GOP Main Event - Day 2 - KRW 700M GTD

Lester Edoc bubbles the final table

Lester Edoc was down to 75,000 and managed to triple up and double up to bring his stack to 500,000 but on his next shove with Q ♠️ J ♦️, Yi Cheng Lo dominated with A ♣️ 10 ♣️.

An ace found the flop A ♦️ J ♠️ 6 ♣️ to widen Lo's lead while Edoc also paired up and had outs to survive. However, the turn 5 ♣️ was not one of them, and neither was the river 2 ♣️ to fall in 10th place and miss the final table by one spot.

Yoshiki Shibata

Yoshiki Shibata open-shoved for 1,205,000 and to his immediate left, Chien Te Lee snap-called. When action moved to Hiroki Karatsu, he tank-folded pocket jacks.

Yoshiki Shibata: A ♠️ 2 ♥️

Chien Te Lee: A ♣️ K ♥️

The board ran K ♠️ 2 ♦️ 3 ♦️ 4 ♥️ A ♥️ to end Shibata's run in 11th place.

Wei Sun

After losing two showdowns, Wei Sun three-bet all in his last 440,000 and got called by big blind Dong Yan and initial raiser Woo Hyon Shin.

Both players checked it to the river 2 ♦️ J ♦️ 5 ♣️ A ♠️ 8 ♣️ where Shin bet 400,000 for a side pot but Yan wasn't interested and folded.

Wei Sun: K ♣️ 6 ♠️

Woo Hyon Shin: A ♦️ K ♠️

Sun was eliminated in 12th place.

From under the gun, Lester Edoc shoved A ♥️ K ♠️ and everyone folded until it reached Yi Cheng Lo who had A ♣️ Q ♦️ and risked his tournament life.

As soon as the flop came down 6 ♣️ 10 ♥️ Q ♣️, Edoc could only throw his arms out at his continued misfortune. With the turn 10 ♠️ and river 8 ♣️, Edoc plunged to 1 big blind while Lo doubled through.

Hiroki Karatsu

Hiroki Karatsu was down to just four big blinds and went all in with K ♦️ 9 ♠️, big blind Wei Sun called and turned over 10 ♦️ 9 ♣️.

As soon as the hands were tabled, Karatsu was very happy to see he was ahead. The flop widened his lead and with the board running out K ♥️ 10 ♠️ Q ♣️ Q ♠️ 3 ♠️, he kept his seat and climbed to 10 big blinds.

On the next hand, Karatsu jammed again and again was called by Sun. This time Sun was ahead with A ♥️ K ♣️ over Karatsu's K ♥️ J ♠️.

A glimmer of hope for Karatsu as the flop 4 ♠️ 10 ♥️ 9 ♠️ gave him a bit more outs which landed on the turn Q ♦️ for the straight. The river 8 ♥️ was no chop to scoop a back-to-back double up while Sun plunged to four big blinds.

Woo Hyon

On a flop of J ♥️ 7 ♥️ 10 ♠️, Woo Hyon Shin was all in holding 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️ and was in dire need of help against Yoshiki Shibata's K ♦️ 10 ♦️.

The turn 5 ♠️ changed nothing until the river 9 ♥️ for a lucky two pair to double through.

Sascha Manns

Sascha Manns looked down at A ♠️ 10 ♥️ and shoved on the button. On fire Haisheng Qiu was dealt 10 ♦️ 10 ♣️ and called to put Manns on the ropes.

The board bricked for Manns running 9 ♣️ 9 ♥️ 5 ♣️ 8 ♦️ K ♦️ to finish in 12th place.

Kyung Min Lee

Kyung Min Lee 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️ opens from under the gun and gets repopped to 500,000 by Lester Edoc A ♣️ A ♠️ out of the small blind.

A favorable flop for Lee of 6 ♦️ 7 ♦️ 10 ♣️, he bet 580,000 and was check-raised by Edoc to 1,400,000. Lee called to take it to the turn 8 ♥️

Edoc jammed, Lee snap-called, the river 7 ♥️ was no help to Edoc for Lee to ship a double up.

