Past the crack of dawn, Hong Kong's Heung Tsz Kin came from behind at heads up against Steve Yea to clinch the record breaking Super High Roller title and the ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150) top prize! This was Heung's first major victory and career best score. It was also his third cash at the ongoing series.

Congratulations to the champion!

Finishing as runner up was Korea's Steve Yea for ₩266,840,000 (~US$ 201,425). Yea is having one of his best poker years on the live tournament felt. Just this summer, he nearly clasped a gold at the WSOP and now a near victory at the Super High Roller. This was also Yea's first ever Poker Dream cash.

Super High Roller

Blinds: 500,000-1,000,000 ante 1,000,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Remaining payouts

1st ₩396,300,000

2nd ₩266,840,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 52,500,000 (52 bb)

Anton Lu - 3rd place - ₩188,100,000 / ~$141,987

Small blind Steve Yea A♦ Q♦ opens, big blind Anton Lu K♦ 2♣ shoves, Yea calls. The board runs Q♣ 6♣ 3♦ 5♣ 7♠ , Yea doubles up. Lu drops to 20 bb (shortest stack).

Two hands later, Lu shoves A♥ T♦ , big blind Yea calls with A♣ 3♥ , board is 7♦ 3♣ 6♣ K♠ K♥ .

Sim Kok Wai - 4th Place - ₩152,400,000 / ~$115,038

Sim Kok Wai: A♣ J♦

Anton Lu: K♣ K♥

Board: 8♥ 6♠ 6♦ 5♥ 6♥

Teoh Ming Hong - 5th place - ₩120,700,000 / ~$91,110

Teoh Ming Hong: A♠ 7♠

Steve Yea: J♥ T♦

Board: 9♣ 8♠ 9♥ J♠ 4♦

Teng Kah Yew - 6th place - ₩91,600,000 / ~$69,145

Teng Kah Yew: A♣ 6♦

Sim Kok Wai: A♠ 9♥

Board: Q♠ 4♣ 7♣ 3♦ 2♣

Tony Lin - 7th - ₩66,900,000 / ~$50,500

Tony Lin: A♣ 5♣

Steve Yea: A♦ K♣

Board: 3♦ 2♣ Q♥ 6♣ 7♥

Wai Kiat Lee - 8th place - ₩48,900,000 / ~$36,910

Wai Kiat Lee: J♥ A♠

Sim Kok Wai: K♥ A♦

Board: 7♣ 5♠ 2♠ 6♥ 4♣

Mingcong Chen - 9th place - ₩40,500,000 / ~$30,570

Mingcong Chen: 7♥ 7♣

Anton Lu: A♣ 9♠

Board: J♣ 8♦ T♠ Q♠ 4♠

Date: October 2, 2024

Buy in: ₩300,000 (~US$ 220)

Entries: 72

Prize pool: ₩18,437,760 (~US$ 13,915)

ITM: 11 places

Winner payout: ₩5,070,000 (~US$ 3,830)

Date: October 2, 2024

Buy in: ₩400,000 (~US$ 293)

Entries: 94

Prize pool: ₩32,095,360 (~US$24,230)

ITM: 13 places

Winner payout: ₩8,520,000 (~US$ 6,430)

Date: September 30 to October 2, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,500,000 (~US$ 1,100)

Guarantee: ₩400,000,000 (~US$ 303,350)

Entries: 561

Prize pool: ₩697,520,000 (~US$ 526,500)

ITM: 81 places

Final 9 Payouts (with bounties)

1st Liu Tian - ₩103,020,000

2nd Zhang Yang - ₩69,634,500

3rd Chuan Chen Shen - ₩44,970,000

4th He Qidong - ₩37,680,000

5th Su Shanhe - ₩24,260,000

6th Yang Shuo - ₩22,850,000

7th Jin Jiahao - ₩24,160,000

8th Li Valery - ₩11,150,000

9th Chan Ping San - ₩14,350,000

Super High Roller

Blinds: 200,000-400,000 ante 400,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Remaining payouts

1st ₩396,300,000

2nd ₩266,840,000

3rd ₩188,100,000

4th ₩152,400,000

5th ₩120,700,000

6th ₩91,600,000

7th ₩66,900,000

8th ₩48,900,000

9th ₩40,500,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 16,667,667 (29 bb)

Blinds: 200,000-400,000 ante 400,000

Remaining: 9 players

Super High Roller

Blinds: 200,000-400,000 ante 400,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 16,667,667 (29 bb)

Remaining: 9 players

Zhang Zhao Yue open shoves A♠ T♠ and runs into Wai Kiat Lee's better kicker A♦ K♥ . No help comes for Zhang on a board 9♠ 8♣ 5♥ 4♣ 3♦ to finish in 10th place. Zhang earns ₩34,300,000 (~US$ 25,890),

Super High Roller

Blinds: 200,000-400,000 ante 400,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 10,500,000 (26 bb)

Remaining: 10 players

Small blind Steve Yea opens 1,200,000 and big blind Teoh Ming Hong defends. On the flop and turn T♥ 5♥ 6♣ 4♠ , Yea bets 1,000,000 and 2,300,000, Teoh calls. Both check the river Q♠ . Yea shows J♦ J♠ , Teoh mucks.

