GOP Main Event - Flight D - (60/120/30 Mins) - KRW 700M GTD

Hiroyuki Otake bubbles

The bubble has been delivered! Taking the hard fall was Hiroyuki Otake who jammed with A ♣️ 6 ♣️ and got called by King Chun Horace Leung with Q ♠️ Q ♦️.

The flop of 2 ♦️ 4 ♣️ 4 ♥️ was no help to Otake while the turn 3 ♦️ gave him more outs, but the river did not produce it with the 7 ♠️ arriving.

Horace Leung reaching for a fist bump

Hyuga Nishiguchi denied, Chun Yu Ma celebrates

On just the second hand of the bubble round, action folded around to the small blind Hyuga Nishiguchi, he jammed his big stack. Big blind Chun Yu Ma tanked then tossed in the one-chip call, putting himself at risk.

When the cards were on their backs, Ma was ahead and just needed to fade Nishigushi's live cards.

Chun Yu Ma: A ♠️ K ♣️

Hyuga Nishiguchi: J ♠️ 7 ♥️

As soon as the flop landed 7 ♦️ 5 ♠️ Q ♣️, the rail erupted with Nishiguchi jumping ahead and the bubble bursting a high possibility. The turn 6 ♥️ drew more roars from the rail then the river K ♦️ denied the bubble as Ma paired up and celebrated his catch.

Two players have just been given the boot to bring the field down to 18 players which means, it is now bubble time to ITM.

The recent fallouts were Kohei Suzuki and Tharit Nanthana at separate tables. Suzuki jammed on the small blind with K ♣️ J ♣️ and got called by big blind Dong Yan who had A ♣️ 4 ♣️.

The board ran 8 ♣️ Q ♠️ 6 ♣️ 7 ♥️ A ♠️.

For Nanthana, he shoved his short stack with 9 ♥️ 8 ♠️ and Sascha Manns called on the big blind with Q ♥️ 6 ♥️.

Nanthana connected on the flop 5 ♥️ J ♠️ 8 ♥️ then burned on the turn 7 ♥️ with a flush made by Manns. The river Q ♠️ was of no consequence.

Cards speak for another takedown by Shingae Daiki. Taking the fall was Ryuta Tsutsumi on a cooler.

Tsutsumi looked down at A ♣️ K ♣️ and shoved, nextdoor neighbor Daiki had A ♦️ A ♥️ and no brainer snap-called.

The board ran queen high and just like that, another pot shipped by Daiki while railing in the process.

Hsing Hsiung Tai

Hsing Hsiung Tai got involved in near back-to-back hands that sent him up then to the rail. The first showdown was against Koki Masada who was in desperation mode.

Masada was all in with A ♣️ 3 ♥️ and was in trouble against Tai's who flipped open A ♥️ K ♣️.

The board dropped a king on the flop which seemed to seal the win for Tai until a three on the turn to pair up Masada. The much anticipated river was blank and was no help to Masada to pack up while Tai scooped up his chips and climbed to 375,000.

A couple of hands after, Tai three-bet jammed on the big blind and initial raiser Shingae Daiki called with a covering stack.

Hsing Hsiung Tai 10 ♥️ 9 ♥️

Shingae Daiki: A ♦️ Q ♦️

The board ran low with both players missing for Daiki to take down the pot and send Tai to the exit.

Hyuga Nishiguchi

From a turnout of 122 entries, the field is now down to 25 players with ITM at 17 remaining. Listed below are the chip leaders:

Kyota Henzan

Kyota Henzan was a very happy camper after surviving the runout against bigger stacked Shingae Daiki.

The hand opened with a raise from Daiki who then snap-called Henzan's shove.

Kyota Henzan: K ♠️ 9 ♦️

Shingae Daiki: A ♣️ J ♣️

A nine peeked in the window and as it ran out 9 ♣️ 10 ♣️ 8 ♠️ 6 ♠️ 6 ♦️, he rubbed off the sweat and collected his reload.

Chun Yu Ma

Chun Yu Ma was scooping up the pot with K ♣️ J ♣️ connecting on the board 10 ♦️ 6 ♥️ J ♥️ 2 ♠️ K ♥️ to survive against a player's A ♠️ 10 ♠️.

Following that hand, Glenn Marsom lost a showdown against Seung Chul Tyler Jennens with Q ♠️ 10 ♠️ behind Q ♣️ J ♦️.

Unable to catch a break, Marsom went three-bet all in with his last 138,000 and got looked up by initial raiser Ma.

Marsom was behind with K ♥️ 5 ♥️ against Ma's A ♣️ Q ♣️. The board bricked to end Marsom's flight run just seven spots to ITM.

