Super High Roller

Following nearly eleven hours on the floor, the day wrapped up with China’s Ouyang Jiali clinching the win after defeating Stephen O’Dwyer in heads up play. The last hand saw Ouyang move all-in with K♦ 5♦ , called by O’Dwyer with Q♦ J♥ . Running hot, Ouyang immediately flopped the nut flush, earning her the SHR victory for a career best cash of KRW 405,260,000, and an additional WPT High Roller Ring to boot.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Date: March 25-26, 2024 Buy-in: KR₩ 40,000,000 (~USD 29,750) Prize pool: KR₩ 1,079,960,000 (~USD 805,270) Entries: 29 (20 unique) ITM: 5 players

Event #2: WPT Super High Roller Full Payouts

A limp pot, both players saw flop 4♦ 8♦ T♣ . Ouyang Jiali led for 350,000 and was met with a raise to 1,400,000 from Stephen O’Dwyer. Jiali answered with an all-in, O’Dwyer with a final call.

Ouyang T♦ 4♥ O’Dwyer Q♥ Q♠

Crushed once more, the turn 7♦ and river A♦ couldn’t save O’Dwyer, plummeting his stack back down to 11 BB.

Stephen O’Dwyer opened to 450,000 with 7♥ 7♣ , called by Ouyang Jiali with K♦ Q♦ . Flop came T♥ 2♦ 3♦ and O’Dwyer continued for 550,000, check called by his opponent. Turn 5♣ and river 4♣ were checked down, leaving O’Dwyer to pick up the pot with his pocket pair.

A limp pot, both players saw flop 2♣ 4♠ 9♥ . Stephen O’Dwyer led for 200,000, called by Ouyang Jiali. O’Dwyer checked turn Q♥ and snap called Ouyang’s all-in for his remaining 2,300,000.

Ouyang T♠ 4♥ O’Dwyer Q♦ 9♣

Ahead with two pair, O’Dwyer locked in the double up shortly after the river 3♦ rolled on the felt.

Stephen O’Dwyer bumped up the action to 450,000 with A♣ A♠ , called by Ouyang Jiali with T♦ 9♦ . O’Dwyer continued for 300,000 on flop K♦ 2♠ J♥ and another 1,400,000 on turn 7♠ with Ouyang check calling both streets. River 8♣ completed the board, pushing Ouyang to lead for 1,200,000 and call off O’Dwyer’s all-in for her remaining stack. O’Dwyer takes the tough beat and plunges down to 14 BB.

Ouyang Jiali opened the action to 500,000 with Q♦ 9♦ , called by Stephen O’Dwyer with Q♣ 2♦ . Both players checked flop K♥ K♣ 2♥ through, revealing turn T♣ . Ouyang this time, sent out a 450,000 bet, check called by her opponent. On river J♣ , Ouyang fired a heftier 1,000,000 but folded shortly after O’Dwyer pulled a raise to 4,000,000.

Stephen O’Dwyer defended his big blind with Q♦ 3♥ and called two barrels from Ouyang Jiali on board 7♠ 2♦ 3♦ 7♣ 9♥ . Action was checked by the river with Ouyang showing K♣ T♦ , no good against O’Dwyer’s pair.

Chip Count Update

Folded to Leon Sturm on the small blind, he shoved all-in for 3,000,000 with A♣ 3♦ and was called by Ouyang Jiali behind with A♦ J♣ . In rough shape, the flop 9♣ 8♣ 6♣ T♠ 5♥ left some hope for Sturm but eventually bricked out to seal his fate.

Ouyang Jiali limped her A♥ A♦ from the small blind and was followed by a check back from big blind Stephen O’Dwyer with 6♠ 7♠ . Both players checked the flop Q♣ 4♠ T♣ and headed to turn 9♠ . Ouyang this time, fired 300,000, called behind by her opponent. River 3♠ completed the board which wasn’t enough to convince Ouyang to slow down. Ouyang moved all-in, collecting a quick call from O’ Dwyer with his flush.

Having defended her big blind against utg Stephen O’Dwyer’s open, Ouyang Jiali continued her run good, flopping 3♦ 2♦ 6♥ with 5♥ 4♣ . O’Dwyer with K♥ K♠ called his opponent’s continuous betting all the way down to river, only to be crushed upon seeing the chip leader’s flopped straight.

Hijack Ouyang Jiali opened to 250,000 and was met with an all-in for 1,100,000 behind from Li Boyao. Ouyang makes the call with A♠ Q♠ and is ahead of Li’s K♥ J♠ . Running a race, the board 3♣ 3♥ 3♦ 6♣ T♣ paired neither player, leaving Ouyang’s ace-high good for the taking.

Espen Jorstad bubbled the final table after running into Leon Sturm’s A♠ A♥ with K♠ Q♠ on a queen high board. The final nine is set with Ouyang Jiali in the lead with 3.4 Million in chips.

Chip Count Update

Average stack: 1,611,111 Total chips in play: 14,500,000

Utg Ouyang Jiali opened to 60,000 and saw both players on the blinds come along. On board K♦ J♣ T♣ K♠ 5♦ , Ouyang was seen double barreling both flop and turn, with Stephen O’Dwyer calling both streets behind. River was checked through, revealing O’Dwyer’s K♣ 7♣ , Ouyang with a muck.

11 players remain in contention for the KRW 405,260,000 SHR top prize!

Chip Count Update

Table 1

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Average stack: 1,450,000 Total chips in play: 14,500,000

Utg+1 Thomas Boivin pushed his last 330,000 in with 8♣ 8♠ and was called by chip leader Ouyang Jiali with A♠ 6♠ . Slightly behind, Ouyang’s run good peeled board 3♠ 6♣ T♠ A♦ 5♠ , scooping the win with a nut flush.

Utg Ouyang Jiali opened to 55,000, called by Stephen O’Dwyer from the small blind. Action on big blind Park Christopher, he put in a squeeze to 250,000 and was met with another raise from Ouyang to 555,000. Both players make the fold, earning Ouyang the dead money.

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.

Toma Tsugunari defended his button open and called big blind Ouyang Jiali’s three bet to 80,000. Flop came 2♣ Q♣ J♣ and saw Ouyang fire a 55,000 cbet. Toma put in the call, heading to turn Q♠ . Ouyang sends out another 125,000 and ships the pot shortly after Toma threw in the fold.

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 Calvin Lee opened to 27,000 and was met with a three bet to 60,000 from Ouyang Jiali. Lee completed and headed to flop 8♥ 4♦ 2♠ . Checked to Ouyang, she fired a 40,000 bet, raised by Lee to 110,000 total. Ouyang answered back with a heftier 250,000 and Lee snap folds.

Utg Sturm Leon defended his open vs Ouyang Jiali’s three bet to 57,000 and saw flop J♣ 9♠ 2♠ . Both players checked it through, moving on to turn 2♥ . Sturm churned out a 35,000 bet, called by Ouyang. River 7♦ went check check, showing down Sturm’s 4♦ 4♠ , no good agaisnt Ouyang’s 9♥ T♥ .