₩2,500,000 Main Event Day 1bc | 2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

11-11-2019 22:17 UTC+9

Assorted Counts for Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The full counts for Day 1b will be published when PokerNews receives them. All ongoing updates for Day 1c will continue until the final flight is bagging and tagging for the night, a recap of both flights is to follow after that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Newey	203,000 -7,000	-7,000
Bi Haisheng	187,500 122,500	122,500
Zhihao Zhang	182,000 182,000	182,000
Nan Hong	174,000 14,000	14,000
Denny Deng Feng Yu	160,000
Zigao Yu	134,000 134,000	134,000
Kelvin Beattie	89,000 -11,000	-11,000

11-11-2019 22:30 UTC+9

Some Day 1c Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The blinds are at 300-600 with a big blind ante of 600 and the screens show 131 players out of 157 entries remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ting Yi Tsai	150,000 150,000	150,000
Fei Han	90,000 90,000	90,000
Xixiang Luo	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jun Obara	60,000 60,000	60,000
Victor Chong	55,000 20,000	20,000
Bin Wang	50,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Soyza	50,000 50,000	50,000
Szymon Wysocki	40,000 40,000	40,000
Andre Lettau	28,000 11,000	11,000
Jin Woo Kim	23,000 19,200	19,200
Jiajun Liu	20,000 20,000	20,000

11-11-2019 22:36 UTC+9

Feng Busts; Liu Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Huahuan Feng was all in for just 9,400 with the and had a flip against the of Ye Yuan. The board came and Yuan flopped a set, then rivered a full house for good measure.

Shortly after on another table, the usual Chinese shouting started when they get the stacks in. Yao Bai had Jiajun Liu at risk with versus and the board came to let Liu double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Yuan	45,000 45,000	45,000
Jiajun Liu	40,000 20,000	20,000
Yao Bai	10,000 10,000	10,000
Huahuan Feng	Busted

Tags: Huahuan Feng Jiajun Liu Yao Bai Ye Yuan

11-11-2019 22:42 UTC+9

Double Knockout for Hu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Two shorter stacks were all in with and respectively and Zhewen Hu looked them up with the .

On a board of , pocket nines flopped best to reduce the field by two.

Shortly after the blinds went up to 400-800 with a big blind ante of 800 as level eight was reached. With 163 entries showing, there are 117 players still seated at the time of writing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhewen Hu	110,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Zhewen Hu

11-11-2019 22:55 UTC+9

Xiong Holds With a Set

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ye Yuan further boosted his stack and Fei Xiong jumped above the average stack when he called a shove with for bottom set on the flop. His opponent put the hopes on and saw the turn and river brick.

Level nine started soon after with blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000. It is the last level for the single re-entry and late registration and thanks to 165 entries, the total field size has already surpassed 850 entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Yuan	95,000 50,000	50,000
Fei Xiong	80,000 80,000	80,000
Huidong Gu	45,000 45,000	45,000
Phachara Wongwichit	35,000 35,000	35,000
Jin Woo Kim	30,000 7,000	7,000
Dong Chen	18,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Fei Xiong Ye Yuan

11-11-2019 23:04 UTC+9

Quads for Li

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yakai Li was all in for the last 16,800 and in dire shape as his were dominated by . However, that all but changed on the board as he flopped quads to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yakai Li	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Yakai Li

11-11-2019 23:08 UTC+9

Paik Flips Well

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Albert Paik had a flip with against and nailed the flop, the turn and river provided no help for the player at risk who grabbed his various card protectors and coins before heading to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Paik	80,000 80,000	80,000
Michael Soyza	50,000
Szymon Wysocki	33,000 -7,000	-7,000
Huidong Gu	30,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Albert Paik

11-11-2019 23:11 UTC+9

Kwok Busts Yilu and Wang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Victor Chong was a spectator while three players had put their stacks in already and the cutoff opted to forfeit his raise to 5,500.

Bin Wang:
Yuan Yilu:
Ting Shum Kwok:

The board came and Kwok scored the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ting Shum Kwok	75,000 75,000	75,000
Victor Chong	60,000 5,000	5,000
Yuan Yilu	Busted
Bin Wang	Busted

Tags: Bin Wang Ting Shum Kwok Victor Chong Yuan Yilu

11-11-2019 23:25 UTC+9

Day 1c Registration Closed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The third and final flight is currently midway through level 10 at blinds of 600-1,200 with a big blind ante of 1,200 and the registration has closed. It appears that there were 173 entries in total of which 108 players currently remain. Several bigger stacks have emerged around five times the starting stack but that can all change in the blink of an eye.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Obara	150,000 90,000	90,000
Zhewen Hu	145,000 35,000	35,000
Jin Woo Kim	70,000 40,000	40,000
Jiajun Liu	55,000 15,000	15,000
Yao Bai	11,000 1,000	1,000

11-11-2019 23:35 UTC+9

Bad Days at the Office for Soyza

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Soyza missed out on the money in the initial High Roller and couldn't run up a stack on Day 1b either. The final attempt on Day 1c saw him all in before the flop with pocket kings against the pocket jacks of Albert Paik and the Malaysian was unable to survive and bowed out in unfortunate fashion.

There are fewer than 100 players remaining as the penultimate level of the night kicks off with blinds of 800-1,600 and a big blind ante of 1,600.