Chisa Matsutani

Wei Sun opened for 200,000, Yoshiki Shibata three-bet to 400,000, then Chisa Matsutani went all in on the big blind for 525,000. Sun let go while Shibata called and turned over the nuts.

Chisa Matsutani: 8 ♠️ 8 ♥️

Yoshiki Shibata: A ♣️ A ♦️

Matsutani was in big trouble with only two outs in the deck to help her survive however none turned up on a board 9 ♠️ Q ♣️ 7 ♣️ 5 ♥️ 7 ♥️ to end her run in 14th place.

Chisa Matsutani opened from under the gun and found one caller in neighbor Woo Hyon Shin, then on the button, Yoshiki Shibata squeezed for 1,125,000. This induced a fold from Matsutani while Shin took the risk.

Yoshiki Shibata: A ♣️ 7 ♠️

Woo Hyon Shin: K ♥️ Q ♠️

Despite Shin calling out for paint, the board was in favor of Shibata as it ran out 7 ♦️ 4 ♠️ 8 ♠️ 8 ♦️ 9 ♥️.

Haisheng Qiu

At the feature table, Sascha Manns A ♥️ 10 ♠️ opened 180,000 and was called by Haisheng Qiu 4 ♠️ 4 ♦️ and Yi Cheng Lo with J ♥️ 9 ♣️.

Three-way to the flop of 6 ♦️ 4 ♣️ K ♠️, Manns continued for 450,000, Qiu raised to 1,000,000 for his set, Lo folded, and Manns topped up.

After Manns checked the river Q ♦️, Qiu went all in and won the pot with Manns believing and folded his top pair.

After winning a massive pot, Lester Edoc opened from cutoff then called Haisheng Qiu's jam of 2,600,000.

Haisheng Qiu: A ♠️ J ♦️

Lester Edoc: J ♠️ J ♥️

As soon as the flop landed 10 ♦️ 4 ♦️ 9 ♦️, Qiu's outs increased while Edoc expressed, "never easy".

The turn K ♣️ gave Qiu another bunch of outs for the straight. The river A ♥️ was one of the Qiu's needs to stay in contention.

Feature Table Action:

Out of the cutoff seat, Yi Cheng Lo A ♦️ 4 ♦️ opened 160,000, button Lester Edoc A ♠️ A ♥️ three-bet to 450,000, and after the rest folded, Lo called.

This brought a flop of 4 ♥️ 10 ♣️ 9 ♥️ where Edoc continued for 375,000 and Lo check-called. The turn 2 ♠️ saw more chips go in the pot with a 725,000 bet from Edoc called again by Lo for the river 7 ♠️.

Lo checked, Edoc tanked then after using a time chip, he bet 2,000,000. This was enough for Lo to let go of his hand but not after burning through two time chips.

Hiroki Karatsu

Hiroki Karatsu open-jammed from middle position and was denied the steal with Chisa Matsutani defending on the big blind.

Hiroki Karatsu: Q ♠️ J ♦️

Chisa Matsutani: A ♣️ Q ♦️

Karatsu only had the jack to bank on which didn't appear on the flop 7 ♥️ 6 ♠️ 10 ♣️. However the turn K ♦️ gave him a possible straight with an open-ended. The river granted it with the 9 ♥️ turning up to stay in the running.

Haisheng Qiu

Catching the action on a board 7 ♠️ Q ♠️ 3 ♣️ 10 ♣️ 8 ♦️, Haisheng Qiu had 700,000 out front and Yi Cheng Lo was tanking. He eventually hero-called then mucked frustratingly when shown J ♣️ 9 ♦️ straight on the river.

Yi Cheng Lo

Big pot already brewed between Yi Cheng Lo and Sascha Manns on a board of K ♣️ 9 ♦️ 9 ♣️ K ♦️ 10 ♠️. Manns had 700,000 out front and Lo was deep in the tank.

