Main Event

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.

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 got his short stack into the middle with K♦ 3♦ and was up against the 5♦ 5♣ of Manwoo Park. The T♠ 7♦ 3♥ T♦ turn was a tease but the 4♥ river bricked.

One table over, Japan's "EZ" doubled with ace-queen against the king-queen of Kiwook Kang, while Vivi from Japan also doubled his short stack on another table.

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.

Soon after losing a portion of his stack, Geunpil Go was sent to the rail when his stack shy of the average moved over one spot to Manwoo Park. It was a classic flip with the K♣ J♥ for Go and the 9♥ 9♦ for Park.

The 6♦ 4♥ 2♠ 9♠ 3♣ board gave Park an unbeatable set on the turn. This was the second elimination in the last few minutes on this table as another short stack had also departed.

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.

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.

Man Woo Park faced one limper and then raised to 8,500, which forced out the limper. He then opened to 3,000 soon after and Jong Ju Park made it a massive 15,000 to go. The fold followed and the three-bettor showed K♥ K♣ before collecting the pot.

There was a squeeze to 4,400 in front of Manwoo Park out of the small blind and he looked up a shorter stack with Q♥ Q♣ versus A♠ J♥ . Only one jack came on the K♠ J♣ 3♦ 3♣ K♦ board and Park earned the knockout with the superior two pair.

Manwoo Park defended the big blind against a button raise by Jihwan Park and check-called the T♠ 8♥ 2♠ flop for 2,000. He did so again for 4,500 on the Q♦ turn and the 5♦ river was checked. The bigger stack showed the T♥ 3♥ and it was good to further boost the current chip leader.