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3/30/2024, 11:50:00 PM

Break Time!

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

155 players out of today’s 385 entry field remain in the Main Event Day 1C games with the night set to wrap up by the end of this level.

Top Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ZX Zheng Xiang	425,000(170 BB)	321,000
MY Makino Yohei	385,000(154 BB)	30,000
CJ Chen Jianqiang	370,000(148 BB)	61,000
SW Stanley Weng	355,000(142 BB)	115,000
LS Li Shaoming	290,000(116 BB)	85,000

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3/30/2024, 11:37:00 PM

Khvan Danil gets set up

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

A terrible spot for Khvan Danil, all the chips were seen rushing in on flop 6♦ 6♣ J♦ . Khvan Danil with J♠ J♥ , crushed against Wan Shuang’s 6♥ 6♠ . Drawing to one outer, the runout faded the last jack, shooting him down to 22 BB.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
WS Wan Shuang	197,000(99 BB)	197,000
KD Khvan Danil	44,000(22 BB)	44,000

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3/30/2024, 11:25:00 PM

Li Shaoming shows queens

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

With an early open in front, cutoff Li Shaoming bumped it up to 12,500 and was cold called by big blind Tsuji Yasuyuki. Flop came 3♠ 5♦ 2♣ and saw Li continue for 10,000, check called by Tsuji. On turn T♣ , Li barreled another 30,000, convincing Tsuji to throw in the fold. Li shows Q♠ Q♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LS Li Shaoming	205,000(103 BB)	89,000
YT Yasuyuki Tsuji	85,000(43 BB)	32,000

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3/30/2024, 11:22:00 PM

Yu Yuan gives it up

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Facing an open, cutoff Yu Yuan fired a three bet to 11,000 and was raised to 30,000 by big blind Long Xiaohan. Yu makes the call and sees flop 2♦ 8♥ 4♥ . Long bets 28,000 and proceeds to jam the turn 7♠ . Yu tanks and folds, saving his 41 BB behind.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LX Long Xiaohan	305,000(153 BB)	275,000
YY Yu Yuan	83,000(42 BB)	-124,000

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3/30/2024, 11:16:00 PM

Chen Yubo wins set over set

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Utg+1 Or Kaifu opened to 4,000, called by Chen Yubo along with big blind Wang Weidong. On flop T♦ 6♥ 2♣ , Or continued for 5,500, called by Chen. Wang raised to 15,500 with only Chen completing to see turn T♠ . Chen barreled 21,000 and another 27,000 on river A♠ with Wang check calling both streets with 2♥ 2♦ . Chen shows 6♦ 6♣ for a better boat to take it down.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CY Chen Yubo	173,000(87 BB)	115,000
OK Or Kaifu	76,000(38 BB)	76,000
WW Wang Weidong	37,000(19 BB)	37,000

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3/30/2024, 10:52:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

180 players remain on the felt out of the 385 entry field. Play will wrap up by the end of Level 11.

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3/30/2024, 10:51:00 PM

Li Xiang fires triple barrel bluff

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Hijack Momo Yin opened to 3,000 and called an 8,500 three bet from Li Xiang behind. Board ran K♦ T♣ A♠ T♥ K♣ and saw Li barrel all three streets with Momo check calling each bet. Li shows 8♦ 8♠ , no good against Momo’s A♦ 6♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MY Momo Yi	99,000(66 BB)	99,000
LX Li Xiang	49,000(33 BB)	-6,000

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3/30/2024, 10:46:00 PM

Huang Wei Wei doubles Pu Xiaobo

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

With already 14,000 in the middle on flop 2♠ 6♣ 5♠ , Huang Weiwei fired an 8,500 bet, raised by Pu Xiaobo to 25,000. Huang shoves all-in and Pu calls off with Q♠ Q♣ for his remaining 41,500. Huang shows 8♠ 8♣ and took the loss after the turn 3♣ and river 2♥ completed the board.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PX Pu Xiaobo	147,000(98 BB)	147,000
HW Huang Weiwei	133,000(89 BB)	133,000

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3/30/2024, 10:27:00 PM

Easy double up for Scherbakov Roman

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Utg Scherbakov Roman stuffed his last 19,000 in with K♦ K♠ and was called by Chu Ning with 9♠ 9♦ . Flop instantly rolled a king, sealing Scherbakov’s win down to the river J♦ K♣ A♣ Q♣ 7♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SR Scherbakov Roman	42,000(28 BB)	-80,000
CN Chu Ning	40,000(27 BB)	40,000

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3/30/2024, 10:17:00 PM

Henzan Kyota shoots down

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

On a board of A♠ 2♠ 9♥ 9♦ T♦ , Henzan Kyota found himself in trouble with his K♥ 9♠ running right into Sawairi Shun’s A♦ A♥ . Henzan survives but shoots down to 12 BB.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SS Shun Sawairi	212,000(141 BB)	106,500
HK Henzan Kyota	19,000(13 BB)	-63,000

