WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Xiang Feng defended his big blind against Xiaobin Gu's hijack open and went on to check raise 20,000 on flop T♠ 7♦ 9♦ . Gu clicked back to 40,000 and jammed the rest following another raise from his opponent. Feng snap called for his entire 109,500 with a straight 6♠ 8♥ , and owned Gu's Q♠ Q♥ all the way through turn 9♣ and river 2♥ .

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. 178 runners out of the 265 entry field continue to be in contention, with China's Song Wang 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.

With 37,000 in the middle on board J♥ Q♣ 5♦ 4♠ , Xiaobin Gu led for 10,000 and called a raise to 25,000 from Song Wang behind. Both checked river 8♦ to showdown, and saw Gu table the same hand A♦ K♥ against Wang's A♠ K♠ for a split pot.

Facing an utg open and a three bet behind, Xiaobin Gu on the small blind launched a cold four bet to 7,000 and picked up the pot uncontested.

Some players seated early, ready to engage in battle across the long day ahead: