Main Event

Main Event Day 1B is a wrap with the final 7 players moving on to the ITM round established. Zhichen Yu bagged the biggest after knocking out Yaojiang Wang just before the bubble round.

To end the flight, Che Jiaming eliminated Hong Gang and became the first player to earn a Dream Bonus reward of ₩9.4 Million for bagging multiple stacks. Che also qualified at Day 1A with slightly lesser chips.

Date: October 1, 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)

Day 1B: 93 entries / 7 advanced to ITM (final day)

Level 17 saw no significant action with 9 players remaining and two busts to ITM. Short stacked Ge Yunqing shoves his last 7 bb and finds no callers. Che Jiaming continues to command.

On a flop 9♠ 9♣ 5♥ with a raised pot preflop in the middle, Zhichen Yu bets 15,000 and Chen Danqui check-calls. On the turn 8♣ , Chen leads out 30,000,Yu answers with a bad timing shove as Chen snap-calls with a 6♦ 7♠ straight. Yu has A♣ 3♣ flush draw that misses on the A♥ river.

Two players are all in at separate tables. Pang Ruizhi A♠ 5♣ did not improve against Ge Yunqing's Q♣ Q♠ to plunge to 3 bb, while at the other table Sim Kok Wai A♥ 4♥ fell to Zhichen Yu's K♠ Q♣ on a board J♣ T♣ 8♠ J♦ Q♦ .

Utg Jargalsaikhan Nyam Ochir opens and Pag Ruizhi defends on the big blind. At the flop 9♠ T♠ 4♣ , Jargalsaikhan c-bets 5000, Pang check-raises to 15,500, Jargalsaikhan tank-calls. The turn 6♦ sees Pang shove that's met with a quick fold.

Yang Leigang opens 4000 and goes to the flop 6♣ A♥ K♠ with caller Che Jiaming. Yang lays out another 4000 bet that's called by Che. On the turn 8♠ , Yang's larger 11,000 bet is challenged with a shove from Che, Yang calls for his tournament life.

On a board showing 5♠ 5♦ 6♥ 9♠ and 9000 already in the pot, Jargalsaikhan Nyam-Ochir raises it up from 4800 to 9600, Zhang Jinze calls and head to the river Q♦ . Zhang opens 6000, this time Jargalsaikhan just calls and shows the winning hand.

Pound for pound between Yang Leigang and Wei Guoliang opens with a 2700 raise by Yang from hijack. Big blind Wei calls and off to the flop A♥ Q♥ 6♣ .Yang c-bets 1500, Wei check-raises 3700, Yang gives it a thought then calls.

On the turn J♥ , Wei leads out 3500, Yang raises to 8000, Wei fires back with a shove, Yang calls for his tournament life.

Three players in for 7000 each preflop see the cards land 7♣ J♣ A♥ . Che Jiaming c-bets 6000 and gets check-called. On the turn 5♣ another follow up 11,000 bet from Che and this time wins the pot outright.

Big blind Shi Wenbin defends the big blind by calling the preflop raise then shoves on the flop K♣ 2♣ J♦ .Yu Lingjian calls and shows J♣ 7♣ , Shi is way ahead with K♦ J♥ ,the turn 8♥ and river T♦ keeps Shi on top to bank a double.

That's it! Day 1B has closed. A total of 93 entries for today's heat with only 7 advancing to the ITM round.

After dropping down in a previous hand, Heng Qiao shoves the last of it with 5♠ 6♦ and fails to get past Zhao Wei's K♥ K♦ on a board 5♣ 4♦ T♥ T♠ J♥ to head out.

WSOP bracelet winner Wei Guoliang is in the house and will not bet scared out of the pot. Calling Chen Dangui's preflop raise, the board goes on to complete A♦ Q♦ 3♠ 2♥ Q♣ . Wei check-calls every street 1600, 3600, 7600 and wins with top pair.

The nines nearly pull it off however Sim lands the higher pair on the river to ship a double up.

Three players call a raise and see a flop A♥ 7♥ 4♣ . Ge Zhigang shoves 4100 and only Roh Sung Ho is up for the challenge.

Li Zheng opens 1200, four players call then all four fold to Li's 8800 shove on a flop T♣ 9♦ 2♦ .

One of Asia's most decorated players and a Poker Dream Main Event champion, Devan Tang, is hoping for a repeat however it wont be on this bullet as he just missed and will have to re-enter.

Hand opens with a 1200 raise from cutoff Yang Yi, small blind Tang goes all in for his last 2000, big blind Shen Qianrong and Yang call. Yang quickly bets the flop 9♠ 5♣ J♥ but Shen folds to deny the side pot.

Xu Wei three-bets from the button and initial raiser Wang Jingyi calls to bring them to the flop 7♣ 9♥ K♣ . Xu continues for 2100, Wang uses up a time bank before calling then both slow down on the turn 3♣ . Not the case however on the river J♥ with Wang leading out 4000, Xu raising to 8000, Wang gives up his hand.

Three players in on a raised pot initiated by Xiao Liu who then c-bets 1300 on the flop A♦ 7♦ T♦ . Only Liao Xi calls and heads to the turn T♣ . Liu fires 4500 which doesn't shake off Liao as they go to the river 8♠ . Barreling for the third time, Liu bets 10,000, Liao is covered, using up two time banks before calling for everything.

From utg+1 Yang Leigang opens for 700 and gets two players to join to the flop 9♣ 5♠ 7♦ . Yang continues for 1100 and both callers find reason to see the turn 8♦ . Following two checks, cutoff Xu Wei value-bets 3000 and both players check-call as the dealer drops the river 3♠ . Checked to Xu again who makes it 4000, this time only Ziwei Chen calls.

Xu flips open 6♣ 6♠ straight, Chen mucks.

Shuffle up and deal! Day 1B is underway with 25 players spread out over four tables. Registration runs until the end of Level 7 which is at around 2:35pm. Players start with a 15,000 stack and blinds of 100-100 ante 100. Levels increase every 20 minutes.

Welcome to another day at Poker Drea Jeju 12! On the floor today is the brand's crown jewel Main Event featuring its richest guarantee to date of ₩2.8 Billion, equivalent to US$ 2 Million. Yesterday's opening flight attracted 102 entries with 8 players advancing to the ITM round. Xing Zhongjie set the bar of 546,000 (91 bb) for the next flights to come.

Up on the plate today is Day 1B. Cards start flying at 12pm. Buy in is ₩1,200,000 (~US$ 880). Players start with a stack of 15,000, blinds increase every 20 minutes. This is a fast heat which means players will have time to attend the evening side events to try for one of the iconic brand trophies.

The Main Event runs from September 30 to October 6 at the Jeju Shinhwa Landing Casino. Staying true to its unique offering, a total of 11 flights are scheduled with varying buy ins, ITM qualifiers, and stack size. This opens the doors for everyone of every type of bankroll the chance to win the prestigious title.

Stick around as SMP will be on the floor to bring you the action as it unfolds.