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3/30/2024, 10:11:00 PM

Zhang Dashan pays off Valeriy Pak

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

With 38,000 in the pot, Pak Valeriy fired 37,000 by the river 5♥ K♦ 2♦ 2♣ 7♠ and saw Zhang Dashan make the call with 9♠ 2♠ . Pak shows 5♦ 5♠ for a full house and bags the boost.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PV Pak Valeriy	146,000(97 BB)	146,000
ZD Zhang Dashan	47,000(31 BB)	47,000

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3/30/2024, 10:08:00 PM

Top pair no good for Shao Hanyu

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

With 21,000 in the middle on board J♦ 3♦ T♦ 9♥ , action was seen on Shao Hanyu who bet 7,0000. Chen Jianqiang raised it up to 22,000 and Shao completes. Turn 5♠ saw Shao check shove vs Chen’s 30,000 bet. Chen makes the call for his remaining 91,500 and wins the pot with 7♦ 8♦ , crushing Shao’s A♦ J♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CJ Chen Jianqiang	309,000(206 BB)	309,000
SH Shao Hanyu	9,000(6 BB)	9,000

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3/30/2024, 9:50:00 PM

Registration is closed!

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

That’s it for the Main Event with 385 entries in for today’s Day 1C flight putting up the total to a smashing 1,065! Prize pool is listed at a massive KRW 2,603,286,000.

Top Chip Counts

Average stack: 88,303 Total chips in play: 19,250,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MY Makino Yohei	355,000(237 BB)	355,000
DY Ding Yayun	290,000(193 BB)	-53,000
DB Desimoni Bruno	265,000(177 BB)	41,000
FC Fong Chong Kit	230,000(153 BB)	230,000
HY Hu Yu Tang	210,000(140 BB)	210,000

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3/30/2024, 9:24:00 PM

Set brings trouble for Cai Jian Ting

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

With only 11,000 in the middle, Ding Yayun was seen firing an overbet of 22,000 on flop 7♦ 9♣ 4♦ . Cai Jian Ting put in a massive raise to 84,000 and saw Ding shove all-in for 166,000 total. Cai makes the call with 4♥ 4♠ and is up against Ding’s A♦ 9♦ . The turn K♦ instantly filled up Ding’s flush with the river 8♥ sealing her win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DY Ding Yayun	343,000(286 BB)	343,000
CJ Cai Jian Ting	35,000(29 BB)	35,000

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3/30/2024, 9:20:00 PM

Scherbakov Roman scoops up three way all-in

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

An all-in preflop situation saw Scherbakov Roman call off his 49,000 stack with A♦ K♦ and was up against Li Lei’s 5♣ 5♦ and Tian Haonan’s A♥ T♥ . Board ran 7♠ 2♠ K♠ J♥ 8♠ , earning Scherbakov the entire pot with top pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TH Tian Haonan	143,000(119 BB)	143,000
SR Scherbakov Roman	122,000(102 BB)	122,000
LL Li Lei	busted

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3/30/2024, 9:16:00 PM

Zhu Jiahao’s bluff exposed

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

With 35,000 in the pot on board A♦ Q♥ T♥ 7♠ Q♦ , action was seen on Zhu Jiahao firing all-in by the river. Li Shaoming tanks then calls off for his remaining 44,000 with A♥ J♣ , good against Zhu’s 5♦ 6♦ bluff.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ZJ Zhu Jiahao	122,000(102 BB)	122,000
LS Li Shaoming	116,000(97 BB)	-344,000

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3/30/2024, 8:42:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Last chance to enter the Main Event with registration closing after the break of this level! Today’s tally is up to 359 entries locked in.

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3/30/2024, 8:39:00 PM

Yang Fang Kai hero calls for tournament life

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Cutoff Yang Fang Kai opened to 2,500 and was met with a three bet to 8,000 from small blind Shi Yuechun. Big blind and Yang made the call and headed to flop K♦ 7♥ J♣ . Shi continued for 10,000 with only Yang putting the chips in. Turn 7♣ saw Shi barrel all-in for Yang’s 38,500 behind. Yang tanks then makes the call with A♥ J♥ , good against Shi’s A♠ Q♦ with the river 2♠ sealing his win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YF Yang Fang Kai	122,000(122 BB)	44,000
SY Shi Yuechun	70,000(70 BB)	70,000

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3/30/2024, 8:24:00 PM

No showdown for Wang Xing

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Facing an utg open, Wang Xing fired a three bet to 5,200 and was called by Jiang Daqiao along with the big blind. Flop Q♥ 4♦ 4♠ was checked to Jiang who bet 5,500, check called by Wang. Turn 2♠ went check check, revealing river 4♣ . Wang bet 16,000 and ushered a fold shortly from her opponent.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JD Jiang Daqiao	171,000(171 BB)	-69,000
WX Wang Xing	114,000(114 BB)	114,000

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3/30/2024, 8:20:00 PM

Liu Zhexu cbets to take it down

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Cutoff Liu Zhexu opened to 2,200, called by the small blind. Big blind Ikemoto Mao put in a raise to 6,000 and saw Liu push out a heftier 15,000. Ikemoto completes and sees flop 7♥ 9♣ 6♦ . Liu continued for 16,000, Ikemoto with a check fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LZ Liu Zhexu	100,000(100 BB)	61,500
IM Ikemoto Mao	92,000(92 BB)	92,000

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3/30/2024, 8:02:00 PM

Desimoni Bruno scoops it all

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Desimoni Bruno opened from early position, called by Tsujisaka Tetsuya behind. Button Meng Meng sent out a three bet to 12,000 and Desimoni flat calls. Tsujisaka decides to shove in his 27,000 stack and was called by Meng. Action back to Desimoni, he squeezed all-in for 101,000 and saw Meng put in his remaining 67,000.

