Main Event

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.

Shizi Xiao three-bet and earned a call from Joo Hee Oh to see a flop of A♦ K♦ 2♥ on which Xiao continued for 20,000. Oh called and faced a second bet of 32,000 on the T♠ turn. She raised to 70,000 only for Xiao to quickly move all-in.

Oh sighed but called all-in for 127,000 with K♥ K♠ . Xiao tabled A♥ K♣ and could not spike another ace, as the 5♦ river confirmed Oh's large double in the opening minutes.

Hyukjin Kwon has become the undisputed largest stack on his table and took on Dongwoon Lee, the latter of which put up resistance from the small blind. With the turn showing K♦ 7♥ 5♦ 7♦ , Lee bet 35,000 and Kwon's shot clock ran down to zero before he opted to fold.

Over on table six, the flop showed Q♥ 7♠ 3♠ and the action checked to Junsheng Qiao. He bet 6,500 and earned three callers to the 7♣ turn. Hyukjin Kwon now bet 16,500 and Heeseok Kim then pushed all-in. Qiao folded, as did Shizi Xiao while Kwon called.

Both Kwon's 8♥ 7♦ and the 8♠ 7♥ of Kim had turned trips and the split pot was guaranteed ahead of the K♥ river.

Following an open raise to 4,000, both players in the blinds call including Shizi Xiao and Hyukjin Kwon. The J♥ 8♥ 3♦ flop is checked all the way to the Q♣ turn on which the initial raiser bet 6,000. Only Xiao called and then led the K♠ river for 18,000.

The reluctant call followed and Xiao tabled A♣ T♦ for broadway to earn a nice pot.