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Mystery Bounty - Day 1A

Blinds: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty wraps up on a cooler with Yin Liu three-betting pocket Queens into Chua Chen Shen's pocket Aces.

The final 24 players are bagging and tagging. We will have the chip counts up shortly.

Date: September 30, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,500,000 (~US$ 1,100)

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

Day 1A: 156 entries

ITM: 15% of the field / 24 players advance

Mystery Bounty - Day 1A

Blinds: 1000-2000 ante 2000

The ever-so-popular Mystery Bounty sponsored by QQPK and its ₩400M guarantee was today's crowd favorite with 156 runners turning up for Day 1A. At the close of late reg, 68 remained on the hunt for a spot at Day 2 / ITM round. Only 24 are guaranteed a slot.

Date: September 30, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,500,000 (~US$ 1,100)

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

Day 1A: 156 entries

ITM: 15% of the field

Chips in play: 4,680,000

Average stack: 68,823 (34 bb)

Remaining: 68 players

Let's have a look at the current leaders.

Deepstack (KRW 100M GTD) Final

Blinds 50,000/100,000 Ante 100,000

Jingxuan Zhu raised all-in from the button and was called by Chua Chen Shen for his remaining 650,000. Jingxuan Zhu flipped over A♥ 8♥ to the discouraged Chua Chen Shen who flashed K♥ Q♦. The board fell 6♠ 4♠ 2♠ and the turn A♠ closed out the deal without the need for the 9♥ river.

Chua Chen Shen finished at 9th place and took home his share of KRW 4,760,000 (~USD 3,600) from the prize pool, which is good enough to buy a second-hand super bike.

Deepstack (KRW 100M GTD) Final

Blinds 10,000/20,000 Ante 20,000

Date: September 27 & 28, 20024

Buy-in: KRW 900,000 (~USD 660)

Entries: 319

Prize Pool: KRW 242,781,300 (~USD184,100)

ITM: 48

1A: 16/102 entries

1B: 17/112 entries

1C: 12/I75 entries

1D: 3/30 entries

Remaining Payouts:

1st - KRW 47,020,000 (~USD 35,600)

2nd - KRW 29,931,300 (~USD 22,700)

3rd - KRW 22,330,000 (~USD 17,000)

4th - KRW 18,130,000 (~USD 13,700)

5th - KRW 14,270,000 (~USD 10,800)

6th - KRW 10,870,000 (~USD 8,200)

7th - KRW 7,960,000 (~USD 6,000)

8th - KRW 5,820,000 (~USD 4,400)

9th - KRW 4,760,000 (~USD 3,600)

10th - 11th - KRW 4,080,000 (~USD 3,000)

12th - 13th - KRW 3,590,000 (~USD 2,700)

14th - 15th - KRW 3,220,000 (~USD 2,400)

16th - 17th - KRW 2,860,000 (~USD 2,100)

18th - 20th - KRW 2,500,000 (~USD 1,900)

21st - 23rd - KRW 2,250,000 (~USD 1,700)

Chips In Play: 12,355,000

Average Chip Stack: 457,500

Remaining Players: 23

Li Pei is the new chip leader after the break with 1,140,000 chips, and is the only millionaire so far. Of the 48 ITM players who came back to play for the Day 2 Final, only 23 still remain standing. The chip leader at the start of the day was Pham Bao, but a few big hits has reduced his stack to just around 300,000. Such is poker. The chip lead may help a player get deep in the tournament, but it doesn't necessarily guarantee a championship. There's still much poker to play, and maybe Pham Bao will bounce back.

Meanwhile, joining Li Pei at the top is Chua Chen Shen, who is second in chips with 925,000. Wang Chongyang and Nicholas Michael are tied at the third spot with 770,000.

Here are some more top chip counts: