Main Event

Cutoff Zhao Yao opened to 55,000 and was met with an all-in from big blind Mitsugi Shunsuke. Zhao calls off with 7♦ 7♥ for his 400,000 stack and is in for a flip against Mitsugi’s K♦ J♠ . The board ran 4♦ 5♣ 4♠ Q♦ A♣ , leaving Zhao’s pocket pair holding up for the double.

Button Ma Li opened to 50,000 and saw small blind Tanigawa Shuji bump it up to 225,000. Ma risks her 725,000 stack with T♥ T♣ and is behind Tanigawa’s A♥ A♠ . Ma in luck, quickly landed a set on T♠ J♠ 4♣ 7♥ Q♣ to bag the win.

58 players remain in contention for the Main Event title with play concluding by the end of this level.

Utg Aghayev Farhad opened to 50,000, called by two players behind. Big blind Long Xiaohan squeezed all-in for 445,000 total and saw two stacks rush in - Aghayev Farhad and Desimoni Bruno (975,000).

Long K♥ T♦ Desimoni Q♥ Q♦ Aghayev A♥ J♥

The board ran 3♥ 4♣ 7♦ 3♦ A♠ with Aghayev spiking the river to rise to the lead.

With 260,000 in the middle on flop J♠ 5♠ 4♣ , Mao Renji pulled a check raise to 200,000, called by Ruan Jiayu. Turn came T♠ and Mao pulled the trigger shoving all-in. Ruan gives it up and Mao shows A♥ A♠ .

Short stacked Zhuo Dajie got his remaining 200,000 in on flop K♠ 9♥ 8♦ with K♦ Q♠ and ran into big blind Dai Linghui’s K♠ 9♠ . The turn T♥ and river 8♠ failed to improve Zhuo, eliminating him from the running.

Hijack Ishikawa Soma opened to 45,000, followed by a raise to 100,000 from button Liu Yin. Small blind Tanigawa Shuji shoved all-in for 575,000 and saw Ishikawa put in his remaining 150,000. Liu gets out of the way and the two run the board. Ishikawa shows Q♦ Q♣ and is up against Tanigawa’s A♣ K♣ . The board rolled T♣ K♥ 3♦ 5♠ J♦ , knocking out Ishikawa from the Main Event games.

Mp Ma Zhaoxi opened to 45,000 and called a three bet to 125,000 from button Wang Wuyi to see flop 6♥ J♠ 5♥ . Wang continued for 100,000 and another 265,000 on turn 3♣ with Ma throwing in the fold by the final bet.

Yamamoto Kazuo opened, followed by a three bet to 130,000 from small blind Liu Lijiang. Yamamoto answered with an all-in for 470,000 and collected a fold from Liu shortly after.

Utg+2 opened, called by Fang Po Wen behind. Small blind Zhang Lei squeezed all-in for 470,000 and was called by Fang with A♣ Q♥ . Zhang at risk with 4♦ 4♥ headed for the exit after the board ran 8♦ J♠ 8♥ T♠ K♦ .

The 1,065 entry field is down to 73 players remaining with China’s Lin Yan still in the forefront.

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Average stack: 729,452 Total chips in play: 53,250,000

Utg+2 Fang Po Wen defended his open and called a 150,000 three bet from Wang Weinan. On flop 8♣ 3♥ 5♥ , Fang check called for 78,000, continuing to turn 5♦ . Wang fired another 175,000 and Fang check raised all-in for 534,000 total. Wang goes in the tank and folds after using up two time banks.

Hijack Ren Yicheng opened to 30,000, called by Mou Chunxu along with the big blind. Flop came 9♠ 5♠ T♥ and saw Ren fire 37,000. Mou makes the call, revealing turn Q♠ . Ren bets another 90,000 and claims the pot after Mou folds.

Chang Carlos opened, joined by button Qiu Ruyu on flop 8♥ 3♥ 4♣ . Chang continued for 45,000, raised by Qiu to 100,000. Chang puts him all-in and Qiu calls off for his 96,000 behind with 5♥ 5♦ . Chang shows Q♥ T♥ for a flush draw and bags the loss shortly after the turn 6♣ and river 6♠ completed the board.

