Days: Day 1A / Day 1B / Day 1C / Day 2
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00:40: China’s Zhang Ding stacks high in Day 1C
Level 18: 6,000 – 12,000 ante 12,000
After nearly six hours of play, the 113-entry field drew down to its final 14 players led by China’s Zhang Ding. Zhang capped the night with a 525,000 stack, joining the top ranks going into Day 2. Just below him is fellow countryman Chen Kaile with a sizeable 428,000 chip count.
Chip Counts
| Pos. | Last Name | First Name | Flag | Chip Count |
| 1 | ZHANG | DING | China | 525,000 |
| 2 | CHEN | KAILE | China | 428,000 |
| 3 | YANG | XI | China | 377,000 |
| 4 | LI | CHAO | China | 264,000 |
| 5 | WANG | SONG | China | 234,000 |
| 6 | JIANZHONG | SONG | China | 183,000 |
| 7 | Liu | LI JIANG | China | 161,000 |
| 8 | DESIMONI | BRUNO | Brazil | 149,000 |
| 9 | YANG | XIAOTIAN | China | 108,000 |
| 10 | YU | YUNCHAO | China | 70,000 |
| 11 | NING | BO | China | 41,000 |
| 12 | LI | XIANG | China | 31,000 |
| 13 | HIRANO | KEITA | Japan | 29,000 |
| 14 | YU | JIANQIANG | 23,200 |
00:38: Two players exit as the bubble
Level 18: 6,000 – 12,000 ante 12,000
Dwindled down to 1.5 BB, big blind Mamiya Ruiko flicked in her last 5,000 with 
and was called by small blind Jianzhong Song with 
. The board ran 
, landing Jianzhong two pair for the win.
Jianzhong Song – 183,000
Mamiya Ruiko – Eliminated
Action on the other table saw Hanusi Mate shove his short stack in with 
and was called by Desimoni Bruno with 
. Up for a flip, a roller coaster board 
turned up on the felt which left Hanusi’s flopped set crushed by the river.
Desimoni Bruno – 149,000
Hanusi Mate – Eliminated
The two eliminated players will split a minimum payout while 14 additional runners head on to Day 2.
21:00: Registration is closed!
Level 9: 1,000 – 1,500 ante 1,500
The last flight on schedule for the WPT Opener added another 113 entries to the tally, recorded across eight levels of registration. Set to play down to ITM (12.5% of the field), only 15 players are guaranteed a spot into Day 2.
The last flight for WPT Korea’s first trophy event on schedule, WPT Opener, plays down this evening, running a faster paced gameplay all throughout. Each player starts off with a 25,000 stack, equivalent to 125 BB and is set to course through 20 minute blind levels. The qualifier will conclude once ITM is reached where 1 in 8 players will survive onto Day 2, guaranteed a share of the pot.
Date: March 25 – 27, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 630)
Day 1A: 68 entries, 9 qualified
Day 1B: 206 entries, 26 qualified
Day 1C Turbo: 113 entries, 15 qualified
Day 2: March 27, 2024
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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