Poker Dream Jeju Wraps Up With John Juanda, Martin Zamani, Christopher Park Banking The Biggest Prizes
The world's elite once again made their way back to Jeju for the 16th edition of Poker Dream. With five figure USD buy in events running alongside more affordable tournaments, it was a festival made for every type of player.
Running for ten days from February 15 to 24 at the Jeju Shinhwa World Resort, the festival wrapped up with seven figure prize pools generating the biggest payouts. Capitalizing were poker legend John Juanda, heavily decorated online and live pro Martin Zamani, and rising player Christopher Park for his first live title.
Poker Dream Jeju 16 By The Numbers
Taking a look at the numbers, the festival paid out well over US$ 7 Million in prizes. Three events generated seven figure USD prize pools with the biggest pot at the Main Event. The Mystery Bounty and deep stacked events were also very popular drawing hundreds of entries and six-figure prize pools.
Event | Buy In | Entries | Prize Pool in USD Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
Main Event | KRW 1,600,000 | 1,384 | 1,792,000 |
$20,000 NLH Superstar Challenge | KRW 30,000,000 | 81 | 1,570,670 |
Super High Roller | KRW 14,500,000 | 123 | 1,129,020 |
$15,000 NLH Superstar Challenge | KRW 22,000,000 | 65 | 924,305 |
High Roller | KRW7,000,000 | 95 | 412,010 |
Mystery Bounty High Roller | KRW 6,000,000 | 159 | 403,405 |
Mystery Bounty | KRW 1,500,000 | 477 | 270,205 |
Mystery Bounty | KRW 810,000 | 494 | 149,400 |
Superstack | KRW 1,920,000 | 203 | 142,795 |
Monster Stack | KRW 1,200,000 | 200 | 127,210 |
Up Next For Poker Dream
With PD Jeju now in the books, players can start planning for the brand's next festival - Poker Dream Malaysia 17 - running from April 10 to 21 at Resorts World Genting. This is the only poker brand hosting events in Malaysia and it has grown to become one of the most sought after festivals in the region. Players can expect wall to wall action running daily. Stay tuned for the schedule.
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China's Li Dong Wins Poker Dream Jeju 16 Main Event
Festival Results
Festival Photos
About the Editor
Tricia David is Somuchpoker's Senior Journalist and Live Event Specialist, covering major poker festivals and tours across the Asia Pacific region. She has been reporting on the region's poker scene for more than a decade, starting with the Asian Poker Tour in 2010 and the Philippine Poker Tour in 2012, and has been a core contributor at Somuchpoker since 2014.
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