WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Dong Li opened with half his stack for 1,100,000, called by Baojie Lin on the big blind. On flop 2♣ 8♥ 5♠ , Lin led all-in for 950,000, and was snap called by Li behind with A♣ 8♠ . Lin is in rough shape with A♥ T♣ , and headed out shortly after turn 2♥ and river J♥ completed the board.

Remaining Payouts

Day 4 has officially closed with only six players out of its 667-entry field remaining in the running for this season's WPT Main Event title. Day chip leader Dong Li continues to hold the reins, once again on top of the list with a massive chip count of 12,700,000 onto the Final Day. Li has been a dominant force across the table all day, playing postflop aggressively while also unafraid to gamble against shorter stacks. With nearly 40% of the chips in play, Li stands to be in pole position to secure the KRW 300,000,000 (~USD 215,400) top prize, WPT Trophy, and the prestigious WPT Main Event Ring.

Action resumes tomorrow, November 22nd, 12 noon, where a champion will be crowned by day's end.

WPT Main Event

Dates: November 16-22, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 2,500,000 (~USD 1,795)

Guarantee: KRW 1,680,000,000 (~USD 1,206,430)

Entries: 667 (507 unique)

Prize pool: KRW 1,680,000,000 (~USD 1,206,430)

ITM: 96 places

Day 1A: 120 entries, 42 qualified

Day 1B: 207 entries, 70 qualified

Day 1C: 340 entries, 117 qualified

Day 2: 229 players, 79 qualified

Day 3: 79 players; 24 qualified

Day 4: 24 players, 6 qualified

Day 5 /Final: Friday, November 22

Final Table Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

Baojie Lin open shoved 1,800,000 in on the cutoff, and saw Zhikang Dai behind call off for his lesser 1,600,000. A pocket pair battle, Lin's ladies left no hope for Dai, having instantly flopped a set on board Q♥ 2♦ 3♥ T♠ 8♦ .

The WPT Main Event games is officially down to its final nine players with day chip leader Dong Li continuing to hold down the lead. Each contender is now guaranteed KRW 27,000,000 (~USD 19,385) in winnings, with the KRW 300,000,000 (~USD 215,400) a short reach away.

Day 4 action will close once the field is down to six players.

WPT Main Event

Dates: November 16-22, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 2,500,000 (~USD 1,795)

Guarantee: KRW 1,680,000,000 (~USD 1,206,430)

Entries: 667 (507 unique)

Prize pool: KRW 1,680,000,000 (~USD 1,206,430)

ITM: 96 places

Final Table Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

Baojie Lin defended his big blind vs a utg open from Hongshuang Hu, and check called another 200,000 on flop K♦ 2♦ Q♥ . Hu barreled another 600,000 on turn T♥ , and left Lin unable to continue with his remaining 11 BB.

A three way raised pot led by Baojie Lin dealt flop K♥ T♥ J♦ . Lin continued for 130,000, check called by Chuang Hao on the big blind. Both checked turn J♠ and river 9♦ to showdown, revealing Hao's rivered straight Q♣ T♣ for the pot.

Dingding Guan opened 160,000 on the button and saw both players on the blinds put in the call. Flop K♦ 3♦ 8♣ was checked round to turn 7♣ , where Baojie Lin led for 160,000. Only Hongshuang Hu continued to river 3♠ , where he bet a final 280,000. Lin check called, only to muck as Hu revealed two pair K♣ T♣ .

One more elimination is due before the day closes at three tables remaining onto Day 4. Dong Li continues to be in the lead with a massive 4,410,000 chip count, followed by Chenxiang Miao at a distance.

The WPT Main Event field is down to 39 players with fifteen more eliminations to go before the day wraps up. China's Dong Li has so far taken over the lead, being the sole runner to crack the 2 million threshold.

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.