Glenn Marsom

Haisheng Qiu opened from middle position and again Dong Yan put the heat on with a three-bet to 75,000. Qiu answered with a four-bet jam and this time it was Yan who tanked. Yan eventually tossed in the call and was slightly ahead with his ace.

Haisheng Qiu: K ♠️ Q ♣️

Dong Yan: A ♠️ 8 ♠️

The flop 9 ♦️ K ♦️ 4 ♦️ instantly improved Qiu which held through the turn 7 ♦️ and river 5 ♠️ to pull in a reload.

Yoshiki Shibata

The action was picked up with Kohichi Shimizu all in, and a bigger side pot was built between Haruki Kawashima and Yoshiki Shibata.

At the flop 7 ♦️ J ♣️ 6 ♣️, Shibata jumped out with a bet of 75,000 then claimed the side pot with Kawashima folding.

For the main pot, Shibata turned over 7 ♠️ 6 ♠️ two pair, Shimizu had A ♦️ Q ♠️. The turn J ♦️ sealed the sweep for Shibata and the river was a meaningless 4 ♦️.

Earlier in a hand, Takamasa Kojima sent Glenn Marsom tanking when he defended his big blind with a big shove. That seems to be his M.O. as he was seen all in twice and both times his opponent used up time chips.

On a flop of 7 ♣️ 8 ♠️ 5 ♥️, Seung Chul Tyler Jennens tank-folded to Kojima then Aleksei Zhukov met a three-bet shove of 585,000. Zhukov used up three time chips before letting go of his hand.

Shingae Daiki

Hoarace Leung opened 37,000 out of middle position and found two callers until the big blind Shingae Daiki squeezed for 86,000. Leung tanked, using up two time chips then flicked his hand to the dealer. The other two followed behind to award Daiki the pot without a showdown of hands.

Gleb Ershov

Lester Edoc started the day strong but met resistance in this level paying out a large chunk Gleb Ershov. Though we missed the hand, Ershov now sits on one of the biggest stacks while Edoc busted shortly after.

The field is down to 31 players. ITM is at 17 players.

Aleksei Zhukov

Back-to-back takedowns by Aleksei Zhukov to bring the field down to 32 players. The first player to bite the dust was Sae Kubota who three-bet jammed on the big blind and raiser Zhukov on the small blind called.

Sae Kubota: 7 ♣️ 7 ♠️

Aleksei Zhukov: 10 ♦️ 10 ♠️

The higher pair held throughout the board then Yusuke Arima followed out next. His all in with J ♣️ 2 ♣️ fell to Zhukov's 3 ♠️ 3 ♦️.

Dong Yan

Following a raise, Haisheng Qiu three-bet 80,000 then down the orbit, the button Dong Yan shoved with a covering stack. After the initial raiser folded, Qiu tanked while using up a couple of time chips then open-folded A ♥️ Q ♣️.

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Takamasa Kojima

Glenn Marsom opened the minimum on the button then went deep in the tank after big blind Takamasa Kojima defended with a shove for 261,000. After burning through three time chips, Marsom called to put Kojima on the ropes.

Takamasa Kojima: Q ♥️ 9 ♣️

Glenn Marsom: A ♦️ 2 ♦️

Marsom had just a marginal lead with his ace with Kojima's cards live. The flop 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️ J ♣️ gave Kojima more outs for the straight. The turn 5 ♥️ changed nothing until the river 9 ♠️ improved Kojima to two pair and he muscled up for his catch.

Hideaki Ohashi

The field is thinning fast with only 38 players remaining in this flight with 17 players guaranteed a spot at the ITM round.

Here are the current big stacks:

Action folded around to the button Koji Ohira who raised and was denied the blinds steal with Haisheng Qiu calling to make him work for it.

At the flop of 5 ♥️ 2 ♥️ 2 ♦️, Ohira continued for 11,000, Qiu check-raised to 35,000, and Ohira called.

Qiu took the reins on the turn 8 ♣️ with a bet of 80,000, Ohira shoved, and Qiu snap-called while showing 7 ♣️ 2 ♣️ trips. Qiu had J ♦️ 8 ♥️ two pair. The river bricked with 4 ♣️ to send Ohira to the rail.

Sascha Manns

Sascha Manns has been railroading his table with multiple knockouts under his belt to bring his stack to a massive 1,200,000. He is the clear chip leader at the moment.

After he brought the hatchet down on Tatsuya Saito, the next on the chopping block was Hiromasa Syuto on a classic flip.

Hiromasa Syuto: Q ♦️ Q ♥️

Sascha Manns: A ♥️ K ♥️

Manns jumped ahead at the flop 2 ♦️ J ♦️ K ♠️ and shipped it after the turn 3 ♠️ and river 3 ♥️.

