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

The board runs 5♠ A♠ A♥ T♥ 6♣ and Yeu Wei Hsiang is out early in his 2nd Superstar Challenge final table, after finishing 3rd in the $15,000 SSC on the weekend.

Yeu Wei Hsiang opens 400,000 from the cutoff with A♥ 5♥ and big blind Sean Ooi defends with Q♦ 7♠ . The flop A♠ 8♦ T♦ has Yeu c-bet 300,000 and Ooi ups it to 900,000 after using a time bank. A call treats us with the turn 6♥ and Ooi tanks again, using another time bank before sliding out 1,400,000 and Yeu calls again. The river A♦ triggers Ooi to jam 3,700,000 with queen-high into Yeu's 2,600,000 stack, who goes into the tank and stays there for a while. After three time banks he decides to let go of his trips.

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.

Yeu Wei Hsiang gets us going with a 300,000 open from under the gun and Daniel Dvoress defends his big blind to see the flop 7♥ 9♠ 8♦ where Yeu's 200,000 c-bet finds a customer to take along to the turn 9♣ . No action reveals the river 7♦ and two more checks have Dvoress show K♦ 6♣ , losing against Yeu's better high card A♦ 4♣ .

Yue Wei Hsiang raises to 250,000 from under the gun and takes big blind Daniel Dvoress to the flop 6♣ 4♥ 8♦ . A 300,000 c-bet and a call is all she wrote until the board completes 8♣ and 7♠ with two more checks revealing Dvoress as the winner with Q♠ 6♠ .

Under the gun opens 200,000 and takes three players to the flop 7♠ A♥ 2♠ that gets checked around to the turn J♠ . Yeu Hsiang puts out a 175,000 feeler from the small blind, Zhao Hongjun calls from the big, UTG folds and Daniel Dvoress pumps it to 650,000 out of the cutoff. Yeu folds and Zhao pays up to see the board complete J♣ . Two checks have Dvoress table the winner A♣ Q♥ against Zhao's outdrawn 7♦ 2♥ .

Wakil's mood changes immediately, when the dealer shows the Q♠ in the window, completing the board 6♦ 9♥ 4♥ 4♣ and sends the super high roller regular to the rail.

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.

Picking up the action on a complete board J♦ 5♠ 3♥ 8♦ 7♠ and a whopping 915,000 in the middle we see Shi Xiao Chun jam bottom pair 2♦ 3♦ that sends Yu Wei Hsiang - 3rd in the $15,000 Superstar Challenge two days ago - in the tank. Yeu emerges with a call for his last 600,000 and scoops this massive pot with K♣ J♥ .

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!

Yeu Wei Hsiang opens 17,000 from under the gun and Ding Biao pays up to see the flop 5♣ J♥ A♠ . Yeu's 14,000 c-bet gets called to the turn Q♥ where he elects to check. Ding's 60,000 bet gets called and the river T♣ gets checked to him again. Separating another 100,000 from his stack, Ding sends Yeu in the tank, the latter folds, sending a time bank the dealer's way. Both players were very active at last night's $15,000 Superstar Challenge, finishing 3rd and 4th.