2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
83,130,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
1,650,000 KRW
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Ivan Leow Comes Over the Top

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Ivan Leow raised to 23,000 from early position, Jwahyoung Kim called from the small blind, and Sparrow Cheung called from the big blind.

The flop fell {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and action checked to Leow who bet 29,000. Kim check-raised to 80,000, Cheung folded, and Leow re-popped it to 190,000, sending Kim into the tank. After about a minute, Kim folded the {A-Clubs} face up. Leow said he'd bluffed, and Kim seemed skeptical.

"You can show my cards," Leow said to the dealer as he pointed towards the muck before the chips were pushed his way.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
490,000
50,000
50,000
Jwahyoung Kim kr
Jwahyoung Kim
435,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Ivan LeowSeng Yee LeowJwahyoung Kim

Jack Wu Eliminated in 20th Place (₩4,480,000)

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Jack Wu
Jack Wu

Justin Chan informed the PokerNews live reporting team moments ago that Jack Wu got his last 37,000 chips in the middle before the flop holding {A-}{8-} against Chan's {K-}{J-}. The {K-}{J-}{X-} flop gave Chan two pair, and although Wu hit his ace on the {A-} turn, the river was a brick and Chan took the pot to send Wu to the cage.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
230,000
110,000
110,000
Jack Wu tw
Jack Wu
Busted

Tags: Jack WuJustin Chan

Chan and Janik Chop One

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Scott Janik opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Justin Chan called from the big blind.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and both players checked.

The turn brought the {J-Diamonds} and Chan bet 26,000. Janik shoved for about 80,000 and Chan called to put him at risk.

Chan: {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Janik: {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Both players had flopped open-ended straight draws and paired their jacks on the turn, so a chop was guaranteed. The meaningless {Q-Diamonds} fell on the river and they split the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Janik us
Scott Janik
1,310,000
-35,000
-35,000
Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
120,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Chip Counts at Dinner

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on dinner break for one hour.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Janik us
Scott Janik
1,345,000
205,000
205,000
Hiroyuki Noda jp
Hiroyuki Noda
931,000
29,000
29,000
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
840,000
-35,000
-35,000
Mitsuru Sano jp
Mitsuru Sano
713,000
102,000
102,000
Dmitrii Kovalevskii ru
Dmitrii Kovalevskii
606,000
109,000
109,000
Taehoon Han nz
Taehoon Han
560,000
60,000
60,000
Wei Hsiang Yeu my
Wei Hsiang Yeu
489,000
-161,000
-161,000
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
440,000
-150,000
-150,000
Jwahyoung Kim kr
Jwahyoung Kim
410,000
145,000
145,000
Weikuo Hsiao tw
Weikuo Hsiao
405,000
70,000
70,000
Yuichi Sumida jp
Yuichi Sumida
320,000
-199,000
-199,000
Xingbiao Zhu cn
Xingbiao Zhu
240,000
35,000
35,000
Chengbei Li cn
Chengbei Li
210,000
8,000
8,000
Masatoshi Tanaka jp
Masatoshi Tanaka
205,000
19,000
19,000
Jack Wu tw
Jack Wu
175,000
15,000
15,000
Duming Tsai tw
Duming Tsai
140,000
-90,000
-90,000
Harunobu Kojima jp
Harunobu Kojima
122,000
13,000
13,000
Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
120,000
-40,000
-40,000
Masanori Ishihara jp
Masanori Ishihara
111,000
-55,000
-55,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
70,000
-34,000
-34,000

Ko Takes From Zhu

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With about 50,000 chips already in the pot on a flop of {J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} Xingbiao Zhu checked from the big blind and Yuki Ko bet 20,000 from the button. Zhu called.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Zhu checked. Ko bet again, 70,000 this time, and Zhu called.

The river was the {K-Diamonds} and Zhu checked once more. Ko bet 110,000 and Zhu called. Ko showed {K-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a rivered pair of kings and it was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
875,000
276,000
276,000
Xingbiao Zhu cn
Xingbiao Zhu
205,000
-215,000
-215,000

Tags: Xingbiao ZhuYuki Ko

Takumi Samejima Eliminated in 22nd Place (₩4,060,000)

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Takumi Samejima
Takumi Samejima

With about 50,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Takumi Samejima was under the gun and heads-up with Scott Janik in the big blind. Samejima had already committed 20,000 chips and was facing a decision for a total of 45,000 from Janik. After some thought, Samejima reraised to 135,000. Janik took a few moments before he shoved for about 500,000, putting Samejima to a decision for his stack of approximately 400,000. Samejima called fairly quickly and the two players tabled their hands.

Janik: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Samejima: {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

Samejima had flopped aces up but was way behind Janik's flopped set of jacks and needed an ace in order to preserve his tournament life. The {8-Hearts} turn gave both players boats but Janik's was bigger and Samejima still needed help with one card to come. The {2-Diamonds} river changed nothing and Janik took the massive pot to send Samejima to the cage.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Janik us
Scott Janik
1,140,000
398,000
398,000
Takumi Samejima jp
Takumi Samejima
Busted

Tags: Scott JanikTakumi Samejima

Yutaro Sukegawa Eliminated in 23rd Place (₩4,060,000)

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Yutaro Sukegawa opened for 18,000 in the cutoff and was called by the small blind. Scott Janik popped it up to 83,000 in the big blind. Sukegawa shoved all in for 348,000. The small blind folded, and Janik got the count, took about a minute, and then called.

Janik: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Sukegawa: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Janik had Sukegawa dominated, but the {4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop added to Sukegawa's equity by giving him a gutshot. The turn was a {2-Spades} though, and the river a harmless {q-Spades}. Janik had Sukegawa covered by just 20,000 or so.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Janik us
Scott Janik
742,000
362,000
362,000
Yutaro Sukegawa jp
Yutaro Sukegawa
Busted

Tags: Scott JanikYutaro Sukegawa

Updated Chip Counts

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Hiroyuki Noda jp
Hiroyuki Noda
902,000
177,000
177,000
Wei Hsiang Yeu my
Wei Hsiang Yeu
650,000
284,500
284,500
Mitsuru Sano jp
Mitsuru Sano
611,000
136,000
136,000
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
599,000
209,000
209,000
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
590,000
-19,000
-19,000
Yuichi Sumida jp
Yuichi Sumida
519,000
448,500
448,500
Takumi Samejima jp
Takumi Samejima
519,000
224,500
224,500
Taehoon Han nz
Taehoon Han
500,000
75,000
75,000
Dmitrii Kovalevskii ru
Dmitrii Kovalevskii
497,000
32,000
32,000
Xingbiao Zhu cn
Xingbiao Zhu
420,000
-55,000
-55,000
Weikuo Hsiao tw
Weikuo Hsiao
335,000
-235,000
-235,000
Jwahyoung Kim kr
Jwahyoung Kim
265,000
-156,000
-156,000
Duming Tsai tw
Duming Tsai
230,000
6,000
6,000
Chengbei Li cn
Chengbei Li
202,000
124,000
124,000
Masatoshi Tanaka jp
Masatoshi Tanaka
186,000
105,500
105,500
Masanori Ishihara jp
Masanori Ishihara
166,000
62,500
62,500
Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
160,000
-471,000
-471,000
Jack Wu tw
Jack Wu
160,000
-130,000
-130,000
Harunobu Kojima jp
Harunobu Kojima
109,000
-58,000
-58,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
104,000
4,000
4,000