He opted to fold and showed 9 ♥️ full house. Manns returned the gesture and showed 7 ♣️ 7 ♠️.

Evgenii Chzhen

With 500,000 in the pot and a board at the turn 7 ♥️ 6 ♦️ 5 ♣️ K ♦️, Lester Edoc bet 325,000, Evgenii Chzhen on the big blind seat check-raised to 650,000, Edoc jammed and Chzhen snap-called.

Evgenii Chzhen: 9 ♠️ 8 ♣️ straight

Lester Edoc: 7 ♣️ 7 ♠️ set

The river 3 ♣️ were not one of Edoc's eleven outs for Chzhen to pull in a full reload.

Gleb Ershov

Ryoma Yamamoto kicked it off with a min-raise out of the cutoff seat, Gleb Ershov three-bet to 225,000 on the small blind, and Yamamoto called.

Action erupted at the flop J ♥️ K ♦️ K ♥️ with a c -bet from Ershov for 60,000 met with a jam from Yamamoto. Ershov made the fast call and turned over rockets.

Gleb Ershov: A ♠️ A ♦️

Ryoma Yamamoto: 5 ♥️ 6 ♥️

Ershov faded the turn 8 ♦️ to stay ahead but the 9 ♥️ came on the river to smash aces and end Ershov's run in 15th place.

Yamamoto celebrated while raking in the pot,

"I cracked aces."

Dong Yan and Hyuga Nishiguchi

End of the road for Hyuga Nishiguchi who staged a strong comeback early in the day when his aces were cracked to reach 16th place. On his final hand he open-shoved his last 790,000 and Dong Yan called on the big blind.

Hyuga Nishiguchi: A ♥️ 10 ♥️

Dong Yan: :K ♥️ Q ♥️

A queen quickly found the board and with the runout Q ♦️ 2 ♦️ 7 ♦️ 9 ♠️ J ♠️, Yan shipped another pot by coming from behind.

Kohei Suzuki

At the feature table, Chisa Matsutani jammed and Kohei Suzuki called with a covering stack.

Chisa Matsutani: K ♣️ J ♣️

Kohei Suzuki: A ♦️ K ♦️

Matsutani needed to catch up and was instantly given hope at the flop 6 ♣️ 2 ♣️ 5 ♥️. Matsutani stood up and called out for her club which arrived as she wanted on the turn 10 ♣️. The river A ♠️ sealed her the win and a double up as Suzuki plunged to just 8 big blinds.

Shortly after, Suzuki had A ♥️ A ♣️ and raised. Dong Yan called with 8 ♣️ 8 ♠️. The flop Q ♠️ 2 ♥️ 3 ♥️ drew a push bet from Yan and Suzuki check-called for his tournament life.

The turn 10 ♣️ changed nothing until the river 8 ♥️ for Yan's two-outer to crack Suzuki's aces.

Several hands prior, Evgenii Chzhen had chipped up with aces when he got dealt Q ♣️ Q ♠️. Kyung Min Lee woke up with A ♣️ A ♠️ and both players went at it at the flop 6 ♠️ 3 ♣️ 4 ♦️, more chips were fired leading to both players all in.

The turn 2 ♣️ and river 9 ♦️ were blanks for Lee to scoop a massive double up.

Boris Sun Elliminated

From under the gun, Evgenii Chzhen opened and three players called that included Boris Sun on the big blind. Four-way action to the flop 10 ♠️ J ♠️ 7 ♠️ was trimmed down to three players with a c-bet of 185,000 from Chzhen called only by Haisheng Qiu and Sun.

The turn 3 ♠️ brought another spade on the board, Qiu open-checked again, Sun fired a bet of 530,000, Chzhen jammed, only Sun called and was drawing dead. The river was J ♦️.

Boris Sun: 5 ♠️ 2 ♠️

Evgenii Chzhen: A ♠️ A ♥️

After the count, Sun was covered to finish in 18th place.

Fang Kai Yang

Fang Kai Yang was the first to fall after the break in 20th place with A ♦️ 4 ♥️ dominated by Yoshiki Shibata's A ♠️ K ♦️.

A king on the flop K ♠️ Q ♣️ 3 ♣️ got Yang up from his seat and with the turn 8 ♣️, he was eliminated. The river was 2 ♦️.

Following him out was Horace Leung in 19th place.

The field is down to 18 players across two tables.

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Ryoma Yamamoto

First hand after the break and Ryoma Yamamoto doubled up through Boris Sun. Following a raise from Sun on the button, Yamamoto defended his big blind.

Sun continued to fire at the flop 6 ♦️ A ♠️ Q ♥️ for 125,000 while Yamamoto continued to defend with a check-call. The board paired on the turn A ♣️ to slow down both players. The river 8 ♥️ was checked again by Yamamoto, Sun sized up Yamamoto's chips and announced all in.

Yamamoto called for his tournament life and flipped open Q ♦️ 9 ♥️ two pair. Sun paid up with his failed K ♠️ 10 ♠️ bluff.

Players are back from the dinner break. 20 players remaining. They play down to the final table of 9 players.

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Kenji Hata

Kenji Hata won the blinds and ante on an uncalled shove but when he shoved again, Kyung Min Lee defended his small blind.

Kenji Hata: A ♥️ 7 ♥️

Kyung Min Lee: A ♣️ Q ♣️

Needing to pair his small card or running hearts to avoid the rail, the deck did not heed his call as the board ran 3 ♠️ 9 ♣️ 9 ♦️ J ♠️ A ♠️. No chop as Lee's kicker played.

Shingae Daiki and Yi Cheng Lo

Yi Cheng Lo continued to surge and crossed 6M in chips. The hand that took him there was the demise of Shingae Daiki who three-bet all in preflop and ran int Lo's cowboys.

Shingae Daiki: A ♦️ Q ♦️

Yi Cheng Lo: K ♣️ K ♥️

No aces came, instead a jack-high board to end Daiki's run in 23rd place.

Hyuga Nishiguchi was once down to 3 big blinds but has since recovered with another double up thanks to luck finally shining down on him. With everyone folding to him on the button, Nishiguchi jammed 485,000 and small blind Woo Hyon Shin isolated.

Hyuga Nishiguchi: J ♣️ 3 ♦️

Woo Hyon Shin: 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️

The flop A ♥️ 4 ♦️ 7 ♣️ brought no help, then the turn J ♠️ arrived sending Nishiguchi out of his seat with a roar "come on!"

And with the river 5 ♠️ he doubled up while happily stating, "I am coming back!"

Yi Cheng Lo

At the feature table, Yi Cheng Lo A ♣️ Q ♦️ raised 85,000 and to his immediate left, Kenji Hata A ♥️ 5 ♠️ called out of the hijack seat. With no other takers, the flop fanned J ♦️ 8 ♦️ A ♦️. Both players checked for the turn card K ♥️. Again they checked to see a river 2 ♠️.

No more checking for Lo who bet 300,000. Hata couldn't resist with his top pair and called then mucked to Lo's higher kicker.

Sascha Manns and Lester Edoc had built a pot of around 480,000 (12 big blinds) by the time the board reached the turn 4 ♦️ 9 ♠️ 7 ♥️ A ♠️.

Edoc checked out of the big blind and Manns slid out 180,000 just next door. Edoc called and the river came 7 ♦️.

Edoc knocked again, Manns dipped in and dropped 200,00 out front. Edoc paid to see then mucked to A ♣️ 8 ♠️ two pair.

Hyuga Nishiguchi

Hyuga Nishiguchi lost a large portion of his stack to Wei Sun when his queens ran into aces. This time, he woke up with the nuts and three-bet to 300,000. Initial raiser Chien Te Lee four-bet jammed and Nishiguchi snap0-called.

