Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Antti Halme Loses Some and Then the Rest
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With about 22,000 already in the pot and the completed board reading 
, Antti Halme bet 10,000 from the big blind and Yuto Watanabe called from under the gun. Wanatabe tabled 
for top pair, top kicker and Halme mucked.
The next hand, it looked like he jammed from the small blind over a raise from the cutoff and got a call from his opponent. Halme had 
and his opponent held 
. The board was no help to Halme and he has been eliminated.
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
Busted |
An's Small Bet Gets Him Nowhere
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Hyeonwoo An (middle position) and Chengbei Li (cutoff) each put in 8,000 on the turn with the board reading 
, and the river brought a 
for a four-flush. An bet 5,000 into a pot of roughly 27,000, an Li fired in a big raise to 25,000. An thought only briefly before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | |
|
90,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
Some Updated Chip Counts
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,400
44,900
|
44,900 |
|
|
96,400
-30,600
|
-30,600 |
|
73,000
50,700
|
50,700 |
|
72,200
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
64,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
|
|
41,800
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
37,600
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
21,000
-37,300
|
-37,300 |
|
|
20,500
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
|
18,400
18,400
|
18,400 |
Photos: PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event Day 1c
Photos by Long Guan.
Tamaya Takes from Taenaka
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Keisuke Taenaka raised to 2,100 from the hijack and Naohito Tamaya three-bet to 6,100 from the big blind. After a bit of consideration, Taenaka called.
The flop fell 
and Tamaya bet 12,000. Taenaka folded 
face up and Tamaya took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Choi Gets Lucky
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ikmyung Choi opened for 2,500 in middle position and got three-bet to 8,000 by a player on the button. Choi responded by shoving all in, but he knew he was in trouble when his opponent snap-called.
Choi: 
Button: 
The flop changed things in a hurry in Choi's favor. The turn and 
river kept him best. Stacks were cut down and Choi had about 37,000, while his opponent had around 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,000
14,100
|
14,100 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Matsumoto Fades the Ace
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Hroshi Matsumoto got his whole stack of 10,900 in preflop holding 
and was put at risk by an opponent holding . The board ran out 
, safe for Matsumoto to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,900 |
Yam Building a Stack
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Chun Ho Edward Yam was in the big blind and heads-up against the button on a flop of 
. Yam checked, the button bet 1,200, and Yam called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and Yam bet 4,100. His opponent folded and Yam took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000
55,400
|
55,400 |