Keisuke Hikosaka opened to 200 second to act and called a three-bet to 700 by neighbor Christopher Young Park. They saw a flop and Hikosaka came right out betting with 800. Park called. On the turn, Hikosaka check-called 1,800. The river was a and Hikosaka checked. Park bet 3,800 and Hikosaka called.
One starting flight is down and three flights are still to go in PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event.
What could go down as the biggest poker tournament in Korea's history began Thursday with Day 1a, which brought out a field of 54 runners and wound up with 17 survivors when 12 levels were in the books. Dmitrii Kovalevskii had the biggest stack of the bunch, but notables like Sparrow Cheung, Bryan Huang, Pete Chen and Alan Lau all made their marks on the day by advancing to Sunday's Day 2.
As the weekend commences, more and more players are expected to fill Paradise City Hotel & Resort in Incheon to continue building the budding prize pool ₩1,650,000 — or about $1,470 at current exchange rates — at a time.
The plan for Day 1b is nearly identical to Day 1a. Once again, cards are scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. local time. Once again, 12 levels are on top, which each one last 45 minutes and each player beginning with 30,000 in his or her chip stack. There will be no reentry allowed, but eliminated players can still fire on subsequent starting flights. Registration again ends after Level 9.
The big difference is there will be no dinner break in an effort to end things a bit earlier so players can enjoy the player party that PokerStars is providing.
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flop and Hikosaka came right out betting with 800. Park called. On the 
turn, Hikosaka check-called 1,800. The river was a 
and Hikosaka checked. Park bet 3,800 and Hikosaka called.
for a flush, and Hikosaka had 
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