Tsujisaka 9♦ 9♠ Meng T♣ T♠ Desimoni K♥ K♣

All with pocket pairs, Desimoni’s monster hand held on board 7♥ J♥ 7♦ 8♦ 2♠ , allowing him to scoop up the entire pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DB Desimoni Bruno	224,000(224 BB)	224,000
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka	busted	-37,000
MM Meng Meng	busted	-33,000

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3/30/2024, 7:58:00 PM

Stanley Weng cracks kings

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

With 16,000 in the middle on flop 9♣ 2♦ 3♥ , both stacks were seen rushing in - big blind Stanley Weng with 9♥ 2♥ covering Chen Tia Nai’s 53,000 stack. Chen is at risk with K♥ K♠ and headed for the exit shortly after the runout ran dry.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SW Stanley Weng	240,000(240 BB)	-180,000
CT Chen Tia Nai	busted

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3/30/2024, 7:43:00 PM

Field over 1,000 entries!

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

The Main Event field has exceeded the 1,000 entry mark with registration still open through the end of Level 8 @ 21:45.

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3/30/2024, 6:35:00 PM

Dinner Break!

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

A total of 309 entries are in so far for the Main Event Day 1C games with registration open for two more levels. Prize pool is now up to KRW 2,417,511,600!

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3/30/2024, 6:14:00 PM

Shen Danqui fills up on the turn

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Cutoff Cai Yucheng opened to 1,800, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 9♦ 9♣ J♣ . Action was checked through, leading to turn 5♣ . Small blind Zhang Ding led out for 4,800, called by both players behind. On river 2♦ , big blind Shen Danqui led the betting for 19,000 and was called by the original raiser. Shen shows K♣ 7♣ for a flush and scoops up the boost.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SD Shen Danqui	92,000(115 BB)	92,000
ZD Zhang Ding	45,000(56 BB)	45,000
CY Cai Yucheng	6,000(8 BB)	-46,000

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3/30/2024, 6:07:00 PM

Kadowaki Hideo wins race

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Hijack opened, called by Kadowaki Hideo. Button fired a three bet to 9,000, cold called by big blind Shimomachi Yu. Original raiser puts in the call as well, and Kadowaki squeezes all-in for 28,900. Only Shimomachi calls off with A♦ T♦ and is up agaisnt Kadowaki’s K♠ J♣ . In for a race, the board ran 4♣ 7♠ Q♦ J♦ Q♥ , giving Kadowaki two pair for the win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KH Kadowaki Hideo	81,000(101 BB)	81,000
SY Shimomachi Yu	25,000(31 BB)	25,000

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3/30/2024, 6:04:00 PM

Thomas Boivin bricks runout

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Hijack Thomas Boivin defended his open and called a 6,000 three bet from small blind Yu Yuan. Yu continued for 5,500 on flop 8♣ 9♦ 2♦ and barreled another 11,000 on turn 6♠ . Boivin called both streets and fired a 15,000 bet on river 9♥ checked to him. Yu puts in the call with T♦ T♣ and is good against Boivin’s missed draw 4♦ 5♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YY Yu Yuan	207,000(259 BB)	207,000
TB Thomas Boivin	44,000(55 BB)	44,000

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3/30/2024, 6:00:00 PM

Hsiao Tsui Han lands a double up

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Facing a cutoff open, small blind Hsiao Tsui Han stuffed her 17,500 in with 8♠ 8♣ and was called by big blind Park Joon Hee with 6♠ 6♦ . A huge underdog, Park bagged the loss after no sixes appeared on 3♥ 4♦ 3♦ T♥ 2♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HT Hsiao Tsui Han	54,000(68 BB)	54,000
PJ Park Joon Hee	26,000(33 BB)	-13,000

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3/30/2024, 5:57:00 PM

Chiu Chi Hsiang throws in the towel

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Hijack Christopher Lee opened to 1,700, called by the cutoff. Small blind Chiu Chi Hsiang threw in a raise to 7,000 and was met with an all-in for his 20,000 behind from Lee. Chiu tanks then folds saving his 25 BB.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CL Christopher Lee	46,000(58 BB)	-10,500
CC Chiu Chi Hsiang	20,000(25 BB)	20,000

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3/30/2024, 5:46:00 PM

Queens no good for Henzan Kyota

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

With 16,000 in the pot on board 5♥ K♣ 5♦ J♥ , big blind Zheng Xiang led out a 15,000 bet, called by Henzan Kyota behind. Zheng then jammed his remaining 27,000 in on river 8♠ , snap called by Henzan. Zheng shows A♥ A♠ , crushing his opponent’s Q♠ Q♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ZX Zheng Xiang	104,000(130 BB)	57,000
HK Henzan Kyota	82,000(103 BB)	82,000

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3/30/2024, 5:35:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

295 entries in for today’s Main Event Day 1C with registration open through the end of Level 8.

