Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju
₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 1 / 869
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
While the pace of eliminations has slowed down, the field continues to get trimmed further as 153 players remain late in the third level of the day and the money bubble is expected to burst after the second break of the day.
No longer in contention is Pete Chen, the former Asian player of the year was no longer in his seat that is now occupied by Paul Newey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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440,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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380,000
229,500
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229,500 |
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320,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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245,000
205,000
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205,000 |
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190,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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140,000
70,500
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70,500 |
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Busted | |
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
"You want to hear a sick bad beat story?" Andre Lettau said as he headed out of the tournament area.
"I got it in pre with kings versus kings and he had the 
to hit the flush," Lettau added. A quick look at his former table confirmed who had done the damage as Szymon Wysocki was now sitting on a stack of nearly half a million.
"I am actually disgusted, Andre and I had a nice chat," Wysocki pointed out.
That won't change much about the unfortunate outcome of the clash as Lettau is out before the money while Wysocki has a decent shot at a deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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460,000
185,000
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185,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jiayi Jin in the small blind called the shove of a shorter stack and Yifan Zheng in the big blind let go.
The player at risk tabled 
and Jin had him dominated with the 
. After a board of 
, the pot was shipped to Jin who jumped above the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
124,500
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124,500 |
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120,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Natalie Teh was all in for what appeared to be around 35,000 and tabled the 
. Jianbiao Zhong looked her up with the and the board came 
to provide no help. Alex Lee had previously departed from the same table and now participates in the side event next to Edward Kim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The seats that formerly belonged to Feng Chen and Tsun Ming Chan are now vacant as Sparrow Cheung scored a double knockout.
Whether or not it was Chen that pushed or another player that was moved there already remains unknown but the button got it in with the 
and Chan was all in from the small blind for a nearly identical stack with the 
. Sparrow made the call with and the board came 
to reduce the field by two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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300,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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280,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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275,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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275,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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270,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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260,000
156,500
|
156,500 |
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240,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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170,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
140,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
120,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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90,000
31,500
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31,500 |
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90,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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85,000
118,000
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118,000 |
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75,000
121,500
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121,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
In the first two hours of play, the field has been whittled down from 302 hopefuls to just 190 contenders and they have been sent on a 15-minute break.
