South Korea, Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT #24

2025.02.20 - 2025.02.22Add to Calendar

Poker Dream

Mao Renji

Place

2nd

Prize

$191,965

Prize (KRW)

₩276,500,000

Blind level

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Entries

1/123

Total Chips

61,500,000

Average

61,500,000

Final

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 10:35:55 AM

Mao Renji Finishes Runner-Up For KRW 276,500,000 ($191,965)

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Mao Renji - 2nd Place

After surrendering a hand to Martin Zamani on the turn it is go time for Mao Renji in the big blind , jamming 24,000,000 into Zamani's 3,500,000 open. Zamani calls with K♥ T♥ and watches Mao Renji flip over 7♣ 6♣ . The dealer tables 8♥ A♥ 2♥ 2♣ A♣ , granting Martin Zamani the pot and the tournament win, leaving Mao Renji with a decent six-figure consolation prize for a great show.

Player	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	62,000,000(78 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	busted

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 10:28:15 AM

Massive Double Up For Mao Renji Keeps Him In Contention

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

After Martin Zamani open jams another hand, Mao Renji looks at J♣ 9♣ and calls for his remaining 14,000,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	K♠T♥ D	33,000,000(41 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	J♣9♣ BB	29,000,000(36 BB)

Board:6♠5♣7♣2♠J♦

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:59:47 AM

Mao Renji Immediately Doubles Up

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Mao Renji

Right the next hand now short stack Mao Renji jams 10,000,000 from the small blind and Aram Oganyan calls from the big blind.

Player	Hand	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	Q♥2♥ SB	21,000,000(26 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	K♠9♣ BB	2,900,000(4 BB)

Board:3♠Q♦A♣3♦T♠

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:51:58 AM

Martin Zamani Doubles Up Giving Him Enormous Lead

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Martin Zamani

Another hand and another open jam from Martin Zamani, this time with Q♠ T♣ from the small blind for 18,000,000. Mao Renji thinks for a while, clearly not being thrilled, but ends up calling with K♥ 9♣ for a potentially tournament deciding pot.

Player	Hand	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	Q♠T♣ SB	37,000,000(46 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	K♥9♣ BB	11,000,000(14 BB)

Board:6♠4♦Q♦6♥T♠

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:34:13 AM

Mao Renji Back In The Driver's Seat

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Hot on the heels of his massive double up that catapulted him into a small lead, Mao Renji opens Q♦ 2♦ from the button for 1,800,000 and Martin Zamani defends his big with 7♣ 6♥ . The flop Q♣ 7♥ 9♦ has Mao continue for 1,500,000 and Zamani check-calls to the turn 8♣ that gets checked to complete the board K♠ where two more checks reveal Mao Renji as the winner.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	30,000,000(38 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	18,000,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:27:10 AM

Mao Renji Wins Massive Flip

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Mao Renji

Martin Zamani continued to pick up the blinds four more times - three times with an open jam - and Aram Oganyan once, before Mao Renji picks up A♥ J♣ in the small blind, facing another all-in from chip leader Zamani with 6♥ 6♦ on the button. Mao crushes his range and quickly calls and the dealer has a massive flip to decide.

Player	Hand	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	6♥6♦ D	22,000,000(28 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	A♥J♣ SB	26,000,000(33 BB)

Board:J♠3♥9♠T♦9♥

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:14:12 AM

Martin Zamani Most Active, But Aram Oganyan Holds His Ground

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Martin Zamani

After Martin Zamani picked up the blinds four times, including a walk, with Aram Oganyan defending and winning a hand on the turn in between, Zamani limps his button with T♦ 5♦, Mao Renji fills up his small blind holding 5♥ 4♦ and Aram Oganyan puts down the hammer with a 3,600,000 squeeze to pick up another pot with K♦ 4♠ .

Player	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	30,000,000(38 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	16,000,000(20 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	16,000,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:10:45 AM

Chip Counts For The Final 3

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	12,000,000(15 BB)	1	2
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	30,000,000(38 BB)	1	6
MR Mao RenjiChina	20,000,000(25 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:57:37 AM

Yu Lei Double Teamed And Out In 5th For KRW 120,000,000 ($83,315)

Level 29: 400,000 / 800,000 ante: 800,000

Yu Lei - 5th Place

Mao Renji tries to bully with a massive jam from under the gun, holding J♥ 7♦ , but Yu Lei calls his remaining 2,400,000 from the button and big blind Martin Zamani joins the action with his 9,800,000, hoping for a massive swing.

