Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

The first of 11 starting flights has concluded here at the Poker Dream Jeju 16 Main Event hosted at Jeju Shinhwa Landing Casino in Jeju Island, South Korea. Day 1a attracted 71 entrants and by the end of the night just 9 players remained.

Changmin Zhu finished with the Day 1a chip lead after bagging 440,000 chips. Zhu is most closely followed by Biao Guo (270,000) while Sun Qi rounds out the top three with 247,000.

Day 1b is currently underway at the time of writing while two more starting flights are scheduled tomorrow. Day 1c starts at 1:00 p.m. local time with a buy-in of KRW 2,400,000 (~1,700 USD) and 40-minute levels. Later that evening at 7:00 p.m. Day 1d takes place, featuring the same structure as Flight A with 30 minute levels and a buy-in of KRW 1,600,000 (~USD 1,100).

Somuchpoker will be on site to bring you all the action from the Main Event leading up to the final day on February 20.

William Jia opened to 10,000 from early position, a player in middle position called and Biao Guo shoved with a covering stack from the cutoff. Zhiyong Yan called with his stack of 7,000 in the big blind, Jia called with his stack of 83,000 and the middle position player folded.

Zhiyong Yan: J♣ T♠

William Jia: A♥ A♠

Biao Guo: A♣ K♥

The board ran out T♣ Q♦ 4♥ 6♦ J♦ . Guo had rivered a Broadway straight to send both players to the rail but Jia was the bigger stack and will receive a min-cash while Yan became the bubble boy.

William Jia opened to 12,000 from the hijack, Biao Guo three-bet shoved with a covering stack from the big blind and Jia called, putting himself at risk.

William Jia: A♣ A♦

Biao Guo: K♠ J♠

Jia held with the best hand on the 9♦ 7♥ 7♠ K♣ A♠ runout to double up through Guo.

In a preflop confrontation Erdun Xu was all in from the small blind for 79,000 and up against Biao Guo who had him covered from the big blind.

Erdun Xu: 9♥ 9♦

Biao Guo: A♥ J♣

The A♠ 6♥ A♣ A♦ 7♦ runout gave Guo quad aces to eliminate Xu and win the pot.

Biao Guo opened to 9,000 from early position and Haibo Yang three-bet shoved for 41,000 from the big blind. Guo called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Haibo Yang: 7♦ 7♣

Biao Guo: A♦ Q♥

Guo got the best of the preflop flip on the 3♥ A♥ Q♠ 4♥ 6♥ runout and won the pot with a flush while Yang was eliminated and exited the tournament area.

Tong Shen opened to 6,000 from the cutoff, Biao Guo three-bet shoved for 26,000 from the big blind and Shen called with a covering stack.

Biao Guo: A♦ T♠

Tong Shen: K♦ Q♠

The board ran out 8♣ 9♥ T♣ 2♠ 2♥. Guo was good at showdown with two pair, tens and twos to double up through Shen.

Biao Guo shoved for 13,000 from under the gun and Qi Liu called with a covering stack fro the hijack.

Biao Guo: A♦ 4♥

Qi Liu: K♣ Q♥

Neither player connected with the 7♥ 6♣ T♦ 3♦ T♣ runout. Guo was good at showdown with ace-high and he doubled up

In a preflop confrontation Biao Guo was all in from the button for 12,700 and up against Qi Liu who covered him from the big blind.

Biao Guo: A♦ 7♣

Qi Liu: J♦ T♦

Neither player connected with the 2♠ 8♠ 4♣ 6♥ 2♥ runout. Guo was good at showdown with his ace to double up through Liu.

Biao Guo opened to 400 from the hijack, Qi Liu three-bet to 900 from the button, Guo four-bet to 2,500, Liu five-bet to 9,500 and Guo folded.