Hyuga Nishiguchi: A ♣️ A ♠️

Chien Te Lee: Q ♠️ Q ♦️

Lee was behind and needed help to survive. Dong Yan shared that he had a queen so just one out for Lee.

That miracle lady wasted no time making her appearance as the flop landed 4 ♥️ 2 ♣️ Q ♣️. Nishiguchi was now behind and hoped to turn it around but the turn 2 ♥️ and river 9 ♥️ were no help to lose another showdown as Lee apologized for the lucky catch.

Chien Te Lee

Two hands after, Nishiguchi went all in and doubled up through Dong Yan then won another shove for the blinds and ante.

Wei Sun

A massive pot was already in the middle by the time the river joined for a board of 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️ 5 ♣️ 7 ♥️ J ♦️.

Wei Sun was all in and Hyuga Nishiguchi paid him off then both revealed their hands.

Wei Sun: A ♠️ A ♦️

Hyuga Nishiguchi: Q ♣️ Q ♦️

Chisa Matsutani

At the feature table, Chisa Matsutani Q ♥️ Q ♦️ opened then faced a three-bet to 175,000 from Kyung Min Lee A ♥️ J ♣️, she called.

Both players checked it to the river 8 ♦️ 9 ♥️ K ♠️ 2 ♥️ J ♠️ where Matsutani took the reins with a bet of 250,000. Lee didn't bite to send Matsutani the pot without a showdown of hands.

Sascha Manns and Haruki Kwashima

Sascha Manns has climbed to 3M territory after getting the best of two players. The first one was Wenchao Liu who lost nearly all of his chips to Manns. Though we missed the hand, this boosted Manns to around 3M and Liu down to 365,000.

Wenchao Liu

Liu was eliminated on the next hand by Evgenii Chzhen with queen-jack over queen-ten.

Following Liu out was Haruki Kawashima who was down to crumbs and went all in at under the gun holding A ♣️ 6 ♠️ and Manns defended on the big blind.

Manns went on to deny Kawashima the double up with 9 ♦️ 4 ♦️ pairing up on a board of J ♦️ 10 ♦️ K ♥️ 4 ♣️ 8 ♣️.

Richard Flach

First to act Richard Flach opened and Lester Edoc on the button gave him action. Both players were given a flop of 5 ♣️ 6 ♣️ 4 ♣️ where Flach fired 60,000. Edoc called to bring a turn of 10 ♥️.

Flach continued to barrel, betting 90,000, however this time he was challenged with a 260,000 raise. Flach repopped it with an 890,000 three-bet and Edoc called.

On the river 7 ♠️, Flach shoved, Edoc had the covering stack and despite this, he tanked for six time banks! Edoc emerged with a hero-call.

Richard Flach: J ♣️ J ♠️

Lester Edoc: 5 ♥️ 6 ♥️

Flach crashed out in 28th place as Edoc soared to the top.

Lester Edoc

The biggest movers of the previous level were Yi Cheng Lo and Dong Yan, both were seated at the feature table.

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Lester Edoc

Lester Edoc opened 150,000 then called Seiji Sasaki's 300,000 three-bet. Sasaki continued at the flop Q ♦️ 6 ♥️ 9 ♣️ for 125,000 and Edoc flatted to the turn 2 ♠️. Sasaki moved all in for 430,000 and Edoc went deep in the tank until he burned through three time chips.

Edoc emerged with a hero-call and it was the right decision.

Seiji Sasaki: A ♦️ K ♦️

Lester Edoc: 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️

Sasaki had overcards to Edoc's pocket pair. The rag river 2 ♣️ spelled the end for Sasaki as Edoc shipped the pot.

Out of the cutoff seat, Haibo Yang opened then called Chun Yu Ma's three-bet who sat on the small blind. More chips found the middle on the flop J ♦️ 2 ♥️ 8 ♠️ with a c-bet of 100,000 from Ma that was called by Yang.

