Main Event

With the fall of Kazuhiko Yotsushika on the bubble, TMTC Main Event Day 1C wrapped up with 44 remaining players. At the top of the counts was bubble executioner Lin Yun Tse who also knocked out Yun Li on a cooler to amass a stack of 1,264,000 (126 bb) by the close of day. Lin will enter Day 2 as the overall chip leader out of the 143 total survivors.

Stay tuned for the recap.

With 46 players remaining, they enter hand for hand until the bubble bursts.

Yun Li looks down at J♣ J♥ and bumps it up to 22,000, next to act Lin Yun Tse three-bets 45,000, Li flats. Throughout the board 5♣ 6♣ 9♦ 9♥ 3♠ , Li check-calls 22,000, 31,000, then tank-calls for everything. Lin flips over A♠ A♥ , Li packs up, Lin soars to the leader's position.

Three players stare down a board 3♦ A♦ 6♥ T♦ with 51,000 in the pot. Seunghyuk Jung bets 25,000, Tsai Yao Te calls, big blind folds. Jung fires again on the river 8♣ for 120,000, this time Tsai doesn't pull the trigger to award Jung the hefty pile.

Ka Shun Tsang opens for 13,000, two players call and they head to the flop T♣ 7♠ J♥ . Action is checked to button Kazuhiko Yotsushita who bets 15,000, one player folds, Tsang calls. Yotsushita fires again on the turn 8♦ for 55,000, this time Tsang gives up his hand and the pot.

Tanaka Masatoshi bumps up the betting to 14,000 and is called by two players. On the flop 8♣ 8♠ 9♠ , Tanaka continues for 17,000, one player folds then Kuan Chung Chie check-raises 42,000. Tanaka calls to bring the turn 6♦ . Kuan resumes with a 79,000 bet, Tanaka tank-shoves, Kuan folds giving up nearly half of his stack.

Josei Kamei drives the pot in this hand but the win goes to Seunghyuk Jung with Q♦ J♦ trips. Action goes Kamei opens and finds two callers then bets 10,000 and 22,000 on the flop and turn Q♣ 4♦ 2♥ Q♠ . The two callers stick around and they all check the river 3♥ . Jung reveals the trips and both opponents muck.

Following a raise from cutoff player, button Tanaka Masatoshi three-bets 40,000 and gets called by big blind Lee Chien Te while cutoff opts to fold. Tanaka continues with a 25,000 bet on the flop A♠ 7♠ 3♥ and 45,000 on the turn 4♥ . Lee folds to the turn bet.

After calling Hong Yu Huang's preflop raise, Yoda Lin and Huang check to the turn 6♠ 7♦ 8♦ 7♥ . Lin leads out 14,000 and Huang calls. Same action on the river T♦ with Lin's 40,000 bet called.

With a massive pot before them of 155,000 and a board A♣ T♠ 5♦ 6♦ 9♥ , Joohyun Park bets 75,000 then faces Seunghyuk Jung's 235,000 shove. Park calls.

Jung's straight is far ahead of Park's top two to ship a double up.

Ung Ian Kit takes command wit a 10,000 raise preflop and finds two customers. Flop runs Q♠ T♦ T♥ , it's checked to button Jaecheol Song who bets 15,000. Only Ung calls and head to the turn 6♦ . Checked to Song again and bets 38,000, this time Ung raises 83,000, Song lets Ung have it unchallenged.

Raised pot preflop sees a board K♠ 4♣ 3♣ , action is then checked to Tung Lin Tsai who bets 9000. Only Chul Ho Park call and both check the turn 7♠ . Tsai goes back to betting on the river 5♦ with a huge 150,000, Park doesn't bite.

By the turn 4♠ J♦ J♥ 3♦ , a pot of 54,000 was brewed, more chips go in with Mao Lun Yu betting 28,000 and called by Josei Kamei. The river 6♠ is checked by both. Yu shows Q♦ 6♥ paired river, Kamei mucks.

No action to the small blind Shawn Wu limps and big blind Chiayun Wu checks. Flop comes 4♥ T♣ 8♠ , Shawn bets 4000 and Chiayun snap-calls. The turn J♦ sees a check from Shawn, Chiayun takes the reins with a 5000 bet, this time Shawn snap-calls. The river 6♠, Shawn checks once more, Chiayun bets 10,000, Shawn folds.

