Super High Roller

Action began with a late position open and a button call from Leon Sturm. Big blind Yu Lei stuffed his remaining 580,000 in with A♥ J♣ and was called by Sturm with A♣ Q♠ . In rough shape, Yu headed for the rails after the board 4♥ 6♠ J♠ 5♠ 3♠ ran a flush for the German.

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

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

Chip Count Update

Table 1

Featured Table

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

Utg Yu Lei minraised with T♠ T♥ and called Stephen O’Dwyer’s 555,000 all-in. O’Dwyer with A♣ J♥ was down for a flip and managed to lock in a full double up after a jack-high board faced up on the felt.

Action began on Yu Lei who opened to 55,000, joined by Calvin Lee right behind along with the big blind. On flop J♥ 3♦ T♠ , Yu continued for 40,000 and shortly after called Lee’s 165,000 all-in.

Lee J♣ 9♣ Yu K♠ Q♠

Gunning for several outs, Yu spiked the 9♥ on the river to complete his straight and knock out his opponent.

Utg Yu Lei opened to 45,000 and called off Toma Tsugunari’s 15 BB jam.

Toma A♦ J♣ Yu Q♦ Q♥

The board ran Q♣ 3♦ 2♥ 5♣ 9♥ , sending Toma quickly out of the running.

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 

A three bet pot, 80,000 was already in the middle on flop J♥ 6♦ 2♠ . Big blind Yu Lei check called 22,000 from opponent Thomas Boivin, and another 33,000 on turn 6♣ . River 9♠ was checked by both players, Yu revealing K♦ K♠ to take it down.

Utg+1 Yu Lei bumped it up to 6,500 and was met with a raise by Zhou Quan behind to 19,500. Yu answered with a four bet to 51,500, enough to convince Zhou to throw in the towel.

Yu Lei opened on the button and was joined by both players on the blinds on flop 9♦ K♠ 5♥ . Checked to Yu, he continued for 2,500, raised by small blind Zhou Quan to 10,000. Big blind opts out and Yu makes the call. On turn 3♥ , Zhou check called a 47,000 bet from Yu and another 235,000 on river 6♣ . Yu reveals top set K♣ K♥ and packs in the win.

Button Yu Lei opened to 4,000 and was met with a three bet to 16,000 from big blind Valeriy Pak. Yu completes and heads to flop T♥ K♥ 4♥ . Pak continues for 25,000, called by Yu. Turn J♥ went check check, peeling river 2♥ . Yu fires a final 36,000, Pak with a check 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.

Phil Ivey defended his big blind vs utg Yu Lei’s 3,000 open and saw flop 8♣ 7♠ J♥ . Action was checked through to turn Q♣ where Yu fired a 6,000 delayed cbet, called by Ivey. River J♣ saw Yu bet out another 11,000, Ivey with a final call. Yu shows A♠ A♣ and takes down the pot.