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

Daniel Dvoress kicks off the action with a 45,000 raise from under the gun, Mao Renji ups it to 125,000 from the cutoff and Rainer Kempe flicks his remaining two blinds into the middle before Dvoress calls. The flop 9♦ 5♥ K♣ has Dvoress fold to Mao's 125,000 c-bet with K♦ Q♥ , Kempe flips over A♥ 5♦ , but cant improve on 4♣ and T♥ exiting the tournament with just a few minutes left until the end of Day 1.

Under the gun +1 Daniel Dvoress opens 50,000, Rainer Kempe three-bets to 215,000 from the big blind and Dvoress pays up. The flop J♦ K♦ T♥ Sees the chips flying, started by Kempe with a 150,000 c-bet that gets jammed on for 1,165,000 from Chidwick's nut straight A♠ Q♣ and Kempe snaps With top set K♣ K♠ . Two blanks in the form of 6♣ and 2♥ have Daniel Dvoress scoop a chip leading pot and leave Kempe with two big blinds.

Rainer Kempe gets us going with a 23,000 open from the cutoff and Daniel Dvoress defends big to see the flop 9♦ 8♣ 9♠ where Kempe c-bets 15,000 and fills up Dvoress' 44,000 raise. The turn A♥ has Dvoress lead 75,000 that ends this clash of players who have more than $60M in live earnings among them.

With a complete board 9♦ 5♦ T♠ 2♠ 5♣ and 259,000 to play for, Rainer Kempe forks out 220,000, sending Yan Jingyao deep in the tank before surrendering the pot, losing two time banks in the process.

On a J♣ A♠ A♦ flop with 115,500 in the pot, Matt Belcher leads 38,000 from the button which gets Stephen Chidwick and Rainer Kempe to fold.

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.

Opening 6,000 from +1, Matt Belcher faces a 20,000 three-bet from Rainer Kempe from the cutoff. Belcher calls for the flop K♦ 2♥ J♣ to hit the felt, but lets it go after Kempe continued for 16,000.