2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

KRW 4,350,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
95
Prize
72,160,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
4,350,000 KRW
Entries
62
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

Yotsushika Bets and Wins

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

With about 4,000 chips already in the pot on a flop of {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, Kazuhiko Yotsushika checked from the big blind and Takumi Samejima checked behind from the hijack.

The turn brought the {3-Spades}, Yotsushika bet 1,500, and Samejima called.

The river was the {3-Hearts} and Yotsushika bet again, 3,500 this time. Samejima folded and Yotsushika took the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
52,200
8,200
8,200
Takumi Samejima jp
Takumi Samejima
48,200
-9,300
-9,300

Tags: Kazuhiko YotsushikaTakumi Samejima

Ogura Takes One

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Takashi Ogura
Takashi Ogura

Takashi Ogura raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and Chun Ho Edward Yam called from the big blind.

The flop came {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades} and Yam checked. Ogura bet 1,100 and Yam called.

The turn brought the {K-Spades} and Yam check-called a bet of 2,200 from Ogura.

The river was the {3-Spades} and Yam checked. Ogura bet 4,000 and Yam folded.

Player Chips Progress
Chun Ho Edward Yam hk
Chun Ho Edward Yam
38,200
38,200
38,200
Takashi Ogura jp
Takashi Ogura
30,500
6,700
6,700

Tags: Chun Ho Edward YamTakashi Ogura

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Yam Fires the River

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

With approximately 7,000 chips already in the pot and the board reading {Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, Yuki Ko checked from the small blind and after a bit of thought, Chun Ho Edward Yam checked behind from under the gun.

The river brought the {10-Spades} and Ko checked. Yam bet 4,000, Ko quickly folded, and Yam took the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Chun Ho Edward Yam hk
Chun Ho Edward Yam
48,000
9,800
9,800
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
41,500
3,400
3,400

Tags: Yuki KoChun Ho Edward Yam

Lau Applying Pressure

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Alan Lau
Alan Lau

With about 4,500 chips already in the middle on a flop of {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{3-Spades}, Linh Tran checked from the small blind, Alan Lau checked from the big blind, and Aki Virtanen checked behind from the cutoff.

The turn brought the {6-Spades} and Tran bet 2,600. After a few moments of consideration, Lau raised to 6,300. Virtanen quickly folded, Tran did the same shortly thereafter, and Lau took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
58,300
17,100
17,100
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
53,000
-11,000
-11,000
Aki Virtanen fi
Aki Virtanen
28,100
-6,400
-6,400

Tags: Aki VirtanenAlan LauLinh Tran

Lew Gets Paid With the Nuts

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Randy Lew
Randy Lew

With a substantial pot of at least 10,000 already brewing and the completed board reading {Q-}{Q-}{7-}{J-Diamonds}{2-}, PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew bet 8,500 and his lone opponent called. Lew tabled {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs} for the turned nut boat, his opponent sent his cards into the muck, and Lew took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
74,600
22,200
22,200

Tags: Randy Lew

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Takashi Ogura got stacked, re-entered, and is now seated with a brand new stack at a different table across from Randy Lew.

Player Chips Progress
Keisuke Hikosaka jp
Keisuke Hikosaka
88,000
57,500
57,500
Elias Gutierrez es
Elias Gutierrez
79,500
13,300
13,300
Run It Once
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
73,000
-1,600
-1,600
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
61,200
5,800
5,800
Shinji Kashima jp
Shinji Kashima
55,300
-9,900
-9,900
Takashi Ogura jp
Takashi Ogura
50,000
19,500
19,500
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
48,500
-4,500
-4,500
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
47,200
-11,100
-11,100
Takumi Samejima jp
Takumi Samejima
45,800
-2,400
-2,400
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
40,800
-12,700
-12,700
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
39,600
-1,900
-1,900
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
27,000
-25,200
-25,200
Antti Halme fi
Antti Halme
24,400
-27,400
-27,400
Aki Virtanen fi
Aki Virtanen
20,600
-7,500
-7,500