GOP Main Event - Flight E - (60/120/20 Mins) - KRW 700M GTD

Masatoshi Akasaka

Lester Edoc continued to pressure the table with another push out of the cutoff seat. Masatoshi Akasaka took a stand and committed all of his chips on the big blind, placing himself at risk of falling on the bubble.

Masatoshi Akasaka: K ♥️ J ♠️

Lester Edoc: A ♣️ 8 ♥️

When they showed, Akasaka needed some paint to color the board to stay in the running however the runout produced A ♦️ Q ♣️ 2 ♠️ 7 ♥️ A ♥️ ending his hunt on the stone cold bubble.

Marc Rivera

At the other table, Marc Rivera three-bet all in and was called by Hiroki Karatsu. Rivera turned over A ♠️ J ♦️ nd Karatsu had similar with A ♦️ J ♠️.

A couple of diamonds landed on the flop 2 ♦️ Q ♥️ 5 ♦️ and another on the turn 10 ♦️ giving Rivera a sweat. As Karatsu called out for the bling, the river came 10 ♥️ to keep Rivera from joining Akasaka to the rail.

Hiroki Karatsu

Wei Sun

Wei Sun open-shoved his last 135,000 holding K ♥️ 3 ♥️ and Gang Wu looked him up with A ♣️ K ♣️.

A dry flop of 9 ♥️ 7 ♣️ 2 ♦️ was no help to Sun however the turn J ♥️ gave him hope for a possible flush added to his outs. One of those outs found the river with the 7 ♥️ turning up to keep him in his seat and pull in a double up.

Gang Wu

After an unlucky showdown, Gang Wu had been struggling with his short stack and shoved with Q ♣️ 10 ♣️. His nemesis Evgenii Chzhen called with A ♣️ 8 ♦️.

This time, it was Wu's turn to get lucky with the board running 8 ♠️ K ♥️ Q ♦️ 6 ♣️ J ♠️ to avoid falling as the bubble.

Kohei Suzuki

Lester Edoc has been exploiting the bubble and was punished by Kohei Suzuki. Hand opened with a shove from Edoc on the button and Suzuki risked his stack.

Suzuki turned over A ♣️ As: and Edoc had 2 ♣️ 6 ♥️.

The flop 2 ♠️ 10 ♦️ 10 ♠️ gave Edoc a pair to have a fighting chance at railing Suzuki. The turn 4 ♠️ was good for Suzuki and a safe 3 ♣️ river ensured him the win to double through.

Juhyun Lee

From under the gun, Juhyun Lee open-shoved his short stack of 190,000 and Wenchao Liu called for the first all in showdown during the bubble round.

Juhyun Lee: K ♥️ 10 ♠️

Wenchao Liu: A ♠️ 9 ♠️

Luck shined down on Lee as the flop ran 9 ♥️ Q ♦️ Js: for the nuts straight. The turn 8 ♦️ sealed Lee the win to double up after the river tabled 8 ♣️.

Bubble round still at hand with 15 players remaining and one bust needed to end the day.

While Lester Edoc was exploiting the blinds with nonstop shoves, at the other table, Evgenii Chzhen opened 120,000 and got a game going with big blind Hiroki Karatsu defending.

At the flop 6 ♥️ Q ♣️ 4 ♠️, Karatsu check-called 60,000 and another 155,000 on the turn A ♥️. At the river 8 ♠️, Karatsu open-checked again, Chzhen decided not to barrel another and checked back. Karatsu turned over A ♣️ Q ♠️ top two pair to claim the pot.

Yoichi Hayashi

Yoichi Hayashi was all in with 4 ♦️ 4 ♠️ and was flipping against the chip leader Lester Edoc with A ♠️ 7 ♠️.

The board favored Edoc as it landed 8 ♥️ Q ♠️ 10 ♠️ 2 ♠️ 9 ♠️ for the nut flush to knock out Hayashi.

The field is now down to the bubble round with 15 players remaining.

Evgenii Chzhen three-bet pushed and was met with acall from Gang Wu who had the covering stack. Upon showdown, Chzhen was in trouble with a lower kicker and needed help to stay in the running.

Evgenii Chzhen: A ♣️ 4 ♣️

Gang Wu: A ♥️ K ♣️

The flop quickly brought the help he needed running 4 ♥️ J ♦️ 3 ♣️, and with the turn 10 ♥️ and river J ♣️, Chzhen secured the double up while Wu plunged to just two big blinds.