Player	Hand	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	J♥7♦ UTG	22,000,000(28 BB)
YL Yu LeiChina	6♠6♦ D	busted
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	A♠K♦ SB	23,000,000(29 BB)

Board:2♥Q♦K♠T♠7♠

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:40:17 AM

Chip Counts Close To The End Of Level 28

Level 28: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Yu Lei and Wang Yilong picked up some blinds to bolster their short stacks and Mao Renji took some from Aram Oganyan leaving us with this table dynamic:

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	14,000,000(23 BB)	1	2
YL Yu LeiChina	2,400,000(4 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,800,000(16 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	4,100,000(7 BB)	1	7
MR Mao RenjiChina	31,000,000(52 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:32:55 AM

Yu Lei Quadruples Up But Is Still Shortest Stack

Level 28: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Mao Renji opens another hand from under the gun, making it 1,200,000 with T♦ 6♦ this time. Yu Lei flicks in his last 500,000 from the button and big blind Wang Yilong tags along to the flop 3♥ 2♥ 9♥ that gets checked to the turn K♣ . Checked to Mao again, he puts out a delayed 1,200,000 c-bet, Wang calls with Q♠ 9♣ and the board completes 3♠ . Mao Renji jams, Wang goes in the tank, but decides to preserve his last 2,900,000, losing a time bank in the process. Mao picks up the side pot with ten-high, but has to surrender the main pot to Yu Lei's K♠ 5♥ .

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	31,000,000(52 BB)
YW Yilong WangChina	2,900,000(5 BB)
YL Yu LeiChina	2,400,000(4 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:22:30 AM

Mao Renji In Absolute Control

Level 28: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

After three betting Martin Zamani's open the hand before to take down the pot, Mao Renji opens 1,200,000 from the cutoff and faces Zamani again, who fills up his big blind to see the flop J♦ 9♠ 9♣ . A single 800,000 continuation has Mao pick up the chips once more.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	30,000,000(50 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,800,000(16 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:14:55 AM

Chip Counts With Mao Renji And Martin Zamani Way Ahead Of The Rest

Level 28: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,300,000(12 BB)	1	2
YL Yu LeiChina	3,500,000(6 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	20,000,000(33 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	7,400,000(12 BB)	1	7
MR Mao RenjiChina	24,000,000(40 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 8:06:04 AM

Mao Renji Bullies Martin Zamani Off The Better Hand

Level 28: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

After just limping his small ace from the button last orbit, Martin Zamani opts for a raise to 1,500,000 with A♥ 2♠ and Mao Renji defends big with Q♦ T♦ . The flop 5♦ 4♠ 6♣ gets rejected by both players to reveal the turn 6♦ . Having picked up a flush draw, Mao slides out a big 3,000,000 that ends the hand right there.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	23,000,000(38 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	16,000,000(27 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 7:52:46 AM

Mao Extends Lead Again

Level 27: 250,000 / 500,000 ante: 500,000

Mao Renji

After a few pots were decided preflop we see Mao Renji open 1,000,000 with Q♦ J♦ from under the gun to take big blind Wang Yilong to the flop 8♦ 5♠ 9♣ where Mao puts his opponent all-in and scoops the pot.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	21,000,000(42 BB)
YW Yilong WangChina	4,500,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 7:51:28 AM

Martin Zamani Almost Caught Up To The Chip Leader Again

Level 27: 250,000 / 500,000 ante: 500,000

Martin Zamani

After collecting the blinds, Martin Zamani open-limps his button with A♠ 4♣ and chip leader Mao Renji waves his option holding 5♠ 2♦ for the flop K♣ 5♣ Q♣ to hit. Zamani leads 850,000 and scoops the pot.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	19,000,000(38 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	16,000,000(32 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 7:27:14 AM

Current Chip Counts With 6 Left

Level 27: 250,000 / 500,000 ante: 500,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XS Xue SongChina	2,600,000(5 BB)	1	1
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	9,000,000(18 BB)	1	2
YL Yu LeiChina	8,300,000(17 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	14,000,000(28 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	7,200,000(14 BB)	1	7
MR Mao RenjiChina	21,000,000(42 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 7:21:46 AM

Aram Oganyan Breaks Drought

Level 27: 250,000 / 500,000 ante: 500,000

Aram Oganyan

After a few hands of Yu Lei, Martin Zamani and Mao Renji picking up the blinds, Mao min-opens 1,000,000 once more, but faces opposition from button Aram Oganyan pumping it to 2,000,000 with A♦ J♣ . Mao decides to fold T♣ 8♦ against Aram's first play in almost two orbits.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	19,000,000(38 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	9,000,000(18 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 7:01:49 AM

After Four Additional Preflop Exchanges The Jumbled Up Chip Count Looks Like This

Level 26: 200,000 / 400,000 ante: 400,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XS Xue SongChina	4,600,000(12 BB)	1	1
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	9,000,000(23 BB)	1	2
YL Yu LeiChina	12,000,000(30 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	4,300,000(11 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	8,500,000(21 BB)	1	7
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	5,800,000(15 BB)	1	8
MR Mao RenjiChina	18,000,000(45 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 6:50:43 AM

Zamani Back On His Feet

Level 26: 200,000 / 400,000 ante: 400,000

Martin Zamani

Two hands after his crushing blow, Martin Zamani picks up K♠ T♦ under the gun and jams for 2,400,000. Small blind Mao Renji calls for a rematch with A♣ J♥, putting Zamani at risk this time.