Mp Meng Shuaibo opened to 30,000 and found Desimoni Bruno a seat after fire a three bet to 90,000. Meng answered with an all-in, Desimoni with a fold.

Small blind Hasuni Mate opened to 40,000, called by big blind Chen Chuan Shu. Flop came 5♠ 2♣ 6♥ and saw Hasuni continue for 60,000. Chen puts in the call and heads to turn 4♠ . Hasuni checks and Chen bets 105,000. Hasuni moves all-in for 361,000 total, convincing Chen to give it up.

86 players left on the Main Event floor with the day set to conclude by the end of Level 21.

With 235,000 in the middle on board 5♥ J♠ T♦ 2♠ 5♦ , all the chips went in by the turn - Zheng Bing behind with T♠ T♣ against Chen Chuan Shu’s J♥ J♦ . Both with massive stacks, Zheng forked over his 664,000 behind and headed for the exit shortly after.

Button Zhou Jixin opened to 25,000, called by big blind Zhang Lei. Flop came 3♣ K♥ 9♣ and Zhou continued for 20,000, check called by Zhang. Turn J♣ went check check, heading to river 7♠ . Zhou fired a final bet of 75,000, Zhang with a check call once more. Zhou shows K♣ 9♦ and claims the pot.

With 150,000 in the middle on flop T♣ 5♥ 6♥ , action was seen on Daniel Yang who flicked in his last 6,000. Dianlei Zhang put in a raise to 100,000 and was followed with an all-in for 266,000 from Heung Tsz Kin. Dianlei makes the call and the three go to showdown.

Yang K♠ 2♦ Heung A♥ J♥ Dianlei A♣ T♥

The turn Q♣ and river J♦ completed the board, giving Heung a pair of jacks to bag the pot.

Another all-in preflop situation saw Fong Chong Kit at risk for his remaining 196,000 with K♠ J♠ against Zhong Jianbao’s 9♦ 9♠ . The board ran 4♥ K♦ 7♥ 7♦ 8♥ , landing Fong top pair to take the win.

Desimoni Bruno defended his big blind vs utg Li Lei’s open and saw flop J♠ 8♥ 8♣ . Li continued for 28,000 and called a check raise to 75,000 from Desimoni. Turn 4♥ went check check, leading to river A♣ . Desimoi stuffs his 226,000 in and collects the pot after Li folds.

Utg+2 Chi Yanfei opened to 25,000, joined by Liu Yuhan behind on flop J♠ 3♦ T♦ . Both players check it through, revealing turn T♠ . Chi bets 40,000 and another 54,000 on river 3♥ , with Liu folding by the final bet.

Utg+1 Hanusi Mate opened and faced a three bet to 72,000 from Kim Vladislav. Hanusi shoved all-in for 320,000 and picked up the pot after Kim threw in the fold.

Action began on Kakiuchi Yusuke who shoved his 276,000 stack in with A♦ K♣ , followed by another all-in from Ma Li Q♦ Q♠ for 289,000. Huang Chi Lun puts in the call with A♥ K♠ , covering both stacks and the three run the board 3♠ 8♦ 6♥ 4♠ 3♥ . Pocket pair holds for Ma, earning her a hefty boost.

114 runners remain in the running for the WPT Korea Championship Event title with China’s Lin Yan still in the lead. All players on the felt are now guaranteed a minimum payout of KRW 4,800,0000.

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Liu Zhexu went with T♦ T♣ for his remaining 163,000 and was called by big blind Terashima Tomoki with A♥ A♠ . At risk, Liu exited the arena shortly after the board 5♠ 7♦ K♠ 3♦ Q♠ delivered no bad beats.

Action right on bubble time saw Yu Lei with a 140,000 bet on a 160,000 pot on board 4♦ Q♥ 2♣ 8♣ against chip leader Lin Yan. Lin puts him all-in and Yu tank folds.

Small blind Stanley Weng limp jammed 455,000 in against big blind Xu Jieming and was left crushed after the latter revealed A♦ A♠ . Weng with A♣ K♥ found no help on board J♦ 5♦ 7♠ T♦ J♥ , sending him out of the Main Event games.