Shengyang Ruan (13th) and Aidan Tam (12th) both earn ₩30,500,000 (~US$ 23,020).

After the hand, Zhen falls on the next to settle for a 15th place payout of ₩27,600,000 (~US$ 20,830).

Super High Roller

Blinds: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 6,562,500 (26 bb)

Remaining: 16 players

Remaining payouts

1st ₩396,300,000

2nd ₩266,840,000

3rd ₩188,100,000

4th ₩152,400,000

5th ₩120,700,000

6th ₩91,600,000

7th ₩66,900,000

8th ₩48,900,000

9th ₩40,500,000

10th-11th ₩34,300,000

12th-13th ₩30,500,000

14th-15th ₩27,600,000

16th ₩24,900,000

Super High Roller

Blinds: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 6,562,500 (32 bb)

Remaining: 16 players

17th Niklas Warlich - ₩24,900,000 (~US$ 18,800)

18th Zhao Hongjun - ₩24,900,000 (~US$ 18,800)

19th Zhang Chenxu - ₩22,200,000 (~US$ 16,760)

20th Yu Xiangyu - ₩22,200,000 (~US$ 16,760)

Zhao Hongjun opens shoves holding 6♠ 6♥ and falls to Sim Kok Wai's J♣ J♥ . Zhao finishes in 18th place for ₩24,900,000 (~US$ 18,800).

Three way all in, board runs Q♠ J♥ 2♣ 7♠ 2♠ . Niklas Warlich A♥ J♣ finds the flop but not good enough against Chen Zhen's A♠ Q♦ . Big stacked Wai Kiat Lee A♣ K♠ loses the side pot. Warlich finishes in 17th place for ₩24,900,000 (~US$ 18,800).

Super High Roller

Blinds: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Winner payout: ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150)

Heung Tsz Kin is all in with A♥ 9♦ and there to challenge is Shaoming Li with a better kicker A♦ J♠ .With the board running 8♠ 6♥ Q♦ 9♥ 3♦ , Heung sighs in relief having come from behind.

Niklas Warlich opens then four-bets all in holding A♥ K♣ , Zhang Zhao Yue is covered and snap calls with the nuts A♦ A♣ . No bad beat arrives Zhang to double through.

Not so fortunate for Hu Jianwen who three-bets for 9 bb leaving half a blind behind, and is called by Zhao Hongjun. At the flop 5♥ 7♥ 8♦ , Jianwen goes all in for 100,000 (half a big blind) and Zhao makes the easy call. Jianwin is ahead J♣ J♦ against A♥ 2♣ however, runner runner A♣ 2♠ sends him crashing out in 21st place for ₩20,200,000 (~US$ 15,245).

While Chen gets lucky on improving to two pair, Koop falls to Lee's higher pair and takes 22nd place for ₩20,200,000 (~US$ 15,245)

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Winner payout: ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150)

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 5,000,000 (25 bb)

Remaining: 21 players

22nd Niko Koop - ₩20,200,000 (~US$ 15,247)

23rd Winfred Yu - ₩18,400,000 (~US$ 13,890)

24th Lin Wei - ₩18,400,000 (~US$ 13,890)

25th Kosei Ichinose - ₩18,400,000 (~US$ 13,890)

26th Yee Siew Key - ₩18,400,000 (~US$ 13,890)

Super High Roller

Blinds: 75,000-150,000 ante 150,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Winner payout: ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150)

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 4,375,000 (29 bb)

Remaining: 24 players

Super High Roller

Blinds: 75,000-150,000 ante 150,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 4,375,000 (29 bb)

Remaining: 24 players

Down to 8 bb Winfred Yu goes all in with 4♥ 4♣ and survives Zhang Chenxu's A♠ J♠ overcards for a double up to 16 bb.

Niklas Warlich opens, Sim Kok Wai three-bets, Warlich four-bets all in, Sim snap-calls. Warlich has A♠ K♠ and is far behind Sim's A♥ A♦ . With the board running 5♠ 3♣ 2♥ 4♣ T♥ , it's a split pot, denying Sim the win.

Wai Kiat Lee opens then calls Niko Koop's re-raise of 600,000. When the board runs 5♦ A♥ 4♦ 9♠ , Lee check-calls 400,000 and 600,000, then leads out 500,000 on the river Q♦ . Koop uses a time bank then folds.

