WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Baojie Lin open shoved 1,800,000 in on the cutoff, and saw Zhikang Dai behind call off for his lesser 1,600,000. A pocket pair battle, Lin's ladies left no hope for Dai, having instantly flopped a set on board Q♥ 2♦ 3♥ T♠ 8♦ .

Dingding Guan shoved 960,000 in against Zhikang Dai's utg+1 open and saw the latter make the call. A huge favorite, Guan secured the double with no sweat as board ran 3♠ 6♣ J♠ 8♠ Q♣ .

Zhikang Dai opened on the cutoff and saw Dong Li defend his big blind, revealing flop K♥ K♣ 7♥ . Dai continued for 100,000, check raised by Li to 325,000. Dai made it 1,100,000 to go, and Li completed. Both checked turn 6♦ through to river 3♦ , where Li led 500,000. Dai surrendered, shipping the pot to 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

On the feature table, Tianjiao Fang risked his stack with pocket tens and was up against Zhikang Dai's A♣ 2♣ . While Fang remained ahead on flop T♣ J♦ 3♦ with a set, the runout 5♦ 4♣ landed Dai a runner runner wheel straight to deliver his elimination.

A three way all-in on the feature table saw two casualties - Sergei Kim (725,000) and Linghui Dai (565,000), fall to Zhikang Dai. Board ran Q♦ 4♦ T♠ 8♦ 9♣ , leaving Dai's straight good for the double bust.

Dong Li opened utg and was met with a 1,015,000 shove from Zhikang Dai on the button. Li folded, refusing to gamble 25 BBs off his stack, showing A♦ T♥ .

Yiyu Zhou flicked in his last 20,000, followed by a raise to 80,000 from Zhikang Dai. Hongshuang Hu on the button, bumped it up to 180,000, and saw Dai complete. On board K♥ 3♥ 2♠ 7♣ , Hu double barreled - 125,000 and 275,000, with Dai unable to continue by the turn bet. Hu revealed top set K♠ K♦ , leaving Zhou's 6♥ 8♣ drawing dead.

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.

Zhikang Dai defended his big blind against Yiyu Zhou's button and headed to flop 5♣ 9♥ 6♠ . Both checked it through to turn K♣ where Zhou bet 40,000. Dai check raised to 100,000, and led a final 325,000 on river 8♦ . Zhou failed to continue, shipping the pot to his opponent.

Ying Song committed her last 365,000 with A♥ K♣ and ran smack into Zhikang Dai's A♠ A♦ . In rough shape, board 7♠ 3♥ 4♦ Q♠ 7♦ offered no help for Song, eliminating her from the games.

The WPT Main Event field is down to 39 players with fifteen more eliminations to go before the day wraps up. China's Dong Li has so far taken over the lead, being the sole runner to crack the 2 million threshold.

Xiaoyun Li defended his big blind vs Zhikang Dai's utg open, and check jammed 230,000 in on flop J♣ 3♠ 2♣ . Dai happily put in the call with A♣ A♦ , and delivered the bust shortly after Li's J♥ 9♥ failed to improve on runout Q♦ A♥ .

Dong Li opened to 12,000 from utg+1 and called a 36,000 three bet from Zhikang Dai behind. On board Q♥ 4♣ 9♣ 3♥ , Dai double barreled - 25,000 and 68,000. Li called the initial bet but folded as Dai continued with aggression.

Up against a late position open and a three bet, Ruibin Li cold called behind and found initial raiser Zhikang Dai move all-in. Li called off for his 15 BB stack with 5♥ 4♥ , and was in for a race against Dai's A♥ 2♥ . An ill-timed gamble, Li was left instantly in pieces as his opponent paired his ace on board A♦ 6♠ Q♣ J♣ K♦ .