This tournament had 62 entries from 34 unique players and generated a total prize pool of ₩248,000,000, the approximate equivalent of $220,000. Eight players will be paid, and a mincash is good for ₩9,620,000 (about $8,550), and the winner will take home ₩72,160,000 (just over $64,000).
Boyuan Qu raised to 9,000 from the cutoff, Yang Zhang called from the button, and Takayuki Iwamoto called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Iwamoto checked. Qu bet 11,000, Zhang called, and Iwamoto folded.
The turn brought the 
and Qu bet again, 19,500 this time. Zhang folded and Qu took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
428,000 | 114,000 |
|
366,000 | 2,000 |
Shinji Kashima raised to 9,000 from the cutoff and Yang Zhang three-bet to 25,500 from the small blind. Kashima went into the tank and used one time bank chip before he four-bet to 55,000. Zhang called.
The flop came 
and Zhang checked. Kashima bet 45,000, Zhang check-raise shoved, and Kashima folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
364,000 | |
|
173,000 | -48,500 |
Late registration has officially closed. This event drew a total of 62 entries and 22 players currently remain in contention. Full prize pool and payout information will be published shortly.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Players are now in the midst of their first 10-minute break of the day.
With a substantial pot already brewing, four players saw a flop 
and action checked to Linh Tran in middle position who bet 12,000. Alan Lau called from the button and Kazuhiko Yotsushika check-raised to 40,000 from the small blind. Tran called and Lau folded.
The turn brought the 
and the two players got the rest of the chips in the middle in a flurry of action.
Tran: 
Yotsushika: 
Tran was way ahead with his flopped set of sixes and Yotsushika was drawing dead with one card to come. The 
fell on the river to further improve Tran to a boat and he took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 139,000 |
|
86,000 | 39,500 |
Alan Lau opened with a raise to 7,200 from the cutoff, Wei Hsiang Yeu three-bet to 18,500 from the small blind, and Lau four-bet jammed for about 65,000, sending Yeu into the tank. He tossed in one time bank chip and with one second remaining on the shot clock following the extension, he called.
Lau: 
Yeu: 
Lau had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Yeu needed help from the deck in order to stack Lau. The board ran out 
and Lau took the pot with top two pair to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,500 | -116,500 |
|
135,000 | 81,500 |
Takashi Ogura got his entire stack in the middle before the flop against Takumi Samejima, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Ogura: 
Samejima: 
Samejima had the preflop advantage with king high, and although Ogura needed help from the deck to double up, he wasn't too far behind. Ogura picked up some additional equity when the flop fell 
to give him a gutshot, but the 
turn and river were no help to him and Samejima took the pot with a pair of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000 | 44,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
314,000 | -78,000 |
|
|
285,000 | 14,000 |
|
226,100 | 8,100 |
|
|
221,500 | 30,100 |
|
215,000 | 79,000 |
|
138,200 | 6,900 |
|
|
121,000 | 34,100 |
|
120,000 | -38,400 |
|
76,800 | -90,800 |
|
64,500 | 64,500 |
|
62,000 | -36,699 |
|
|
53,500 | 11,500 |
|
|
39,500 | -51,500 |