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3/30/2024, 5:07:00 PM

Valeriy Pak takes it down

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Following four limps, small blind Valeriy Pak raised the stakes to 3,900, called only by Cai Jianping. Flop came 6♣ K♦ K♠ and Pak continued for 3,300, Cai with a call. Pak check called turn 7♥ for 8,500 and proceeded to river T♠ . Action went check check, Pak reveals 8♦ 8♠ and claims the pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VP Valeriy Pak	80,000(133 BB)	-142,000
CJ Cai Jianping	73,000(122 BB)	73,000

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3/30/2024, 4:57:00 PM

Miyazawa Ren tables aces

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

A raised pot, four players headed to flop 3♠ 6♣ 2♠ . Miyazawa Ren continued for 2,000 and was raised by Yang Lifeng to 7,000. Miyazawa puts in the call and gets to showdown after the turn 2♥ and river K♥ was checked through. Miyazawa shows A♦ A♣ and claims the boost.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MR Miyazawa Ren	78,000(130 BB)	78,000
YL Yang Lifeng	43,000(72 BB)	43,000

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3/30/2024, 4:50:00 PM

Zhao Yong squeeze jams

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Action began with a limp from Zhao Yong, followed by a raise, call, call. Zhao moved all-in for 24,500 total and collected three folds behind. Zhao shows 4♠ 7♠ and picks up the dead money.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ZY Zhao Yong	31,000(52 BB)	31,000

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3/30/2024, 4:46:00 PM

Sevens good for Wang Ziyu

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Mp Wang Ziyu defended his open and called a 3,200 three bet from Vasa Kaushal. On flop 3♠ 3♣ 5♠ , Vasa continued for 3,000, check called by Wang. Turn Q♥ went check check, revealing river 3♥ . Wang this time, led for 4,500, called by his opponent. Wang shows 7♥ 7♠ and takes down the pot after Vasa mucked.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
WZ Wang Ziyu	89,000(148 BB)	89,000
VK Vasa Kaushal	83,000(138 BB)	83,000

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3/30/2024, 4:27:00 PM

Break Time!

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

259 players in for today’s Main Event Day 1C with registration open for five more hours.

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3/30/2024, 4:03:00 PM

Yang Fang Kai wins preflop war

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Utg opened, called by Yang Fang Kai one seat after. Hijack fired a three bet to 5,200 and was followed by another raise from Huang Guangmang to 13,500. Yang jams it through for 57,000 total, and Huang tank folds, saving his 58 BB behind.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YF Yang Fang Kai	78,000(156 BB)	78,000
GH Guangmang Huang	29,000(58 BB)	29,000

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3/30/2024, 3:56:00 PM

Chen Shaoyi risks it all

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Cutoff Jiang Daqiao opened to 1,200, called by the small blind. Action on big blind Chen Shaoyi, he put in a raise to 7,000. Jiang answered with a heftier 27,000 and Chen shoved for 54,000 total. Jiang calls with Q♦ Q♠ and is way ahead of Chen’s T♠ 7♠ . The board A♥ 2♥ 8♣ 5♣ 9♦ left Chen with no hope as he headed once more for the registration area.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JD Jiang Daqiao	240,000(480 BB)	96,000
CS Chen Shaoyi	busted	-68,000

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3/30/2024, 3:36:00 PM

Ngan Kwun Wah Simon gets two outered

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

A three way pot saw both Zhao Yong (27,000) and Zheng Xiang (15,000) all-in, covered by Ngan Kwun Wah Simon.

Ngan A♦ A♥ Zhao 7♠ 9♠ Zheng 3♦ 3♠

Whilst ahead, the board felted 7♥ 8♥ 3♥ 4♣ 2♦ , earning Zheng a full triple up for his set of threes.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NK Ngan Kwun Wah Simon	55,000(110 BB)	55,000
ZX Zheng Xiang	47,000(94 BB)	47,000
ZY Zhao Yong	busted	-115,000

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3/30/2024, 3:32:00 PM

Kato Yohei slams it through

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

With 15,000 in the middle, Kato Yotei continued the action on flop T♦ K♠ 3♦ with a 7,000 bet, called by Bilodeau Louis. On turn K♣ , Kato shoved for 27,000 and Bilodeau snap folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BL Bilodeau Louis	72,000(144 BB)	-6,000
KY Kato Yohei	56,000(112 BB)	56,000

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3/30/2024, 3:20:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

222 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Day 1C with registration open through Level 8 @ 21:45.

