South Korea, Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT

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World Poker Tour

Calvin Lee

United States of America

Place

1st

Prize

$27,440

Prize (KRW)

₩38,410,000

Blind level

Level 17: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Entries

1/16

Total Chips

1,600,000

Average

1,600,000

Single Day High Roller

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 4:16:27 PM

Calvin Lee Captures First WPT Ring of the Season

Level 17: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Calvin Lee - Single Day High Roller Champion

USA's Calvin Lee booked a fiery start at this season's Jeju Poker Festival with a smashing victory right on opening day. Lee bested a modest field of 16 entries at the Single Day High Roller games, and earned KRW 38,410,000 (~USD 27,440) in winnings following an eleven hour grind. In addition to his top prize, Lee takes with him the coveted WPT trophy, along with the first WPT Ring of the Season for his unremarkable performance.

Date/s: November 15, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 5,000,000 (~USD 3,570)

Entries: 16 (10 unique)

Prize pool: KRW 69,840,000 (~USD 49,900)

ITM: 3 places

Single Day High Roller Full Payouts

Place	Player	Prize (USD)
1	CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	$27,440
2	KL Kyungmin LeeSouth Korea	$14,965
3	LY Lei YuChina	$7,485

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 4:12:40 PM

Lee vs Lee for the Final Victory

Level 17: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Heads Up

Calvin Lee raised all-in on the button and saw final opponent Kyungmin Lee call off for his last 280,000 (14 BB) with a pocket pair. Calvin Lee flopped a ton of outs on 9♦ 2♦ Q♥ A♦ 8♣ and delivered the bust just as the turn filled up his flush to leave Kyungmin Lee drawing dead.

Player	Hand	Chips
KL Kyungmin LeeSouth Korea	5♠5♣ BB	busted
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	K♦8♦ D	1,600,000(80 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 3:53:29 PM

Lei Yu Falls Short in 3rd Place - KRW 10,480,000 (~USD 7,485)

Level 17: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Lei Yu - 3rd Place KRW 10,480,000 (~USD 7,485)

Lei Yu open shoved his entire 380,000 on the button and was called by chip leader Calvin Lee. A favorite to win, Yu was left instantly crushed as an ace high flop A♦ K♦ 5♦ landed on the felt. No fourth diamond came on either turn Q♥ or river K♠ , sealing his run in 3rd place finish.

Player	Hand	Chips
LY Lei YuChina	6♦6♠ D	busted
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	A♠3♣ BB	1,200,000(60 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 3:17:17 PM

Zhiyuan Zhang Bubbles Single Day High Roller

Level 16: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Zhiyuan Zhang

Down short right at the big blind, Zhiyuan Zhang went with A♦ 5♦ for his four big blind stack (65,000) and was called by button raiser Calvin Lee. Attempting to crawl in the money, Zhang missed the cut by one after his opponent landed top pair on Q♥ 2♦ 7♣ 6♠ 4♥ to knock him out.

Player	Hand	Chips
ZZ Zhiyuan ZhangChina	A♦5♦ BB	busted
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	Q♠T♥ D	780,000(52 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 3:15:16 PM

Bubble Time Chip Count Update

Break

Today's Single Day High Roller highlight is on bubble time with one more bust to go before the money trickles in.

Player	Chips
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	730,000
LY Lei YuChina	410,000
KL Kyungmin LeeSouth Korea	405,000
ZZ Zhiyuan ZhangChina	80,000

Full Payouts:

Place	Payout (USD)
1	$27,440
2	$14,965
3	$7,485

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 2:49:12 PM

Calvin Lee Cracks Aces for the Lead

Level 15: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Lei Yu defended his big blind against a 26,000 utg open from Calvin Lee. On board 3♥ K♥ 4♣ 8♦ 2♥ , Yu check called all three streets including a final all-in from Lee by the river. Lee reveals two pair K♦ 8♠ , sending Yu's disguised A♥ A♦ unfortunately, towards the muck.

Player	Chips
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	558,000(47 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	436,000(36 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 2:38:19 PM

Calvin Lee Pulls a Magic Trick

Level 15: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Calvin Lee

Two spots to the money, Calvin Lee risked his tournament life (159,000) with A♥ Q♣ and was up against Zhiyuan Zhang's 9♠ 9♥ for a crucial flip. Zhang instantly landed the favor on flop 5♦ 9♣ J♣ , yet shot down as runout K♠ T♦ ran a runner runner straight for his opponent.

Player	Chips
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	342,000(29 BB)
ZZ Zhiyuan ZhangChina	101,000(8 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 1:48:27 PM

Bin Leng Continues to Dominate

Level 13: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Calvin Lee

Bin Leng defended his big blind against Calvin Lee's 16,000 cutoff open, and check called for another 9,000 on flop K♥ 8♥ 4♥ . On turn 5♣ , Leng led for 20,000, followed by a final 28,000 on river 3♦ . Lee opts out and throws in the fold.

Player	Chips
BL Bin LengChina	479,000(60 BB)
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	127,000(16 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 1:46:57 PM

Chip Count Update

Level 13: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Bin Leng

Player	Chips
BL Bin LengChina	407,000(51 BB)
DL Dawei LuChina	340,000(43 BB)
KL Kyungmin LeeSouth Korea	220,000(28 BB)
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	220,000(28 BB)
ZZ Zhiyuan ZhangChina	211,000(26 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	205,000(26 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/15/2024, 1:08:57 PM

Calvin Lee Shaves Some Off Dawei Lu

Level 9: 2,000 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Calvin Lee

With 30,000 in the pot on board 9♣ 5♦ A♥ 6♦ 4♠ , action was seen on Calvin Lee with a final bet of 25,000. Chip leader Dawei Lu check called, yet mucked as Lee turned over A♦ T♣ for top pair.

Player	Chips
DL Dawei LuChina	377,000(126 BB)
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	132,000(44 BB)