Single Day High Roller (5,000,000 KRW)

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

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.

Kyungmin Lee this time, shoved his remaining 115,000, and was called by Lei Yu. In for a race, board 5♣ 4♥ T♥ Q♥ 5♠ missed to pair either, leaving Lee's ace high good for the take down.

Action folded to Lei Yu on the button, who shoved for 250,000, challenged by Kyungmin Lee. A huge underdog, Yu remained in contention, having spiked top pair on board Q♠ T♠ 5♦ 2♠ 3♦ .

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

Full Payouts:

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.

Bin Leng defended his utg open after being faced with a 66,000 three bet from Lei Yu on the small blind. On board Q♦ 7♠ 6♣ T♣ , Yu check called two streets against Leng, with the river 3♠ checked down by both. Yu tables J♦ J♣ and Leng mucks.

Lei Yu opened the action from the cutoff, called by Dawei Lu on the button along with the big blind. Flop 2♦ 2♠ 4♣ was checked to Lu who bet 35,000. Yu check raised to 79,000 and barreled another 68,000 on turn Q♥ after Lu completed. Lu eventually gives it up and folds.

A blind vs blind confrontation saw Lei Yu risk his remaining 77,000 against Mengchao Yi's pocket pair. Running a flip, Yu was this time spared from elimination as board K♦ 7♥ 3♣ Q♣ 2♦ paired up his overcards to survive through.

Mengchao Yi opened from utg and called off a 52,000 jam from Lei Yu behind. Yu in a great spot to double up instead headed for the exit once more after board Q♦ 7♠ 7♥ 4♦ 5♥ paired his opponent for the win.

Lei Yu opened to 3,500 from utg and was joined by Bin Leng and big blind Koichi Chiba on flop 9♣ 6♥ 5♦ . Yu fired a 3,000 cbet, with both opponents continuing to turn T♥ . Action was this time, checked to Leng who bet 8,000. Only Chiba moved on to river 2♠ , but was left unable to get to showdown after Leng sent out a final 31,000.

Having busted out earlier, Lei Yu re-entered the games yet was left in pieces once more after running his remaining 51,000, smack into Zhiyuan Zhang's rockets. Board K♠ 3♠ 4♠ 8♥ 2♠ sent no help for Yu, leaving him headed for the rails a second time.

Dawei Lu opened to 2,800 from the hijack and saw Lei Yu complete on the big blind, revealing flop 8♥ 5♠ J♠ . Lu continued for 3,000, check called by his opponent. On turn 6♠ , Yu led for 7,500, and went for a final 24,000 on river 5♦ . Lu tank called with J♣ T♥ and shipped the pot as Yu revealed a lower two pair 6♣ 4♠ .

With 21,000 in the middle on board K♠ A♠ T♣ 5♣ , action was seen on big blind Dawei Lu with a bet of 15,000. Lei Yu on the button made the call, and tank called off the rest of his chips (55,000) on river 6♣ as Lu pushed all-in.

Lu shows nut straight Q♥ J♣ for Yu's elimination just as he tabled top pair A♥ Q♣ .

Lei Yu completed his big blind following an open from Koichi Chiba, and went on to check raise for 6,600 on flop A♣ K♣ K♠ . Chiba answered with a heftier 18,000 raise, and took down the pot after Yu folded.

Lei Yu defended his utg open and called a 4,000 three bet from Dawei Lu on the small blind. Flop J♥ T♥ 5♦ saw Lu send out another 4,000, Yu again with a call. Both turn T♣ and river Q♦ were checked down, revealing Lu's K♥ K♣ good for the win.

Action folded to Zhiyuan Zhang on the small blind, who raised to 1,400. Lei Yu put in the call behind to see flop 4♥ 6♥ 3♠ . Checked to Yu, he bet 1,600, followed by another 3,500 on turn 9♥ . Zhang check called one street yet folded after Yu continued with aggression.

Koichi Chiba opened from utg to 1,200, and was joined by both Zhiyuan Zhang on the button along with small blind Lei Yu. Action on flop T♦ 2♠ 3♣ was checked to Zhang, who bet 3,000. Yu put in a raise to 7,500, and once again surrendered after Zhang bumped it up further to 16,000.

Shorthanded, Dawei Lu defended his big blind against a 1,200 button open from Lei Yu, and check called a 900 continuation bet on flop 3♠ 8♣ A♥ . On turn 9♣ , Lu led for 4,000 and went on to barrel a final 13,000 on river K♠ . Yu surrenders, shipping Lu the early boost.