WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

WPT Main Event Day 1B registration is officially closed with 207 entries recorded across the first eight levels. China's Xinxin Jiang currently stands in the lead by the last break of the day, stacking nearly three times the average stack.

One more flight is set to run through tomorrow, November 18, to wrap up the qualifying rounds.

A three way all-in preflop situation was seen on board 8♦ 6♦ 3♣ 8♣ 9♣ with Hui Chen shipping the chip leader pot with his pocket pair. Chen delivered a double bust, sending both Hengzhao Lu and Yi Qin out after missing their overcards.

Hui Chen: T♥ T♣

Hengzhao Lu: King-Queen

Yi Qin: Ace-King

WPT Main Event players have been sent off to a one hour dinner break, with play set to resume at 6:35 pm local time. 113 runners out of the 170 entry field continue to be in contention, with wild card Jieming Xu leading the charge. Today's action is set to conclude following four more 60 minute levels onto Day 2.

Registration remains open through Level 8 @21:45.

A fourway raised pot saw flop Q♥ 7♣ 2♣ . Action was checked round to turn 9♦ where Hui Chen led for 2,500. Peng Wu behind, put in the call, peeling river 4♠ . Chen this time, check called a final 3,900 bet from Wu, and mucked as his opponent showed two pair Q♣ 9♥ .

A three bet pot, four players battled on flop 6♦ 5♥ Q♦ , to which three stacks rushed in with Wenping Chen covering both Jinze Zhang (67,500) and Hui Chen (102,500).

Chen A♠ Q♥

Zhang K♣ Q♠

Chen 8♠ 7♥

Chen looking to deliver a double bust, instead booked the loss as the runout came K♠ 5♦ , landing Zhang two pair for the win.

WPT Main Event players have been sent off to a one hour dinner break, with play set to resume at 6:30 pm local time. 69 runners out of the 108 entry field continue to be in contention, with yesterday's Single Day High Roller runner up Kyungmin Lee leading the pack. Today's action is set to conclude following four more 60 minute levels onto Day 2.

Registration remains open through Level 8 @21:45.

Hui Chen sent out a 5,500 three bet against Valeriy Pak's early open and saw the latter complete for a battle on board A♥ J♠ 6♠ 3♥ 3♦ . Chen bet all three streets - 3,500, 9,000, and a final 18,000, with Pak calling all the way to showdown, only to muck as Chen turned over A♦ K♦ .

Hui Chen opened to 900 from the hijack and was met with a three bet to 2,700 from Xiang Li behind. Big blind completed, prompting Chen to raise it further to 9,000. Only Li put in the call, revealing flop 2♥ 5♦ 3♥ . Li called for another 3,500, yet tank folded after Chen sent out another 13,500 on turn 9♥ .