Action erupted on the turn 4 ♦️ with Ma checking, Yang bet 180,000 then Ma tank-shoved. Yang snap-called.

Haibo Yang: A ♥️ A ♣️

Chun Yu Ma: K ♦️ K ♥️

The river 8 ♥️ changed nothing for Yang to double through as Ma shook his head in frustration.

Sascha Manns

On a board showing 10 ♠️ 9 ♥️ 5 ♥️ 6 ♦️ 9 ♦️, Hideaki Ohashi had 300,000 out front and Sascha Manns hero-called.

Ohahsi turned over K ♦️ Q ♥️ bluff, Manns earned the pot with A ♦️ K ♠️ ace-high.

Yoshiki Shibata

Yoshiki Shibata got another boost to his stack and again it was thanks to Nakai Yamamoto who could not get away from the hand.

On a board showing 10 ♠️ 7 ♠️ 6 ♠️ 8 ♣️ 9 ♠️ with 200,000 in the pot, Shibata bet pot and Yamamoto tanked. After taking time to decide, he tossed in the call.

Shibata turned over A ♠️ A ♦️ nut flush and Yamamoto open-mucked one card K ♠️. They've now switched in the counts.

Nakai Yamamoto

Yoshiki Shibata had been waiting a long time for a double up and while he shoved several times, it was uncalled... until now.... . On a flop of J ♦️ 3 ♠️ 6 ♥️, Shibata was all in and Nakai Yamamoto had him covered.

Yoshiki Shibata: A ♣️ A ♠️

Nakai Yamamoto: A ♥️ K ♥️

The turn Q ♥️ gave Shibata sweat with Yamamoto given hope with a flush draw. No love came on the river for Yamamoto, instead it was the 8 ♠️ for Shibata to pull in a double up.

Wenchao Liu

Wenchao Liu collected all of Hayato Kasuya's chips with 8 ♦️ 8 ♥️ winning the flip against A ♦️ Q ♦️ on a board that ran 5 ♥️ 8 ♠️ 3 ♣️ 7 ♠️ 3 ♦️.

Feature Table Action: Out of the cutoff seat, Yi Cheng Lo 8 ♦️ 7 ♦️ opened then called Seiji Sasaki's 135,000 three-bet. Money flop for Lo 9 ♦️ 6 ♦️ 10 ♣️ with the nuts straight was checked by both players for a free turn card of 6 ♣️.

No more checking for Lo who slid out 150,000 and Sasaki called to head to the river Q ♦️. Again Lo led for 140,000. Sasaki checked his hand K ♥️ J ♣️ and he had the straight. After using a time chip, he raised to 380,000, Lo snap-called and took down the pot.

Lo has now taken the chip lead.

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Gleb Ershov

Gleb Ershov has just catapulted from 20 big blinds to 83 big blinds, that's thanks to two double ups in near succession.

The first one was through Hiroki Karatsu with Ershov all in preflop holding A ♦️ K ♠️ which stayed ahead against A ♣️ Q ♠️.

The next hand opened with Jin Long raising then calling Ershov's 175,000 three-bet out of the big blind. Moving to the flop A ♥️ K ♣️ 6 ♦️, Ershov led for 85,000 and Jin called again for the turn card 9 ♦️.

No brakes for Ershov who fired 185,000, Jin still called for the river 9 ♣️. Ershov slid out 370,000 leaving 5,000 behind. Jin called and showed A ♠️ 4 ♠️ top pair that was far far behind Ershov's A ♣️ A ♦️.

Shoma Sudo

Shoma Sudo was nearly sent out until the poker gods intervened. He was all in holding 6 ♦️ 6 ♣️ and Kohei Suzuki was ahead with J ♣️ J ♠️.

The flop and turn threw blanks until the river 7 ♣️ 2 ♠️ 5 ♥️ A ♣️ 6 ♠️ two-outer that brought a shock to the players at the table.

