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

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!

Folded to him, Sean Ooi limps his small blind and Roman Hrabec opts to check for the flop J♥ 6♦ 3♣ . Ooi checks, Hrabec bets 20,000 and the turn 4♣ has Ooi check-call again, this time for 100,000. The river 7♥ gets rejected by both players, having Roman Hrabec table the winner J♦ 3♦ against Sean Ooi's K♠ 6♣ .

With a 40,000 open from the cutoff, Sean Ooi takes button Roman Hrabec to the flop K♠ 3♠ 6♥ that gets checked to the turn 6♦ . A delayed c-bet of 65,000 keeps Hrabec around for the board to complete K♦ where another 180,000 from Ooi with 9♠ 9♥ gets called and Hrabec mucks.

Looking at the board 6♠ 4♣ 2♦ J♦ with 227,000 already in the middle and Chris Brewer's 190,000 lead in front, Roman Hrabec decides to jam 373,000 with his draws holding 5♦ 7♦ . Brewer goes in the tank, costing him a time bank, but fills up with A♦ 9♦ , being in good shape. The river is a blank T♠ and Hrabec gathers his things. With his recent $2,5M Triton Monte Carlo cashes he can afford another bullet.