Tony Lin open shoves 11 bb with 7♦ 7♠ and survives the runout 9♣ 8♥ 7♣ J♣ Q♦ against caller Steve Yea's A♦ J♦ .

Super High Roller

Blinds: 50,000-125,000 ante 125,000

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 4,038,461 (32 bb)

Remaining: 26 players

27th Lin Shaoqin - ₩18,400,000

28th Chen Hui - ₩16,600,000

29th Webster Chin Wei Lim - ₩16,600,000

30th Biao Ding - ₩16,600,000

Biao Ding down to 5 bb shoves with A♣ T♣ and gets outdrawn by Chen Zhen's K♠ Q♠ on a board K♥ J♦ 2♥ 9♠ J♠ .

Webster Lim risks it all by calling Shaoming Li's three-bet shove. Lim's A♥ T♥ misses the board to fall to Li's 9♦ 9♥ .

The Mystery Bounty event is down to the final 9 players!

Date: September 30 to October 1, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,500,000 (~US$ 1,100)

Guarantee: ₩400,000,000 (~US$ 303,350)

Entries: 561

Prize pool: ₩697,520,000 (~US$ 526,500)

ITM: 81 players

Remaining payouts

1st ₩89,150,000

2nd ₩55,804,500

3rd ₩39,890,000

4th ₩31,020,000

5th ₩24,260,000

6th ₩18,980,000

7th ₩14,080,000

8th ₩9,650,000

9th ₩7,550,000

Chips in play: 15,930,000

Average stack: 1,770,000 (29 bb)

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

Date: October 2, 2024

Buy in: ₩800,000 (~$586)

Entries: 124

Prize pool: ₩86,601,600 (~US$ 65,370)

ITM: 17 places

Winner payout: ₩14,610,000 (~US$ 11,028)

Top Bounty prize: ₩9,500,000 (~US$ 7,170)

Super High Roller

Blinds: 50,000-125,000 ante 125,000

Overnight chip leader Dingxiang Ong could not turn his chip lead into cold hard cash as he went tumbling out on the bubble. Down to 8 bb, Ong open shoved with 7♥ 7♠ then lost the flip against massive chip leader Mingcong Chen with A♦ Q♣ on a board of K♣ 3♠ 6♥ 6♦ Q♦ .

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 3,387,096 (27 bb)

Remaining: 31 players

Two spots to the money!

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 3,181,818 (31 bb)

Blinds: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000

Remaining: 33 players

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Three levels after registration closed, the record breaking Super High Roller field has trimmed to 44 players. Let's have a look at the leaders.

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 2,386,363 (39 bb)

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

Remaining: 44 players

Super High Roller

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000

Chips in play: 105,000,000

Average stack: 1,544,117 (51 bb)

Remaining: 68 players

The three levels of late registration has ended and the numbers are in... it's a triple record Super High Roller!

Largest turnout: 210 entries

Largest SHR prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

Largest SHR first prize: ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150)

At the time of writing, 68 players remain. ITM starts at 31st place with a minimum payout of ₩16,600,000 (~US$ 12,530).

Date: October 1-2, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Entries: 210

Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)

ITM: 31 places

Entry Results

Day 1: 150 entries

Day 2: 60 entries

The coveted ₩55,000,000 (~US$ 41,500) biggest Mystery Bounty prize has been drawn! The lucky winner was Liu Chenglong who pulled it on his first attempt.

The two-day Super High Roller kicked off Day 2 with 59 players returning out of the booming 150 entries. With registration still open for three levels, 30 more entries were added at the end of Level 13. One level left to sign up. The pot is currently at ₩1.6 Billion / $1.2 Million.

Day 1 Results

Date: October 1, 2024

Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)

Day 1: 150 entries

Day 2: To Be Determined

Returning players: 59

Starting stack: 500,000

Chips in play: 75,000,000

Average stack: 1,271,186 (63 bb)

Blinds 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000

Date: September 30 to October 1, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,500,000 (~US$ 1,100)

Guarantee: ₩400,000,000 (~US$ 303,350)

Entries: 561

Prize pool: ₩697,520,000 (~US$ 526,500)

ITM: 81 players

Prize pool breakdown and Flight results

Cash pool: ₩466,714,500 (~US$ 352,300)

Bounty pool: ₩228,630,000 (~US$ 172,580)

1st place: ₩89,150,000 (~US$ 67,300)

Top Bounty prize: ₩55,000,000 (~US$ 41,500)

2nd Bounty prize: ₩25,000,000 (~US$ 18,870)

Day 1A: 156 entries / 24 advanced

Day 1B: 63 entries / 10 advanced

Day 1C: 146 entries /22 advanced

Day 1D: 106 entries / 16 advanced

Day 1E: 90 entreis / 9 advanced