Utg Daniel Smiljkovic opened to 20,000, called by Hsiao Yunyang behind. On flop 4♦ K♥ T♠ , Smiljkovic check called for 25,000 and saw turn K♠ . Both players check it through with another K♠ completing the board. Smiljkovic shoves all-in and Hsiao Yunyang calls off with A♥ A♣ , good against his opponent’s J♦ J♣ .

Utg+2 Stanley Weng opened to 21,000, followed by a three bet to 60,000 from cutoff Daniel Yang. Action back on Weng, he shoved for 255,000 total and Yang folds.

Hijack Chen Chuan Shu opened to 20,000 and was met with a 60,000 three bet from Nakayama Takami. Chen fired a four bet to 160,000 and Nakayama stuffs his 363,000 stack in. Chen snap calls with A♥ A♠ and shoots up to 81 BB after the board 7♠ 4♦ 7♦ 3♥ 2♣ left Nakayama crushed.

Button Qi Xuming opened the action and was met with an 85,000 three bet from small blind Gecevicius Kestutis. Qi answered with an all-in, convincing Gecevicius to give it up and save his 24 BB behind.

145 players remain in contention for the Main Event title with the money bubble approaching.

Mp Qiu Cheng opened to 17,000, joined by Yang Xi and the big blind on flop A♠ Q♥ 7♥ . Action was checked through, revealing turn K♠ . Qiu fired a 20,000 bet and checked down the river 3♣ after Yang called. Qiu shows jack-high, no good against Yang’s T♦ T♠ .

Utg+1 Dai Linghui opened to 19,000 and called Wang Chao’s 73,000 all-in with T♥ T♦ . Behind against Wang’s A♥ A♠ , Dai was in luck as the board J♦ Q♥ 9♣ 8♥ 7♣ landed him a straight to take it down.

Utg+1 Xu Zhixin opened to 18,000 and was met with a three bet to 90,000 from small blind Chen Wenwen. Xu answered with an all-in for 179,000, called by Chen with Q♥ Q♠ . Xu is ahead with A♦ A♥ and continued that way all through board 8♠ T♣ 4♣ 6♦ 8♦ .

Button Ikemoto Mao went with K♦ 9♦ for her remaining 130,000 and faced small blind Tian Viacheslav’s A♥ J♦ . At risk, Ikemoto quickly flopped top pair on 8♠ K♠ 2♦ Q♠ 3♣ to land the win.

Mp Zheng Bing opened to 18,000 and called a 58,000 three bet from small blind Qi Xuming. Both players checked flop 6♦ T♥ J♣ through, revealing turn 2♥ . Qi led for 75,000, called by Zheng. On river Q♥ , Qi fired another 80,000 and saw Zheng move all-in for 308,000. Qi used up three time banks before throwing in the fold.

167 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games with the money about to trickle down at 134 runners.

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An all-in preflop situation saw Yin Tao all-in for 350,000 with A♥ K♦ up against Yamamoto Kazuo’s Q♦ Q♠ . A classic flip, Yamamoto’s pocket pair held on 8♣ T♠ 3♦ 4♠ J♠ , knocking the WPT Korea 2023 Main Event champion out of the running.

Utg Li Liangyu opened and faced a three bet to 42,000 from button Hong Zhu. Li shoved all-in for 141,000 with K♥ K♠ , called by Hong with A♠ Q♣ . A queen high board ran on the felt, earning Li a full double up.

A blind vs blind battle saw Heung Tsz Kin all-in with T♠ T♦ against Emannuel Segismundo’s 8♠ 8♣ for his 95,000 stack. A great spot to double through, Heung cruised to the win after no eights were seen on board Q♣ J♣ Q♠ 3♠ A♥ .

Utg+1 Sithamparanathan Nerooban opened and saw small blind Luo Jianming fire a three bet to 52,000. Sithamparanathan answered with an all-in for 130,000 total and Luo makes the call with A♠ Q♣ . Sithamparanathan is ahead with A♣ K♥ up until the river 6♦ 4♠ 3♥ 6♠ Q♥ paired up his opponent for his elimination.

Utg Chou Ya Ting open shoved her 90,000 stack in with A♣ Q♣ and was called by small blind Liu Yin with 8♥ 8♠ . The board ran T♥ 9♥ 6♥ 4♥ 4♠ , earning Liu the boost.