Lester Edoc ended another player's hope while simultaneously catapulting to the top of the counts.

The all in player was Yun Peng Bai with Q ♦️ 9 ♠️ that fell to Edoc's J ♦️ J ♥️ on a board 9 ♥️ A ♠️ 3 ♦️ 6 ♦️ K ♥️.

Aleksei Bessarb

Aleksei Bessarb and Masatoshi Akasaka went head-to-head preflop leading to shoves. Bessarb was in trouble with hooks against Akasaka's bullets.

Aleksei Bessarb: J ♣️ J ♦️

Masatoshi Akasaka: A ♥️ A ♠️

Bessarb was covered and was given hope at the flop J ♥️ 7 ♥️ 9 ♠️ with his two-outer spiked. However, the turn was A ♣️ to quickly burn his set. No miracle card came on the river, instead the 4 ♠️ to end his Main Event run while Akasaka dragged in a big pot to match his big smile.

Chia Yun Wu seems to always be all in and surviving. On his latest shove, that was the case again. He had A ♣️ :Ts, Lo Tsz Fung had J ♥️ J ♣️, an ace appeared on the turn for Wu to double up for the nth time.

Masatoshi Akasaka

Three-way clash is very popular in this flight with yet another taking place at Table 9.

Kunihisa Miyamoto: J ♠️ 8 ♣️

Masatoshi Akasaka: A ♣️ 10 ♥️

Juhyun Lee: K ♣️ K ♥️

The board was very good to Akasaka with aces turning up 5 ♠️ A ♥️ 10 ♠️ 4 ♠️ A ♠️ to ship all of Miyamoto's stack and double up through Lee.

Kohei Suzuki

With a pot of 110,000 weighing down the middle and a flop already in play of 3 ♦️ A ♦️ 5 ♠️, Tomokatsu Kumano fired 55,000 amd Kohei Suzuki check-called.

The action repeated on the turn 2 ♣️ with a 60,000 bet coming out of Kumano's stack and again Suzuki check-called. The river 8 ♣️ saw Kumano jam, Suzuki was covered and still risked it.

Kumano turned over J ♦️ 10 ♦️ bluff, Suzuki doubled up with A ♣️ 7 ♣️ top pair.

Seiji Sasaki

Seiji Sasaki shoved around 250,000 and was given a sweat by big stacked Gang Wu. When the flipped over their cards, Sasaki was ahead in every way.

Seiji Sasaki: A ♦️ 6 ♦️

Gang Wu: K ♠️ 6 ♠️

Wu's attempt to eliminate was nearly foiled at the flop of 5 ♣️ A ♥️ 7 ♥️ with Sasaki spiking the ace. With the turn 2 ♦️, that did it. The river 5 ♠️ had no bearing as Sasaki dragged in a double up.

Hongwoo Ahn

Yuki Abe was all in for 76,000 and was looked up by Hongwoo Ahn to put him at risk of elimination. Upon showdown, Abe was in dire need of help.

Yuki Abe: Q ♠️ 2 ♣️

Hongwoo Ahn: 10 ♠️ 10 ♦️

Though he had one overcard, the board did not produce it as it ran J ♣️ 3 ♣️ Kd: 2 ♥️ K ♠️.

Lester Edoc

Catching the moment as Shih Chien-Kuei was getting up to go and the pot being awarded to Lester Edoc. The board showed 5 ♦️ 6 ♠️ K ♠️ 7 ♦️ 4 ♦️.

Shih had K ♥️ 10 ♥️ top pair, Edoc hunted the flush then landed runner runner straight 10 ♠️ 8 ♠️.

Ryuta Tsutsumi

Chi Zhang was all in on a flop of 10 ♠️ 5 ♥️ 10 ♣️ and Ryuta Tsutsumi was tanking until he found reason to make the call. When they showed, he expressed frustration with his ducks behind.

Chi Zhang: K ♣️ 5 ♦️

Ryuta Tsutsumi: 2 ♦️ 2 ♥️

No other ducks came by on the turn and river, instead the Q ♣️ and A ♦️ to pay Zhang the double up.

Chi Zhang

Chia Yun Wu

Chia Yun Wu had just lost a pot on a failed bluff when he three-bet jammed his last 104,000 after Mayuko Sawada's 55,000 shove. With no other takers, they turned them over.

Mayuko Sawada: K ♦️ 2 ♦️

Chia Yun Wu: 10 ♣️ 10 ♠️

The board brought no bad beat to Wu, instead he was ensured the win on a board running 7 ♥️ J ♥️ 10 ♥️ J ♠️ 8 ♥️ for a crushing full house.

