₩5,000,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started
2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju
₩5,000,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju
Buy-in
5,000,000 KRW
Prize Pool
684,093,000 KRW
Entries
155
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
140
Players Left
96
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju ₩5,000,000 High Roller
The 2019 PokerStars LIVE Asia Red Dragon Jeju festival takes place from November 9th to 15th, 2019, and the highly anticipated Main Event is running from November 10th to 13th, 2019 at the Landing Casino on Jeju Island in South Korea.
It is the second time that the Red Dragon takes place in Jeju under the new brand name as it used to be the flagship tournament of the Macau Poker Cup since it's inception back in 2008.
Besides the Main Event, there will plenty of High Roller action and the second-most expensive tournament of the schedule comes with a buy-in of ₩5,000,000, which equals approximately $4,315. Poker enthusiasts from near and far are expected to join the action for the two-day event.
The ₩5,000,000 High Roller features levels of 40 minutes throughout with a 30-second shot clock from start-to-finish. Day 1 will play a total of nine levels and unlimited re-entries are available throughout the registration period at the end of level 10 on Day 2. All participants receive 50,000 in chips ad the starting blinds will be 100-200 with a big blind ante of 200.
Stay tuned to find out who will take a shot at the PokerStars spadie trophy that will be up for grabs in this event. PokerNews will be on the floor to provide all the action from start to finish.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
First Batch of Notables
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Among others, Yake Wu and Jun Obara have taken a seat shortly after the cards were in the air. There are three tables currently running with 22 players registered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Tao To the Top Early On
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Picking up the action on the 
turn, Lei Yu checked out of the big blind and called a bet worth 2,000 by Ruihong Tao
on the cutoff. The 
on the river was checked by Yu once more and he paid off a bet worth 10,000 to get shown 
for the queen-high straight to win the first big pot of the day.
One hand later, Tao opened to 500 and Minh Le three-bet to 1,700 on the button, Tao made the call.
The flop came 
and Tao check-called a bet of 1,600. Both checked the 
turn and Tao's bet of 3,600 on the 
river won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
47,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -15,000 |
Small Pot for Zimmerman
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Joshua Zimmerman bet the 
flop out of turn for 200 and once his opponent had checked, his bet stood and was called. No betting action followed on the 
turn and 
river to see Zimmerman table the 
for a pair of nines as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,500 | 50,500 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
New Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are now up to 39 entries in the field with Hao Tian, Huidong Gu, Phachara Wongwichit, Jamie Lee and Edgar Kim all seated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Wang Chips Up
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the tail end of a bigger pot with the board showing 
, Chunqing Wang made it 8,500 to go and his sole remaining opponent made the call. Wang tabled the 
for trips fives and won the pot as Jia Tang mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 62,000 |
|
38,000 |
Kim Forces Fold
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Edgar Kim was among the initial batch of players that set down but has already been moved twice to accommodate the growing field.
On his second table he was involved in a battle cutoff versus small blind and led the 
flop for 1,500, which his opponent called. On the 
turn, Kim made it 5,000 to go and that won the pot right there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 | 3,000 |