Main Event

Prior to the break, Ki Taek Kwon lost his short stack on the live stream table while Jin Wook Lee departed from the outer tables. In the final hand before the break, Jong Hoon Lee took on Won Beom Seo. The öatter had the A♥ K♣ and was dominated by A♠ 4♠ . No help came on the J♥ 3♥ 2♠ J♦ T♦ board and that brought the field down to the last 16 for the two table redraw.

Hyukjin Kwon defended the big blind with the Q♣ J♥ against Ki Taek Kwon with the A♠ Q♠ and they headed to the K♠ 3♦ 2♥ flop. The first check led to a bet worth 12,000 and Kwon then check-raised to 37,000 with his queen-high to force out his opponent.

Shizi Xiao jammed his K♥ 5♠ into the A♣ A♦ of Ki Taek Kwon and found no escape on the 6♦ 6♠ 4♠ J♥ 6♥ runout.

Hyunwoo Bang was then flipping for his tournament life with 9♣ 9♦ against the A♠ K♣ of Won Beom Seo. The latter got there on the J♠ 6♣ 2♣ A♥ 6♠ board to reduce the field to the last 31 players.