WPT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Chenxiang Miao opened on the hijack and snap called Yuan Yu's 580,000 all-in. In rough shape, Yu fell short as a king high board K♠ T♠ 2♦ 9♥ 7♥ further improved his opponent to a set.

Yukako Hiroi opened utg and called a 130,000 three bet from Yuan Yu behind. On flop K♠ 7♣ 5♣ , Hiroi check raised to 165,000 and saw Yu continue to turn Q♦ . Both checked it through to river T♦ , where Hiroi led all-in for 475,000. Yu used up one time bank, and eventually slipped his hand in the muck.

Over a hundred eliminations have been delivered throughout the day with only 127 players remaining in contention by the second break. Baofeng Zhang currently leads the charge, stacking above the 1 million mark to leave quite a distance from second in rank Ran Zhou's 665,000 chip count.

Time banks will be put in play the following level.

Chao Fu fired a 12,000 three bet on the big blind vs Yuan Yu's hijack open and was met with another raise from the latter to 37,000. Fu completed and went on to check jam his remaining 90,000 on flop Q♠ T♥ 4♦ . Yu snap calls with K♣ K♥ , leaving Fu's A♦ Q♥ at a loss all the way through turn T♠ and river 7♠ .

A preflop back and forth saw Takeo Kimura make the final call against Yuan Yu's 34,700 all-in. The pocket pair battle erupted with Yu securing a quick double up on board 2♦ 7♠ A♥ 4♥ K♣ .

Yi Qin fired a 2,100 three bet from the big blind against Yuan Yu's late position open and saw the latter complete to flop K♥ 9♥ 7♣ . Qin continued for another 2,100, raised by Yu to 7,000. No hesitation from Qin as he pushed all-in, earning the pot as Yu let it go.