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Jeju Open Final

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

The very very short-stacked Jiang Ming took a gamble with 7♠ 8♠ for his last 170,000 chips from under the gun. Zhu Jingxuan made the call and successfully defended the big blind with J♥ T♥ on a board of J♦ Q♥ 5♦ 6♥ 6♠. Jingxuan's pair of Jacks enough to eliminate Jiang Ming at 12th place for a KRW 2,710,000 (~USD 2,055) payout, which can buy two high quality surfboards.

In the battle of the blinds, William Jia made an all-in play with Q♠ 3♦ which was called by Frederick Sia for his last 200,000 showing A♥ K♣. William Jia may have felt embarrassed to have run into a brick wall at first, and he was beginning to melt with the board running 9♠ 5♥ 2♦ 6♥, but then the Q♥ on the river booked him the win and eliminated a stumped Frederick Sia at 11th place. Sia takes home a KRW 3,100,000 (~USD 2,350) prize, which can be enough for a Caribbean cruise.

Jeju Open Final

Blinds 8,000/16,000 Ante 16,000

Date: September 26 to 27, 2024

Buy in: KRW 810,000 (~US$ 594)

Entries: 257

Prize pool: KRW 177,018,210 (~ USD 134,260)

ITM: 39

Day 1A: 11/ 70 entries

Day 1B: 17/ 109 entries

Day 1C: 9/ 58 entries

Day 1D (Flipout): 2/ 20 entries

Remaining Players: 16

Tianweng Zhang leads the last 16 remaining with 820000 chips. The last 16 are guaranteed a minimum payout of KRW 2,170,000 (~USD 1,650). The other chip counts are:

Jeju Open (KRW 100M GTD) Final

Date: September 26 to 27, 2024

Buy in: KRW 810,000 (~US$ 594)

Entries: 257

Prize pool: KRW 177,018,210 (~ USD 134,260)

ITM: 39

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000

Remaining Players: 39

Day 1A: 11/ 70 entries

Day 1B: 17/ 109 entries

Day 1C: 9/ 58 entries

Day 1D (Flipout): 2/ 20 entries

257 official entries from 4 flights registered for KRW 810,000 (~US$ 594) to push the prize pool to KRW 177,018,210 (~ USD 134,260). The top 39 survivors from all the flights are now combined for one final flight to compete at the Day 2 Final. All the 39 players are already guaranteed the minimum payout, but will be playing to get a higher share of the prize pool. The biggest share for the champion is a whopping payout of KRW 35,560,000 (~USD 27,000).

Biao Ding leads the pack, and hopefully he maintains the big stack to the championship.

Here are the chip counts of the remaining players: