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

The turn 8♦ and river 4♠ has Park extend his lead and leave Tony Lin, who just missed out on a bracelet in December, in the dust.

With 4 WSOP Bracelets, 2 WSOP Rings and more than $135M in live earnings between them, this final table will be a treat for every poker fan. All of them will be gunning for the $431,905 top prize. Flop well everyone!

Digging for 13 outs, Yeu hits one of them on the river 7♥ , keeping the bubble intact and dealing a huge blow to Tony Lin.

The remaining 10 players have four familiar faces from the $15,000 Superstar Challange final table among them. Still in the hunt for a second appearance are Joseph Cheong, Yeu Wei Hsiang, Yu Lei and chip leader Ding Biao.

Michael Jozoff min opens 300,000 from under the gun, cutoff Sean Ooi ups it to 650,000 but Tony Lin takes it down with a 1,400,000 cold four-bet that goes unanswered.

The flop 8♦ 9♠ A♣ has Zhao left with just a few runner runner options, one being the turn J♠ but the dealer puts an end to his run with the river 8♠ . With that we are in the money for a min cash of KRW 56,600,000 ($39,295) guaranteed.

A raise to 200,000 from under the gun Tony Lin has Sean Ooi fill up and watch the flop flip over 9♦ 6♣ 3♥ . Lin's 300,000 c-bet gets called to the turn K♦ where two checks complete the board Q♠ . Lin forks out another 900,000 with K♥ 8♠ , Ooi calls but throws it in the muck.

Bracelet winner and late entry Daniel Smiljkovic gets the ball rolling with a 100,000 open from the hijack and Tony Lin defends big blind to lay eyes on the flop T♥ K♣ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn J♦ . A delayed c-bet of 125,000 gets called, the board completes 6♦ and Tony Lin takes over the reins with a 285,000 lead. Daniel Smiljkovic calls, but throws it in the muck after looking at Lin's 6♣ 5♣ two pair.

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.

Stephen Chidwick opens 75,000 from the hijack, Tony Lin ups it to 175,000 from the cutoff and Chidwick calls to see the flop Q♦ 5♦ 9♦ . Checked to Lin, he announces all-in and Chidwick quickly folds.

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!

Christopher Brewer opens 8,000 from under the gun +2, button Stanley Choi and big blind Tony Lin fill up the lay eyes on the flop J♦ 5♣ 9♥ . When checked to him, Choi forks out 7,000 and both opponents comply to see the turn T♥ that gets checked around to the river 5♠ . Lin takes over the reins with a 35,000 open that gets the job done.

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.

Tony Lin kicks off the action with a raise to 7,000 from the button with K♣ 7♦ and big blind Steve O'Dwyer defends to see the flop 9♥ 7♠ 7♣ . Lin fires three barrels of 16,000, 25,000 and 80,000, the board completes A♦ J♦ and O'Dwyer check calls all-of them, before looking at Lin's trips and mucks his hand.