GOP Main Event - Flight A Day 1 - Reg. Open Till the Start of Flight A Day 2 (240/300 Mins) - KRW 700M GTD

Jin Bo

With action folding to the small blind Jin Bo, he raised to 4,500 and big blind Daniil Khvan defended to take the action to the flop.

After the dealer fanned 8 ♠️ K ♥️ 5 ♣️, both players checked it to the turn 3 ♥️. Betting resumed with Jin sliding out 5,500, Khvan raised to 15,500, then Jin moved all in for 50,500. Khvan tanked for a bit then made the call.

Jin Bo: 5 ♠️ 5 ♦️ set

Daniil Khvan: K ♠️ 3 ♦️ two pair

Only two outs for Khvan to steal the win and knock out Jin but it was not to be as the river came 3 ♣️ for Jin to land the higher full house.

Sascha Manns

Richard Flach was not happy at the turnout of this hand while Sascha Manns was more than happy to collect on his luck.

Action opened with a limp from Manns on the small blind, blig blind Flach raised to 6,000. Manns three-bet to 27,500, then Flach checked how much Manns had behind before announcing all in. Manns snap-called for his tournament life.

When they showed, Manns was in bad shape and was in dire need of some luck.

Sascha Manns: 7 ♦️ 7 ♣️

Richard Flach: :10 ♣️ 10 ♠️

Luck instantly shined down on Manns with a set on the flop 7 ♠️ Q ♣️ 5 ♥️. Then with the turn 7 ♥️ that secured him the double up with quads. The 5 ♠️ river was just for formality.

Richard Flach

Reon Kurata

Reon Kurata raised the minimum out of the cutoff seat then defended by calling small blind Daniil Khvan's 20,000 re-raise.

Khvan maintained the aggression at the flop of J ♥️ A ♦️ 5 ♠️ with a bet of 11,000 and Kurata called. At the turn A ♠️, both players tapped felt for a free river J ♠️.

Khvan checked once more, Kurata took the chance to fire 83,000. Khvan tanked, using up five time chips before flicking his cards to the dealer.

Daniil Khvan

Van Tuan Pham

On a board of 7 ♦️ J ♣️ 3 ♠️ K ♠️ 8 ♦️ and 48,000 in the pot, Van Tuan Pham bet overpot for 53,000 that sent Haibo Yang tanking.

After Yang spent three time chips, he tossed in the call then was suprised when Pham turned over 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️ straight.

"Wow!" from Yang was answered by Pham with "lucky lucky" as he scooped up his winnings.

Richard Flach

Hongxiang Chen

As retold by Hsing Hsiung Tai, it was a battle of the blinds with everyone folding to Hongxiang Chen on the small blind. Chen raised to 5,000 and Tai defended on the big blind.

At the flop K ♣️ 2 ♣️ 8 ♠️, Chen checked to Tai who bet 5,500 and Chen called to take them to the turn 6 ♦️.

Chen checked again, Tai fired a larger 14,000 bet which Chen answered with a a raise to 35,000. Tai gave it some thought then jammed. Chen snapped and showed Tai the bad news.

Hsing Hsiung Tai: 6 ♣️ 8 ♣️

Hongxiang Chen: K ♦️ K ♠️

The river further drilled in Tai's loss with a 6 ♠️ for a full house over full house.

Shun Kuriki

Shun Kuriki had A ♦️ Q ♦️ trips on a board of 6 ♣️ A ♠️ 9 ♠️ A ♥️ 7 ♦️ with 85,000 already brewed. He slid out 43,000 and lone opponent Van Dao Duong tanked.

After one time chip spent, Van paid it then quickly mucked when shown the goods.

Hayato Kasuya

Action got heavy between Sascha Manns and Hayato Kasuya on the turn 8 ♥️ 9 ♦️ A ♠️ 10 ♠️ with 33,000 already in the pot. Kasuya bet 20,000, Manns fired back with 65,000, and Kasuya called.

The river Q ♦️ completed the board and Kasuya took the reins for 45,000, Manns went deep in the tank until he burned through two time chips before folding.

Jin Bo kicked off the hand with a min-raise, small blind Hayato Kasuya re-raised to 10,000, Jin jammed and Kasuya made the call.

Jin Bo: 10 ♦️ 10 ♥️

Hayato Kasuya: A ♣️ 7 ♣️

An ace quickly appeared on the flop and after it ran out 2 ♠️ 9 ♥️ A ♠️ J ♥️ Q ♦️, Hayato shipped the pot while sending Jin out in the process.

Ryoma Yamamoto min-clicked from under the gun and found two players to join him to the flop where the dealer spread :Ah; K ♠️ 2 ♦️.

Yamamoto continued to represent with a 5,500 bet. Hongxiang Chen called while one player folded to bring the turn K ♥️. This was checked and so was the river 10 ♠️.

Yamamoto turned over 6 ♣️ 6 ♠️, Chen had better A ♠️ 7 ♠️ to collect the pot for a small boost.