Shuntaro Asano

With a pot of 82,000 brewed before the flop ran A ♣️ 6 ♠️ A ♠️, Chia Yun Wu checked out of the small blind seat and Shuntaro Asano bet 20,000.

Wu called and they went to the turn 9 ♣️ where both players checked. Betting resumed on the river 3 ♠️ with Wu leading out 85,500, Asano snap-called.

Wu turned over K ♣️ J ♥️ bluff to lose the pot to Asano's J ♠️ 4 ♠️ flush.

Hiroki Karatsu

Hiroki Karatsu was all in and in trouble against caller Yoichi Hayashi who had the bigger stack and better hand.

Hiroki Karatsu: Q ♥️ J ♥️

Yoichi Hayashi: A ♦️ K ♠️

The flop 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️ J ♣️ paired up Karatsu to take the lead but was not out of the woods yet with Hayashi still leaning on ten outs. The turn 4 ♦️ was not one of them, and with the river 3 ♠️, Karatsu exhaled a sigh of relief and pulled in the pot.

Gang Wu

Gang Wu has driven his stack north and is possibly the chip leader at the moment. In a recent hand, short stacked Tadashi Ogawa was all in, Wu raised to 26,000 and Kunihisa Miyamoto called for side pot action.

Both players checked it to the turn 6 ♦️ A ♠️ 4 ♠️ K ♠️ where Wu tossed in a 20,000 bet and Miyamoto called. Both players returned to checking on the river 10 ♣️.

Ogawa turned over K ♥️ 2 ♣️, Miyamoto also had a king with a better kicker K ♣️ Q ♣️ however the pot went to Wu who showed A ♥️ 8 ♥️.

Catching the action as the dealer was counting out the stacks. The board showed 10 ♣️ 2 ♥️ 5 ♥️ 8 ♣️ A ♣️.

Hongwoo Ahn: 2 ♣️ 2 ♦️ set

Kohichi Shimizu: K ♥️ 10 ♥️

Chi Zhang: A ♦️ K ♣️

Ahn tripled up while Shimizu sped off.

Another three-way preflop collision erupted with Gang Wu waking up with A ♣️ A ♠️ against Kunihisa Miyamoto’s A ♥️ Q ♣️ and Li Ran Hao’s J ♦️ J ♣️.

When the flop came 10 ♦️ J ♥️ Q ♥️ it seemed like the kind of board scripted in a poker movie.

Miyamoto had top pair, though he was still trailing Wu’s pocket rockets, while Li rocketed into the lead with a set of jacks. The turn 3 ♦️ changed nothing and it looked like Li was about to scoop a monster pot when the river K ♦️ landed completing broadway for both Wu and Miyamoto to crack Li’s set.

Masao Watanabe

Cooler went down with two players all in and Kozo Yamada looking to deliver the double knockout.

Masao Watanabe: A ♣️ Q ♣️

Yasushi Hasebe: Q ♥️ J ♥️

Kozo Yamada: 8 ♦️ 8 ♥️

The board favored the shortest stacked Watanabe as it landed 6 ♣️ 10 ♣️ J ♠️ K ♦️ 2 ♣️ for broadway. Hasebe won the side pot.

Registration for Day 1E closed with 99 entries to bring the total turnout of the Main Event to 356 entries. They will play down to ITM of 14 players.

Today is your final chance! The GOP Incheon Main Event closes registration with its last two flights today starting at 12:30PM for Day 1D and 6PM for Day 1E.

And there is serious value on the table.

With 135 entries recorded so far, the Main Event currently sits in overlay territory and will need a minimum of 350 entries to fully cover the guarantee. For players still on the fence, this creates one of the best opportunities of the festival: a massive guaranteed prize pool regardless of whether the field reaches the target.

For a buy-in of KRW 2,200,000 (~USD 1,500), players receive a starting stack of 120,000 — a deep 120 big blinds at the opening level. Even late entrants are far from short. Jumping in at Level 2 still provides 60 big blinds, while max late registration before Level 3 closes leaves players with a very playable 30 big blinds.

So far, the player everyone is chasing is Kyung Min Lee, whose towering stack of 1,729,000 chips equals more than 14 starting stacks and currently sits at 144 big blinds based on the lowest uncompleted level.

Follow the Day 1E action via the live reporting which begins at the end of Day 1D.