Several players were eliminated including Kengo Sakurai, Danny Bao and Xing Biao Zhu.
Wayne Heung had boosted his stack but took another big hit right after when he got it in with 
against the 
of Hisashi Yamanouchi and his . The board came 
and neither player had a diamond in the hand to let Yamanouchi double for 157,000.
Michael Soyza ended up all in for around 65,000 against Tianyuan Tang and needed some help in the showdown.
Michael Soyza: 
Tianyuan Tang: 
The 
flop gave Soyza trips, yet he only had one out to pull a miracle double out of the hat. That was not possible anymore on the 
turn as Tang made quads himself to render the 
river as a formality.
A total of 181 entries created a prize pool of ₩649,609,000 ($571,656) and the top 27 spots will get paid. A min cash is worth ₩6,495,000 ($5,716) and the winner receives the PokerStars LIVE trophy and a payday of ₩143,890,000 ($126,623).
| Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₩143,890,000 | $126,623 |
| 2 | ₩97,114,000 | $85,460 |
| 3 | ₩66,845,000 | $58,824 |
| 4 | ₩54,500,000 | $47,960 |
| 5 | ₩43,460,000 | $38,245 |
| 6 | ₩33,390,000 | $29,383 |
| 7 | ₩24,295,000 | $21,380 |
| 8 | ₩17,605,000 | $15,492 |
| 9 | ₩14,550,000 | $12,804 |
| 10-11 | ₩12,345,000 | $10,864 |
| 12-13 | ₩10,720,000 | $9,434 |
| 14-15 | ₩9,745,000 | $8,576 |
| 16-17 | ₩8,770,000 | $7,718 |
| 18-20 | ₩7,795,000 | $6,860 |
| 21-23 | ₩7,145,000 | $6,288 |
| 24-27 | ₩6,495,000 | $5,716 |
Kosaku Akashi departed before the break and James Won Lee ended up all in and at risk for 41,500 against Wayne Heung.
James Won Lee: 
Wayne Heung: 
The board came 
and Lee remained in contention.
Just before the break, Daniel Lee lost a flip to the 
of chip leader Keiji Takahashi and bowed out. Also no longer in contention are the further players listed below.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
After losing the big pot not long ago, Phachara Wongwichit busted in the last hand before the break and the field has been reduced to the last 53 hopefuls. They are heading into a 10-minute break.
Michael Soyza jammed into Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar and the latter called for the last 208,500 to create a big pot over on table one.
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar: 
Michael Soyza: 
The board came 
and Soyza had to forfeit a big chunk of his stack.
"He four-bet jammed. It is only because of me, everyone else he flats," the Indian said soon after.
Keiji Takahashi has further pulled away at the top of the counts by sending at least two players to the rail and Yan Li has also chipped up significantly. Yongwei Mo four-bet all in for 114,500 and Huijie Zhou forfeited his three-bet to 26,000.
Gen Nose doubled through Dong Guo and the latter departed soon after. Then, Phachara Wongwichit three-bet jammed the small blind and Nose in the big blind used two time banks before making the call for 122,000. The initial raiser folded and Wongwichit was in trouble.
Gen Nose: 
Phachara Wongwichit: 
The board came 
and the initial raiser sighed with the words "I folded king-queen."
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