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Date: October 3, 2024

Buy in: ₩6,000,000 (~US$ 4,397)

Entries: 110

Prize pool: ₩18,437,760 (~US$ 13,915)

ITM: TBA

Remaining: 63 players

Chips in play: 22,000,000

Average Stack: 349,206 (35 bb)

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

Mystery Big Bounty (KRW 200M GTD) Flight D

Date: September 28, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 600,000 (~USD 440)

Guarantee: KRW 200,000,000 (~USD 150,000)

Entries: 140

ITM: 14

Per Flipout:

Starting Stack: 20,000

Chips In Play: 200,000

The rules of a flipout are pretty simple. There are 10 players who get 3 cards each face-up. Meaning, all players can see all the cards. With that information, a player will pick the best two cards and will go all-in against all the other cards. The dealer will deal a the five-card board and whoever has the best hand wins. A little bit of skill and a whole lot of luck.

Some of the lucky ones who won their 10-handed flipouts and get a chance to advance to the Day 2 final with 200,000 chips in tow are:

$15,000 NLH Final

Blinds 50,000/125,000 Ante 125,000

Date: September 27-28, 2024

Buy in: KRW 21,000,000 (~USD 15,000)

Entries: 71

Prize pool: KRW 1,388,121,000 (~ USD 1,053,000)

ITM: 9

Remaining Payouts

1st - KRW 406,000,000 (~USD 308,000)

2nd - KRW 291,521,000 (~USD 221,000)

3rd - KRW 189,500,000 (~USD 143,000)

4th - KRW 143,000,000 (~USD 108,000)

5th - KRW 111,000,000 (~USD 84,000)

6th - KRW 86,100,000 (~USD 65,000)

7th - KRW 68,000,000 (~USD 51,500)

8th - KRW 52,700,000 (~USD 40,000)

9th - KRW 40,300,000 (~USD 30,500)

Starting Stack: 500,000

Chips In Play: 35,500,000

Average Stack; 3,940,000

Remaining Players: 9

71 total entries. A prize pool of KRW 1,388,121,000 (~ USD 1,053,000). Only 9 places to be paid. And here they all are at the final table. Each one guaranteed at least KRW 40,300,000 (~USD 30,500).

Oliver Weis claims the chip leader crown with a stack of 8,575,000. Weis has been consistently at the top ever since he gained the chip lead earlier in the day. A shout behind is Xiaochun Shi Yuexinwith 7,075,000. Yu Lei wraps up the top three with 5,825,000.

Here are the final table chip counts:

Jeju Open Final

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

The blind increase was forcing all-in or fold situations between the last three and were exchanging pots until Biao Ding made a push from the button with A♥ 4♥ and William Jia calling from the big blind with K♠ J♣ for a showdown. The board of 9♦ 9♥ T♥ 3♣ 2♣ bagged a win for Biao Ding's ace-high, leaving William Jia out of the tournament at 3rd place for a payout of KRW 17,260,000 (~USD 13,000), which is good for two first class tickets from Jeju to New York.

Jeju Open Final

Blinds 30,000/60,000 Ante 60,000

William Jia raised his A♣ K♣ to 150,000 at the small blind and called when Zhu Jingxuan pushed all-in with K♠ J♦ at the big blind. The A♦ Q♥ 5♦ flop solidified Jia's lead and the 4♣ 4♥ that completed the board assured the win. William Jia rises to 2,180,000 chips while Zhu Jingxuan gets a beating down to 90,000.

Jeju Open Final

Blinds 25,000/50,000 Ante 50,000

At the end of the break with 6 players remaining, William Jia walked back to his seat as the chip leader with a 1,600,000 stack. Jia's stack took its first big hit against Tianwei Zhang when Jia made a big flop bet, but had to give up the pot when he couldn't call the all-in bet by Zhang on a flop of 2♣ 2♦ 5♦. Tianwei Zhang's stack improved to 1,400,000 while Jia's dwindled to 1,000,000.

On another hand that followed, Jia met Biao Ding's all-in for 770,000. Biao Ding flashed A♣ K♥ that dominated the A♥ J♥ of William Jia. The 6♠ T♠ 7♥ T♦ Q♣ board was of no help and Biao Ding bounced back to 1,615,000 chips. William Jia was reduced to a very critical 180,000.

William Jia took a gamble with his remaining 180,000 with J♥ 7♠, and was called by Zhu Jingxuan from the big blind with 8♥ 4♥ . The board of 9♠ 6♠ 5♠ T♦ T♥ didn't do anything for anyone, and a Jack-high for Jia was enough to double him up from drowning with 410,000 chips. Zhu Jingxuan felt a little prick when his stack went to 1,240,000.

At the next level with blinds at 30,000/60,000 ante 60,000, William Jia pushed the 410,000 all-in with Q♦ Q♠ and was met by an equally short-stacked Yu Jiapeng, who felt confident making the call with K♦ 9♣. The queens stayed alive with a board of J♥ 2♠ 7♣ 5♣ 4♥ and Jia double up to 910,000. Yu Jiapeng was left with 70,000.

Jeju Open Final

Blinds 20,000/40,000 Ante 40,000

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: 6

Remaining Payouts:

1st - KRW 35,560,000 (~USD 27,000)

2nd - KRW 23,608,210 (~USD 18,000)

3rd - KRW 17,260,000 (~USD 13,000)

4th - KRW 13,930,000 (~USD 10,500)

5th - KRW 10,920,000 (~USD 8,200)

6th - KRW 8,270,000 (~USD 6,200)

The 6 remaining players take a much needed break from all the poker action. Meanwhile... Jiachip counts:

Jeju Open Final

Blinds 10,000/25,000 Ante 25,000

William Jia made a min-raise from UTG+2 then called the 310,000 all-in of Zhichen Yu from the big blind. William Jia flipped over A♠ J♠ and looked in bad shape versus the A♣ Q♠ of Zhichen Yu. However, the gods dealt a flop of 6♣ A♦ J♥ to give Jia the lead, followed by a J♦ turn to give Yu just one out to tie. The T♣ river was a brick and Zhichen Yu was eliminated at 9th place with a payout of KRW 3,700,000 (~USD 2,800), enough for some top-of-the-line scuba diving equipment.

Jeju Open Final

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

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: 9

Remaining Payouts:

1st - KRW 35,560,000 (~USD 27,000)

2nd - KRW 23,608,210 (~USD 18,000)

3rd - KRW 17,260,000 (~USD 13,000)

4th - KRW 13,930,000 (~USD 10,500)

5th - KRW 10,920,000 (~USD 8,200)

6th - KRW 8,270,000 (~USD 6,200)

7th - KRW 6,070,000 (~USD 4,600)

8th - KRW 4,400,000 (~USD 3,300)

9th - KRW 3,700,000 (~USD 2,800)

Biao Ding is the chip leader entering the final table with 1,550,000 chips. The only other millionaire is Tianwei Zhang with 1,100,000. Here are the complete final table chip counts:

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: