Song Ying Leads Final 16 Of The Inaugural Poker Dream Jeju Main Event; Winfred Yu, Martin Nielsen Win Dragons

10/05/2024

It took twelve 50-minute levels of Day 2 play for the inaugural Poker Dream Jeju Main Event to trim down the 179-player field to the final 16. Two players closed the day just 1 bb apart. At the helm was Song Ying with 5,905,000 (74 bb) and Zhou Yang with 5,800,000 (73 bb). Over at the side events, the poker world’s biggest names hoisted Poker Dream dragon trophies, Winfred Yu and Martin Nielsen. Here are the highlights.

Poker Dream Jeju 12 – Main Event Live Updates
Main Event – Day 2 Chip Counts
Main Event – Payouts

Poker Dream Jeju Main Event – Day 2

The Poker Dream Jeju Main Event kicked off on September 30 with eleven flights spread across five days. Featuring an ambitious guarantee of ₩2.8 Billion / US$2 Million, the largest ever by the brand, a big crowd was seen at Day 1H with 350 entries. In total, 1,656 signed up – mostly from China and from Malaysia – to just spill over for a closing prize pool of ₩2,835,154,800 / ~US$ 2,140,100).

Entering Day 2, only 181 advanced, each one guaranteed a cash return. With many short stacks in the field, it was action packed from the start resulting in a stunning 42 dropouts in the first level. Among the first to go were notables Xixiang Luo (160th), Ling Tien Loon (156th), Kosei Ichinose (151st), Julian Warhurst (126th), Wai Kiat Lee (125th), and Dream Player of the Year winner You Jun Hong (107th).

As the day wore on, Super High Roller 3rd placer Anton Lu was stopped in 22nd place while runner up Steve Yea and 6th placer Teng Kah Yew held on to secure a final 16 berth. The day’s entering chip leader Soriano Ramos also survived the day’s challenges.

Song Ying Steals The Chip Lead

Song Ying Tops Final 16 of the Poker Dream Jeju Main Event

At 20 remaining, Song Ying won a three-way pot that sent her stack catapulting to second in chips. She proceeded to eliminate Ge Zhigang in 18th place to steal the top spot from Zhou Yang. Day 2 wrapped up at the elimination of Zou Haichao in 17th place with pocket Fours losing the flip against Xue Song‘s Ace-King.

Main Event – Review

Date: September 30 to October 6, 2024
Buy in: ₩1,200,000 / ₩1,600,000 / ₩2,400,000
Guarantee: ₩2.8 Billion / US$2 Million
Entries: 1,656
Prize pool: ₩2,835,154,800 / ~US$ 2,140,100)
ITM: 181 players

Final 16 players

Player	Flag	Stack	BB
Song Ying	China	5905000	74
Zhou Yang	China	5800000	73
Guo Pengcheng	China	4055000	51
Xue Song	China	3500000	44
Teng Kah Yew	Malaysia	2340000	29
Jin Wang	China	2345000	29
Kong Qingtao	China	2100000	26
Chen Hao	China	1890000	24
Chen Jianbin	China	1715000	21
Yuan Yiwen	China	1460000	18
Soriano Ramos	Spain	1305000	16
Wang Wei	China	1200000	15
Zhang Tianwei	China	1055000	13
Chen Xiong	China	980000	12
Lim Yat Yoong	Malaysia	960000	12
Steve Yea	Korea	770000	10

The final stage to the top of the podium kicks off at 1pm on October 6. Everyone is guaranteed ₩22,500,000 (~US$ 16,985) while awaiting the eventual champion is a jaw dropping ₩453,400,000 (~US$ 342,248).

Remaining Payouts

Place	Payout in KR₩	~USD equivalent
1	453,400,000	343,855
2	265,554,800	201,395
3	187,000,000	141,819
4	139,300,000	105,644
5	107,700,000	81,679
6	80,100,000	60,747
7	61,200,000	46,414
8	43,700,000	33,142
9	33,900,000	25,709
10-11	27,800,000	21,083
12-13	25,100,000	19,036
14-15	22,500,000	17,064
16	19,900,000	15,092

Poker Dream Jeju 12 Side Events Update

Winfred Yu Wins Short Deck Ante Only

Prior to the Short Deck Ante Only, Hong Kong pro Winfred Yu was seen at the $30,000 NLH final table where he fell one spot short of the title against Tan Xuan. Well, not the case tonight with Yu coming from behind to defeat fellow pro Danny Tang in a grueling heads up match that took a few hours to complete. Yu locked up the title and his third Poker Dream high roller dragon.

Date: October 4, 2024
Buy in: ₩7,000,000 (~US$ 5,130)
Entries: 25
Prize pool: ₩156,170,000 (~US$ 117,885)
ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st Winfred Yu – ₩57,800,000 (~US$ 43,800)
2nd Danny Tang – ₩39,870,000 (~US$ 30,215)
3rd Sean Ooi – ₩25,400,000 (~US$ 19,250)
4th Xu Jieming – ₩18,300,000 (~US$ 13,865)
5th Ling Tien Loon – ₩14,800,000 (~US$ 11,215)

Martin Nielsen Wins Single Day High Roller

First Poker Dream victory for Martin Nielsen to hoist a silver dragon to add to his WSOP bracelet. Nielsen crushed the Single Day High Roller, amassing a monstrous stack well before the final table and never relinquished.

Date: October 3, 2024
Buy in: ₩6,000,000 (~US$ 4,397)
Entries: 110
Prize pool: ₩588,984,000 (~US$ 446,360)
ITM: 15 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KRW
1	Nielsen Martin	Denmark	151,600,000
2	Shaoming Li	China	104,184,000
3	Li Xiaolu	China	68,300,000
4	Sua Shung Er	Malaysia	55,400,000
5	Wu Yansong	China	44,500,000
6	Liu Jun	China	34,800,000
7	Yu Lei	China	27,400,000
8	Jargalsaikhan Nyam-Ochir	Mongolia	20,900,000
9	Guo Pengcheng	China	15,300,000