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3/30/2024, 3:03:00 PM

Yu Yunchao saved by the river

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Hijack Bilodeau Louis opened to 1,100 and saw Yu Yunchao bump it up to 3,500. Bilodeau fired a four bet to 11,400, called by Yu. On flop 3♣ 7♦ 4♣ , both stacks came rushing in, Bilodeau ahead with A♦ A♣ against Yu’s Q♥ Q♦ . The river Q♠ however, turned the tables, giving Yu a set to survive through.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YY Yu Yunchao	106,000(265 BB)	106,000
BL Bilodeau Louis	78,000(195 BB)	-18,000

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3/30/2024, 2:40:00 PM

Shen Di crushed by aces

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Short stacked Shen Di got his remaining 9,500 in with 9♣ 9♠ and faced Zhao Zhangkin’s A♥ A♣ . Drawing slim, Shen headed for the exit shortly after the board rolled 2♣ K♥ J♥ J♣ 2♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ZZ Zhao Zhangkin	54,000(135 BB)	54,000
SD Shen Di	busted

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3/30/2024, 2:36:00 PM

Cai Yucheng gives up the fight

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Utg Jiang Daqiao opened the action and was met with a three bet to 3,000 from Cai Yucheng a seat after. Jiang answered with a four bet to 9,000 and picked up the dead money after Cai threw in the fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JD Jiang Daqiao	144,000(360 BB)	144,000
CY Cai Yucheng	52,000(130 BB)	52,000

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3/30/2024, 2:20:00 PM

Guarantee breached!

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

With 169 entries in so far for the Main Event’s last flight, the KRW 2,000,000,000 (~USD 1.5M) guarantee has already been breached, surpassing last season’s festivities. Registration remains through Level 8 @ 21:45.

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3/30/2024, 1:53:00 PM

Suen Wai Kin continues to chip up

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Suen Wai Kin opened from early position and was joined by three other players on flop 5♥ 4♠ K♥ . Small blind Lin Ze led out for 1,500, called by the raiser. Turn T♥ went check check, peeling river Q♥ . Lin bets another 6,000 and mucks after Suen puts in the call.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SW Suen Wai Kin	131,000(437 BB)	131,000
LZ Lin Ze	54,000(180 BB)	54,000

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3/30/2024, 1:50:00 PM

One bet does it for Ma Li

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Facing an open and a call, hijack Park Joon Hee bumped it up to 2,000 and was followed by a cold four bet to 5,500 from cutoff Ma Li. Only Park continues, revealing flop A♦ 9♦ 8♠ . Ma fires a 5,500 cbet and Park folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ML Ma Li	55,000(183 BB)	55,000
PJ Park Joon Hee	39,000(130 BB)	39,000

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3/30/2024, 1:25:00 PM

Takeya Naoto flops the nuts

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

A raised pot, three players headed to flop T♦ 9♠ K♠ . Action was checked through to turn 9♣ where small blind Takeya Naoto led for 3,100, called by big blind Li Liang. Takeya fired another 5,100 on river 4♠ , Li with a final call. Takeya shows Q♥ J♦ for a flopped straight to take it down.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LL Li Liang	61,000(203 BB)	61,000
TN Takeya Naoto	48,000(160 BB)	2,000

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3/30/2024, 1:05:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

108 entries in so far for the last Main Event flight on schedule with registration open through Level 8 @ 21:45.

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3/30/2024, 12:30:00 PM

Two pair no good for Xiao Sinuo

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

With an utg open and a call in front, big blind Xiao Sinuo bumped it up to 2,200 and saw both players complete. On flop A♦ Q♠ J♠ , Xiao continued for 2,500, called by Christopher Lee behind. Turn T♣ and river 5♥ went check check, revealing Xiao’s A♦ Q♥ , no good against Lee’s T♥ T♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CL Christopher Lee	56,500(283 BB)	56,500
XS Xiao Sinuo	45,000(225 BB)	45,000

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3/30/2024, 12:05:00 PM

Shuffle up & deal!

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Main Event Day 1C action begins, good luck to all the players!

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3/30/2024, 1:00:00 AM

Stanley Weng tops Day 1C

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

The last flight on schedule drew in an additional 385 entries with only 129 runners surviving through the first eleven levels of play. USA’s Stanley Weng bagged the largest across the Day 1C games, bringing a sizeable 501,000 (167 BB) for tomorrow’s Day 2 festivities. Weng was amongst the big stacks after cracking Chen Tia Nai’s pocket kings by early evening and proceeded to consistently chip up to land the lead in the last two levels. Trailing right behind is China’s Li Shaoming with 460,000 (153 BB), followed by Japan’s Miyazawa Ren with 417,000 (139 BB).

Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SM Stanley Manfred Weng	501,000(200 BB)	501,000
LS Li Shaoming	460,000(184 BB)	460,000
RM Ren Miyazawa	417,000(167 BB)	417,000
BD Bruno Desimoni	415,000(166 BB)	415,000
XZ Xiang Zheng	414,000(166 BB)	414,000
YM Yohei Makino	361,000(144 BB)	361,000
JC Jianqiang Chen	343,500(137 BB)	343,500
YD Yayun Ding	325,000(130 BB)	325,000
NT Naoto Takeya	322,000(129 BB)	322,000
DZ Ding Zhang	321,500(129 BB)	321,500
CZ Chenxu Zhang	313,500(125 BB)	313,500
JZ Jiahao Zhu	311,500(125 BB)	311,500
KK Kun Kiet Wong	287,500(115 BB)	287,500
TT Tomoki Terashima	283,000(113 BB)	129,000
XL Xiang Li	262,000(105 BB)	57,000
XL Xiaohan Long	249,000(100 BB)	249,000
YS Yuechun Shi	242,500(97 BB)	242,500
CK Chong Kit Fong	237,000(95 BB)	237,000
VP Valeriy Pak	222,000(89 BB)	2,000
YZ Yun Zhang	222,000(89 BB)	222,000
XJ Xueting Jiang	219,500(88 BB)	-500
ZL Zhongxian Li	219,000(88 BB)	219,000
YY Yunchao Yu	218,000(87 BB)	218,000
CY Chang Yu Zhai	217,500(87 BB)	217,500
YL Yingjun Lu	207,500(83 BB)	207,500
YC Yubo Chen	204,000(82 BB)	204,000
AS Aleksei Sei	204,000(82 BB)	204,000
NY Ning Ye	202,000(81 BB)	202,000
AS Akatoki Sakamoto	196,500(79 BB)	196,500
YT Yu Tang Hu	193,000(77 BB)	193,000
CL Chao Li	191,000(76 BB)	191,000
WY Wang Yuzhu	191,000(76 BB)	191,000
LM Lin Meng Ling	190,000(76 BB)	190,000
PJ Ping Jui Lai	188,500(75 BB)	188,500
DS Daniel Shiang-An Yang	185,000(74 BB)	185,000
HT Haonan Tian	184,500(74 BB)	184,500
HM Hiroaki Manabe	181,000(72 BB)	181,000
CM Chunxu Mou	180,500(72 BB)	180,500
YM Yin Momo	180,000(72 BB)	180,000
XJ Xiaqing Ji	179,000(72 BB)	179,000
FC Feng-Wen Chen	177,000(71 BB)	177,000
SJ Song Jianzhong	177,000(71 BB)	177,000
PF Po-Wen Fang	175,000(70 BB)	175,000
ZD Zhang Dianlei	174,500(70 BB)	174,500
DW Difei Wu	174,500(70 BB)	174,500
XP Xiaobo Pu	166,000(66 BB)	166,000
KG Kestutis Gecevicius	165,000(66 BB)	165,000
GC Guan-Lun Cheng	162,500(65 BB)	162,500
HL Hang Li	162,500(65 BB)	162,500
HN Hiroyuki Noda	161,500(65 BB)	161,500
CH Chang-Hau Huang	157,000(63 BB)	157,000
LL Liang Li	157,000(63 BB)	157,000
ZW Zhong Wang	152,500(61 BB)	152,500
AM Aaron Matthew Zhi Hua Lim	151,500(61 BB)	151,500
SW Shuang Wan	149,500(60 BB)	149,500
KD Kojiro Doi	144,500(58 BB)	144,500
YC Yu Chen	138,500(55 BB)	138,500
LL Liangyu Li	138,000(55 BB)	138,000
KO Kazuto Okuda	137,500(55 BB)	137,500
HK Hirokazu Kobayashi	135,500(54 BB)	135,500
MI Mao Ikemoto	133,000(53 BB)	133,000
MN Miyuu Nakagawa	130,000(52 BB)	130,000
LY Li Youkan	128,500(51 BB)	128,500
