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.

In a battle of the blinds, Junghwan Kim bet the 8♠ 7♣ 5♦ K♣ turn for 24,000 and the 3♣ river for another 38,000. Tsukasa Endo called both times and won the pot with 7♠ 6♣ , as Kim only had A♣ 6♥ for the missed straight draw and nut flush blocker.

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.

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.

With 2,100 three ways on the Q♦ J♥ T♣ flop invested, the 4♦ turn was checked. Won Beom Seo also checked the 3♦ river and another player did so, too. Jong Ju Park now bet 9,500 and his two opponents folded for Park to show A♦ 8♦ for the rivered nut flush.

The field has expanded to more than 30 entries and not just one but two new tables opened in quick succession. Tetsuya Fujiwara entered followed shortly thereafter by Won Beom Seo and Yohan Trens, the latter two sitting next to each other over on table seven.

In a big pot of more than 100,000 to the 8♣ 6♣ 4♥ 7♥ turn, Jong Hoon Lee bet 40,000 out of the small blind. Yohan "YoYo" Trens tossed his two time bank chips towards the dealer and went into the tank. During the final 30-second period, he moved all-in for around 60,000 and Lee called.

Trens showed Q♥ Q♠ but needed help, as Lee had improved to two pair with the 7♠ 6♠ . The board paired, but the 7♦ river only improved Lee to sevens full of sixes while Trens left with the head shaking.

Won Beom Seo was watching the action from nearby, as he had been the one to bust prior for the final two tables to form.

Won Beom Seo raised to 6,000 and earned one caller. Chunjong Park then moved all-in for more than 85,000 and Seo folded. The big stack folded the A♥ Q♦ and Park flashed 2♥ 2♣ before raking in the chips.

On a heads-up turn of K♠ Q♣ T♦ , Won Beom Seo bet 5,000 and called a raise to 10,000. He then bet 10,000 on the A♦ turn and Yoo Young Jin instantly folded from the next seat while showing a lot of frustration.

A shorter stack opted to move all-in for 15,600 and Won Beom Seo called two seats over in the small blind. The player at risk revealed Q♥ 8♦ and was trailing against Seo's A♠ Q♣ . The A♣ T♦ 3♣ 4♦ K♦ board locked up the pot for Seo on the turn already to boost his stack.

Won Beom Seo raised to 800 in the cutoff and Yoo Young Jin called in the next seat, both blinds folded. On the 8♠ 7♦ 5♠ flop, both checked. Seo bet the K♥ turn for 1,500 and the 7♥ river was checked.

Seo showed A♣ 9♦ but Jin had that beat with the K♣ 4♣ for a pair of kings.