Lester Edoc

The first break has just passed with 40 players now back in their seats. Blinds are up 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000.

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Kyung Min Lee

Kyung Min Lee and Marc Rivera stared down a board of 7 ♣️ Q ♥️ 2 ♦️ 4 ♥️ with around 210,000 in the pot. Lee put the heat on Rivera with a big shove, Rivera paused for thought then folded, opting to preserve his short stack.

Haibo Yang

Catching the action on a three-way clash with a flop laid out 8 ♣️ A ♠️ 6 ♠️. Haibo Yang had Hyuga Nishiguchi and Wei Zhu covered.

Hyuga Nishiguchi: A ♣️ 6 ♦️

Wei Zhu: Q ♠️ J ♠️

Haibo Yang: A ♥️ 6 ♥️

Wei Zhu

Zhu hunted for the spade for the sweep, however the turn was 3 ♥️ and river 10 ♦️ to send him packing up instead. Yang won the side pot and split the main pot with Nishiguchi.

Hyuga Nishiguchi

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Gang Wu

After a rough night at Flight E, where Gang Wu survived multiple shoves he managed to bag up 505,000 which was only six big blinds at the time but at Day 2, that was equivalent to 42 big blinds.

Despite the rollback in big blinds, he still met his end early, joining the railbirds in 45th place. Wu's final hand was a battle of the blinds, flipping with Chia Yun Wu.

Gang Wu: K ♥️ J ♦️

Chia Yun Wu: 2 ♣️ 2 ♠️

The board ran K ♦️ 2 ♥️ 3 ♦️ A ♠️ 10 ♠️.

Chia Yun Wu

Woo Hyon Shin

Woo Hyon Shin put the heat on Jin Bo starting with a raise on the button for 32,000. Jin called out of the small blind and they continued at the flop A ♣️ 2 ♣️ 8 ♣️.

Shin c-bet 32,000 and Jin check-called to the turn A ♠️. Action repeated with a 100,000 barrel from Shin that again Jin check-called to fill up the board with the 3 ♣️ on the river.

Once more, Jin opened with a check, Shin triple barreled 350,000. Jin tanked, using up three time chips while simultaneously staring down Shin then folded with one card up A ♥️. Shin did not show.

Jin Bo

Boris Sun

Feature table action: Hiroki Karatsu opened from cutoff and got called by Boris Sun on the small blind and Gleb Ershov on the big blind. Everyone checked it to the turn board 5 ♠️ J ♥️ 4 ♣️ K ♠️ where Karatsu bet 36,000, Sun check-raised to 80,000, and still Ershov and Karatsu stuck around.

The river J ♠️ drew more fire with Ershov betting, 65,000, called by Karatsu, then Sun check-raised to 300,000. Only Ershov slid out the call then mucked to Sun's K ♦️ J ♦️ full house.

In the stream, Ershov had A ♠️ 10 ♠️ nut flush, Karatsu had K ♥️ 10 ♦️ two pair.

Within the first ten minutes, Takumi Odani became the first player to hit the cage at Day 2. Though we missed the hand, getting a bump in stack was Chisa Matsutani who now has nearly 900,000.

Kohei Suzuki

At a separate table, Jin Bo raised to 25,000, Kohei Suzuki three-bet to 65,000, Jin called then both players checked it to the turn K ♥️ 6 ♥️ J ♣️ Q ♠️.

Suzuki fired a delayed c-bet of Q ♠️ and Jin check-called to buy the river 5 ♣️ where they returned to checking.

Jin turned over 10 ♣️ 10 ♥️, Suzuki claimed the pot with A ♦️ K ♥️.

The Main Event is back in action with card now flying for Day 2 with 51 players remaining from a field of 356 entries. The agenda for today is to play down to the final table of 9 players.

There is a livestream running on the GOP Youtube channel which starts at 1PM. Just head to the link below.

Livestream: GOP Main Event Day 2.