Huidong Gu Bags Day 1A Chip Lead of WPT Korea Main Event

Day 1A Chip Leader Huidong Gu

Following ten levels of exciting play at the Landing Casino here at Jeju Shinhwa World, Huidong Gu of Macau has bagged the chip lead with 381,000 chips.

From a total of 252 entries, 98 players advanced to Thursday’s Day 2. Before that though are two more opening flights, starting with Day 1B Tuesday.

Among the other big stacks to end the night are David Yan, who was the only other player to bag over 300,000 with 300,500. Jin Xu Dong (296,000), Fangxiao Zhang (275,000), and Zang Zheng (250,000) also bagged big, with Steve O’Dwyer not far behind with 170,500.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continued coverage from WPT Korea, including Day 1B of the Main Event, starting at 1 pm local time on Tuesday.

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