WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Vying for 120,000 in the middle across board K♦ 3♣ 5♠ 5♦ , action was seen on Dong Li check calling a bet of 85,000 from Xu Chen. Chen gunned another 150,000 on turn A♣ , eventually convincing Li to let it go.

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.

Fifty players have already headed for the rails by the first break with 179 contenders remaining in play. Beng Hong Ker currently holds down the lead, being the sole runner above the half a million mark.

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.

Xu Chen on the button fired a 4,200 three bet against Takamitsu Namiki's hijack open and saw the latter come back for 15,000. Chen put in the call and saw both stacks rush to the middle on flop Q♥ T♠ 3♦ .

Namiki A♠ A♥

Chen Q♦ Q♠

Drawing slim, Namiki found no help on either turn 4♠ or river K♣ , sending him out of the Main Event games.