Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

Despite a slow start, Day 1E ended up with a total of 234 entries and 36 players advancing to day 2, more than doubling the 35 qualifiers from the first 4 flights combined.

After a long bubble with every short stack doubling up for a while we finally reached the 36 qualifiers at level 16 with an average stack of 195,000 and the top two in chips being overall leaders in the cumulative Day 2 list.

Jingxuan Zhu came out on top bagging a whopping 586,000 chips after a late charge including the elimination of William Li with A♦ K♠ against Li's 5♦ 5♣ .

Second in chips Ya Na accumulated 511,000 with a stellar run starting at level 10 with less that 50 bigs where she came out of nowhere with a flurry of great hands in level 12 with 200 big blinds, eliminating Guo Xin with A♠ A♦ against K♣ K♥ in a blind battle at the end.

Third in chips Li Bing made his 374,000 on the bubble, a few outs away from busting when he had K♠ Q♣ against Ju Yuhang's Q♦ J♦ who three-bet-jammed 30 big blinds on K♦ 5♦ 6♠ which Li Bing snapped and evaded the diamonds for a massive double up and left Ju Yuhang with so few chips that he bubbled a few hands later.

Four starting flights remain with Day 1H starting at 13:00 which has the same structure as Day 1E.

Chip leader Zhu Jingxuan opens 12,000 from the hijack and big blind Yeung Chi Ho defends to see the flop 7♥ 2♦ J♥ . When checked to Zhu he jams with A♦ 7♦ but gets called by Yeung's K♠ J♣ top pair for 50,000. The turn 4♦ and river 2♠ sees the shorty survive and we continue bubble play.

On the turn Q♦ J♦ 8♦ Q♣ with 35,000 in the middle, Wong Ka Fai leads 15,000 from the cutoff and calls a 40,000 raise by Zhu Jingxuan on the button to see the river 4♠ . A 100,000 bet from Zhu has Wong check-fold.

Wong Ka Fai wakes up with T♥ T♠ on the button and small blind Zhu Jingxuan goes all-in for 58,000 holding K♠ J♦ . The board J♠ 9♠ T♦ 4♠ Q♣ gives Zhu a straight, doubling up against the second in chips.

Looking at 6♠ 4♦ 8♦ 2♥ with 34,000 in the middle, Chu Hsien Lee bets 20,000, Zhu Jingxuan puts him all in with A♥ 5♥ and Chu calls for a 57,000 total with J♠ J♣ . The board completes 6♥ and has Chu scoop a nice pot entering today's late game.

Under the gun opens to 1,200, Zhu Jingxuan calls from +2 and small blind Xu Qiang squeezes 4,200 which gets us heads-up with Zhu to see the flop K♠ J♠ 8♠ where Xu leads 5,000, but lets it go when faced with a 32,500 jam from Zhu.