Name: $20,000 NLH SuperStar Challenge
Start: 2025-02-23
End: 2025-02-24

Poker Dream 16 Jeju 2025

Korea (Republic of), Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT #37

2025.02.23 - 2025.02.24

Poker Dream

Tobias Schwecht

Germany

Blind level

Level 26: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Entries

1/81

Total Chips

40,500,000

Average

40,500,000

Final Day

SMPSMP

2/24/2025, 7:23:06 AM

Tobias Schwecht Hits The Rail

Level 15: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Tobias Schwecht

Getting to the action with Steve O'Dwyer and Tobias Schwecht all-in pre, the latter being at risk for 520,000, the dealer takes center stage once more.

Player	Hand	Chips
SO Stephen O'dwyerUnited States of America	A♦T♣ HJ	2,500,000(50 BB)
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	K♥Q♣ SB	busted

Board:5♠A♣9♠T♥Q♥

SMPSMP

2/24/2025, 7:10:43 AM

Chip Counts And Table Draw With 24 Players Left

Level 15: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
QX Qiang XuChina	1,065,000(21 BB)	1	1
PP Paulius PlausinaitisLithuania	945,000(19 BB)	1	2
SO Stephen O'dwyerUnited States of America	1,660,000(33 BB)	1	3
ZH Zhao HongjunChina	3,175,000(64 BB)	1	4
TR Tony Ren LinUnited States of America	3,715,000(74 BB)	1	5
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	640,000(13 BB)	1	6
SO Sean OoiMalaysia	1,365,000(27 BB)	1	7
DD Daniel DvoressCanada	1,820,000(36 BB)	1	8
KI Kosei IchinoseJapan	675,000(14 BB)	2	1
YL Yu LeiChina	2,150,000(43 BB)	2	2
MJ Michael JozoffUnited States of America	2,400,000(48 BB)	2	3
BD Biao DingChina	2,400,000(48 BB)	2	4
CP Christopher Park (2)United States of America	3,300,000(66 BB)	2	5
LX Luo XixiangChina	955,000(19 BB)	2	6
SC Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,310,000(26 BB)	2	7
MR Mao RenjiChina	2,300,000(46 BB)	2	8
YW Yeu Wei HsiangMalaysia	3,200,000(64 BB)	3	1
LW Lee Wai KiatMalaysia	825,000(17 BB)	3	2
DS Daniel SmiljkovicGermany	1,800,000(36 BB)	3	3
YJ Yan JingyaoChina	1,260,000(25 BB)	3	4
JW Jamil WakilCanada	1,300,000(26 BB)	3	5
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	1,500,000(30 BB)	3	6
SC Stanley ChoiHong Kong	420,000(8 BB)	3	7
JC Joseph CheongUnited States of America	250,000(5 BB)	3	8

SMPSMP

2/24/2025, 6:36:34 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 15

Level 14: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

With late registration concluded and a total of 81 entries, the $20,000 Superstar Challenge prize pool ballooned to a whopping KRW2,262,330,000 (~$1,585,263) and KRW622,100,000 (~$435,932) for first. We have 28 player still in the hunt with ITM starting at 11th place.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
PP Paulius PlausinaitisLithuania	1,450,000(36 BB)	1	1
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	1,710,000(43 BB)	1	1
DS Daniel SmiljkovicGermany	1,440,000(36 BB)	1	3
MR Mao RenjiChina	2,100,000(53 BB)	1	4
SC Stanley ChoiHong Kong	570,000(14 BB)	1	5
SO Stephen O'dwyerUnited States of America	1,200,000(30 BB)	1	6
TR Tony Ren LinUnited States of America	2,700,000(68 BB)	1	7
CB Christopher BrewerUnited States of America	1,600,000(40 BB)	1	8
YJ Yan JingyaoChina	1,290,000(32 BB)	2	1
LW Lee Wai KiatMalaysia	450,000(11 BB)	2	2
KI Kosei IchinoseJapan	415,000(10 BB)	2	2
DD Daniel DvoressCanada	2,425,000(61 BB)	2	4
SO Sean OoiMalaysia	1,460,000(37 BB)	2	6
ZH Zhao HongjunChina	2,600,000(65 BB)	2	7
MZ Martin ZamaniUnited States of America	600,000(15 BB)	2	8
MJ Michael JozoffUnited States of America	1,560,000(39 BB)	3	1
JS Joseph Sanghyon CheongMalaysia	1,935,000(48 BB)	3	2
BD Biao DingChina	1,665,000(42 BB)	3	3
YL Yu LeiChina	1,810,000(45 BB)	3	4
QX Qiang XuChina	1,495,000(37 BB)	3	5
LC Lim Chin WeiMalaysia	350,000(9 BB)	3	6
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	270,000(7 BB)	3	7
SC Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	600,000(15 BB)	4	2
YW Yeu Wei HsiangMalaysia	2,930,000(73 BB)	4	3
CP Christopher Park (2)United States of America	2,800,000(70 BB)	4	4
JW Jamil WakilCanada	1,760,000(44 BB)	4	5
WY Wang Yang (4)China	30,000(1 BB)	4	7
LX Luo XixiangChina	1,100,000(28 BB)	4	8

SMPSMP

2/24/2025, 6:00:20 AM

Tobias Schwecht Versus Xu Qiang Again

Level 14: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Tobias Schwecht

Hijack Xu Qiang raises to 80,000, Tobias Schwecht jams 455,000 from the button and Xu fills up.

Player	Hand	Chips
QX Qiang XuChina	A♦Q♥ HJ	1,260,000(32 BB)
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	T♦T♣ D	1,080,000(27 BB)

Board:J♣T♠3♠6♣J♠

SMPSMP

2/24/2025, 5:50:15 AM

Xu Qiang Stays Aggressive

Level 13: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Qiang Xu

With the board showing T♣ 5♠ T♥ 6♠ and 740,000 up for grabs, small blind Tobias Schwecht - bracelet winner and APT Super High Roller champ in Manila two weeks ago - leads 320,000 and sends Xu Qiang in the tank. Xu declares all-in, enough to get Schwecht off the hand and flicks a time bank to the dealer.

Player	Chips
QX Qiang XuChina	1,740,000(58 BB)
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	635,000(21 BB)

Blind level

Level 11: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Entries

30/59

Day 1

SMPSMP

2/23/2025, 11:55:11 AM

Tobias Schwecht Chips Up

Level 7: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Tobias Schwecht

Picking up the action on 6♥ K♣ 7♠ 7♦ and 112,000 up for grabs we see Jamil Wakil in the small blind and Tobias Schwecht on the button check to the river A♣ . Schwecht - fresh from his APT Manila Super High Roller victory just two weeks ago - lays out 48,000 with A♦ 8♠ and watches Wakil call and muck.

Player	Chips
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	701,000(88 BB)
JW Jamil WakilCanada	290,000(36 BB)