Super High Roller

With a short stack, Li Keyi shoved all-in from the cutoff for 165,000 with 7♦ 7♣ and was called by big blind Chen Wei with 8♦ 8♠ . Dominated, Li found no help on board A♥ K♠ 3♥ 3♦ K♥ to seal his elimination.

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 

Utg+1 Zhou Quan opened to 7,000 and called Li Keyi’s three bet to 27,000 behind. Flop came 4♥ 5♣ 7♠ and saw Zhou check call 18,000, and another 100,000 on turn K♠ . By the river 8♦ however, Zhou was unable to continue after Li put him all-in for his remaining 150,000. Li takes the pot and climbs to a 233 BB stack.

Utg Li Keyi opened to 5,500, called by Phil Ivey behind along with big blind Calvin Lee. Flop 2♣ 6♠ 4♠ was checked down, revealing turn K♥ . Li sent out a 16,500 bet, Ivey with a call, and Lee with a check raise to 70,000. Both players give it up and throw in the fold.

Button Li Keyi opened to 3,000, joined by big blind Yu Lei on flop 9♠ 3♠ J♥ . Action was checked through, revealing turn 4♦ . Yu fired 4,500, called by the raiser. River 8♣ saw Yu pull a bigger 17,000, called by Li with bottom pair A♥ 4♣ . Li wins the pot with his pair good against Yu’s ace high.

Folded to small blind Valeriy Pak, he opened to 3,500, called by big blind Li Keyi. Flop came 5♠ J♣ 2♠ and saw Pak continue for 3,000. Li bumped it up to 9,500 and was met with a click back to 18,500. Li makes the call and sees turn A♣ . Pak sends out an 18,500 bet, called by Li through to river 3♣ . Checked by Pak, Li threw in a 50,000 bet and was called by his opponent. Li reveals A♦ J♥ for two pair and claims the win.