Main Event

Four ways to the T♣ 9♠ 5♥ flop, it checked to Geunpil Go and he bet 2,200. Three players called and the A♠ followed on the turn. It checked to Go again and he bet 8,000. Si-Jin Park reluctantly called with only 5,200 behind, then folded the 2♣ river when Go bet 10,000.

On a heads-up flop of A♦ K♣ T♠ with 7,100 in the middle, Si-Jin Park was all-in for the last 12,300 with A♥ Q♠ . That was well ahead of his opponent's A♣ 7♠ and the kicker played on the K♥ turn as well as 6♣ river runout.

Three ways to the 9♦ 6♠ 3♠ 7♠ 8♥ river, the action checked to Jeong-Wook Kim on the button and he bet 15,000. Chip leader Jong Hoon Lee called in the small blind and Si-Jin Park reluctantly folded with a smirk on the face.

Kim showed 8♣ 7♣ for two pair but Lee had 5♥ 5♣ for the bottom end of the straight.

Japan's Yoshio Yamamura never recovered from the earlier setback and saw his stack vanish, while Sungjin Park also toppled to slightly more than ten blinds after three-bet folding off a short stack.

In the meanwhile, Si-Jin Park has been eliminated and re-entered to start his second bullet of Day 1a with 50 big blinds.