PC Po Chun Wen	128,000(51 BB)	128,000
YZ Yong Zhao	123,500(49 BB)	123,500
TK Takahito Koshiba	116,000(46 BB)	116,000
SM Shohei Miyazaki	112,500(45 BB)	112,500
NS Nerooban Sithamparanathan	111,000(44 BB)	111,000
KU Keita Umehara	110,000(44 BB)	110,000
HY Haibin Yan	110,000(44 BB)	110,000
YY Yuan Yu	109,000(44 BB)	109,000
YF Yuqi Feng	107,000(43 BB)	107,000
SS Shun Sawairi	105,500(42 BB)	6,500
YS Ying Song	105,000(42 BB)	105,000
PH Po Hsiang Yang	101,000(40 BB)	101,000
DJ Daqiao Jiang	100,500(40 BB)	100,500
CL Chen-An Lin	100,500(40 BB)	100,500
HK Hideo Kadowaki	100,000(40 BB)	100,000
TY Tsz Yeung Ka	99,000(40 BB)	99,000
HN Hitoshi Nimiya	99,000(40 BB)	99,000
AL Aibek Lekerov	97,000(39 BB)	97,000
XW Xing Wang	97,000(39 BB)	97,000
JJ Jacques Julien	96,000(38 BB)	96,000
LB Louis Bilodeau	95,500(38 BB)	95,500
WQ Wangjie Qi	95,500(38 BB)	95,500
WS Wenbin Song	93,000(37 BB)	93,000
PG Pengcheng Guo	92,500(37 BB)	92,500
FY Fang-Kai Yang	91,000(36 BB)	91,000
QX Qifeng Xu	90,500(36 BB)	90,500
HK Hideaki Kishibe	89,500(36 BB)	89,500
DR Danil Romovich Khvan	88,000(35 BB)	88,000
KY Konosuke Yoshimura	87,500(35 BB)	87,500
HT Haruya Toyomaki	87,000(35 BB)	87,000
HQ Hongyu Qin	82,500(33 BB)	82,500
OZ Olivier Ziegler	82,500(33 BB)	82,500
JZ Jianbiao Zhong	82,000(33 BB)	82,000
CC Carlos Chang	81,000(32 BB)	81,000
YM Yinjie Mei	79,500(32 BB)	79,500
KO Kaifu Or	76,500(31 BB)	76,500
KH Keita Hirano	74,500(30 BB)	74,500
YL Yu-Cheng Liu	73,500(29 BB)	73,500
AG Abhishek Goyal	72,500(29 BB)	72,500
ZL Zhexu Liu	72,000(29 BB)	72,000
HM Hiroki Miyashita	70,000(28 BB)	70,000
ZY Zhou Yinan	68,000(27 BB)	68,000
WH Weiwei Huang	67,500(27 BB)	67,500
XC Xianling Chen	66,500(27 BB)	66,500
CC Chi-Hsiang Chui	64,500(26 BB)	64,500
VF Valeriy Fokin	63,500(25 BB)	63,500
YH Yun-Yang Hsiao	62,000(25 BB)	62,000
RL Ryan Lee Bickel	61,000(24 BB)	61,000
LM Li Ma	61,000(24 BB)	61,000
ZW Ziyu Wang	54,500(22 BB)	54,500
XG Xiaoming Gong	54,000(22 BB)	54,000
YT Yasuyuki Tsuji	53,000(21 BB)	53,000
LZ Lirui Zhang	50,000(20 BB)	50,000
RY Rikiya Yasunaga	49,000(20 BB)	49,000
JY Jaejoon Yang	48,000(19 BB)	48,000
LS Li Shu In	47,500(19 BB)	47,500
JW Jie Wu	45,500(18 BB)	45,500
LC Lingjun Chen	44,000(18 BB)	44,000
JL Jiahao Lyu	43,000(17 BB)	43,000
DZ Dashan Zhang	38,500(15 BB)	38,500
SM Shuaibo Meng	38,000(15 BB)	38,000
TI Takayuki Iwamoto	37,000(15 BB)	37,000
CJ Christopher Jaekwang Lee	31,500(13 BB)	31,500
KW Kwun Wah Simon Ngan	26,500(11 BB)	26,500
CJ Chi Jin	23,000(9 BB)	23,000
RK Ryutaro Koide	20,500(8 BB)	20,500

