Main Event

Xing Zhongjie has set the bar for the next Main Event flights to come, bagging up 546,000 (91 bb) at the end of Day 1A. During the late round, Xing knocked out multiple players then delivered the bubble to wrap up the flight.

Date: September 30, 2024

Buy in: ₩1,200,000 (~US$ 880)

Guarantee: ₩2,800,000,000 (~US$ 2,000,000)

Day 1A: 102 entries / 8 advanced to ITM (final day)

Xing's small pair holds. Field is down to 9 players.

Down to 11 bb, Su Shanhe open shoves holding A♦ 9♥ and doesn't get past Xing Zhongjie who calls with K♥ T♥ . The board runs K♦ 6♠ 7♣ Q♥ T♠ , Xing boots another.

On a flop J♦ 5♠ 6♠ and a preflop raised pot amounting to 21,000, a betting battle ensues starting with Che Jiaming with a bet of 6000. Soriano Ramos check-raises 22,000, Che uses up a time-bank then shoves, Ramos calls for his tournament life.

Despite the numerous outs possible for Ramos, none materialize on the turn J♣ and river 4♥ , to send him packing while Che rises to the top.

Xing Zhongjie opens 10,000 then calls Ge Zhigang's 25,000 three-bet. When the flop comes J♠ 5♦ 2♠ , Xing snap-shoves for 63,000 enough to induce a fold.

After Che Jiaming's min-raise gets called, he continues with 5500 at the flop 2♠ 4♣ Q♣ only to be challenged by a check-raise of 13,000 from Xiaolu Li. Che calls and heads to the turn 7♥ . Li wastes no time counting and shoves 41,300 which is enough to ship it.

With no hits on the board for Yamada, Liu wins the flip to send Yamada plunging.

Ji Linrui raises to 4500, Soriano calls from the button. Ji c-bets 3000 on the flop A♦ K♠ T♣ , call again from Ramos to head to the turn J♠ . This time Ji decides to slow down and checks only to face an 11,000 bet, Ji uses up a time-bank then tosses in the call. On the river K♥, Ramos fires 11,500, Ji check-raises all in, Ramos snap-folds.

Following two limpers, small blind Xiaolu Li raises 7000, and gets one caller in Qian Feng. At the flop T♠ 9♠ 8♥ , Li continues for 7000, Qian min-clicks only to get jammed. Qian snap-folds.

Ge Zhigang min-raise, two players call and to the flop 9♠ 7♠ Q♥ . Action is checked to the button Heng Qiao who bets 5000, one player folds while Ge check-raises all in for 28,600. Heng calls.

The turn T♣ and river 7♦ improve with Ge holding the boat.

From cutoff, Liu Yu opens 2400 and finds one customer in Zhou Xuan defending his big blind. Liu continues 1700 on the flop J♠ T♣ 2♥ and 4500 on the turn K♥ . Zhou folds on the turn bet.

Players continue to push the chips with Liu Chenglong initiating the action in this hand with a 2000 raise. Jun Guo three-bets 4500, Liu jams with a massive pile, Guo risks his last 18,400 then sees what he is up against.

With the board running T♥ T♣ 9♦ A♠ J♦ , Guo is eliminated.

The higher pocket pair holds for a double up to Chen.

With seven levels breezing by very quickly, Day 1A brought 102 entries. Currently 55 remain and will play down to 7.5% of the field which is 8 players.

With the turn 6♦ , Song gets the flush and with the river T♦ , Xu goes bust.

With the window card a queen, Zhou overtakes and holds to the end to clean out Han.

Three-bet shoving 12,500 with 9♥ 9♣ , Yang Lei is looking like dust against caller Haihong Huang J♣ J♠ . However the board runs 8♦ 7♠ T♠ 5♣ 6♥ for a straight to Yang and a double up.

With no hits on the board for Fujiwara, Heng doubles through.

Xianyu Xiao opens 1000 and gets three callers along the way. However on the flop 2♦ J♦ 5♠ , it trims to two vying for the pot with Xiao calling Weihang Chen's 1500 bet. On the turn 3♠ , Chen continues for 3000 enough to take it down.

Zhou Xuan and Heng Qiao face a board 5♣ 4♠ 6♠ 7♣ and a pot of 7800, Zhou check-raises all in the 5200 bet making it 15,100 for Heng to call. Heng calls with J♠ 9♠ flush draw, Zhou wih K♦ K♥ . The river is 6♣ for Zhou to double up.

Sim Kok Wai opens, button Nadmid Sanduisuren calls, then small blind Tetsuya Fujiwara three-bets 3,100 which is still not enough to push out Sim and Nadmid who both call.

All three check to the turn 9♥ 5♠ T♣ 7♥ , Sim leads out 6500 and wins the pot.

Following a min-raise, Fang Yiming three-bets 1600, four players call for a sizable pot as they head to the flop 2♦ 3♦ 8♠ . Action is checked to Yiming who shoves 8000, Yang Yi joins in with 14,800, big blind Nadmid Sanduisuren with 15,000 takes the risk as well and the rest fold.

With the turn T♦ , that seals the flush and the win for Nadmid to knock out two players.

With 4700 in the pot and a board 4♠ 6♦ Q♥ Q♣ A♦ , big blind Ren Junjie bets 2500, Zhao Wei shoves, Ren uses two time-banks then calls for everything.

Two players build a 4,700 pot preflop and see the flop land T♠ 7♠ Q♥ , Jargalsaikhan Nyam-Ochir continues firing with 1500 and Liu Xiao calls. On the turn 9♦ , another 3000 from Jargaalsaikhan, and this time no challenge to claim the pot.

From the small blind, Kevin Moon min-raises then calls big blind Jeremy Han's 1,200 re-raise. Both see a flop 2♣ 6♥ 4♥ , Han continues for 600 and Moon check-calls. The turn T♠ slows them down to checking which quickly shifts on the river 3♣ with Moon leading out 1,500. Han folds.

The first shuffle up and deal of the richest Poker Dream Main Event is underway! Players begin with blinds of 100-100 ante 100. 28 players were seated at the opening deal.

After four days of pre-games, the Poker Dream Jeju 12 brings players its richest Main Event featuring a US$ 2 Million guarantee! Sponsored by QQPK, cards start flying at 12pm today, September 30, 2024 at the Jeju Shinhwa Landing Casino in Jeju Island, South Korea.

Like all Poker Dream Main Events, players have multiple starting days to pick from September 30 until October 4, with the three different buy-in levels available: KRW 1.2 Million (∼USD 875, 7.5% in the money), KRW 1.6 Million (∼USD 1,160, 10% in the money) and KRW 2.4 Million (∼USD 1,750, 15% in the money). Additionally , the Dream Bonus for multiple Day 2 qualifications is available.

All survivors advance to Day 2 on October 5 and the winner will then be crowned one day later when the festival concludes.

Players begin with a 15,000 stack which is 150 times the opening blinds. Depending on what flight one chooses determines the rate the blinds increase. For Day 1A, the blinds go up every 20 minutes with registration closing at 2:35pm / end of Level 7. Buy in is KRW 1,200,000 (~US$ 879).

Action will be fast for this one so stay tuned for all the updates.