Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

The last of five flights for the KPC Main Event with the KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool well eclipsed by the grand total of KRW 1,393,660,000 (~$977,109) had 203 entries and 25 punching a last minute ticket to Day 2 tomorrow at 12:00 local.

Tao Li gapped the field with 607,000 - good for 3rd overall - after being down to 13 BBs just a few hands before the end. He first tripled up with Q♥ Q♦ against Zhao Hongjun's 3♥ 3♠ who isolated preflop and then doubled up against Hye Keun Park who was chip leader at the time with A♠ 7♠ against A♦ K♥ by hitting the 7♣ on the river.

Tsz Hin Cheung finished 2nd with 434,000 aided by a last minute double up against Tony Lin and Bo Jin bagged 410,000 in third, after busting Xinxing Tang on the money bubble. Also locking up last chance tickets were KPC Main Event champion Joris Michl, Ren Lin, and Chi Jen Chu.

Day 2 will start tomorrow, Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00.

The dealer flips over 9♠ Q♠ K♣ T♠ 8♥ for Tong to jump in front with a flush, finalizing the last 26 qualifiers for Day 2.

Everything is looking peachy for Hye Keun Park on J♥ T♣ 6♦ 2♥ before going pear shaped on the river 7♣ , giving Li one of his three outs that puts him into the lead after being down to 13 BBs just a few hands ago.

Bo Jin leads the way with a raise to 20,000 from +1 and takes small blind Xinxing Tang to the flop K♦ 6♦ 8♥ where he continues for 16,000 and gets called by Tang. The 7♠ turn gets checked to complete the board 7♣ and Jin jams with K♠ J♦ . Tang flings his last 45,000 over the line with A♦ Q♦ and has to vacate his seat.

No miracle for Zhao on 8♦ and 7♦ keeps the money bubble intact.

With Lin drawing dead, the 3♦ river is just a formality.

The 203 total entries result in 31 ITM places and 26 advancing to Day 2

The last of the five opening flights for the KPC Main Event punched in another 203 entries, taking the total prize pool close to $1,000,000 and 26 more people qualifying for Day 2 once it concludes.