven by gaining a lot of smaller pots, the latest of which came against Won Beom Seo. On the Q♥ J♣ 2♣ 9♠ 4♦ river, Seo checked and reluctantly folded when Shen bet 20,000.

Shen raised it up the next hand and Cheolwon Park forfeited his big blind and big blind ante off a severe short stack. Most big stacks can be found on table seven.

Hyunsoo Kim defended his big blind against Longhao Shen and check-called the Q♣ 9♥ 7♠ flop for 10,000. After the 2♦ turn, they both checked and Kim checked again the T♠ on the river. Shen bet 17,000 and Kim reluctantly paid it off to expose Q♥ 6♦ for top pair once Shen revealed his K♥ Q♦ for the superior kicker.

Heads-up to the 7♣ 6♠ 5♥ A♦ 7♦ river, chip leader Jaeseok Sim checked in the hijack. Manwoo Park bet 8,000 on the button and Sim tank-called. There was no showdown, as Park mucked to forfeit the pot.

There are currently 27 players remaining and the action slowed down significantly.

Another short stack from South Korea got the chips into the middle, this time with the turn showing A♣ J♠ T♦ A♠ . Jaeseom Sim happily called with A♥ 5♥ and needed to dodge a king only versus Q♦ J♥ . The river brought the 9♦ and the next seat open was confirmed, as the rich got richer.

Big stack Jaeseok Sim bet the A♠ Q♠ 3♣ 5♠ 2♥ river with a four-card straight and flush possible while in the big blind. Manwoo Park called after brief consideration and mucked after he was shown 7♠ 6♠ for the flush.

The cards of Jintae Yang were already in the muck and he quickly gathered his belongings before heading out of the tournament area. Jaeseok Sim swept up the remainder of his short stack with the A♥ 9♦ which made top pair on the 7♠ 5♥ 3♥ 8♥ 9♣ runout.

Jaeseok Sim picked up a suited A♣ 5♣ to knock out a shorter stack when he turned the nut flush draw and rivered a straight on the 7♦ 6♣ 4♥ Q♣ 8♦ board.

At almost the same time, Wonhyo Kim doubled with K♦ 9♠ versus Q♠ J♥ thanks to a board of 6♣ 6♦ 5♠ 7♥ K♥ to get back to the starting stack.

In a three-way all-in, Jaeseok Sim had a mountain to climb with A♦ K♦ versus K♠ K♥ and the Q♣ Q♥ of Longhao Shen. The board ran out Q♦ 9♦ 2♣ 6♣ 4♦ and the suited ace-king spiked a flush to essentially triple up.