Woo Hyon Shin

Ryoma Yamamoto opened the minimum and found one caller in Hsing Hsiung Tai then the big blind Woo Hyon Shin squeezed with a three-bet to 20,000. Yamammoto called and Tai got out of the heat.

On the flop 8 ♣️ 8 ♠️ 4 ♠️, Shin barreled again for 20,000 and repeat action from Yamamoto with a call to bring the turn card of 3 ♥️.

Shin kept his foot on the pedal and fired 75,000. Yamamoto tanked, and after spending two time chips, he surrendered his hand to the dealer.

Rudy Edenata

Rudy Edenata opened then faced a three-bet to 20,000 from Sascha Manns out of the big blind seat.

Edenata replied with as much aggression, firing a 50,000 four-bet and Manns tamed the heat with a call.

At the flop 2 ♥️ 2 ♦️ 7 ♥️, Manns checked to Edenata who continued for 35,000. Manns tanked then let go of his hand.

Dylan Foster

Dylan Foster is well aware that Ryoma Yamamoto has already won two events and commented on it when he three-bet shoved all in for 48,000 and was called by Yamamoto.

"You're running so good."

Dylan Foster: A ♦️ J ♣️

Ryoma Yamamoto: K ♥️ Q ♥️

Foster was indeed correct as the flop instantly gave Yamamoto two pair, 10 ♦️ K ♣️ 10 ♣️ and with the turn 9 ♠️ and river 7 ♥️, he congratulated Yamamoto and warned jokingly,

"Nice hand. Your run will end soon."

Three players remained by the time the turn dropped J ♦️ 3 ♣️ 4 ♦️ 6 ♦️ with 39,000 in the pot. Van Dao Duong bet 15,000 and only Woo Hyon Shin paid it for heads up to the river J ♣️.

With a pair on the board, Van continued for 18,000, Shin raised to 36,000, Van called then mucked to Shin's 5 ♣️ 7 ♣️ straight.

Jin Bo

Fresh off a 3rd place finish at the Pandora's Mystery Bounty, Jin Bo walked into the Main Event after what he described as a well-earned ten hours of rest. The recovery time did not help much at first. He barely had time to settle into his seat before running into big stacked Richard Flach.

Flach opened for 5,500 from under the gun and two spots over Jin three-bet to 12,000. Flach answered with a four-bet to 37,000 to send Jin straight to the think tank. After two time chips spent, Jin sent his hand to the muck.

Rudy Edenata

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Read up on his win right here.

Reon Kurata

Chang I Hsuan was all in and covered by Reon Kurata. Upon showdown, Chang had three-outs to avoid re-entering.

Chang I Hsuan: A ♣️ Q ♦️

Reon Kurata: Q ♣️ Q ♥️

One of those outs came when the window was an ace A ♥️ 6 ♥️ 4 ♠️ giving Chang the lead. Her top pair held through the turn 9 ♥️ but then the river Q ♠️ was Kurata's lone out to retake the lead and send Chang out in shock.

Chang I Hsuan

Valeriy Pak

Over at Table 1, Valeriy Pak was getting up with Woo Hyon Shin raking it in. We will likely see him return with registration open all day.

Anh Nong Le and Sascha Manns

At Table 2, Anh Nong Le joined to the rail with Sascha Manns claiming all of his chips.

Le four-bet all in, pushing out one player while initial raiser Manns called and dominated in every way.

Anh Nong Le: A ♣️ J ♣️

Sascha Manns: A ♦️ K ♥️

The board improved both which meant it changed nothing, and completed J ♠️ 3 ♣️ K ♣️ 4 ♠️ 5 ♥️.

Chia Yun Wu

Chia Yun Wu and Anh Nong Le went head to head with the pot growing to 37,000 by the turn 9 ♠️ 2 ♣️ Q ♦️ Q ♠️.

Le fired 18,000 into it and Wu barely flinched before calling. The river came A ♥️ and Le barreled 30,000 however this time, Wu tested with a 75,000 pop, essentially putting Nong all in.

After using up a time-bank, Le folded, giving up his stake in the pot.

Richard Flach

Catching the action on a board of 10 ♥️ 6 ♣️ A ♠️ 2 ♣️ J ♥️ and 21,000 in the pot, Evgenii Chzhen had a bet of 18,500 in front and was tanking hard to Richard Flach's 68,500 raise.

After spending two time banks, Chzhen opted to hold on to his remaining chips and folded.

Hsing Hsiung Tai was down to 25 big blinds and raised nearly all of leaving two big blinds behind. Valeriy Pak made him commit the rest by shoving on top and it was a coin flip.

Tai had pocket fives, Pak had ace-queen. Instant two pair for Pak on the flop with both cards partnering up. The runout didn't produce Tai's outs to head back to registration.

Tai is back in with a fresh stack.

