KRW 4,350,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
KRW 4,350,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Buy-in
4,350,000 KRW
Entries
62
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Day 1 of PokerStars Festival Korea ₩4,350,000 High Roller Is In The Books
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The ₩4,350,000 High Roller at the inaugural PokerStars Festival Korea attracted 45 entries and generated a prize pool of ₩174,600,000, the approximate equivalent of just over $155,000. Twenty-three players bagged chips at the conclusion of play with China's Boyuan Qu at the head of the pack with 253,400. Team PokerStars Online Pro Randy Lew (203,700) was the only other player to bag a stack of over 200,000. Shinji Kashima (191,400), Elias Gutierrez (190,000), and Wei Hsiang Yeu (188,100) aren't far behind, having also spun up their 50,000-chip starting stacks quite nicely over the course of the 12 levels played today.
Several other familiar faces have advanced to Day 2, including Albert Paik (167,600), Sparrow Cheung (131,300), Alan Lau (51,800). Pete Chen, who has already made two final tables at PokerStars Festival Korea in preliminary events, also bagged chips with a stack of 43,100, and Takashi Ogura bagged the short stack with 26,400.
Unfortunately, not all of the fan favorites survived to the end of Day 1 play. PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin, Phanlert Sukonthachartnant, and Keisuke Hikosaka had all been sent to the rail by the time play concluded.
Day 2 begins at noon local time on Friday and late registration will remain open until the end of level 14, so there's a whole lot of poker left to be played in this event. Check back here for updates from the PokerNews live reporting team on the action in the PokerStars Festival Korea High Roller and Main Event, which is also already underway.
The seat draw for Day 2 is as follows:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Randy Lew | United States | 203,700 |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel Demicki | Poland | 81,400 |
| 1 | 4 | Horzuchi Yutaka | Japan | 42,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Aki Virtanen | Finland | 32,700 |
| 1 | 7 | Elias Guitierrez | Spain | 190,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Park Yu Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 131,300 |
| 2 | 1 | Damian Zachowicz | Poland | 40,200 |
| 2 | 2 | Shinji Kashima | Japan | 191,400 |
| 2 | 4 | Yen Han Pete Chen | Taiwan | 43,100 |
| 2 | 6 | Takumi Samejima | Japan | 124,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Geoffrey Mooney | Australia | 59,900 |
| 2 | 8 | Takayuki Iwamoto | Japan | 34,900 |
| 3 | 1 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 98,600 |
| 3 | 2 | Antti Halme | Finland | 37,600 |
| 3 | 4 | Albert Paik | United States | 147,400 |
| 3 | 6 | Yang Zhang | China | 63,400 |
| 3 | 7 | Seng Yee Leow | Malaysia | 49,100 |
| 3 | 8 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 84,900 |
| 4 | 1 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 24,400 |
| 4 | 2 | King Lune Alan Lau | Hong Kong | 51,800 |
| 4 | 4 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 50,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Boyouan Qu | China | 253,400 |
| 4 | 7 | Wei Hsiang Yeu | Malaysia | 188,100 |
End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
213,400 | -47,600 |
|
203,700 | 117,700 |
|
191,400 | -6,600 |
|
190,000 | 77,800 |
|
188,100 | 188,100 |
|
167,600 | -35,400 |
|
131,300 | 66,800 |
|
124,000 | 104,000 |
|
98,699 | 98,699 |
|
86,900 | 71,900 |
|
81,400 | 81,400 |
|
57,900 | 57,900 |
|
51,800 | -55,200 |
|
50,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
49,100 | 49,100 |
|
43,100 | 13,400 |
|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
|
|
40,200 | -33,300 |
|
37,600 | -7,900 |
|
|
34,900 | 34,900 |
|
32,700 | -108,300 |
|
26,400 | -7,100 |
Boyuan Qu Stacks Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant got all his chips in the middle before the flop against Boyuan Qu, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Sukonthachartnant: 
Qu: 
Qu had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Sukonthachartnant needed help in order to double up. The board ran out 
and Qu's hand was still best, so he took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
261,000 | 97,500 |
|
Busted |
Five More Hands
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Players will play five more hands before bagging chips for the night.
Ko Felted by Paik
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Yuki Ko was in the small blind and got his entire stack of approximately 60,000 in the middle before the flop against Albert Paik in the big blind.
Ko: 
Paik: 
Paik had a sizeable lead preflop and Ko needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out 
and Paik's pocket tens held up to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
203,000 | 19,500 |
|
Busted |
Shinji Kashima Climbing
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Randy Lew raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Shinji Kashima three-bet to 12,000 from the cutoff. Lew called.
The flop fell 
and Lew checked. Kashima bet 7,000 and Lew called.
The turn brought the and Lew checked. Kashima bet again, 33,000 this time, and Lew quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
198,000 | 150,500 |
|
|
86,000 | -29,600 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
183,500 | 22,500 |
|
|
163,500 | 63,500 |
|
|
141,000 | 120,400 |
|
|
115,600 | 19,600 |
|
|
112,200 | 200 |
|
|
107,000 | 14,500 |
|
|
104,700 | 56,700 |
|
|
73,500 | -39,300 |
|
|
61,800 | 1,500 |
|
|
45,500 | -5,300 |
|
|
33,500 | -18,500 |
|
|
29,700 | -8,300 |
|
|
27,800 | 13,300 |
|
23,700 | -24,800 |
|
|
15,000 | -114,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Keisuke Hikosaka Stacked by Sparrow Cheung
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Keisuke Hikosaka and Sparrow Cheung were in the blinds and got all the chips in before the flop. Hikosaka had about 20,000 chips to start the hand and Cheung had the larger of the two stacks.
Hikosaka: 
Cheung: 
Hikosaka had the preflop advantage but that changed when the flop fell 
to give Cheung trip kings. The 
turn and 
river were no help to Hikosaka and Cheung took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,500 | 14,300 |
|
|
Busted |