Taehong Koh

Taehong Koh was in trouble when he three-bet shoved and still wasn't able to push out Chia Yun Wu who turned over a made hand.

Taehong Koh: A ♠️ 7 ♠️

Chia Yun Wu: J ♥️ Js:

Looking for the ace, the flop paired Koh's lower card instead 7 ♣️ 5 ♦️ 8 ♦️ though still behind Wu's aces. The turn Q ♦️ changed nothing, then the river 7 ♥️ saved him with trips for a shocked and happy win while Wu grunted in disappointment.

Three-way cooler with Haisheng Qiu and Kazuki Fujita all in while Tharit Nanthana was looking to sweep up.

Haisheng Qiu: A ♦️ A ♥️

Kazuki Fujita: A ♠️ K ♥️

Tharit Nanthana: Q ♣️ Q ♦️

No such luck for Nanthana as the board kept the best hand ahead 4 ♥️ 5 ♠️ J ♠️ A ♣️ 7 ♠️ to give Qiu the main pot while saving Fujita as well for the side pot.

Haisheng Qiu

Kohei Suzuki

Kohei Suzuki and Wenchao Liu tangled for a three-bet pot that drew a flop of 6 ♣️ 7 ♣️ 8 ♦️. Suzuki checked to the aggressor Wenchao Liu who pushed all in and in a snap, Suzuki called then showed the nuts.

Wenchao Liu: 4 ♣️ 4 ♠️

Kohei Suzuki: 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️

The turn J ♥️ sealed the deal with Liu drawing dead to the river K ♣️.

Wenchao Liu

Yee How Lee

Yee How Lee was on his way out when he shoved and was behind Tomokatsu Kumano both in hand and in stack.

Yee How Lee: Q ♣️ Q ♠️

Tomokatsu Kumano: A ♠️ A ♥️

It was looking grim for Lee when the dealer fanned 2 ♦️ :Jd; 7 ♣️ 10 ♦️ then his savior arrived on the river with the Q ♦️ gracing the board.

Seung Chul Tyler Jennens

Catching the action on the flop J ♠️ 6 ♥️ 3 ♣️ with big blind defender Li Hao Ran all in. Seung Chul Tyler Jennens made the call with a covering stack.

Li Hao Ran: 6 ♠️ 3 ♠️

Seung Chul Tyler Jennens: 8 ♠️ 8 ♦️

Li was ahead with his big blind special two pair, that is until the turn came down 8 ♣️ for Jennens to find one of his two snowmen. The river 4 ♦️ sealed Jennens the win to send Li to the gutter.

Sascha Manns

Mixed game player Sascha Manns was already sporting a big stack when Yoshiyasu Nagayasu donated more with a shove that ran into aces.

Yoshiyasu Nagayasu: 5 ♥️ 5 ♣️

Sascha Manns: A ♥️ A ♣️

The board was 2 ♣️ 10 ♦️ 3 ♣️ 2 ♠️ J ♦️.

Chun Yu Ma and Tharit Nanthana were at the river on a board showing 2 ♣️ 8 ♣️ J ♦️ 7 ♠️ A ♠️ with 46,000 in the pot. Ma checked, Nanthana fired a 27,000 steal bet. Ma tanked then hero-called.

It was the right move for Ma as Nanthana turned over K ♦️ 10 ♦️ bluff to win the pot with 9 ♣️ 8 ♣️ pair.

Lester Edoc

GOP Titan Stack High Roller Gauntlet champion Lester Edoc continued where he left off, by collecting chips. Catching him in a hand against Chi Zhang, both players built a pot of 21,000 by the turn 8 ♦️ Q ♣️ J ♣️ A ♠️.

Zhang slid out 8,500, Edoc check-raised to 28,000, and Zhang called for the river to come 3 ♥️. No more checking for Edoc who fired an overpot bet of 91,000, Zhang tanked then surrendered his hand to the dealer.

Chi Zhang

GOP Titan Stack High Roller finalist Daqiao Jiang tried to muscle Haruki Kawashima out of the pot but got pushed instead.

Jiang raised at under the gun and only Kawashima took interest to head to a flop of 5 ♦️ 9 ♠️ 4 ♥️. Jiang barreled 15,000, and another 30,000 on the turn A ♣️. Kawashima called both to complete the board with the river 6 ♣️.

Jiang barreled a third time for 80,000, Kawashima shoved with a covered stack, Jiang quickly flicked his hand to the muck giving Kawashima the pot without a showdown of hands.

It's official, Day 1D registration closed with 122 entries. For those that missed the window, there is still one flight left to jump in and have a chance at the title and Black-and-Gold Gauntlet.

With cards now back in the air, 89 players are seated and will play down to 17 remaining which is 13.5% of the field.

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 action via the live reporting which begins at the close of registration at 15:45.