Main Event (2,400,000 ₩)

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♠ .

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.

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.

With an ace on the window and the board completing 2♥ A♣ 5♣ 4♠ 9♦ , Ramos fist pumps for the win.

Ramos catapults to the top of the counts.

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

End of the road for Guo Pengcheng with Song Ying cleaning him out. Hand opens with a min-raise from under the gun, called by Pengcheng on the big blind. Flop comes 2♥ 6♠ T♦ , Pengcheng shoves his last 775,000, Ying barely gives it a thought and calls.

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.

Song Ying and Zhou Yang meet again and this time, Ying's aggressive bets win it. Firing 250,000 from the small blind, Zhou defends the big blind. When the board runs 6♠ T♣ 9♦ 6♦ 9♥ , Ying barrels down every street 150,000, 250,000, and 625,000. Zhou calls the first two then folds to the river bet.

Chip leaders Song Ying and Zhou Yang are seated at the same table and side by side. Ying opens from cutoff 200,000, Zhou Yang on the button has position and re-raises 550,000, Ying gives it up.

Facing a raise by hijack Teng Kah Yew, the day's entering chip leader Song Ying defends from the big blind and continues to do so on a flop 8♠ 6♣ 4♦ with a check-call for 105,000. The turn Q♦ is checked by both while on the river 6♠ , Ying leads out 308,000, Teng calls then mucks to Ying Q♥ T♥ top pair.

It took twelve levels of Day 2 play for the inaugural Poker Dream Jeju Main Event to trim from 179 players to the final 16. Two players closed the day just 1 bb apart. At the helm was Song Ying with 5,905,000 (74 bb) and Zhou Yang with 5,800,000 (73 bb).

Several busts before the final 16 was formed, Song doubled up and more with pocket queens to catapult to second in command just below Zhou Yang then overtook after railing Ge Zhigang in 18th place. Day 2 wrapped up at the elimination of Zou Haichao in 17th place with pocket Fours losing the flip against Xue Song's Ace-King.

The final stage to the top of the podium kicks off at 1pm tomorrow. Blinds resume at 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000. Everyone is guaranteed ₩22,500,000 (~US$ 16,985) while the eventual champion is guaranteed to rake in ₩453,400,000 (~US$ 342,248).

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With no hits on the board for Zhigang, he finishes in 18th place.

The board runs T♠ 9♠ 8♥ T♦ K♣. Li misses and falls in 20th place while Song ships the whole load.

Song Ying calls Wang Han's preflop raise then proceeds to call Wang's bets - 15,000 and 40,000 as the board runs J♣ 7♥ 9♦ 2♦ then both check the river Q♠ . Song opens 8♥ 9♠ straight, Wang mucks.