Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju
₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 1 / 869
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Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The field has been cut down to just 123 hopefuls who are now on their second 15-minute break of the day, in which the T-500 chips will be raced off.
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 90,000 in the middle and the turn showing 
, the hijack pushed all in for 130,000 and that sent Nan Hong into the think tank. Hong was covered by a few big blinds and eventually sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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750,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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500,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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440,000 | |
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440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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360,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
300,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
280,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
240,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
180,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Tetsuya Enoki got his stack of around 160,000 in preflop against Tianyuan Tang and it was a big flip that decided over his fate.
Tetsuya Enoki: 
Tianyuan Tang: 
The Japanese hit the 
flop to reduce the outs of Tang to four tens or running cards for a full house. Right away, the 
hit on the turn and the 
river came a blank. Both players took out their smartphones to grab a picture of what happened and Enoki then headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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420,000
205,000
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205,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Meini Gong was all in for the last 26,500 and Paul Newey reshoved for 122,000 from the cutoff to isolate successfully.
Meini Gong:
Paul Newey: 
The 
flop took away some outs for Gong and he failed to connect with the 
turn and 
river to bust before the money. Fewer than 135 players remain in contention in the fourth level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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Busted |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Yan Rao opened the action with a raise to 11,000 and picked up a call by Zhewen Hu. The flop brought 
and a small continuation bet worth 8,000 by Rao followed, which Hu called. After the 
turn, Rao opened for a bet of 18,000 and that did the trick right there to shut down all further resistance.
Both Rao and Hu are up for the day and remain in contention to take home a portion of the prize pool.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
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195,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Meini Gong clashed with Paul Newey and the latter was the player at risk for around 18 big blinds with the 
while Gong turned over 
.
The board came 
and the king on he flop kept Newey in the running for a Main Event cash on his visit to South Korea.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
85,000
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85,000 |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jiayi Jin raised and Alvin Yifan Zheng moved all in for what appeared to be 116,000. Szymon Wysocki looked him up from one seat over and Jin folded.
Yifan Zheng: 
Szymon Wysocki: 
The board came 
and that spelled the end for Zheng's hopes to become a two-time champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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650,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
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Busted |
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Now it was the turn of Jamie Lee to send a short stack to the rail when he called a button shove for 46,500.
The button tabled 
and Lee had two live cards with the 
. On a board of 
, Lee paired up on the turn and dealt the final blow after a blank river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
171,000
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171,000 |
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Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
There are fewer than 150 players remaining and below are some updated counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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280,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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170,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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130,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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110,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
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50,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
