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Taehong ha was eliminated and Yohan Trens followed suit, then walked over to Jaejoon Yang to spill the beans. Yang was involved in a heads-up pot to the J♥ 6♦ 2♦ 6♣ 5♦ river on which he called a bet of 2,500 by Kiwook Kang.

The latter turned over Ace-Nine but Yang won the pot with the 8♣ 8♥ .

"Queens against five-seven, he turned a straight," Trens told Yang after the hand.

Jintae Yang raised to 1,000 and received three callers in Yohan Trens, Yongjong Lee and Kazuma Sekine. The A♦ Q♥ 4♠ flop is checked before Lee bet the K♥ turn for 1,300 and the K♣ river for 4,200. Only Yang called both times and won the pot with J♥ T♥ as Lee had the K♠ 6♠ for trips.

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.

Yohan Trens three-bet from 8,000 to 20,000 preflop and was called by Jong Hoon Lee, who check-called the 9♠ 8♦ 5♣ flop for 15,000. Both checked the 6♠ turn and Lee bet the 7♠ river for 25,000. Trens called and mucked after being shown Q♣ T♦ for a ten-high straight.

Within two hands, Yohan Trends has left his opponents from South Korea wondering whether or not he had bluffed right after the field reached the last 27 players on Day 1a. In a min-raised pot to the J♠ 4♥ 3♦ he check-called for 4,500 when Dongmin Kim bet and Sumin Leem called.

Trens led the 4♣ turn for 14,000 and both folded.

Kim then opened to 4,000 and called a three-bet to 14,000 by Trens. The French player continued for 10,000 on the 4♠ 3♦ 3♣ flop to earn a call, then jammed the 6♠ turn. Kim sigh-folded the A♦ and was shown the A♣ by Trens.

Noori Na had re-entered not long ago and was then involved in a battle of the blinds. On the K♥ J♠ 9♥ 3♦ turn, he bet 4,000 and Yohan Trens raised to 14,000. Na declared a reraise and then jammed, Trens quickly called.

Na's K♠ 3♥ had turned two pair but Trens had that beat already with the K♣ J♥ . Nothing changed with the A♣ and Trens doubled for 40,100 to leave Na short.

French chess player Yohan Trens had seen his stack go up and down like a roller coaster in the opening two hours and he won the last hand prior to the break to leap back above what he started with.

Trens bet the J♠ 9♦ 8♥ 6♦ turn for 4,000 and his opponent check-called. They checked the K♦ river and Trens' A♦ J♥ beat J♣ T♠ in showdown.

Yohan Trens reraised to 3,200 in the big blind and then called a squeeze to 9,200 by Yitaek Choi from an early position. Trens check-called the J♦ J♠ T♠ flop for 3,300 and they opted to check down the 7♠ turn as well as the T♦ river.

The French player revealed Q♣ Q♥ but Choi had that beat with the A♥ A♠ .

French chess player Yohan Trens was in the big blind and bet the flop Q♦ 7♦ 5♥ for 3,000 to earn one caller. The small blind was in the tank for a long time and eventually, the clock was called on him. No call followed and both Trens as well as his opponent checked down the 3♥ turn as well as the J♠ river.

Trens showed the T♠ 7♠ for a pair of tens, which was good enough to scoop the pot.