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

Under the gun Xu Qiang opens 35,000, cutoff Winfred Yu - Poker Dream co-founder with over $9M in live earnings to his name - three-bets 100,000 and Xu fills up to see the flop 9♥ 6♥ 5♥ . Yu's 85,000 c-bet gets check raised to 175,000 with Yu calling, before folding to Xu's 220,000 all-in on the turn 8♥ .

Chris Park kicks off the action with a min-raise to 30,000, taking Martin Nielsen to the flop 8♣ 7♥ A♠ that gets checked to the turn 6♠ . Another check from Park has Nielsen slide 75,000 over the line before Park check-raises to 160,000 and another call completes the board 5♣ . Park leads for 40,000, making it look like a blocker, Martin Nielsen falls for it, puts his opponent all-in for 265,000 with J♠ 8♠ which gets snapped by Park's nuts T♠ 9♣ .

Chen Dong gets us going with a 35,000 raise from the cutoff, Shi Xiao Chun pumps it to 90,000 from the button and Chen fills up to see the flop T♥ 9♦ 6♠ that gets checked to the turn K♦ . Shi leads with a delayed c-bet of 100,000 that gets check-called to the river 5♣ where Shi declares all-in for 270,000 with A♦ K♥ that sends Chen into the tank, who emerges with a call, losing a time bank and the pot with K♠ Q♠ .

Another 30,000 open from under the gun has hijack Lee Wai Kiat three-bet to 65,000, but it is Paulius Plausinaitis who picks up the pot with a cold four-bet to 125,000 out of the big blind.

Opening 30,000 from under the gun, Sean Ooi takes big blind Richard Yong - co-founder of Triton Poker and $17M in live earnings to his name - to the flop 4♠ 5♣ 3♠ . Ooi c-bets 50,000, Yong check-calls and the turn 8♥ has Ooi fork out another 100,000 that gets called. The river 5♥ is checked around, having Sean Ooi come out on top with 7♣ 7♠ against Richard Yong's 2♥ 2♠ .

Xue Song has A♦ Q♠ in the hijack, Kosei Ichinose picks up A♣ K♣ in the big blind there is some reraising going on and both players are all-in, with Xue Song wagering his last 342,000. Everything is looking peachy for Ichinose when the dealer flips over 3♦ 4♥ 2♠ 8♠ before going pear shaped on the river Q♦ , granting Xue Song a massive double up.

Calvin Lee, who won a single day high roller here in Jeju last November, gets the ball rolling with a raise to 27,000 from the button, Main Event runner-up Mao Renji three bets his big blind to 85,000 and Lee calls for the flop 6♠ 4♣ 5♦ . Mao c-bets 95,000, Lee calls and the turn 9♦ has Mao finish the job with a jam that goes unanswered.

Looking at the flop 4♥ T♠ A♠ , 170,000 in the pot and a 35,000 lead from Lee Wai Kiat, Lithuanian high roller Paulius Plausinaitis check-raises to 80,000 and Lee calls. The turn 2♣ gets checked around to the river 9♥ where Plausinaitis jams before scooping the pot.

Arriving at another turn 8♠ 8♥ 5♠ 5♣ and 182,000 to play for Ding Biao checks, Tan Xuan lays out 80,000, Ding puts him all-in and Tan calls for his last 150,000. When Ding flips over 8♣ 6♥ , Tan already throws it in the muck, saving the dealer some work and we have China's #3 in earnings knock out #4.

Another under the gun raise to 24,000 gets called by Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff, Miao Chenxiang wagers his last 49,000 from the button and small blind Chris Park ups the fee to 75,000 with A♦ A♠ . Only Chidwick fills up to see the flop 9♦ A♣ 3♣ where Park continues for 26,000, gets called and the turn falls 4♥ . Another 20,000 barrel gets called again before the board completes K♦ . Park sets a trap by switching to a check, Chidwick puts him all-in for 133,000, thinking his A♥ Q♥ is good, but has to surrender the pot to the top set. Miao's 2♠ 2♣ didn't survive either.

Under the gun Miao Chenxiang kicks off the action with a raise to 25,000, the cutoff calls, Martin Nielsen pumps it to 100,000 from the button, Miao four-bet jams 521,000 holding A♠ J♥ , the cutoff folds and Nielsen snaps with A♣ A♥ , putting last night's $15,000 Superstar Challenge 6th place finisher in a great spot to double up.

With a 23,000 open from the button and a call from the small blind, big blind Jamil Wakil pulls the trigger for a 374,000 all-in that ends the hand.

