WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Bofei Lin opened from utg+1 and saw Chenxiang Miao on the big blind complete. On flop 4♠ 6♥ 9♣ , Lin continued for 45,000, and called 80,000 more following a check raise from his opponent. Miao barreled another 225,000 on turn 2♣ , and convinced Lin to lay it down.

Bofei Lin defended his utg open against Jie Zheng's 85,000 three bet, and went on to check call another 55,000 on flop J♦ 8♦ 4♣ . The two arrived at showdown shortly after turn T♦ and 8♣ were checked through. Lin showed J♠ 9♠ , short against Zheng's Q♥ Q♠ .

Cheng Bo open shoved his remaining 215,000, and was called by Bofei Lin on the big blind for a flip. Board T♥ 2♦ J♣ 6♦ 9♣ missed to pair up Bo's overcards, eliminating him from the running entirely.

Over a hundred eliminations have been delivered throughout the day with only 127 players remaining in contention by the second break. Baofeng Zhang currently leads the charge, stacking above the 1 million mark to leave quite a distance from second in rank Ran Zhou's 665,000 chip count.

Time banks will be put in play the following level.

Quanzhen Fang sent out a 3,500 three bet against Bofei Lin's cutoff open and saw the latter complete. Action across board 5♥ J♣ 9♠ A♠ 4♥ was checked down to the river where Fang finally sent out a 4,000 bet. Lin makes the call and mucks as Fang turned over A♣ K♥ for top pair.