WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

A preflop back and forth between Dingding Guan and Zhongyao Li saw the latter make the final call for his entire 1,300,000. Running a classic flip, Li missed to find any of his overcards on board 7♥ 2♥ J♣ 4♥ T♣ , knocking him out from the Main Event games entirely.

Dong Li opened on the button and saw both players on the blinds come along on flop K♠ T♠ 7♠ . Li continued for 70,000, check called by Zhongyao Li. On turn J♠ , Zhongyao Li called for another 110,000, but folded on river K♥ as Dong Li pulled a final 225,000. Dong Li showed two pair Q♠ Q♦ .

Facing a late position open, Huashu Ke moved all-in from the small blind and saw Zhongyao Li right behind push likewise. Initial raiser got out of the way, leaving the two to run board K♣ 2♠ 5♣ 7♦ 4♠ . Ke exits in 23rd place, having failed to improve his dominated ace.

Zhongyao Li opened to 50,000 from the lojack, and was met with a 175,000 three bet from Yong Li on the button. Zhongyao Li answered with another raise to 425,000, and picked up the pot after his opponent tank folded.

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.

Zhongyao Li defended his big blind against Tianjiao Fang's hijack open, and went on to check raise 110,000 on flop 5♥ 9♠ 2♦ . Fang continued to turn 6♦ but eventually folded after Li gunned for another 150,000.

Shuang Li opened to 35,000 on the button and saw Zhongyao Li defend his big blind. On flop 4♠ K♣ 7♣ , the two went back and forth, leading Zhongyao Li to make the final call for Shuang Li's 345,000 all-in. Shuang Li reveals top pair K♥ Q♦ , crushed against his opponent's two pair 7♦ 4♣ all the way down to turn T♥ and river 9♣ .

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 6:35 pm local time. 113 runners out of the 170 entry field continue to be in contention, with wild card Jieming Xu 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.