Under the gun Johan Schultz-Pedersen gets us going with a 23,000 open, taking button Chen Dong to the flop K♥ 8♥ 2♠ where an 18,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 6♠ to hit the felt. Switching to a check, Pedersen folds when faced with Chen's 95,000 bet.

Picking up the action on the flop 3♠ 8♦ 5♥ and 205,000 in the pot, small blind Luo Xixiang leads 100,000 and gets called by Tan Xuan, who won the Poker Dream 12 Super High Roller here in Jeju for $700k in September. The turn T♥ has Luo fork out a massive over-bet of 505,000 that's enough to scoop the pot early.

Raising to 22,000 from the cutoff, Daniel Dvoress takes two players to the flop K♠ 3♥ 2♥ and continues for 20,000. Jamil Kamil calls from the button and the big blind folds for the turn 7♠ to be revealed. Two checks take us to the river 8♣ where Dvoress lays out 125,000 that gets the job done.

Under the gun Zhao Hongjun opens 22,000, hijack Stephen Chidwick ups it to 65,000, with Zhao four-betting to 172,000 before Chidwick's 513,000 jam ends the hand.

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.

Picking up the action on 4♠ 4♣ J♣ 3♣ with 272,000 up for grabs, Chen Dong leads 85,000 from +1 and gets called by Chris Brewer in the hijack. The river K♦ has Chen bet small for 80,000 with K♠ K♣ , hoping to get raised, but Brewer just calls and mucks.

Henrik Hecklen kicks us off with a raise to 18,000 from the hijack, cutoff Kosei Ichinose wants 42,000 and Hecklen obliges. The flop K♥ 4♣ 3♥ has Hecklen check-call a 28,000 c-bet to the turn J♠ where he check-calls another 120,000. The river J♦ gets rejected by both, with Kosei Ichinose's A♣ T♦ coming out on top of Hecklen's A♥ 2♥ , winning a hefty pot with ace-high.

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.

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.

Johan Schultz-Pedersen raises to 17,000 from under the gun, Stanley Choi shows strength with a 42,000 three-bet from +1 and Pedersen calls for the flop A♠ 8♣ 6♣ to hit the felt. Choi continues for 25,000 and another call reveals the turn 4♣ . Leading 25,000 once more, Choi is faced with a check-raise to 60,000 and quickly calls for the board to complete 4♠ . Pederson switches gears, leading with a jam thats good enough to pick up the pot.

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.

Johan Schultz opens 18,000 from the cutoff and takes two players to the flop 8♦ J♦ 5♠ that gets checked to Stanley Choi on the button, who makes it 22,000. The small blind folds and Schultz pays up to see the 6♦ turn where another 45,000 gets the job done for Choi.

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.

With the board already showing J♣ 8♥ 6♠ 3♦ and a pot of 40,000, last night's $15,000 Superstar Challange champion John Juanda leads 32,000 and gets check-called by Lee Wai Kiat - fresh of his two 6th places at the Triton Super High Rollers for $1M. The board completes T♥ , Juanda lays out 125,000 with A♠ A♣ , but has to surrender the pot to Lee's last minute two pair J♦ T♦ .

Catching the action on a heads-up turn 5♠ 9♠ K♠ Q♣ with 49,000 up for grabs, button Oliver Bithell separates 50,000 from his stack and gets called by Isaac Haxton for the board to complete Q♥ . Both players check and poker legend Isaac Haxton tables the winner Q♦ 8♠ .

Picking up the action on a three-way Q♥ A♥ 7♥ flop with 162,000 in the middle the action gets checked to cutoff Xue Song who makes it 65,000, Stanley Choi folds and Aram Oganyan calls for the turn Q♦ . Checked to Song again, he puts his opponent all-in for 188,500 with a flush 6♥ 5♥ , but receives bad news when Oganyan snaps with a higher flush T♥ 8♥ . The river 8♦ changes nothing and Aram Oganyan scoops a huge pot.

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.

Picking up the action on the three-way flop 8♣ K♣ 7♣ and 43,500 up for grabs we see a check-around to the turn T♥ before poker legend Stephen Chidwick leads for 11,000 from UTG and finds two customers for the river 8♥ . Chidwick lays out another 16,000, Matt Belcher raises to 70,000 from the hijack, Isaia Alessio gets out of the way and Chidwick calls, who mucks after seeing Belcher flip over a boat with 7♠ 7♦ .

