Main Event (2,400,000 ₩)

A king lands on the flop and holds for Yang to scoop a happy double up.

Che Jiaming is well on his way to raking in a big payout at the Main Event having already earned a Dream Bonus of ₩31 Million. He is currently one of the big stacks here and picks up a pot to maintain his status.

Following a raise and call, Che calls from the button then bets the flop and turn K♥ 7♦ 9♣ 3♥ 37,000 and 120,000, two players call the flop then fold to the turn bet.

Both Che Jiaming and Sil Damstra have an ace in the hole and enter a pot raised by Damstra. They check the flop Q♠ 3♣ 5♥ then Damstra gives the turn K♦ a bet of 18,000, Che calls. Both go back to checking on the river 4♣ .

Multiple stack qualifier Che Jiaming is back and attempting to survive another flight to add to the ₩9.4 Million Dream Bonus prize that he is already guaranteed for bagging twice. Che is on his way with a nice pick up on this hand.

Calling a preflop raise, Che check-calls aggressor Jin Yunlong's 1600 flop bet on a board 3♠ A♣ 5♠ while one player folds. On the turn 9♣ , same action, check-calling 3400. Both then pass on the river 7♦ . Che flips over A♥ T♣ top pair, Jin mucks.

Che Jiaming has already bagged up twice which means he is guaranteed a Dream Bonus prize of ₩9.4 Million. That could double up with Jiaming in the field and sitting on a big stack.

His latest win saw a pot build to 9100 by the turn T♦ 5♣ 2♣ 3♥ . Shi Jinlin open shoved 13,900 holding K♦ J♦ overcards, Jiaming snap-called with 8♦ 8♣ . Shi missed on the river Q♥ for Jiaming to ship it.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.