Chiayun shows 7♣ 9♥ straight as he collects the pot.

The turn 6♠ is the money card for Tsai and with the river 9♥ completing the board, Tsai rakes in the big pile for the flush.

Action folds around the orbit to small blind Lei Yang who limps in, big blind Yun Li makes it cost to see the flop and raises 13,500. Yang answers with a 25,500 three-bet, Li calls to end the betting round. At the flop K♥ 9♠ 7♠ , Yang checks, Li bets 30,000 and wins the pot.

Chun Yu Wu initiates with a 6500 raise, two players call to see the board run Q♣ 8♦ 6♥ . Wu continues with an 8000 bet, only Sasaki calls, then they both check down the turn 7♥ and river 2♥. Wu show 7♣ 7♦ set for the win.

Yi Shun Lee raises 6000 and is called by two players to build the pot. All three check to the turn K♠ 8♣ 6♣ 5♣ . Lee lays out 7000, only Garren Moves calls then it is back to checking on the river A♦ . Lee is first to show and has A♥ 8♥ , Moves mucks.

With the turn 9♠, Song is drawing dead.

Looking down at 8♣ 8♥, Yoda Lin raises 6000 and doesn't get past big blind Li Yun who defends. On the flop 5♣ 7♣ 2♠, Yun checks, Lin c-bets 8000, Yun calls once again, then both check down the turn J♣ and river 9♥ . Yun has A♠ 3♥ air losing the pot to Lin's snowmen.

Lin is drawing dead for the Q♥ river to have no effect.

From lojack, Ka Shun Tsang opens 4000, gets called by hijack Seung Jin Han, then button Lin Yun Tse three-bets to 17,000 to force a fold from Tsang while Seung wants to play post flop.

Dealer felts the flop T♥ 8♠ 8♣ , Lin quickly bets 11,500, Seung check-calls, and the turn drops 4♥ . Lin continues the momentum and sends out 15,500, this time Seung switches up and check-raises all in, Lin can afford it and calls.

A pot of 45,000 swimming in the middle of the felt and a board T♣ T♦ 5♠ 4♥ Q♣ , heavy betting continues with Wong Lu Jie firing 15,000, Jaecheol Song check-raises 40,000, Wong shoves 84,500, Song calls.

Utg player looks down at A♦ A♣ and min-raises, three players call including Jay Park on the small blind. At the flop T♣ 9♥ 6♣ , aces continues for 17,500, two folds follow, Park check-raises all in, aces snap call with less chips. Park flips open Q♣ J♥ . No change on the turn 5♠ however with the river K♥ , Park gets the straight to knock out aces.

It's official, TMTC Main Event Flight C drew 289 entries which means 44 players are guaranteed to ITM.

The turn 5♥ and river Q♣ further improves to Han to a full house to ship the big pot and boot Segers in the process.

Following a raise by Tommy Kim that's called, big blind Yonghwa Lee three bets 12,000 and Kim calls. Lee checks the flop Q♣ J♠ 7♠ , Kim bets 8000 that's met with a snap-call from Lee. The turn A♦ and river A♥ are checked by both. Lee collects with A♠ K♥ trips.

Kuo Chia Wei three-bets 6000 and Fan Chi Hou defends his initial raise. Flop runs A♠ 7♦ J♦ , Fan checks to Kuo who lays out 5800, Fan replies with a 15,000 raise which gets a fold from Kuo.

On a completed board K♠ 7♠ 7♥ 3♣ 4♦ and 47,000 in the pot, Richard Lim bets 27,500 and wins the pot with Lee Chien Te folding up.

Jangjong Bea opens the round with a raise of 3500, three players call for the flop J♦ T♥ 8♣ . Bea c-bets 8500, all three quickly fold.

The river 8♣ is one of Yachi's outs to turn Cheng's top pair to dust.

Guo Zhang Xi and Seung Jin Han build a pot of 10,000 and go see the cards run 2♣ 7♥ 6♥ . Han bets 5000, Guo check-raises 10,000, Han opts to fold.

Three players in raised pot check it to the turn A♣ T♦ 2♥ 8♣ , preflop raiser Alex Tiew bets 2500 and like before, both players - Yuta Yachi and Chan Chun Wai - call. The river 7♦ Chan leads out 5000, Tiew folds, Yachi raises 16,000 to induce a fold from Chan.

Shen Hao finds two callers to his 2500 raise and heads to the flop 7♠ T♦ 9♥ . Shen continues for 4000 and only Aaron Lam wants to see the turn 5♣ . Shen slows to check, Lam sends 10,000 in and gets called. Both are friendly on the river and check. Shen win the pot with 9♠ 8♣ two pair.

Tao Wei Chang three-bets 6500 and initial raiser Tak Yan won't give up his 2500 bet that easy and calls. On the flop K♦ J♠ 5♣ , Chang continues for 4000 and heads to the turn 2♠ after Yan calls. Chang fires a larger 11,500 and this time wins the pot outright.

The river 6♠ changes nothing for Cheung to pay up.

Utg+1 Chen Wen Ming goes all in for 13,800 pocket 6♠ 6♥, utg+2 Cha Younghun over-shoves for 44,400 with A♣ K♣ , small blind Po Yu Chen calls with pocket 8♠ 8♣ for a three way clash.

With the board running A♦ 2♥ 3♥ T♦ 6♣ , Chen scoops the main pot with a set and Cha takes the side pot with Ace pair.

Utg+1 Ji Yong Min raises 2000 with 8♥ 9♥ and is called by big blind Yu Yung Lin. They see a flop of 7♥ K♥ 5♦ and Ji continues for 1900, Yu calls. The turn is 3♥ which completes the flush and action goes check check. The river 5♣ pairs the board, and Yu check calls Ji's river bet of 8500. Ji shows the flush and Yu mucks.

Utg Wu Chiayun opens for 2000, lojack Chen Yi Liu calls and button Hou Cheong Li three-bets to 8000. Wu calls then Chen four-bets to 33,000 and takes the pot down without a flop.

Hijack Stanley Lau raises to 2200 and gets called by cutoff Garren Moves and the big blind. The flop comes J♣ 3♣ 3♦ , Lau continues for 2500, Moves raises 6000, big blind folds, Lau calls. The turn A♠, Lau check-calls Moves 10,000 bet. On the river of 10c , Lau leads out with an overbet of 60,000 putting Moves all in. Moves folds.

Cheng Sheng Chien starts the action off with a raise of 1700, Seunghyuk Jung three-bets 4800 from cutoff, Sheng calls. Flop is Q♠ 3♣ 2♥ , Cheng check-calls Seunghyuk's bet of 5000. The T♦ comes on the turn and Seunghyuk barrels for another 12,000, Sheng let's it go.

On a flop of 9♥ 2♥ 4♣ , lojack Calvin Huang check-calls Tommy Kim's bet of 3500 out of the button. The turn is J♣ and Kim continues for 8300, Huang check-raises all in to put Kim's tournament life at risk, and Tommy folds.

Hijack Chen An Lin with A♦ 3♦ opens 1700 and calls a three-bet by button Jaecheol Song of 4000. Both check to the river J♥ 10h 4♠ 2♦ 3♠ . Chen value-bets 2500, Jaecheol calls then mucks after seeing Chen's hand.

Dacha Termsinvanit opens 1700 from utg+2 then calls button player Lok Chan's three-bet of 5500. They see a flop of K♣ 9♦ 7♣ and when Chan c-bets for 3000, the tables turn as Dacha now raises to 6500. Chan calls and they see a turn of 8♠. Dacha puts out a small bet of 5000 and Chan raises to 14,500. Dacha tanks for a while before eventually folding.

Utg+1 Aaron Lam starts the action with a 1300 raise and gets called by three players. The flop brings 5♥ 7♥ K♦ and Lam fires a continuation bet of 1600, everyone sticks around. The turn 8♦ sees the action check through. On a river of 4♠ small blind Shen leads out for 3500 and takes down the pot uncontested.

Kenta Izutani wakes up with A♣ K♠ in the cutoff and raises to 1500, Hsiao Yun Yang calls from the big blind with J♥ T♦ , flop runs A♠ K♥ Q♦ , Kenta with two pair c-bets for 3500 and Hsiao slow-plays the flopped straight and flats. The turn brings an innocent 3♣ and Kenta bets again for 7000. Hsiao now check-raises to 15,500 and Kenta responds with a three-bet to 27,500. Hsiao answers with a four-bet shove putting Kenta's tournament life at stake!

