Main Event

Two of the four starting days for the inaugural Super Cup Seoul Main Event have been completed in the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center. After 77 entries on Day 1a, the second flight attracted another 66 entries to boost the overall field size to 143 entries. When all wrapped up in the late evening, only ten players bagged up and a new overall chip leader has been crowned.

Sungmin Ha turned his starting stack of 30,000 into 541,000, firmly ahead of his nearest two followers Hyukjin Kwon (305,000) and Shizi Xiao (258,000). Dongwook Lee was the only other player to advance with an above-average stack of 227,000 in this flight while Isabelle ambassador Joo Hee "Tina" Oh made it through with 179,000.

Oh was responsible for bursting the bubble when she claimed the remaining chips of Hyunjeong Kim with three active players checking it down. Alan "King Lun" Lau, arguably one of the most notable players in today's field, was among the callers and bagged up the second-shortest stack of 65,000 on Day 1b a few minutes later.

Team Isabelle saw the departures of Yuri Murikami and Jae Young Jeon, Ji Eun Park also bowed out alongside Dabin King for the ladies in the field.

For GGPoker ambassador Nana Nakamura, it was a remarkable day at the tables filled with a roller coaster of emotions. She sneaked into the money as the short stack in Event #8 High Roller and bowed out in third place for KRW 8 Million.

The largest piece of the KRW 36.8 Million prize money was split between two contenders from South Korea in Ji Hwan Kim and Dongmin Kim. They agreed to a deal in heads-up play before battling for nearly an hour for the extra cash prize set aside. Ultimately, only one Kim could pose for the winner shot.

Final Result High Roller

1st Place: Dongmin Kim (South Korea) - KRW 16,400,000

2nd Place: Ji Hwan Kim (South Korea) KRW 12,400,000

3rd Place: Nana Nakamura (Japan) KRW 8,000,000

Nakamura then took a break before jumping into Day 1b of the Main Event where she could not run up a stack and bowed out soon after the dinner break. However, there was another Side Event to shine with Event #11 Freeze Out.

The tournament attracted 33 entries and a prize pool of KRW 21 Million. Nakamura entered the ten-handed final table near the top of the leaderboard and closed out the title right as the bubble for Day 1b of the Main Event burst. For her second victory during the Super Cup Seoul 2024, she collected the same KRW 8 Million as earlier in the day for the High Roller min-cash.

Nakamura will certainly be back in action tomorrow when the final two starting days of the Main Event take place. Day 1c kicks off at 11 a.m. local time before the turbo heat 1d with 20-minute levels unfolds as of 5 p.m. local time. The Isabelle Ladies Event is also scheduled and has been pushed to a 4 p.m. start.

Moments after Mayuko Takata had lost her last couple of big blinds, a far bigger pot unfolded one table over. On the A♥ 8♦ 7♦ 7♥ turn, Yoonseok Choi bet 20,000 in the small blind. Dongmin Kim then jammed for 42,500 on the button and Choi reluctantly called.

Kim's K♥ 4♥ needed another heart as Choi was ahead with the A♣ 2♣ . Instead, the river brought the A♠ and that sent Kim to the rail, too.

Within two hands, Yohan Trends has left his opponents from South Korea wondering whether or not he had bluffed right after the field reached the last 27 players on Day 1a. In a min-raised pot to the J♠ 4♥ 3♦ he check-called for 4,500 when Dongmin Kim bet and Sumin Leem called.

Trens led the 4♣ turn for 14,000 and both folded.

Kim then opened to 4,000 and called a three-bet to 14,000 by Trens. The French player continued for 10,000 on the 4♠ 3♦ 3♣ flop to earn a call, then jammed the 6♠ turn. Kim sigh-folded the A♦ and was shown the A♣ by Trens.

Jong Hoon Lee raised it up to 3,000 and Dongmin Kim just called two seats over on the button. On a flop of A♦ Q♠ 4♥ , Lee check-called for 2,500. They checked down the Q♣ turn and 4♦ river for Lee to show J♣ T♣ for a missed gutshot. Kim won another pot as his A♥ 7♥ was good for aces up.