Evgenii Chzhen

Action folded to the chip leader on the small blind Van Dao Duong who limped then faced a raise from big blind Evgenii Chzhen. Van three-bet to 9,000, Chzhen fired back a four-bet to 25,000, and Van called.

The flop ran 10 ♥️ K ♦️ 6 ♠️, and more chips found the middle with a bet of 28,000 from Chzhen that Van check-called.

The turn 8 ♣️ drew another check from Van who then snap-called Chzhen's all in.

Evegenii Chzhen: A ♥️ A ♠️

Van Dao Duong: 6 ♣️ 4 ♥️

Chzhen was far ahead with aces and just needed to dodge five outs. The river 5 ♠️ was not one of those outs for Chzhen to pull in another double up.

Chien Te Lee opened from middle position and the blinds topped up to see a flop of K ♣️ 9 ♣️ Q ♠️.

After two checks, Lee continued for 3,000 and only small blind Shun Kuriki gave him action to the turn 6 ♥️.

Again Lee slid out a bet of 7,500 and Kuriki called for the final street to come 4 ♥️.

One more check from Kuriki was met with a 15,000 bet from Lee who took down the pot uncontested.

Shun Kuriki

By the time the board was at its limit showing 10 ♥️ 8 ♣️ 4 ♦️ 4 ♣️ 2 ♠️ that pot had ballooned to 70,500.

More went in with Shun Kuriki betting 32,000, sending Ryoma Yamamoto deep in the tank. After two time-banks spent, Yamamoto called then mucked to Kuriki's A ♣️ :Tc; top pair.

Shortly after his double up, Evgenii Chzhen picked up another pot by successfully defending his big blind.

At the flop 5 ♣️ J ♦️ 4 ♣️, he checked and cutoff player Hsing Hsiung Tai checked to the turn 10 ♠️. Chzhen overbet 17,000 and Tai called.

The river 10 ♥️ saw Chzhen fire all in for 23,000 and after a short tank, Tai sent his hand to the muck.

Evgenii Chzhen was down to just 18 big blinds then risked it all when pushed by Van Dao Duong.

Evgenii Chzhen: A ♣️ 5 ♠️

Van Dao Duong 4 ♦️ 4 ♥️

As soon as the flop landed 5 ♣️ 5 ♦️ 9 ♦️, Van could only laugh as his chances of knocking out Chzhen were slim as he now faced trips. The turn 10 ♠️ and river 2 ♦️ ensured Chzhen the win to double through.

Ryo Yamamoto has nearly doubled his starting stack after earning some chips against Sascha Manns.

Manns opened from under the gun then Yamamoto defended his small blind with a three-bet to 9,000. Manns topped up to take the action to the flop of 2 ♠️ J ♥️ 10 ♣️.

Yamamoto continued for 4,500 and Manns stuck around to the turn 5 ♣️. Yamamoto slowed down and checked sending the green light to Manns who slid out 13,000. Yamamoto answered with a shove then won the pot with Manns folding.

After a series of losses, Yohn Paredes three-bet all in for his last 20 big blinds and got looked up by Valeriy Pak with a covering stack.

Yohn Paredes: K ♦️ J ♦️

Valeriy Pak: A ♣️ 8 ♣️

The other red cards landed on the board 6 ♠️ 3 ♥️ 10 ♥️ A ♦️ 7 ♥️ and with no hits for Paredes, he packed up as Pak shipped in the pot.

On a board showing A ♦️ J ♠️ 10 ♥️ 5 ♣️ 8 ♣️, with around 28,000 in the pot, Van Dao Duong fired 31,000 sending Yohn Paredes to the think tank. After spending two time banks, Paredes open-folded K ♦️ K ♥️ while shaking his head, "I don't know", but Van didn't show.

Down to just 1,500, Woo Hyon Shin went all in on the next hand and got very lucky against Anh Le Nong.

Woo Hyon Shin: 10 ♥️ 8 ♣️

Anh Le Nong: A ♦️ A ♠️

The board ran 10 ♣️ 10 ♦️ 3 ♥️ J ♦️ 2 ♦️ for instant trips to Shin on the flop and the double up.

Shin's luck continued with another double up holding A ♥️ 8 ♥️ that cracked Van Dao Duong's K ♣️ K ♦️ with an ace finding the flop.

This was followed by a triple up with A ♠️ Q ♠️ on a queen high board to rise to 40,000 until Valeriy Pak joined the table.

Shin shoved one last time on the small blind with rags and Pak denied him the steal, defending with jack-ten that held. Shin became the first casualty of the Main Event.

Woo Hyon Shin

Action erupted early with Yohn Paredes opening only to be pushed out by Woo Hyon Shin and Van Dao Duong. Van three-bet, Shin four-bet, then Van five-bet jammed. Shin called.

Woo Hyon Shin: A ♥️ 8 ♥️

Van Dao Duong: J ♣️ J ♠️

The board gave Shin hope with two hearts on the flop and his eight paired as well but no further help came on the runout to drop to just 3 big blinds.

Van Dao Duong

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