Main Event
Day 1d Started
Main Event
Day 1d Started
With three flights in the books, there's just one last and final chance to qualify for Day 2 of the biggest live tournament series to hit Korea. Days 1a, 1b and 1c are all wrapped up, and anyone wishing to take this last chance will have to be ready for the fastest-paced action yet.
That's because Day 1d is a turbo flight featuring all of the same levels as the other flights but shortened to just 20 minutes apiece. Everything else stays the same: 30,000 per starting stack, one entry per flight and registration will end when Level 10 gets going.
So far, 74 players have advanced to Sunday's Day 2, and we'll see who will emerge from the turbo Day 1 to join them.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
With about 1,500 chips already in the pot on a flop of , Elias Gutierrez bet 1,100 from the big blind into his lone opponent, Ryuichi Saitoh, who was on the button. Saitoh raised to 4,000, sending Gutierrez into the tank fairly briefly before he ultimately folded, and Saitoh took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryuichi Saitoh
|
32,800
32,800
|
32,800 |
Elias Gutierrez |
27,200
27,200
|
27,200 |
On Friday evening, Boyuan Qu emerged victorious in the PokerStars Festival Korea ₩4,350,000 buy-in High Roller event, where he came out on top of a field of 62 entries to take the top prize of ₩72,160,000, which was the biggest live cash of his career, and he's just taken his seat in this event to make an attempt at back-to-back victories.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Boyuan Qu |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Simon Burns opened to 400 from the button, Jun Hasegawa called from the small blind, and the big blind three-bet to 1,500. Burns called and the small blind called, as well.
The flop came and action checked to Burns who bet 1,500. Hasegawa called and the big blind folded.
The turn brought the and Hasegawa checked. Burns bet 2,500 and Hasegawa check-raised to 6,000. Burns called.
The river was the and Hasegawa tossed out a bet of 10,000. After a bit of thought, Burns folded, and Hasegawa took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jun Hasegawa
|
36,500 | |
Simon Burns |
21,200
21,200
|
21,200 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
With about 2,000 chips already in the pot on a flop of , the small blind checked to Nishiyama Hiroshi, who was under the gun, and he bet 1,700. Celina Lin folded from the hijack and the player in the cutoff called.
The turn brought the and Hiroshi bet 7,000. The cutoff called.
The river was the and Hiroshi bet again, 5,000 this time. The cutoff called and Hiroshi quickly flipped over for aces full of fours. The cutoff tossed his cards into the muck and Hiroshi took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nishiyama Hiroshi
|
54,400 | |
Celina Lin |
25,800
25,800
|
25,800 |
We found Young Ki Choi with 17,000 in front of him on the button, facing an all-in shove for 28,875 by a player in the big blind. According to a third player at the table, action began with a preflop open to 525, a call and then a raise to 2,000 by Choi. The big blind made it 7,000 and Choi responded with his five-bet. Choi wound up calling after some thought.
Choi:
Big blind:
"One time," the big blind requested.
It looked good for him after the flop, but the turn made things hairy as Choi picked up a flush draw. He hit the on the river to pair up for the win instead.
"I didn't put you on aces or kings because I had the blockers," Choi said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Young Ki Choi
|
65,000 |