WPT National Korea: 19 players left in the Main Event

With KRW300,000,000 up for grabs, the WPT National Korea is nearing the finish line as Day 2 ended yesterday with 19 players left in the running.

The event, which had a buy-in of KRW2,000,000, had a rocky start due to weather conditions as well as numerous events happening around Asia.  But in the end, it had accumulated a total participation of 152 entries which was enough to reach the guaranteed prize pool of KRW300,000,000.

Of the notable players, left on the field are PKC Team Member Ian Brion, Russell Thomas, who has a total live earning of more than US$3 million, XiQiang Chen, who recently placed 2^nd in the CPG China Championships and Tanaka Masatoshi, a familiar face both in the US and Asian circuits.  Combined Day1 chip leader Hiroyuki Noda is entering Day 3 with the 3^rd largest in chips while compatriot Abe Takahiro from Japan takes the lead with 441,500 chips.

Here is the current standing of the 19 players entering Day 3:

Player Name	Country	Chip Count
Takahiro, Abe	Japan	441,500
Cheng, Juhui	China	440,500
Noda, Hiroyuki	Japan	420,500
Bi, Tao	China	400,000
Lee, James	USA	366,000
Chen, XiQiang	China	360,000
Tang, Yuefeng	China	296,000
Liu, Yin	China	288,000
Thomas, Russell	USA	232,500
Li, Cha	China	201,500
Fu, Xiao	China	196,500
Han, Liwei	China	179,500
Akiba, Yusuke	Japan	148,500
Christensen, JonHo	Norway	125,500
Li, Xiao Ling	China	117,000
Brion, Ian	Philippines	110,000
Kozo, Yamada	Japan	109,000
Ye, Bi Lian	China	105,500
Masatoshi, Tanaka	Japan	23,500

Side events

On the other hand, Zheng Yu from China won the NLH KO Bounty Event, outlasting a field of 34 players.  Stay tuned as Somuchpoker announces more winners