192 players left in the Main Event arena with ITM approaching at 134 runners.

An all-in preflop situation saw big blind Wada Hidetomo at risk for his 235,000 stack with J♦ J♣ against Yu Lei’s A♦ K♣ . The board K♠ 6♠ 3♦ A♠ A♣ quickly ran in favor of Yu to knock out Wada entirely.

Facing an utg open, Liu Yuhan shoved in his 60,500 and was called behind by Hsu Teng Kuei with the same stack. Original raiser gets out of the way and the two run the board.

Liu J♦ J♣ Hsu A♣ K♠

In for a flip, the board T♠ 9♥ 9♦ 3♣ Q♣ spared none of Hsu’s overcards to send him out.

With 41,000 in the middle on board Q♥ T♦ 2♦ T♥ , action was seen on button Stephen O’Dwyer with a 22,000 bet. Big blind Shi Qizheng check calls, heading to turn A♠ . Checked to him once more, O’Dwyer fired a hefty 88,000, Shi with a tank fold.

A three way all-in preflop started with a short stack jam for 52,000, and two big stacks rushing in following.

X K♦ 5♦ Kim Jinwoo J♠ J♣ Hong Zhu Q♥ Q♠

Dominated, Kim forked over 70 BB off his stack after the board 6♥ 4♣ 3♣ 4♥ 9♠ delivered no bad beats.

Tian Kaile shoved his last 71,000 in from early position and was called by button Fang Po Wen with T♥ T♦ . Tian in danger with 7♥ 8♥ headed for the exit after the board 3♠ K♦ 6♣ Q♦ 2♣ offered no help for his suited connectors.

Hijack Cheng Ping opeend to 11,000 and called a 38,500 three bet from big blind Zhou Quan. Flop came T♠ J♠ 5♥ and Zhou check called a 15,500 bet from his opponent. Turn A♥ went check check, revealing river K♥ . Zhou led for 55,000 and ushered a fold shortly from Cheng.

234 players remain on the felt with ITM beginning at 134 runners.

Top Chip Counts

Average stack: 228,541 Total chips in play: 53,250,000

Facing an open and a call, small blind Meng Shuaibo fired a three bet to 31,000 and saw Sakamoto Akatoki come along on flop 2♠ 6♣ 8♦ . Both check it through, pushing Meng to bet 35,000 on turn Q♣ . Sakamoto gives it up and mucks.

Jiang Xinxin opened to 8,500, called by two players behind. On flop J♦ T♦ K♣ , Jiang continued for 11,000, check called by big blind Doi Kojiro. Turn 6♣ however, saw Doi pull a check raise to 63,000. Jiang tanks and makes the call, revealing river 3♥ . Action checked through, showing Doi’s busted flush draw 8♦ 4♦ and Jiang’s A♦ J♥ midpair good for the taking.

Button Chu Chi Jen opened to 8,000 and called a 28,000 three bet from big blind Momo Yin to see flop 2♦ 5♣ 5♠ . Momo check calls 25,000, revealing turn T♥ . Both check it through, heading to river 2♠ . Momo shoves for 75,000, called by Chu. Momo shows 5♥ 7♣ and takes it down after Chu throws in the muck.

All the chips rushed in the middle on flop Q♣ T♣ 8♣ with Yang Xi at risk with K♦ K♣ against bigger stacked Qiu Cheng’s K♠ J♠ . Drawing slim, Qiu took the loss after the runout rolled Q♠ Q♥ .

Facing an open and a call, hijack Loeffler Kilian fired a three bet to 25,000 and was called by both opponents. Loeffler continued with a 15,000 bet on flop K♥ 8♦ 2♣ , check called by Oulmekki Selim. On turn 2♥ , Loeffler threw in another 15,000, Oulmekki with a fold.

Mp Chen Chuan Shu opened to 8,000, called by two players behind. Big blind Yamamoto Kazuo bumped it to 50,000 with only Chen completing the action. Flop came A♣ 2♥ 5♠ and saw Yamamoto continue for 30,000, called by Chen. Yamamoto barreled another 60,000 on turn T♠ and secured the pot after his opponent folded.

