Super High Roller

A massive preflop cooler went down with Kobayashi Hirokszu risking his 1,000,000 stack with A♣ K♣ against Ouyang Jiali’s A♠ A♥ . A huge favorite, no bad beats were seen as the board ran J♣ 5♥ Q♠ 7♦ 8♦ . Jiali scoops up the pot with her rockets, stacking the boost to 120 BB.

Following over seven hours of play, China’s Yu Lei capped the day with the lead, having bagged 1,247,000 (83BB) in chips to top the field. Yu cruised through the games after nearly doubling his stack right before the day’s first break, and consistently chipped up to lock in the lead. Fellow countryman Li Boyao is right on his tail with 1,134,000 (76BB), having bagged a huge double up by the last hour. 15 players continue on through to tomorrow’s Day 2 with registration open until the end of Level 12.

Date: March 25-26, 2024 Buy-in: KR₩ 40,000,000 (~USD 29,750) Entries: 24

Chip Counts 

Button Tang Tiayuan opened to 20,000, joined by big blind Kobayashi Hirokszu on flop A♦ 5♣ J♥ . Tang continued for 10,000, check called by Kobayashi. Turn K♣ went check check, heading to river 8♠ . Checked to Tang once more, he fired 55,000, called by his opponent. Tang reveals K♥ 8♣ and collects the pot with his runner runner two pair.

Thomas Boivin opened from early position and called button Kobayashi Hirokszu’s all-in for 122,000 total.

Kobayashi A♣ Q♣ Boivin T♠ T♥

At risk, Kobayashi was spared from elimination after the board K♥ Q♦ 5♥ 6♠ A♠ ran in favor of his overcards.

Utg+1 Kobayashi Hirokszu opened to 9,000 and was met with a three bet to 26,000 right behind by Calvin Lee. Kobayashi clapped back with a raise to 56,000, Lee with a call. Action was checked through to turn A♠ A♦ T♦ 2♣ where Kobayashi fired 30,000. Lee calls, heading to river 3♥ . Kobayashi sent out another 65,000 and called Lee’s all-in for 225,000 not long after. Lee tables T♠ T♣ for a boat, crushing Kobayashi’s K♠ K♣ .