$20,000 NLH SuperStar Challenge (30,000,000 KRW)

Picking up the action on T♣ 3♠ A♦ with 165,000 in the pot, hijack Issac Haxton leads 40,000, big blind Mao Renji check-calls for the turn 6♦ and four more checks revealed the river 9♦ and have Mao table the winner K♠ T♥ .

The Poker Dream 16 $20,000 Superstar Challenge Day 1 came to a close with 30 out of 59 players remaining after 11 levels of 40min each. The total entries will certainly increase with late registration still open throughout the first 40 minutes of play tomorrow until 13:40, giving the late entries still 20BB to work with in the hunt for a slice of the already over $1,100,000 prize pool.

Canadian 2-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress bagged the biggest stack with 2,550,000, after a massive all-in against Rainer Kempe just a few hands before the end of the day. Dvoress opened 2.5BB with A♠ Q♣ from UTG+1, big blind Rainer Kempe made it 10,7BB with K♣ K♠ and Dvoress called to hit the nuts on J♦ K♦ T♥ where Kempe led 7,5BB and snapped Dvoress' 58BB jam and couldn't improve on 6♣ and 2♥ .

2nd in chips is young Malaysian poker phenom Sean Ooi with 2,280,000 who continuously picked up small to mid-sized pots, growing his stack from start to finish.

Mao Renji from China, also a bracelet winner and runner-up of the Super High Roller last night, had a steady day as well, closing the gap to the chip leader last minute in a three-way pot, knocking out Rainer Kempe and winning a small side pot against Dvoress that left him with 1,880,000.

Poker Legends like Stephen Chidwick and Isaac Haxton - who are 3rd and 9th on the all time money list with live earnings of more than $50M each - are also still in the running, most likely getting company from some more all time greats during the last level of late registration tomorrow.

The Final Day will start at 13:00 on February 24 with 40 minutes of late registration and finishes when a new champion is crowned. Live updates will be there from beginning to the end!

Catching the action on a heads-up turn 5♠ 9♠ K♠ Q♣ with 49,000 up for grabs, button Oliver Bithell separates 50,000 from his stack and gets called by Isaac Haxton for the board to complete Q♥ . Both players check and poker legend Isaac Haxton tables the winner Q♦ 8♠ .

Another open of 7,000 from under the gun Tony Lin takes both blinds to the flop T♠ 3♦ 5♠ . Checked to the aggressor, 15,000 go over the line and only Ike Haxton pays up from the small blind for the turn to hit 8♣ where Haxton check-calls another 30,000 from Lin. The river 5♥ has Lin fire a third barrel of 125,000 that goes unanswered.