Welcome to Day 1 of the 2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju ₩10,000,000 Super High Roller
At 5 p.m. local time, Day 1 of the most-expensive tournament of the 2019 PokerStars LIVE Asia Red Dragon Jeju festival is scheduled to kick off at the Jeju Shinhwa World - Landing Casino. If the tournaments so far are any indication for what is to expect, another decent field may emerge in the ₩10,000,000 Super High Roller ($8,543).
The most popular festival of the Asia Pacific Region went from strength to strength in the initial ₩5,000,000 High Roller and the ₩2,500,000 Main Event, setting records on South Korean soil for both events.
A field of 155 entries in the ₩5,000,000 High Roller created a prize pool of ₩684,093,000 ($590,366) and it was Liuheng Dai who defeated Yang Zhang to claim his biggest payday on the live circuit thus far. Dai walked away with the top prize of ₩159,052,000 ($137,270) and may very well put a portion of his winnings to use in the Super High Roller.
There was also a Single-Day High Roller during Day 1b of the Main Event and Ben Lai topped a field of 32 entries, the top six spots were guaranteed a portion of the ₩141,232,000 ($121,460) prize pool. Lai defeated Ye Wang in heads-up and earned a payday of ₩48,018,000, he then went on to reach the final two tables of the Main Event.
Day 1 of the Super High Roller will play a total of nine levels of 40 minutes each and the late registration remains open until the start of Day 2 at 1 p.m. local time the following day. Similar to the other two High Roller tournaments, unlimited re-entries are available during the registration period.
The event features the popular big blind ante and a 30-second shot clock, which has become the standard for High Roller events all over the world in the last few years.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 3 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 4 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 5 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| 6 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 7 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 8 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 9 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Since the Main Event required an additional tournament day due to the record-breaking field size, the PokerNews live updates will focus on the final table and once a champion has been crowned, the Super High Roller action will be picked up for the remainder of Day 1.
There is also a scheduled server maintenance that will take place as of 5 p.m. local time. All updates will be provided retroactively as soon as the site is available again.