Payouts

Place	Player
1	SM Stanley Manfred Weng
2	LS Li Shaoming
3	RM Ren Miyazawa
4	BD Bruno Desimoni
5	XZ Xiang Zheng
6	YM Yohei Makino
7	JC Jianqiang Chen
8	YD Yayun Ding
9	NT Naoto Takeya
10	DZ Ding Zhang
11	CZ Chenxu Zhang
12	JZ Jiahao Zhu
13	KK Kun Kiet Wong
14	TT Tomoki Terashima
15	XL Xiang Li
16	XL Xiaohan Long
17	YS Yuechun Shi
18	CK Chong Kit Fong
19	VP Valeriy Pak
20	YZ Yun Zhang
21	XJ Xueting Jiang
22	ZL Zhongxian Li
23	YY Yunchao Yu
24	CY Chang Yu Zhai
25	YL Yingjun Lu
26	YC Yubo Chen
27	AS Aleksei Sei
28	NY Ning Ye
29	AS Akatoki Sakamoto
30	YT Yu Tang Hu
31	CL Chao Li
32	WY Wang Yuzhu
33	LM Lin Meng Ling
34	PJ Ping Jui Lai
35	DS Daniel Shiang-An Yang
36	HT Haonan Tian
37	HM Hiroaki Manabe
38	CM Chunxu Mou
39	YM Yin Momo
40	XJ Xiaqing Ji
41	FC Feng-Wen Chen
42	SJ Song Jianzhong
43	PF Po-Wen Fang
44	ZD Zhang Dianlei
45	DW Difei Wu
46	XP Xiaobo Pu
47	KG Kestutis Gecevicius
48	GC Guan-Lun Cheng
49	HL Hang Li
50	HN Hiroyuki Noda
51	CH Chang-Hau Huang
52	LL Liang Li
53	ZW Zhong Wang
54	AM Aaron Matthew Zhi Hua Lim
55	SW Shuang Wan
56	KD Kojiro Doi
57	YC Yu Chen
58	LL Liangyu Li
59	KO Kazuto Okuda
60	HK Hirokazu Kobayashi
61	MI Mao Ikemoto
62	MN Miyuu Nakagawa
63	LY Li Youkan
64	PC Po Chun Wen
65	YZ Yong Zhao
66	TK Takahito Koshiba
67	SM Shohei Miyazaki
68	NS Nerooban Sithamparanathan
69	KU Keita Umehara
70	HY Haibin Yan
71	YY Yuan Yu
72	YF Yuqi Feng
73	SS Shun Sawairi
74	YS Ying Song
75	PH Po Hsiang Yang
76	DJ Daqiao Jiang
77	CL Chen-An Lin
78	HK Hideo Kadowaki
79	TY Tsz Yeung Ka
80	HN Hitoshi Nimiya
81	AL Aibek Lekerov
82	XW Xing Wang
83	JJ Jacques Julien
84	LB Louis Bilodeau
85	WQ Wangjie Qi
86	WS Wenbin Song
87	PG Pengcheng Guo
88	FY Fang-Kai Yang
89	QX Qifeng Xu
90	HK Hideaki Kishibe
91	DR Danil Romovich Khvan
92	KY Konosuke Yoshimura
93	HT Haruya Toyomaki
94	HQ Hongyu Qin
95	OZ Olivier Ziegler
96	JZ Jianbiao Zhong
97	CC Carlos Chang
98	YM Yinjie Mei
99	KO Kaifu Or
100	KH Keita Hirano
101	YL Yu-Cheng Liu
102	AG Abhishek Goyal
103	ZL Zhexu Liu
104	HM Hiroki Miyashita
105	ZY Zhou Yinan
106	WH Weiwei Huang
107	XC Xianling Chen
108	CC Chi-Hsiang Chui
109	VF Valeriy Fokin
110	YH Yun-Yang Hsiao
111	RL Ryan Lee Bickel
112	LM Li Ma
113	ZW Ziyu Wang
114	XG Xiaoming Gong
115	YT Yasuyuki Tsuji
116	LZ Lirui Zhang
117	RY Rikiya Yasunaga
118	JY Jaejoon Yang
119	LS Li Shu In
120	JW Jie Wu
121	LC Lingjun Chen
122	JL Jiahao Lyu
123	DZ Dashan Zhang
124	SM Shuaibo Meng
125	TI Takayuki Iwamoto
126	CJ Christopher Jaekwang Lee
127	KW Kwun Wah Simon Ngan
128	CJ Chi Jin
129	RK Ryutaro Koide

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3/30/2024, 12:50:00 AM

Doi Kojiro rails Meng Xiangnan

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Utg+2 Doi Kojiro opened to 6,000 and called Meng Xiangnan’s all-in for 33,500. Meng is ahead with T♦ T♠ against Doi’s A♠ T♥ up until the river T♣ 3♠ 8♠ A♣ A♦ landed Doi a full house to knock him out.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DK Doi Kojiro	127,000(51 BB)	127,000
MX Meng Xiangnan	busted

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3/30/2024, 12:26:00 AM

Jiang Xueting puts on the pressure

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Utg+1 Guo Pengcheng opened, followed by a three bet to 12,000 from Jiang Xueting. Big blind Takezoe Koki and Guo came along on flop 6♣ T♠ J♦ . Jiang continued for 32,000, check called by Takezoe. On turn 4♣ , Takezoe fired a 2,500 donk bet with Jiang putting him all-in right after. Takezoe tanks and gives it up, saving his 15 BB behind.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
XJ Xueting Jiang	220,000(88 BB)	220,000
TK Takezoe Koki	37,000(15 BB)	37,000

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3/30/2024, 12:18:00 AM

Terashima Tomoki calls bluff

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Utg+2 Terashima Tomoki opened to 5,000 and was called by Zhao Yong behind along with the big blind. Action was checked through to the river on board 3♥ 6♦ 9♦ K♣ 5♦ and saw Zhao Yong take a stab for 15,000. Terashima snap called and shows K♥ J♦ , good against Zhao’s ace-high.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TT Tomoki Terashima	154,000(62 BB)	154,000
ZY Zhao Yong	115,000(46 BB)	115,000

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3/30/2024, 12:15:00 AM

Jang Lee Jo runs into kings

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Jang Lee Jo went with A♠ T♠ for his last 32,000 and ran into Yuzhu Wang’s K♥ K♣ . The board T♥ 6♠ 4♦ J♥ 4♣ spared no ace, sending Jang out of the Main Event games.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YW Yuzhu Wang	190,000(76 BB)	177,000
JL Jang Lee Jo	busted

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3/30/2024, 12:13:00 AM

Top pair sends Lifeng Cao out

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

A blind vd blind battle for a 43,000 pot on flop 9♣ 8♠ 3♥ was seen with small blind Lifeng Cao open shove for 59,000. Big blind Stanley Weng puts in the call with K♥ K♠ and ships the pot after the turn and river failed to improve Lifeng’s 9♠ T♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SW Stanley Weng	420,000(168 BB)	420,000
LC Lifeng Cao	busted