Xu Qiang - another bracelet winner from China - kicks us off with a 10,000 raise from the cutoff and takes Jamil Wakil and John Juanda to the flop 5♥ 9♣ 7♦ . Checked to Wakil on the button, 20,000 enter the middle, Juanda folds before Xu Qiang raises to 65,000. Back to Wakil 150,000 three-bet goes out that sends Xu in the tank, but calls with the aid of a time bank. The turn T♦ has Wakil fork out another 180,000 that gets the job done.

Picking up the action on the flop 2♣ A♦ 4♣ and 30,000 in the middle, Chen Dong bets a big 25,000 and gets check-called by Zhou. The turn 7♦ has both players repeat their actions for 65,000 to complete the board 6♦ where Chen lays out another 112,500. Zhou goes in the tank, consumes a time bank before making the call, but bracelet winner Chen Dong flips over the winner A♠ 4♠ to scoop the pot.

Oliver Bithell open-limps from the small blind, Steve O'Dwyer ups it to 17,000, Bithell pumps it further to 45,000 and O'Dwyer calls to see the flop K♦ 6♥ 7♣ . Bithell continues for 25,000, O'Dwyer pays up and the turn 4♠ gets checked to complete the board K♥ . After using a time bank, Bithell decides to fork out another 35,000 with 9♥ 7♥ , but Steve O'Dwyer calls with A♦ 7♦ to win with a better kicker.

Picking up the action on the flop 7♦ 6♦ A♦ with 94,000 in the middle, two time bracelet winner Chris Brewer leads 25,000 from the button and gets called by big blind Henrik Hecklen for the turn Q♣ where another 60,000 bet lets Brewer scoop the pot.

Under the gun opens 8,000, Matt Belcher ups it to 32,000 from the button, Miao Chenxiang - Jeju Poker Festival Main Event Champ in November - cold calls from the small blind and the initial raiser gets out of the way. The flop T♥ T♦ T♣ has Belcher continue for 26,000, gets called for the turn Q♠ and both players check. The river 5♥ gets checked to Belcher again, who jams 116,000 with Q♥ Q♣ and Miao calls with 6♦ 6♠ , granting Belcher a much needed double up.

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.

Jamil Wakil gets the ball rolling with a raise to 7,000 from the hijack and takes Aram Oganyan and Oliver Bithell from cutoff and big blind to the flop J♦ 9♠ J♠ . Checked to Oganyan, 8,500 slide over the line, Bithell folds and Wakil takes down the pot with a check-raise to 33,000.

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.

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.

Picking up the action on 8♦ 6♥ 3♣ with 50,000 to play for, cutoff Matthew Belcher leads 18,000 and Chinese pro Zhou Quan check-calls from the hijack to see the turn Q♠ . Belcher slides 40,000 over the line and calls Zhou's 115,000 raise to have a quick look at the river 5♦ , before folding after Zhou declared all-in.

Matthew Belcher opens 5,000 from the cutoff, small blind Christopher Brewer pays up and the flop falls 5♣ 9♣ 8♦ , checked to the turn J♦ . A delayed c-bet of 10,000 finds a customer for the river 9♥ where Belcher lays out another 27,000 with K♠ J♠ top pair. Brewer calls with 9♦ Q♦ trips and scoops the third pot against Belcher in just a few minutes.

Matthew Belcher, who finished 7th in the $15,000 Superstar Challenge last night kicks us off with a raise to 5,000 from the button and takes big blind Christopher Brewer to another flop 4♥ K♠ 5♠ , slides out a 4,000 c-bet, Brewer calls and we see the turn 2♠ that gets checked to complete the board 7♥ . Another check by Brewer has Belcher fork out 24,000, Brewer increases to 95,000 with a flush 9♠ 4♠ and Belcher calls to muck.

Hijack David Brewer opens 5,000 and takes big blind Matthew Belcher to the flop 8♠ 9♦ 7♠ where a 7,000 c-bet gets check-called by Belcher for the turn 8♣ where another 21,000 barrel gets filled before the river 5♠ shuts down the action with Brewer flipping over his flopped straight T♥ J♦ against Belcher's A♣ 9♠ top pair.

Shuffle up an deal!

With poker legends like John Juanda and Steve O'Dwyer gathered at the Poker Dream 16 at Jeju Shinhwa World in South Korea we can expect a star studded KR₩ 30M ($20,000) Superstar Challenge, the biggest buy-in of the festival.

Last night's $15,000 Superstar Challenge attracted a total of 65 players for a prize pool just short of $1M, so with the most prestige to earn today, we can be sure to top that.

Late registration will be open until the end of the first level on Day 2 tomorrow where the 500,000 starting stack will still get you 20BB to work with.

Live updates will cover the entire action until the end starting at 3pm.