WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Valeriy Pak opened 90,000 on the button and saw Yukako Hiroi defend his big blind. On flop K♣ 2♣ 5♦ , Pak continued for 90,000, and called 110,000 more following a check raise from his opponent. Hiroi barreled another 250,000 on turn 9♦ and a final all-in on river 6♥ . Pak called down with midpair 9♠ 7♠ for his last 170,000, and headed for the rails in 25th finish as Hiroi revealed two pair K♦ 6♣ .

Valeriy Pak opened to 60,000 on the hijack, followed by a raise to 175,000 from Xinyu Shu right behind. Pak clapped back to 275,000, yet folded after Shu pushed all-in for 525,000 total.

Valeriy Pak opened on the button and called off Xinghui Zhao's 380,000 all-in. A favorite to win, Zhao instead bowed out as board 4♣ Q♣ 4♠ K♣ 7♠ landed his opponent trip fours to take the win.

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.

A pot of 35,000 centered across board 4♣ 3♦ A♣ 6♣ , where Valeriy Pak was seen sending out a bet of 15,000. Zongguo Tian on the big blind, check called to see turn J♥ , but folded shortly after Pak fired another 35,000.

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.

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♦ .