Home| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Naoki Morita | Japan | 410,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Tae Hoon Han | New Zealand | 732,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Liu Qiao Nan (DB) | China | 212,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Konstantin Pogodin (SB) | Russia | 302,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Lin Hung Sheng (BB) | Taiwan | 317,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Preston Lee | USA | 73,000 | 1 | 7 |
| Kei Kiyohara | Japan | 320,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Kazuma Inotsume | Japan | 106,000 | 1 | 9 |
| Sunny Jennens | Canada | 364,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Akihiro Ueda | Japan | 128,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Pak Valeriy | Uzbekistan | 173,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Jaepil You | USA | 198,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Bae Hyun Kyu (DB) | Canada | 415,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Aleksei Sei (SB) | Russia | 232,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Yozo Nomura (BB) | Japan | 349,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Lam Cheuk Nam | Hong Kong | 109,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Chen Song | China | 215,000 | 3 | 1 |
| Tatsuya Hirose (DB) | Japan | 270,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Yosuke Otsubo (SB) | Japan | 231,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Hiroshi Nishiyama (BB) | Japan | 195,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 477,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Hoshi Yuya | Japan | 397,000 | 3 | 7 |
| Hideki Izutsu | Japan | 1,054,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Hiroyuki Yoshimura | Japan | 101,000 | 3 | 9 |
Day 2 is over! 24 players have started bagging up. Our chip leader is Hideki Izutsu with his monstrous stack that crossed into the million range during the bubble round. He ended with 1,054,000. No one came close his stack.
Hideki Izutsu
We will have a recap for you soon so make sure to be on the lookout. For now, you can read up on the action in our live updates.
After the bubble burst, the last three hands of the day was announced. This saw the departure of Tomomitsu Ono in 25th place to pocket the first payout of the tournament. Ono earned KRW 2,191,000.
Tomomitsu Ono – 25th place
Ken Okada bubbles!
After 45 minutes running, the bubble burst! Action started with Tomomitsu Ono all in with his remaining 101k, Ken Okada joined in with his 93k.
Ono 7♦ 7♠
Okada A♦ K♠
The board ran 7♥ 3♠ K♦ J♦ 8♠ for a winning set to Ono.
With that the 25 remaining players are now in the money. Congratulations!
Liu Qzao Nan (R)
This must be the 24th hand of the bubble round with numerous players having doubled up. Getting his share was Liu Qiao Nan. He three-bet all in on top of Taehoon Han’s 13k raise. Han called.
Liu A♥ K♣
Han 10♠ 10♦
The board ran 5♣ 9♥ Q♣ K♦ 5♦ for higher pair spiked by Liu.
The bubble round continues…
Hiroshi Nishiyama (standing)
And the double ups continue! Hiroshi Nishiyama was the next benefactor. He moved all in on a flop of J♠ 4♣ 4♦ and Hideki Izutsu called.
Nishiyama K♣ K♠
Izutsu A♠ 8♦
The turn 7♠ and river 4♥ ended the hand and Nishiyama stacked up.
Konstantin Pogodin (L) Hung Sheng Lin (R)
The bubble round just got nuttier with another player doubling up! The lucky player saved was Konstantin Pogodin. Pogodin was all in with K♦ K♥ and Hung Sheng Lin had A♠ A♦. The board ran K♣ 9♣ 5♥ 10♣ 3♦ improving Pogodin to a set to stay in the running. Pogodin now over 300k and Hung with 320k.
Kei Kiyohara
The bubble has been avoided again! Kei Kiyohara was the next to get a stack boost. It started with Hung raising to 14k and Kiyohara defending on the big blind. At the flop 8♥ 6♠ 7♦, Kiyohara checked, Hung bet 19k, Kiyohara raised all in, and Hung snap-called.
Kiyohara 9♣ 9♦ over pair
Hung J♥ 8♠ top pair
The turn K♣ and river A♠ ended the hand and it was a double up to Kiyohara.
After being saved on the hand prior, Hiroyuki Yoshimura doubled up through Tamon Nakamura. The hand began with Nakamura raising to 15k, Yoshimura all in for 74k, and Nakamura with 500k behind, quickly called.
Nakamura K♥ Q♣
Yoshimura 10♠ 10♥
The board ran 9♠ 10♣ 2♦ 3♠ 4♦ for a winning set.
