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

Under the gun kicks off the action with a raise to 50,000 and takes two players to the flop 8♥ 3♥ T♦ that gets checked to the turn 7♣ . Cutoff Xu Qiang leads 125,000 in position, small blind Paulius Plausinaitis ups it to 350,000, the initial raiser folds and Xu calls for the board to complete J♠ . Plausinaitis puts out a 250,000 value bet with a straight J♣ 9♣ , Xu calls and throws it in the muck.

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!

Another under the gun raise to 24,000 gets called by Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff, Miao Chenxiang wagers his last 49,000 from the button and small blind Chris Park ups the fee to 75,000 with A♦ A♠ . Only Chidwick fills up to see the flop 9♦ A♣ 3♣ where Park continues for 26,000, gets called and the turn falls 4♥ . Another 20,000 barrel gets called again before the board completes K♦ . Park sets a trap by switching to a check, Chidwick puts him all-in for 133,000, thinking his A♥ Q♥ is good, but has to surrender the pot to the top set. Miao's 2♠ 2♣ didn't survive either.

Under the gun Miao Chenxiang kicks off the action with a raise to 25,000, the cutoff calls, Martin Nielsen pumps it to 100,000 from the button, Miao four-bet jams 521,000 holding A♠ J♥ , the cutoff folds and Nielsen snaps with A♣ A♥ , putting last night's $15,000 Superstar Challenge 6th place finisher in a great spot to double up.

Digging for eight outs, the turn T♣ increases the chance of striking by two more outs for Miao, but the river A♦ has Kempe sigh in relief, putting him well above the starting stack.

Under the gun opens 8,000, Matt Belcher ups it to 32,000 from the button, Miao Chenxiang - Jeju Poker Festival Main Event Champ in November - cold calls from the small blind and the initial raiser gets out of the way. The flop T♥ T♦ T♣ has Belcher continue for 26,000, gets called for the turn Q♠ and both players check. The river 5♥ gets checked to Belcher again, who jams 116,000 with Q♥ Q♣ and Miao calls with 6♦ 6♠ , granting Belcher a much needed double up.