WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Joonhee Yea limp jammed 68,500 in from the small blind against a 10,500 open from Tom Verbruggen right behind. Verbruggen called, putting Yea at risk over a flip. Board A♥ 4♥ 5♣ 7♥ A♦ quickly peeled an ace, further improving Verbruggen to trip aces to deliver the elimination.

Chao Li risked his entire 70,000 against initial raiser Tom Henricus and was left in pieces as the Dutch runner flipped over a better pocket pair. An ace high flop A♠ 3♣ 5♦ instantly landed on the felt, with no runner runner jack coming on 6♣ 7♦ to save Li from his demise.

Tom Henricus opened to 3,000 from utg+1 and was met with a raise behind by button Junjie Ren. Lei Yu on the big blind, made it 14,000 to go, called by both.

Action on flop J♠ J♦ 3♣ was checked to Ren, who bet 14,500, called by Yu. Henricus raised to 35,000, and weeded only Yu out of the pot. Henricus gunned for another 17,000 on turn A♦ , and went on to check call 32,500 from Ren on river 6♥ .

Ren revealed trip jacks J♣ 9♣ and added another boost to his already stack as Henricus mucked.

With 37,000 in the middle on board J♠ 2♥ 3♦ 4♦ 6♦ , action was seen on Tom Henricus with a nearly pot size bet of 32,000. Zhiyuan Zhang on the small blind, check raised all-in, which left his Dutch opponent to go deep in the tank. Henricus eventually called off for his remaining 63,000 with a straight A♥ 5♦ , and stood up just as Zhang revealed a backdoor flush T♦ 2♦ .

Tom Henricus decided to put in a raise to 11,000 vs Tsz Kin Heung's hijack open, and was joined by both Heung and Zhiyuan Zhang behind on flop 2♠ T♠ 5♦. Henricus gunned for another 7,000, followed by a raise from Zhang to 26,000. Both opponents give it up and Zhang takes it down.

Tsz Kin Heung opened to 2,500 from early position and saw both Tom Henricus and Patrik Demus on the blinds come along on flop 8♦ 6♠ 2♥ . Checked to Heung, he bet 2,600, raised by Henricus to 6,900. Demus behind, re-raised all-in for 21,200 total, leaving only Henricus priced in to make the call.

Demus is ahead with top pair 9♥ 8♥ against Henricus' 9♦ 6♦ , up until the runout came 4♣ 6♣ to knock the Hungarian out entirely.

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.

Yongbin Wang limped in and faced a 3,600 raise from Tom Henricus right behind. Both Wang and the big blind called to see a flop of A♦ 7♥ 2♣ . Wang check called one bet from Henricus, yet folded as the raiser fired another 8,000 on turn 7♠ .