Natural8 Open Main Event

Kossonogi Ori has been southbound since his clash with Zhan Xi Guo and the two met again which would become Kossonogi's last hand. 

With the board finding all the kings in the deck, it was a sure end for Kossonogi in 17th place.

Final 17 players

Xiang Sheng Tham shoved 18 big blinds and Po Yu Chen put him on the ropes with a covering stack. 

With an ace on the turn, Xiang survived and to pull in a double up. 

Rough grind for  You Xuan Luo with a short stack that inched up little by little until she reached the feature table where she lost a couple of pots that led to her end. 

On a board 4♥2♣J♣6♠5♠ with 274,000 in the pot,  Kossonogi Ori tanked to Zhan Xi Guo's 210,000 bet. He eventually folded then said,

Yi Hing Cheng's day at the Main Event has come to an end in 21st place. Before the fall, she lost a pot to Fu Ki Anson Choy who jammed on a board 4♣3♦A♦8♦K♦ to deny her the 180,000 pot. 

Fu Ki Anson Choy opened from late position and big blind Kai Hung Hu defended then both players checked the flop K♣J♦J♥. On the turn K♥ the board showed two pair. Hu checked again, Choy slid out a 25,000 test bet and Hu called. 

Shaofu Wang defended his big blind then when the flop ran 2♠9♠6♠, he bet 70,000 leaving 5,000 behind. Po Yu Chen answered with a shove that sent Wang tanking. 

After burning through three time extensions with no all ins at the other tables, he committed his last chips. 

No help came on the turn J♥  and river K♦ for Wang to bust in 25th place and form the final three tables. 

Chijen Chu had been struggling with a short stack all day and finally got a caller in Man Hin Cheung when he risked it. 

A jack on the flop held through the runout for Cheung to clean out Chu. 

Not so the case for Yi Hing Cheng who was all in for her last 7 big blinds then found a bit of luck against Pei Hsi Lin who had her dominated going in. 

Do Yun Ku opened from under the gun then tanked when small blind  You Xuan Luo jammed. 

Cherkashin Andrei opened for. 17,000 and to his immediate left, Kossonogi Ori called. Action moved to Dongjae Kim who squeezed for 51,000 which didn't scare away anyone for three-way to the flop.

Do Yun Ku entered Day 2 as chip leader and has only tightened his grip since. Still untouched at the top, Ku added another elimination under his belt to continue his charge. 

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Yu Tang Wang picked up a couple pots with the first one finding no callers to his shove. On his next win, it was a cooler against Chun-Yu Yeh who opened. Wang three-bet to 36,000, Yeh four-bet to 80,000, Wang shoved and Yeh called with a covering stack. 

Action was caught as the pot was being awarded to You Xuan Luo who had 10♣8♦ on a board 10♠3♥4♦8♣8♥ against a player's Q♣J♦ . 

On a board 6♦Q♣2♥J♦7♣ with around 130,000 brewed, Po Yu Chen bet 70,000 then took down the pot after Shaofu Wang tank-folded. 

At the previous PS Championship back in February,  Hon Leung Ip finished as runner-up in this event. HIs bid for taking it all the way fell short today in 36th place. 

Yan dominated the whole way on a board running 9♥7♣5♦7♠10♠. 

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Tense moment between Yi Chang Ho and Xiang Sheng Tham with 124,000 in the pot by the time the board completed 10♣Q♣4♥K♦8♠ . 

The TD was called once again to Table 7 where Ji Hwan Kim was challenged by Man Hin Cheung with forward motion. On a board 10♦J♥2♠7♣K♦ with 140,000 in the pot, Kim had his 62,000 chips in one tower and slid it out front but didn't cross the line. Cheung thought it was a shove and tossed in the one chip then flipped open his hand. 

As retold by the hand winner Yi Chang Ho, action was opened by the cutoff, then Ho called on the button. When it moved to the big blind  Timothy Stewart Bancroft, he three-bet to 30,000 and only Ho gave him action. 

Kin Wai Kwong was all in for his last 25,000 and table leader Fu Ki Anson Choy called. 

Elfin Lin Hsiao-Chin was down to 7 big blinds when she woke up with A♦A♣ and shoved. Hung Yang Ming was her lone caller who turned over K♣K♠.