Player	Hand	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	K♠T♦ UTG	5,500,000(14 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	A♣J♥ SB	18,000,000(45 BB)

Board:K♦K♣2♣7♦7♣

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 6:44:37 AM

Massive Double Up for Bracelet Winner Mao Renji

Level 26: 200,000 / 400,000 ante: 400,000

Mao Renji

With Martin Zamani picking up the blinds twice, but surrendering some immediately after, it is Mao Renji who min-opens A♠ K♠ from under the gun, Zamani ups it to 2,100,000 with Q♠ Q♦ and a jam and a call puts Mao at risk with 9,300,000. The dealer flips over 3♥ A♥ 8♥ 7♦ 2♠ , granting Mao Renji the biggest pot of the tournament and leaves former chip leader martin Zamani crippled with 2,400,000.

Player	Chips
MR Mao RenjiChina	20,000,000(50 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	2,400,000(6 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 6:27:49 AM

Chip Counts For A Very Even Final 7

Level 25: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

After Xue Song has grown his short stack back to 25BB and the chip leaders all bleeding some, to leave the most active player and chip leader Martin Zamani with 40BB it is everyone's game to win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	12,000,000(40 BB)
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	11,000,000(37 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	8,900,000(30 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	8,200,000(27 BB)
YW Yilong WangChina	8,200,000(27 BB)
XS Xue SongChina	7,400,000(25 BB)
YL Yu LeiChina	6,100,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 5:55:51 AM

Chip Counts With 7 Left and Chris Park Joining The Leaders

Level 25: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XS Xue SongChina	3,000,000(10 BB)	1	1
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,300,000(24 BB)	1	2
YL Yu LeiChina	11,000,000(37 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	14,000,000(47 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	7,400,000(25 BB)	1	7
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	12,000,000(40 BB)	1	8
MR Mao RenjiChina	7,200,000(24 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 5:41:30 AM

Chip Stacks Going Into Level 25 With 8 Players Left

Level 25: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Player	Chips
YL Yu LeiChina	13,000,000(43 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	13,000,000(43 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	8,000,000(27 BB)
YW Yilong WangChina	7,500,000(25 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,300,000(24 BB)
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	6,800,000(23 BB)
XS Xue SongChina	3,600,000(12 BB)
CF Chunjian FengChina	2,300,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 4:59:46 AM

Chip Counts With Yu Lei and Wang Yilong Head-to-Head

Level 24: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Player	Chips
YL Yu LeiChina	10,000,000(40 BB)
YW Yilong WangChina	9,900,000(40 BB)
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,300,000(37 BB)
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	8,300,000(33 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	7,300,000(29 BB)
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	6,800,000(27 BB)
CF Chunjian FengChina	3,500,000(14 BB)
GS Gao ShengChina	3,500,000(14 BB)
XS Xue SongChina	3,000,000(12 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 4:51:38 AM

Bracelet Winner Mao Renji Takes On Chip Leader

Level 23: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Mao Renji

Under the gun +1 Mao Renji min-raises to 400,000 with A♦ K♦ and takes big blind Wang Yilong's 9♠ 7♠ to the flop 5♦ A♣ 7♣ . One 400,000 c-bet gets called by Yu for the turn 8♥ that gets checked around to the river 3♦ where a 1,100,000 bet from Mao goes unanswered.

Player	Chips
YW Yilong WangChina	9,100,000(46 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	7,900,000(40 BB)

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 3:23:53 AM

Poker Dream 16 Super High Roller Final 9 Starts at 1PM Today

Poker Dream 16 Super High Roller Final 9

After a total of 123 entries ponied up the KR₩14,500,000 (~USD 9,998) buy-in we got to a total prize pool of KR₩ 1,626,195,300 (~USD1,134,545) with KR₩409,200,000 (~USD285,496) up top and everyone taking a seat later will have KR₩40,700,000 (~USD28,398) guaranteed for 9th place already.

Wang Yilong was the only one breaching the eight-figures bagging 10,075,000 who came back from 2,200,000 just a few minutes before the end last night, starting with a triple up that eliminated Yong Wei Keong in 11th and then bursting the final table bubble, knocking out Xu Qiang in 10th.

