Main Event

A blind vs blind battle saw Xu Jieming commit his last 1,400,000 with 4♦ 7♥ , called by Hanusi Mate behind with K♦ K♥ . In rough shape, Xu exited shortly after the board Q♦ 9♠ J♣ 8♥ 3♠ ran dry.

Cutoff Nie Yizhou opened to 120,000, called by the button. Small blind Xu Jieming put in a raise to 600,000 and ushered two folds shortly after. Xu shows T♦ T♠ and rakes it in.

114 runners remain in the running for the WPT Korea Championship Event title with China’s Lin Yan still in the lead. All players on the felt are now guaranteed a minimum payout of KRW 4,800,0000.

Top Chip Counts

Small blind Stanley Weng limp jammed 455,000 in against big blind Xu Jieming and was left crushed after the latter revealed A♦ A♠ . Weng with A♣ K♥ found no help on board J♦ 5♦ 7♠ T♦ J♥ , sending him out of the Main Event games.

A raised pot, four players saw flop 4♠ J♣ T♠ . Action was checked to hijack Zhou Bing who bet 7,500, called by both the raiser and Xu Jieming. On turn 4♣ , Xu this time led for 25,000, called only by Zhou behind. River K♦ went check check and Zhou shows A♦ T♦ , good against Xu’s A♠ 5♠ missed flush.

With 12,000 in the middle on T♦ 3♥ 4♥ , action was seen on Xu Jieming who fired a 4,000 bet, called by Wang Weinan. Xu barreled another 10,000 on turn 3♠ and another 23,000 on river T♣ . Wang called all three streets and Xu instantly mucks. Wang shows Q♦ Q♣ .