WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Zhiyuan Zhang opened to 110,000 on the small blind, joined by Chenxiang Miao behind on flop T♦ 7♠ 2♥ . Zhang continued for 100,000, raised by Miao to 325,000. Zhang answered with another raise to 900,000, and went on to tank call for the rest of his chips following an all-in from his opponent.

Miao T♥ 7♣

Zhang A♠ T♣

Crushed against Miao's two pair, no help came on either turn 6♠ or river J♥ , eliminating Zhang in 17th place.

Feng Xiang stuffed 650,000 in against Zhiyuan Zhang's cutoff open and saw the latter make the call. A huge favorite, Xiang cruised to a double up as board K♥ 7♣ 3♠ 6♠ 6♦ ran on the felt.

Zhiyuan Zhang defended his button open and called a 350,000 raise from chip leader Chenxiang Miao to see flop T♥ 8♥ 6♣ . Miao continued for 300,000, called by his opponent. No bets went in on either turn 8♦ or river Q♦ , revealing Zhang's pair of queens K♥ Q♥ for the pot against Miao's A♥ J♣ .

Sergei Kim defended his open and called a 175,000 three bet from Zhiyuan Zhang behind. On flop J♦ T♥ 4♥ , Kim check raised all-in following a 150,000 cbet from Zhang, and saw the latter call off for his entire 685,000.

Kim K♥ Q♥

Zhang K♦ K♠

Gunning for a ton of outs, none came on either turn 7♣ or river 4♣ , leaving Kim to fork over a chunk of his stack.

Kyungmin Lee opened from the hijack and went on to jam his entire 119,000 in vs Zhiyuan Zhang's three bet. Zhang put in the call, and was crushed to see his pocket pair face the rockets. Lucky for him, the five-high flop 5♠ 4♣ 3♠ quickly turned it around, leaving his boat good for the pot as turn 4♠ and river 8♠ completed the board.

Zhiyuan Zhang opened to 15,000 from utg+1 and was met with a 30,000 three bet from button Andrew Matahira. Zhang tank shoved, and picked up the pot as Matahira open folded Q♦ Q♠ .

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.

Facing an open and a three bet, Zhiyuan Zhang lodged a cold four bet to 40,000 and called off Peter Park's 184,000 jam. A classic flip, the board K♥ 5♠ 3♦ 9♥ T♥ quickly landed in favor of Park's overcards, earning him a nice double up.

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.

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.