Poker Dream Jeju 12 Super High Roller Sets Triple Record Breaker

Since the start of the festival, the world’s poker elite have been lighting up the high stakes events at Poker Dream Jeju 12, leading to two massive seven-figure prize pools. Today, the brand hit yet another milestone as the Super High Roller made that a hat trick, setting multiple records for the brand.

Record Breaking Poker Dream Jeju 12 Super High Roller

Kicking off with a bang on October 1, 2024, Day 1 of the two-day Super High Roller event drew an impressive 150 runners setting the stage for a possible new record turnout. As action resumed today, that goal drew closer as more players eagerly took advantage of the last three levels (2 hours) of late registration.

At the close, a stunning 60 entries was added to the count, pushing the total to a whopping 210 entries! This  shattered all previous numbers making it the largest Super High Roller field in Poker Dream history. As well, for the first time, the prize pool soared into seven-figure territory with the champion guaranteed to pocket near $300K.

Record Numbers

• Largest turnout: 210 entries
• Largest SHR prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)
• Largest SHR first prize: ₩396,300,000 (~US$ 299,150)

• Date: October 1-2, 2024
• Buy in: ₩10,000,000 (~$7,328)
• Entries: 210
• Prize pool: ₩1,874,040,000 (~US$ 1,414,600)
• ITM: 31 places

Entry Results

• Day 1: 150 entries
• Day 2: 60 entries

The Super High Roller is ongoing at the Jeju Shinhwa Landing Casino. At the time of posting, 44 players remained led by China’s Mingcong Chen. Other players still in contention are overnight chip leader Dingxiang Ong, Tony Lin, Winfred Yu, Webster Chin Wei Lim, Kosei Ichinose, Niko Koop Anton Lu, Steve Yea, and Cai Wenqing to mention a few.

Who will bring home the title? Find out via the Somuchpoker Daily Updates. You can also watch the feature table livestream on the Poker Dream YouTube channel.