HomeAfter the scheduled eight rounds of play, 21 players survived Day 2 with Korea’s Jinho Hong at the top. We will have a recap shortly.
| 1 | Jinho Hong | Korea | 632,000 | 24 | 2 |
| 2 | Eric Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 590,000 | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Yi-Wei Peng (DB) | Taiwan | 576,000 | 22 | 3 |
| 4 | Huang Yi Qing | China | 551,000 | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | Chen An Lin | Taiwan | 519,000 | 23 | 7 |
| 6 | Choy Wai Tak | Hong Kong | 493,000 | 22 | 8 |
| 7 | Chu Chi Jen (DB) | Taiwan | 481,000 | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | Tommy Goh | Singapore | 459,000 | 24 | 8 |
| 9 | JC Sayo | Philippines | 436,000 | 23 | 5 |
| 10 | Ryuta Endo | Japan | 388,000 | 24 | 9 |
| 11 | En Ching Wu | Taiwan | 277,000 | 24 | 7 |
| 13 | Lonris Yong Sin Wang (SB) | Malaysia | 273,000 | 23 | 3 |
| 12 | Hung Tu Wang | Taiwan | 273,000 | 23 | 6 |
| 14 | Tai Hsing Hsiung | Taiwan | 254,000 | 22 | 7 |
| 15 | Cheng, Sheng-Chien (BB) | Taiwan | 174,000 | 22 | 6 |
| 16 | Craig Edwards (SB) | United States | 169,000 | 22 | 4 |
| 17 | Chien Fa Chou (DB) | Taiwan | 152,000 | 24 | 4 |
| 18 | Kong Seong Su | Korea | 129,000 | 22 | 1 |
| 19 | Lim Chee Seng (BB) | Malaysia | 125,000 | 24 | 6 |
| 20 | Kim Seung Yeol (SB) | Korea | 120,000 | 24 | 5 |
| 21 | Kwok Chun Kong (BB) | Hong Kong | 105,000 | 23 | 4 |
During one of the last hands called, Chen An Lin added another 140k to his stack by railing a player. Lin had pocket kings that held against A-Q. Lin closed the day with around 519k.
Cutoff David Tai raised, sb Eric Tsai pushed all in, Tai risked it with K♣ 10♥. Tai had 8♥ 8♣. A king showed up on the turn for a double up to Tai to 290k. Tsai slipped to 570k.
Short stacked Craig Edwards was all in with 9♦ 9♠ and faced Yi Wei Peng with A♠ K♠. The board ran 9♥ 5♥ 2♠ K♦ Q♣ for a double up to Edwards.
A player raised to 13k, Chi Jen Chu three-bet to 46k, initial raiser called. On the flop 4♥[6d} J♥, action was checked to Chu who c-bet 46k and was called. On the turn J♦, both checked and the river came 2♦. Checked again to Chu who bet 46k and was called. Chu showed K♣ K♠ and won the pot. He is up to 440k.
With 105k in the pot, mp Chi Jen Chu bet 60k, bb JC Sayo check-raised to 150k, Chu folded. Sayo went up to 435k, Chu slipped to 286k.
En Ching Wu all in with J♠ 10♠ called by Tommy Goh with K♣ K♥. The board fell 4♠ 7♠ 4♥ 2♣ A♠ for a flush to Wu avoid elimination. Wu up to 280k, Goh slipped to 430k.
Tommy Goh is back up with a big stack after scoring a three-way that booted Jin Hyo Yoo in the process.
Yoo 9♣ 8♣
Goh A♠ K♠
Chien Fa Chou A♣ Q♣
The board K♥ 2♠ 3♥ 4♦ 9♥, Goh goes up to 560k, Chien down to 190k.
Next to bump the rail was Chia Yun Wu. He started the final level with a lucky double up through En Ching Wu but still couldn’t hold it. He was all in with A♥ 7♥, Lim Chee Seng also all in with K♠ 9♥, Jinho Hong hoping to ship it all with 6♦ 6♠. The board ran K♣ J♥ 2♠ 4♠ 8♥. Lim tripled up his short stack, Hong won the side pot. Hong up to 640k.