Kenta eventually calls but doesn't improve on the J♦ river to go bust.

Utg Tao Wei Chang opens1200 and gets called by three players before Chih Hsuan Chiang three-bets from the big blind to 9500. No takers.

On a board of 4♠ 6♠ 9♣ 2♣ K♥ , small blind Lee Chien Te holding 4♥ 4♦ leads out with a value bet of 15,800 into a pot of 22,400 and gets called by big blind Chun Yu Wu and utg Wu Hung Chun who muck their hands when they see the bad news.

On a flop Q♠ 2♣ 4♣ , cutoff Chen Poi is sitting with big slick and calls big blind Chen Yi Liu's bet of 4500 into a pot of 14,400. Both players then check the turn 4♠ and river 3♣. Chen Poi's A♠ K♠ beats Yi Liu's A♥ J♠ at showdown

Utg+1 Alex Tiew and utg+2 limp to Ian Kuo in the cutoff who raises to 3100. Limper Tiew re-raises to 13,100 and gets a fold from both players.

Kuo Chia Wei looks down at A♠ Q♦ in the cutoff and raises to 1000 before Fang Po Wei shoves from the small blind with a weaker A♥ 8♦ for 13,600. Kuo calls and they're off to the races!

With the board running 7♠ 3♠ T♠ 8♥ 6♥ Fang lucks out to get a full double up.

The Main Event US$ 600,000 guarantee has been breached! The announcement was made just moments ago with 688 total entries (Flight A - 329, Flight B - 229, Flight C (currently) - 130). From here on, the pot just gets sweeter.

Chio Cheng opens utg+1 for 1200 and gets called by cutoff Alex Tiew and the big blind. The flop comes J♥ 4♥ 5♠ , Chio c-bets for 1200 and is met with a raise of 3600 by Liew. Big blind folds and Chio calls. The turn J♠ Liew bets 2000 and wins with Chio folding.

Andrew Chang looks down at K♠ J♠ in the utg+2 and opens to 1000. Poon Khai Loon three-bets to 3200 in the hijack and they both take a flop which comes 3♠ Q♠ J♥ . Chang check calls Poon's 3000 c-bet then both check down the turn 4♠ and river 3♣ . Chang shows the Jack pair and Poon mucks.

Cutoff player Lu Yu Cheng bets 7000 into a pot of 16,300 on a board 6♣ 6♠ 3♦ . Eric Jiang on the button raises to 15,200 and takes it down on Lu's fold.

Player nicknamed Fish on hijack looks down at A♣ 9♠ and raises to 1100, small blind Ho Nyoung Lee and the big blind both call.

The flop brings K♣ Q♣ 7♠ Fish continues for 1200 , Ho check-raises 3000, big blind folds and Fish tank-calls. On the turn 5♥ , Fish now takes over the betting with a pot sized bet of 9800 which Ho calls. The river 8♠ , Fish bluffs all in. Ho tanks for a while before deciding to call for tournament life. It's the right one with Q♠ T♦ second pair good for a double up.

Hijack opens 600 and Hsiao Yun Yang three-bets to a whopping 4600. Only Eric Jiang calls from the small blind and they see a flop of A♠ J♠ 4♣ . Hsiao continues his aggression with a bet of 3500, Eric comes over the top with a raise of 8000 to take down the pot.

On a board showing A♣ Q♥ 5♦ T♦ with a pot of 9600 brewed, Sasaki Yasushiro has K♣ J♥ gutshot and bets 3000, gets called by Chen Long Sing who also has a gutshot with K♠ J♣ . Action back to small blind Lee Chien Te with A♠ T♠ check-raises to 13,500 and after a call from Sasaki, Chen three-bets 33,500. Lee calls and Sasaki calls as well and is all in.

The river 9♦ completes the straight. Lee shoves 19,900 and gets called by Chen. Sasaki and Chen split the pot with Chen scooping the side pot as they send Lee packing.

From utg+2, Choi Dongyeol opens 800 with Q♠ 7♠ , Liang Ruei Jiun defends the big blind with 6♣ 8♣ suited. They go see a flop of A♦ Q♣ 3♣ and Choi c-bets for another 800 that's called. Both players check to showdown on the T♠ turn and J♠ river. Choi takes it down with his queen pair.