Takumi Nakayama topped the second starting flight of the GOP Incheon II Main Event at Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea. Flight B drew 75 entries, with 11 players advancing to Day 2. Nakayama, representing Japan, finished as the flight's chip leader with a stack worth 69 big blinds.
Taiwan's Kuang-Chieh Chou followed closely with 67 big blinds. Chou spent much of the flight near the top of the chip counts and eliminated the bubble player before play ended.
Main Event Reaches 190 Entries After Two Flights
Flight A and Flight B attracted a combined 190 entries, with 27 players securing spots in Day 2. Taiwan's Yun Yao Hung, who topped Flight A, remained the overall chip leader with 2,915,000 chips at the end of Day 6.
The Main Event features five starting flights, with Flight C next on the schedule. These figures reflect the standings at the end of Day 6 on November 4, before the remaining flights.
Japanese Players Win Five of Six Side Events
Japanese players claimed five of the six side-event titles awarded on Day 6. Russia's Aleksandr Goloborodko was the only winner from outside Japan, taking down Event #41, Medusa's Head Hunter.
Hironori Katabuchi and Ryo Kotake also reached personal milestones, each securing a second career GOP side-event title.
| Event | Winner |
|---|---|
| #41 Medusa's Head Hunter | Aleksandr Goloborodko |
| #42 5-Card PL Omaha High – KR₩100,000 Bounty | Hironori Katabuchi |
| #44 PL Omaha – Double Board Bomb Pot Turbo | Azusa Maeda |
| #45 Satellite to GOP Main Event | Kazuki Ami |
| #46 Hyper Turbo | Mayu Goto |
| #47 Hyper Turbo – High Roller | Ryo Kotake |
Gordon Leads on Points but Has Yet to Qualify
Graeme Gordon held the highest points total in the Player of the Series race at the end of Day 6, but he had yet to meet the eligibility requirements.
Players needed at least three cashes in points-earning events to qualify for the title. Gordon had recorded only two, leaving him one qualifying cash short.
Just four players had met the requirement at that stage, with Joichi Fukui leading the standings among eligible contenders. Gordon needed one more cash in a points-earning event to become eligible for the Player of the Series title.
