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.

Jiaxin Wang opened to 6,000 from the hijack, Qi Sun called from the cutoff and Bin Leng defended from the big blind.

The flop came 6♦ 9♣ 2♣ and action checked around to Wang who bet 10,000. Sun called, Leng check-raised to 28,000 and both of his opponents folded.

Changmin Zhu opened to 4,000 from the hijack and received two callers including Jiaxin Wang in the cutoff.

The flop came 4♠ 3♦ J♥ and action checked around to Zhu who bet 6,000. Only Wang called.

On the 6♦ turn Zhu check-folded to a 12,000 bet from Wang.

Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen shoved for 7,000 from the small blind and Jiaxin Wang called with a covering stack from the big blind.

Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen: 9♥ 8♠

Jiaxin Wang: 9♥ 9♠

Wang’s pocket nines held up on the 5♥ 3♥ K♠ A♣ 8♣ runout and he won the pot while Wen was eliminated and exited the tournament area.

With two players seeing a board of A♦ 3♠ 8♦ J♣ and 7,700 in the middle Siyoung Lee bet 4,000 from the big blind and Jiaxin Wang called from the button.

On the 6♦ river Lee shoved with a covering stack and Wang, who had 3,400 behind, made the call for his tournament life.

Lee had two pair with A♥ 8♥ but Wang had a flush with T♦ 7♦ to double up through Lee.