Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Buy-in
1,650,000 KRW
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1b of PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event
One starting flight is down and three flights are still to go in PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event.
What could go down as the biggest poker tournament in Korea's history began Thursday with Day 1a, which brought out a field of 54 runners and wound up with 17 survivors when 12 levels were in the books. Dmitrii Kovalevskii had the biggest stack of the bunch, but notables like Sparrow Cheung, Bryan Huang, Pete Chen and Alan Lau all made their marks on the day by advancing to Sunday's Day 2.
As the weekend commences, more and more players are expected to fill Paradise City Hotel & Resort in Incheon to continue building the budding prize pool ₩1,650,000 — or about $1,470 at current exchange rates — at a time.
The plan for Day 1b is nearly identical to Day 1a. Once again, cards are scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. local time. Once again, 12 levels are on top, which each one last 45 minutes and each player beginning with 30,000 in his or her chip stack. There will be no reentry allowed, but eliminated players can still fire on subsequent starting flights. Registration again ends after Level 9.
The big difference is there will be no dinner break in an effort to end things a bit earlier so players can enjoy the player party that PokerStars is providing.
PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day for live updates, so don't go far.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Park's Jack-Eight Three-Bet Pays Off
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Keisuke Hikosaka opened to 200 second to act and called a three-bet to 700 by neighbor Christopher Young Park. They saw a 
flop and Hikosaka came right out betting with 800. Park called. On the 
turn, Hikosaka check-called 1,800. The river was a 
and Hikosaka checked. Park bet 3,800 and Hikosaka called.
Park showed 
for a flush, and Hikosaka had 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,200 | |
|
23,000 |
Kwok Chun Lai Takes a Seat
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field has roughly doubled in size since the first card flew, and one of the players who just took a seat is Kwok Chun Lai.
Lai, who has over $267,000 in live cashes, has been on fire thus far at PokerStars Festival Korea. He took second in the PokerStars Open for $14,932. He followed that up with another second-place finish in an event with a roughly $1,000 buy-in for $6,683. Then, he got sixth in a deepstack for $1,892.
Though he hasn't sealed the deal with a win yet, it's been a profitable run for the Hong Kong native, and we'll see if that continues here.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Lai's Jacks Take One
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Kwok Chun Lai opened for an unknown amount with a T1,000 chip and called a three-bet to 1,200 from an opponent in the hijack. Lai check-called 850 on the 
flop and both players checked the turn and 
river.
Lai opened 
and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Ko Fires Out on the River
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Yuki Ko bet 1,200 from the small blind on a 
flop and got a call from an opponent in the hijack. Ko bet 1,550 more on the 
turn and got popped to 4,400 by his opponent. Ko peeled, and the 
made a four-straight on the river. Ko came right out betting with 7,000, and that got a fold after some thought by the player in the hijack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25