WPT Main Event

Chenxiang Miao raised all-in, and Dingding Guan called off for his 4,000,000 stack. Dominated, Miao quickly turned the tables, having flopped a set on board 8♠ 4♣ K♥ T♥ 6♠ to take the final victory.

Dong Li limped on the button and Chenxiang Miao checked his option, dealing flop T♠ 5♦ 7♦ . Li bet 250,000, check raised by Miao to 1,000,000. Li continued to turn Q♣ , and went on to shove 3,700,000 in against Miao's 1,800,000 bet. Miao called with 6♦ 4♦ , and shipped the win against Li's A♥ A♣ as the river 8♠ completed his straight.

Dong Li completed on the big blind vs Chenxiang Miao's button open, and went on to check call three streets - 500,000, 1,0000,000, and 2,000,000, on board 9♥ 5♠ T♠ 3♥ K♠ . Miao revealed the rockets, and shipped another sizable pot off Li.

Dong Li opened on the cutoff, joined by Chenxiang Miao from the small blind. Li continued on flop K♠ Q♦ A♣ , and barreled another 500,000 on turn T♣ . Miao check raised the following bet to 2,000,000, and Li put in the call to river 7♠ . Miao led all-in with his straight, and Li let go of his two pair.

Dong Li opened utg, followed by a 1,300,000 three bet behind from Chenxiang Miao on the button. Li raised all-in, and Miao snap called for his entire 7,200,000. Crushed against a monster, Li shipped the lead to Miao after missing board Q♣ 4♠ 3♦ 9♥ 2♠ .

Dong Li opened 400,000 on the cutoff, joined by Chenxiang Miao on the small blind. On board K♥ 3♠ 6♥ A♥ , Li double barreled - 350,000 and 1,400,000. Miao check called one street but opted to fold his midpair after being faced with a hefty bet.

Chenxiang Miao defended his big blind against Dong Li's 300,000 open and headed to flop 9♠ 2♥ 8♣ . Li continued for 225,000, and fired another 800,000 on turn K♠ , with Miao check calling both streets. On river 5♠ , Li sent out a final 2,000,000, leaving Miao unable to continue with top pair.

Kimura jammed 1,200,000 in against Chenxiang Miao's cutoff open and saw the raiser make the call for a race. Slightly behind, Kimura failed to catch up on board 7♥ 3♥ 2♦ 2♠ 9♠ , ending his Main Event run for good.

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

Dong Li defended his hijack open and called an 800,000 three bet from Chenxiang Miao on the small blind. Li called another 650,000 on flop Q♣ J♣ 7♠ , and went for a 750,000 bet on turn J♦ after Miao put in a check. Miao opted out, earning Li yet another pot.

Andrew Matahira opened on the button and was met with a 1,200,000 three bet from Chenxiang Miao. Matahira used up three time banks before pushing his 1,700,000 stack in, called by Miao. Slightly ahead, Matahira ended as the final table's first casualty after the board 9♥ 8♥ 7♦ T♥ 4♦ landed a straight for his opponent.

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

Zhiyuan Zhang opened to 110,000 on the small blind, joined by Chenxiang Miao behind on flop T♦ 7♠ 2♥ . Zhang continued for 100,000, raised by Miao to 325,000. Zhang answered with another raise to 900,000, and went on to tank call for the rest of his chips following an all-in from his opponent.

Miao T♥ 7♣

Zhang A♠ T♣

Crushed against Miao's two pair, no help came on either turn 6♠ or river J♥ , eliminating Zhang in 17th place.

Zhiyuan Zhang defended his button open and called a 350,000 raise from chip leader Chenxiang Miao to see flop T♥ 8♥ 6♣ . Miao continued for 300,000, called by his opponent. No bets went in on either turn 8♦ or river Q♦ , revealing Zhang's pair of queens K♥ Q♥ for the pot against Miao's A♥ J♣ .

A blind vs blind battle saw Chenxiang Miao open to 100,000 and call 200,000 more following a three bet from Yukako Hiroi. On flop 5♠ 4♣ 3♠ , Miao check raised to 750,000, and snap called Hiroi's 2,500,000 all-in with 6♣ 6♥ . Hiroi is in trouble with A♥ Q♥ , and succumbed to her fate as turn 4♦ and river 3♦ missed to improve her ace high.

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.

Chenxiang Miao opened on the hijack and snap called Yuan Yu's 580,000 all-in. In rough shape, Yu fell short as a king high board K♠ T♠ 2♦ 9♥ 7♥ further improved his opponent to a set.

Yong Li fired another three bet to 155,000, this time against button Chenxiang Miao. Miao continued to flop T♦ 6♦ 8♥ and faced a 75,000 cbet from the aggressor. Miao raised to 225,000 yet folded after Li pulled a heftier 400,000.

Chenxiang Miao opened from utg+1 and called off a 325,000 all-in from Toshiya Tamaru. Slightly behind, Miao caught up by the turn 8♣ 4♠ 3♦ J♥ 9♣ and delivered Tamaru's bust with top pair shortly after.

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.

With a late position and two calls in front, big blind Maolin Song squeezed all-in for 450,000, and was challenged by caller Chenxiang Miao. Dominated, Song crashed shortly, having failed to catch up on board Q♥ T♦ 7♣ 6♥ 5♠ .

Dingding Guan stuffed his 225,000 stack in from the hijack with A♣ 8♦ and faced Chenxiang Miao's A♦ 7♦ behind. In search of a double up, Guan managed to claim one as his opponent missed to find a third diamond on board Q♦ 9♦ 2♠ 3♣ K♠ .

Chenxiang Miao opened to 45,000 on the button and called off Yuchun Chen's 450,000 jam. In for a race for a 62 BB pot, Miao scooped it all, having ran trip queens on board Q♥ 9♠ 5♣ Q♠ 2♦ .