Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

Everything is looking peachy for Zhao on J♣ A♣ J♦ T♦ before going pear shaped on the river K♦ , giving his opponent a runner runner flush.

Button Chun Lung Wong opens 160,000, small blind Xiangyu Zhao ups it to 400,000 and calls after Wong four bet 1,000,000 to see the flop 4♥ 3♥ T♣ where Zhao check calls a 350,000 c-bet. The turn 9♦ and river A♠ get checked down with Wong flipping over the winner A♣ 5♣ against Zhao's 8♣ 8♦ .

This classic flip is a sweat until the end on 4♠ 4♣ 2♣ 9♣ 5♣ , giving Zhao a flush on the buzzer.

Hijack Xiangyu Zhao makes it 100,000 and Chi Jen Chu defends big blind to see the flop 9♦ K♣ J♠ that gets checked to the turn 7♦ . Chu check-calls 80,000 for the river 5♥ to drop where he does so again for 280,000 and mucks after seeing Zhao flip over A♥ K♥ .

After a 400,000 open and no callers two hands prior, Bo Jin speaks up again, this time in the big blind with a 200,000 three-bet after Xiangyu Zhao raised to 85,000. Zhao calls, but lets it go when Jin fires another 130,000 on the flop 9♥ 3♠ 2♣ .

The remaining 34 players have a KRW 5,200,000 (~$3,645) payday secured, but everyone will be gunning for a final table appearance and the chance to become new champion, worth KRW 216,500,000 (~$152,345) and bragging rights until the next 2025 KPC Series Event from June 17-23 2025 here at the beautiful Landing Casino.

Hijack Xiangyu Zhao opens 50,000 and calls after cutoff Chi Jen Chen pumped it to 135,000 to see the flop 5♣ A♠ 7♠ . Chen's 90,000 c-bet gets called to the turn 9♥ where he fires another 250,000. Zhao check-calls again, the board completes 8♥ and Zhao's third check puts Chi Jen Chen deep in the tank. After all of his three time banks are used up, he checks and throws it in the muck when Zhao reveals 9♠ 9♦ set.