Main Event

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.

Youngjong Lee had made the final two tables last night but bowed out just shy of reaching Day 2. His next attempt has been off to a decent start as he knocked out an opponent over on table seven. On a board of J♦ 8♠ 7♥ 6♠ Q♣ , his 6♦ 6♥ for a turned set of sixes prevailed against K♦ J♥ and that bumped up his stack nicely.

Youngjong Lee defended his big blind against a button raise by Jingon Kim and checked the J♦ T♦ 9♣ flop. Kim eyeballed the stack on the other side of the table and bet 26,000, Lee folded.

One hand later, Hyunjeong Kim limped in and folded when Sungmin Ha jammed with his big stack.

Youngjong Lee flipped for the last 25,000 with 5♠ 5♥ from the cutoff against the K♦ Q♠ of Sungmin Ha on the button. The Q♣ J♠ 4♦ flop provided the overcard and two blanks followed.

At the same time one seat over, Jae Young Jeon got her micro stack in with T♥ 8♠ against the J♥ 5♥ of Hyukjin Kwon. The A♦ 6♥ 4♣ 4♦ 2♠ board missed both players and the jack was enough for the elimination.

Jingon Kim was all-in for 28,000 with A♦ J♣ against the J♥ J♠ of Sungmin Ha. The board ran out A♠ K♦ 9♣ K♣ K♠ and Kim doubled.

One hand later, Hyunjeong Kim jammed for 29,000 from under the gun and Youngjeong Kim did so for 40,000. All others folded and Kim won the flip with A♦ Q♠ versus A♥ K♠ on the 6♥ 2♦ 2♣ 3♣ 6♠ board.

The latter Kim then jammed 11,000 next. Harim Jeong called on the button, as did Kim in the big blind. Both active players checked down the J♣ J♥ 5♦ 6♠ 2♦ board and the micro stack tripled with 5♠ 3♣ - which Kim was it? ;)

Youngjong Lee defended out of the blinds against Joo Hee Oh and check-called for 8,000 on the T♣ 8♣ 7♣ flop. He then checked the 8♥ on the turn and quickly folded when Oh bet another 20,000.

After the hand, the last 17 players went on a scheduled 15-minute break.

The field has been reduced to the final two tables as Yoonsang Cho departed in 19th place. Shot clocks are now in play with all players receiving two time bank extensions as well.

Soon after that, Youngjong Lee got it in for 59,500 preflop with the A♦ K♠ and Sungmin Ha looked him up with the inferior A♠ Q♠ . The kicker played on a board of 8♦ 6♠ 3♥ K♥ 2♥ for Lee to double.

On a three-way flop of K♣ 3♠ 2♥ , Youngjong Lee checked and so did Dongwoon Lee. Yoonwoo Jang bet 2,500 and the first Lee was the only caller. The Q♣ turn was checked and Lee bet the T♦ river for 6,500. Jang called but mucked after being shown Q♠ 5♦ for a turned pair of queens.

On the tail end of a J♣ 4♣ 7♥ 7♣ 2♠ board with around 17,000 in the middle, Youngjong Lee opted for a bet of 7,000 while in the blinds. His opponent was one of the recent late entrants, who eventually settled on a fold and exposed the A♣ for presumably a missed nut flush draw.