Main Event (2,400,000 ₩)

Kong Qingtao is deal A♦ K♠ and limps from the button, small blind Lim Yat Yong shoves his last 5,125,000 with K♦ Q♣ , Kong slow rolls before calling.

With the board running 4♣ 6♥ 3♦ T♦ 2♥ , both miss for the ace-kicker to win and boot Lim in 3rd place.

After a successful bluff, Zhou Yang T♣ 2♣ opens 600,000 from the button and big blind Lim Yat Yong K♣ 4♥ calls. On the flop 9♠ J♦ 5♣ , Zhou continues to show strength and bets 500,000, Lim folds.

Small blind Kong Qingtao 7♦ 9♦ raises 750,000 and big blind Lim Yat Yong J♣ Q♣ defends. Both check to the turn T♦ T♠ 4♣ 3♣ , Kong bets 550,000, Lim calls. On the river A♦ , Kong bluff bets 1,050,000, the better hand folds.

After winning a couple of small pots, Kong Qingtao picks up another. Zhou Yang J♣ 8♠ opens 500,000, small blind Kong A♣ A♥ three-bets 1,350,000, Yang folds.

Button Zhou Yang A♦ A♠ opens 550,000, small blind Kong Qingtao K♠ Q♦ calls, big blind Lim Yat Yong 7♣ 7♠ three-bets 1,900,000, Yang four-bets 4,200,000, Qingtao folds, Lim tanks for two time extensions then folds. Yang shows his hand.

After a few hands, an ICM deal was reached guaranteeing each player these payouts.

Lim Yat Yong - ₩336,608,507 / $254,100

Zhou Yang - ₩319,336,945 / $241,000

Kong Qingtao - ₩250,009,346 / $188,720

Game continues for the trophy.

Kong Qingtao T♦ 8♦ raises 550,000 from the button and the blinds calls Lim Yat Yong A♠ J♣ and Song Ying 9♣ 7♣ . Everyone likes the flop J♦ T♣ 5♣ , Lim jumps out with a 775,000 bet, Ying tank-calls, and Kong tanks then folds. Lim quickly announces all in on the turn 9♦ , Ying tanks again and risks her tournament life.

With the river 5♦ , Ying is eliminated in 5th place as Lim soars to 70 bb.

Song Ying opens 500,000 and big stacked Lim Yat Yong calls from the big blind. At the flop A♦ J♥ T♦ , Ying fires 800,000, Lim check-calls. The A♠ comes on the turn and both check. On the river 8♥, Lim takes the reins with a bet of 1,400,000, Ying calls then mucks her A♥ 9♣ to Lim's winning A♣ J♠ .

Small blind Kong Qingtao K♦ K♠ triples the blinds for a 600,000 raise and doesn't shake off big blind Lim Yat Yong (cards not seen on the stream). Both players check it to the river T♥ A♥ 4♣ 6♥ 6♠ . Kong checks, Lim bets 750,000, Kong gives up his hand.

Chip leader Lim Yat Yong 8♣ 8♠ min-raises from hijack and big blind Zhou Yang calls with Q♣ Q♦ . Zhou checks the flop A♦ 3♠ 2♥ then calls Lim's 475,000 bet. Both check the turn 6♦ . The river 3♣ , Zhou leads out with a light 200,000, gets the call and claims the pot with a higher pair.

Song Ying 9♣ 9♦ kicks off the action with a min-raise from utg, players fold to the big blind Lim Yat Yong J♣ 9♥ who defends. Lim lands a piece of the flop 4♠ 8♣ A♣ and checks, Ying c-bets 350,000, Lim calls to bring the turn T♠ . Both players check, dealer opens the river 8♠ , Lim improves to trips ad bets 675,000, Ying folds. Lim shows his hand.

Chip leader Lim Yat Yong has 8♥ 9♥ and raises 350,000 from under the gun. Soriano Ramos A♠ K♣ also likes his cards and jams for 1,575,000. Lim wants to play and makes the call.

When the flop comes 3♣ 5♥ 9♠ , Lim jumps ahead and stays ahead on the turn 7♦ , then the river A♦ saves Ramos for an ecstatic double up.

Four way raised pot sees a flop T♠ 5♥ 8♥ , small blind Lim Yat Yong 7♣ 7♦ jumps out for 200,000, big blind Song Ying K♦ Q♥ folds, utg Soriano Ramos Q♠ J♠ calls, and button Kong Qingtao 6♠ 9♠ makes it a three-way.

Dealer flips the turn 5♦ , Lim checks to Ramos who fires 725,000, Kong tank-folds, quick call from Lim and it's down to two. The river comes K♠ , Lim checks, Ramos uses two time banks can't pull the trigger. Lim wins the pot with a pocket pair.

Soriano Ramos min-raises with 9♣ 9♠ , down the orbit chip leader Lim Yat Yong A♣ T♠ calls from the big blind. Ramos continues on a flop 5♥ A♥ 5♦ , Lim check-calls the 185,000. Both check the turn A♠ and head to the river 2♦ . Lim switches up and leads out 575,000, Ramos calls and doesn't like what he sees.

With the big scoop, Lim zooms past Soriano Ramos and takes a commanding lead with 80 bb.

The final 9 players of the Poker Dream Jeju 12 Main Event has been reached! One of these 9 players will have bragging rights on becoming the first ever Poker Dream Main Event champion in Jeju! The winner will also walk away with a payload of ₩453,400,000 / $342,348 and the iconic Poker Dream Golden Dragon trophy.

Remaining Payouts

1st ₩453,400,000 / $342,348

2nd ₩263,554,800 / $200,453

3rd ₩187,000,000 / $141,156

4th ₩139,300,000 / $105,150

5th ₩107,700,000 / $81,300

6th ₩80,100,000 / $60,463

7th ₩61,200,00 / $46,196

8th ₩43,700,000 / $32,986

9th ₩33,900,000 / $25,589

Lim Yat Yong defends the big blind by joining raiser Guo Pengcheng and caller Song Ying to the flop A♥ 2♥ 9♥ . Lim leads out 200,000, Guo continues the aggression with a 460,000 raise, Ying folds, Lim calls to see the turn J♦ . Passing the action to Guo sees a 650,000 bet, Lim answers with a snap-call. Same on the river Q♦ with Lim checking then snap-calling Guo's shove.

Cutoff Zhou Yang raises 200,000, button Lim Yat Yong calls, big blind Chen Hao unloads it all for 1,880,000 to go, no takers.

From the big blind, Lim Yat Yong called Guo Pengcheng's min-raise then proceeded to check-call K♣ A♠ 7♦ 4♣ bets of 125,000 and 350,000. On the river 7♠ , both checked. Lim's A♥ T♠ top pair gets a muck from Guo.

With the board running 9♥ Q♥ 6♦ 8♣ 6♣ , Lim's kicker plays to double through.

Lim Yat Yong shows aggression throughout the board T♦ K♣ 2♠ 6♦ 2♦ with a 100,000 preflop raise, 90,000 and 150,000 flop and turn c-bets, however on the river, lone challenger Jin Wang steals control and leads out 250,000, Lim calls then mucks to A♦ 3♦ flush.