Main Event

Two chances remain for poker enthusiasts from near and far to join the action in the crown jewel of the inaugural Seoul Poker Cup 2024 inside of the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Gangnam, Seoul. Home to many global events for many years, it is the first time that a mind games festival is held at this venue and the place to be is vast space of "The Platz" with up to 64 poker tables available.

The Super Cup Main Event kicked off two days ago and has attracted fields of 77 and 66 entrants thus far for an overall field of 143 entries. Only the top 15% of both fields advanced and 22 players have already locked up cash prizes thus far with more expected to join in the final two flights today.

At 11 a.m. local time, Day 1c is scheduled to get underway and this is the last flight with the regular 40-minute structure. Later in the afternoon at 5 p.m. local time, the final turbo heat 1d will feature a 20-minute clock and both flights may actually see their bubble burst at similar times in the late evening.

All participants start their journey with 30,000 in chips, which represents 300 big blinds in the opening level at blinds of 100-100 and a big blind ante of 100. For Day 1c, there will be a break every three levels and 60-minute dinner break after the end of level nine. When the action continues at approximately 6.30 p.m. local time, the registration for this flight will close.

Expected to join the action today are many of those who took their shot in the previous two flights. That may very well include GGPoker and JOPT ambassador Nana Nakamura, who finished third in the High Roller Event #8 yesterday. She then jumped into Day 1b of the Main Event but busted before entering Event #11 Freeze Out and claiming her second trophy of the series, both of her cashes coming with KRW 8 Million in prizes.

Stay tuned right here on SoMuchPoker for the action today with the updates mainly focusing on Day 1c.

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.

The High Roller Event has come to an end with a double victory for South Korea. Dongmin Kim emerged victorious in a field of 23 entries against Ji Hwan Kim as they earned the biggest slice of the KRW 36.8 Million in prizes. Nana Nakamura, who can already be found in Day 1b of the Main Event, finished in third place.

Both Kim's made a deal and left 10% to play for, after which it took more than half an hour to determine a champion.

Final Result

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

Sungmin Ha had re-entered and doubled his stack with a hero call against Jaejoon Yang when his Q♥ 6♣ had the superior kicker on the 9♥ 6♠ 4♠ 5♦ turn. The river was the J♣ and Ha doubled.

Right after that on new blinds, chip leader Hyukjin Kwon raised to 3,700 and Hyun Ho Cho called all-in for 3,200 with the 9♦ 8♦ . Kwon only had 9♣ 7♠ and Cho prevailed on the 4♥ 4♣ 2♣ 5♠ 8♥ board.

New on the table is Nana Nakamura, who took a short break after her third place in the High Roller.