Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

The first of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 213 players and saw 27 bag their chips for Day 2 during level 17, almost 14 hours after the first hand was dealt.

Yao Du emerged on top with 455,000 and has been among the leaders since level 9, gaining a significant boost in level 14 when he knocked out Taiwanese pro Meng Ling Lin with A♦ A♣ against her K♥ K♣ and burst the bubble in level 16 by eliminating Xiaolu Yang with Q♦ Q♠ versus J♥ J♣ .

Lili Tang also first appeared on the ladder during level 9, won a blind battle against Chen Yu with A♦ K♥ and kept chipping up, moving from 5th on the board during level 15 to second at the end, bagging 403,000. Yao Fang worked his magic away from our eyes, also being on the lower end of the Top 20 since the end of late registration and a late boost catapulting him into third with 373,000 to his name.

The remaining 27 players will have time to score some other trophies in the coming days until they can use their chips again on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00 when Day 2 begins.

Chang Liang Sun picks up Q♦ Q♥ in +1, min-raises to 16,000 and quickly calls after small blind Shenglai Zhang puts his last 78,000 in the middle with A♣ Q♣ . The dealer gets to work, flipping over K♥ 5♦ 2♠ T♥ 3♠ to eliminate Zhang and provide everyone with a well earned break for tonight.

Big stack Chang Liang Sun gets the ball rolling with a 10,000 raise from the hijack, the button calls and Borui Zhang squeezes to 35,000 out of the big blind. Sun projects strength with a four-bet to 75,000, the button leaves and Zhang jams for 315,000. After tanking for a bit, Sun thinks there will be better opportunities in the future and lets it go.

With a 9,000 open from the hijack, Chang Liang Sun takes two players to the flop Q♣ 5♣ 7♦ where Xiaofeng Zhang bets 17,000 in position, the big blind gets out of the way, but it is Chang Liang Sun who scoops the pot with a check-raise to 45,000, showing 9♣ 8♣ .

Cutoff Chang Liang Sun raises to 6,000 and big blind Zuyou Wang defends his big blind to see the action flop 7♣ 5♣ 6♦ . Sun's 6,000 c-bet gets jammed on for 24,500 but he is going nowhere with an open ended straight flush draw 8♣ 6♣ against Wangs two pair 6♥ 7♦ . The board completes 2♣ and 3♣ , granting him a flush, scooping another small pot.