Martin Zamani had been chip leader for most of the ITM play, but lost a few in the end, still bringing 9,800,000 to the table in 2nd.

The Final 9 will resume play on level 23 (100k/200k/200k) very even in chips with an average of 34BB at 1pm local on the 22nd of February.

Final Table Draw

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XS Xue SongChina	3,800,000	1	1
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,825,000	1	2
CF Chunjian FengChina	2,875,000	1	3
GS Gao ShengChina	3,950,000	1	4
YL Yu LeiChina	8,575,000	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,800,000	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	10,075,000	1	7
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	7,950,000	1	8
MR Mao RenjiChina	6,800,000	1	9

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
YW Yilong WangChina	10,075,000
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,800,000
YL Yu LeiChina	8,575,000
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	7,950,000
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,825,000
MR Mao RenjiChina	6,800,000
GS Gao ShengChina	3,950,000
XS Xue SongChina	3,800,000
CF Chunjian FengChina	2,875,000

Live updates begin at 1pm local time on February 22, 2025.

Blind level

Level 23: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Entries

9/123

Total Chips

61,500,000

Average

6,833,333

Day 2

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 2:02:46 PM

Poker Dream 16 Super High Roller Final 9 Are Set With Wang Yilong In The Lead

Level 23: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Poker Dream 16 Super High Roller Final 9

Starting the day with 3 levels of late registration still available, we reached a total of 123 entries that ponied up the KR₩14,500,000 (~USD 9,998) buy-in to get us to a total prize pool of KR₩ 1,626,195,300 (~USD1,134,545) with KR₩409,200,000 (~USD285,496) up top and everyone guaranteed KR₩40,700,000 (~USD28,398) for 9th place.

Wang Yilong was the only one breaching the eight-figures bagging 10,075,000 who came back from 2,200,000 just a few minutes before the end, starting with a triple up that eliminated Yong Wei Keong in 11th and then bursting the final table bubble, knocking out Xu Qiang in 10th.

Martin Zamani had been chip leader for most of the ITM play, but lost a few in the end, still bringing 9,800,000 to the table in 2nd.

The Final 9 will resume play on level 23 (100k/200k/200k) at 1pm local on the 22nd of February.

Final Table Draw

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XS Xue SongChina	3,800,000(19 BB)	1	1
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	7,825,000(39 BB)	1	2
CF Chunjian FengChina	2,875,000(14 BB)	1	3
GS Gao ShengChina	3,950,000(20 BB)	1	4
YL Yu LeiChina	8,575,000(43 BB)	1	5
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	9,800,000(49 BB)	1	6
YW Yilong WangChina	10,075,000(50 BB)	1	7
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	7,950,000(40 BB)	1	8
MR Mao RenjiChina	6,800,000(34 BB)	1	9

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 1:38:40 PM

Mao Renji Takes On Chip Leader

Level 23: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Mao Renji

Folded to the button Mao Renji, 500,000 cross the line and big blind Martin Zamani defends to see the flop K♥ K♦ 8♦ where Zamani donk-bets 850,000 and Mao calls. The turn Q♦ and river T♥ are duds, having Mao table the winner A♦ Q♥ against Zamani's 7♣ 4♥ .

Player	Chips
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	13,000,000(65 BB)
MR Mao RenjiChina	8,500,000(43 BB)

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 1:00:46 PM

Current Chip Counts With Two Tables Remaining

Level 23: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CF Chunjian FengChina	1,350,000(7 BB)	1	1
YL Yu LeiChina	3,100,000(16 BB)	1	2
PY Park YoungViet Nam	7,300,000(37 BB)	1	3
YX Yu XiangyuChina	1,300,000(7 BB)	1	4
GS Gao ShengChina	4,300,000(22 BB)	1	5
AO Aram OganyanUnited States of America	10,100,000(51 BB)	1	6
KI Kosei IchinoseJapan	2,075,000(10 BB)	1	7
XS Xue SongChina	2,125,000(11 BB)	1	8
LW Lee Wai KiatMalaysia	1,300,000(7 BB)	2	1
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	10,400,000(52 BB)	2	2
YW Yilong WangChina	1,950,000(10 BB)	2	3
MP Matthew Paul BelcherUnited Kingdom	625,000(3 BB)	2	4
WK Wai Keong YongMalaysia	2,800,000(14 BB)	2	5
MR Mao RenjiChina	5,800,000(29 BB)	2	6
XQ Xu QiangChina	2,400,000(12 BB)	2	7
CX Chen XiongChina	1,150,000(6 BB)	2	8