Super High Roller (14,500,000 KRW)

Back with a big stack, Martin Zamani opens 2,000,000 from under the gun and takes Wang Yilong from the button and Aram Oganyan in the big blind to the flop K♦ 3♥ 2♠ . Checked to short stack Wang, 600,000 all-in is announced and both opponents pay up to see the turn A♦ that gets checked to the river 4♣ with two more checks revealing Wang as the winner with K♠ T♣ scooping up a much needed pot.

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:

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♥ .

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.

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.

Surrendering to two three-bets pre this orbit, Martin Zamani fills up his big blind with K♠ Q♥ after a 500,000 open from Wang Yilong with A♦ J♣ . The flop Q♣ K♥ 9♥ has Wang continue for 675,000, but lets his gutter go when Zamani protects top two with a raise to 2,000,000.

Wang Yilong limps 9♠ Q♣ from the cutoff and big blind Xue Song opts to check with J♠ 5♥ for the flop 8♣ K♣ J♥ to hit the felt. Wang leads 300,000 which gets check-called by Xue to reveal the 4♣ turn where Wang forks out 850,000 to scoop the pot.

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.

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.

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

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.

Wang Yilong starts off with a raise to 500,000 from the cutoff, big blind Xu Qiang jams for 1,200,000 with A♣ 6♠ and Wang fills up with 6♣ 6♦ . The dealer flips over T♥ Q♠ 8♦ Q♥ K♣ , sending Xu Qiang to the rail, leaving us with the Final 9 that will resume play tomorrow.