Utg Fang Po Wen opened to 8,000 and called an 18,000 three bet from cutoff Chen Zhifeng. On flop 2♥ 2♣ T♠ , Chen continued for 24,000, check called by Fang, and another 45,000 on turn 5♣ . Fang tank folds and Chen scoops up the pot.

Ma Yanjun open shoved his 22,500 with A♥ K♦ and was called by Hong Zhu behind. Small blind Nagasaka Koji reshoved for 59,500, convincing Hong to throw in the fold. Nagasaka is behind with A♦ Q♥ yet spiked a straight on turn K♠ J♥ 4♠ T♣ 9♥ to steal the win.

272 players out of the 1,065 entry field remain on the felt with ITM kicking off at 134 players.

Utg Daniel Yang defended his open and called cutoff Ma Li’s three bet to 15,000. Flop came T♣ K♥ T♥ and Ma continued for 15,000, check called by Yang. Ma barreled another 65,000 on turn 3♥ , leaving Yang unable to get to showdown.

Button Yang Suwei opened and was joined by big blind Zhou Quan on flop 6♠ J♥ J♣ . Yang continued for 7,000 and called a check raise to 23,000 from Zhou. Turn 4♣ saw Zhou barrel another 36,000 and a final 104,000 on river Q♥ . Yang tanks and throws in the fold.

An all-in preflop situation between small blind Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh Q♣ J♦ vs Lee Jung Chou T♦ J♣ was seen with Lee at risk for his remaining 70,000. The board ran 4♦ K♦ A♣ 4♠ 2♣ , earning Nguyen the pot with his queen high.

Liu Yin opened the action and saw button Calvin Lee throw in a three bet to 19,000. Liu answered with another raise to 50,000, called by Lee. Board 3♥ 5♦ 4♠ A♦ 5♣ was checked through to the river. Liu fired a final bet of 50,000 and claimed the pot after Lee folded.

Utg+2 opened, called by the cutoff. Small blind Okuda Kozuto put in a raise to 33,000 and was met with an all-in for 220,000 right behind from Lu Ying Jun. All players mucks and Lu ships the pot.

Hijack opened to 6,000, cutoff Tanigawa Shuji fired a three bet to 20,000. Small blind Pan Hai covering both, shoved all-in and collected the pot after no calls were made.

Utg+1 Zhang Chenxu opened the action, called by the button. Big blind Kadowaki Hideo put in a squeeze for 16,000 and was met with a raise to 50,000 from Zhang. Kadowaki completes and sees flop 5♥ 6♦ 9♥ . Zhang bets 75,000 and Kadowaki check folds.

Utg+1 opened to 6,000, followed by a three bet to 17,000. Fang Po Wen fired a cold four bet to 41,000 and picked up the dead money after both players folded.

Mp Nishioka Tomoaki opened to 7,000, called by button Ding Yayun. On board 7♥ K♦ {1c} 8♦ 9♥ , Nishioki led all three streets with Ding calling behind each bet. Nishioki shows 7♠ 7♣ for a set, no good against Ding’s rivered straight J♥ T♥ .

Main Event Day 2 action begins, good luck to all the players!

The Main Event Day 2 games wrapped up another ten levels of play and saw its 321 runner field drop down to 45 remaining players. China’s Lu Yingjun closed the night with the lead, stacking a massive 3,535,000 (88 BB) to start the Day 3 rounds. Lu inched over second in the running, Aghayev Farhad by the last the hour and claimed the chip lead status. All Day 2 qualifiers returning tomorrow, April 1st are already guaranteed a minimum payout of KRW 9,700,000 and a fighting chance to claim the KRW 434,936,000 top prize.

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Utg Duan Qifeng opened to 55,000 and called off Liu Lijiang’s 375,000 all-in with A♥ K♥ . Liu at risk with J♥ J♦ , bagged the win after the board 3♥ 7♦ T♦ 6♦ 5♦ ran a one card flush to his diamond.

Level 21: 21: 15,000 - 30,000 ante 30,000

Hijack Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh open shoved his last 175,000 in with A♥ K♠ and was called by button Lin Yan with A♠ Q♥ . The board 5♥ 4♠ T♦ 2♣ 8♠ missed to pair either player, leaving Nguyen’s ace-king high good for the double up.