Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2017 PokerStars Festival Korea
Buy-in
1,650,000 KRW
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Randy Lew Stumbles Late but Finds a Bag on Day 1c
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
After the two opening flights of PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event drew 120 players total, Day 1c nearly matched that amount with 118 runners, pushing the three-flight total to 238.
PokerStars Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew was one of the 38 players who found bags at the conclusion of 12 levels of play, but it didn't come easily for Lew as he had to overcome a major pitfall late.
It looked like it was going to be a good day for Lew, who chipped up early and seemed to hold an above average stack much of the way. However, on Level 12, he got in a big all-in preflop pot for a huge pile of chips, about 200,000. Lew held ace-king against pocket jacks of Yang Zhang, but a short-stacked player also got in there with king-queen, blocking some of Lew's equity. A brick-tastic ten-high board hit the felt and left Lew with less than 20 big blinds.
Lew recovered a bit from there to bag 52,700. He's coming off of a strong showing at the WSOP Main Event, where he finished 159th for $53,247. He also came in hot here in Korea, showing up and immediately cashing for fifth place in the High Roller for $17,552. He'll be just a bit over 20 big blinds when play resumes on Day 2, so despite the late stumble, he's still got a pulse in the Main Event.
Lew and everyone else who bagged is looking up in the counts at Scott Janik, one of the few American players participating in the tournament. Janik, who doesn't have any documented live results to his credit, bagged 215,800.
Naohito Tamaya (204,800), Masatoshi Tanaka (162,000), Hiroyuki Noda (153,400) and Zhang (152,500) round out the top five.
With just under $1 million in live cashes, Zhang is one of the more accomplished players to fire here in Korea. He spent much of the summer in Las Vegas, where he notched four cashes at the WSOP and another at Venetian.
Lew's fellow PokerStars-sponsored player, Team Pro Celina Lin, was not as successful as her teammate. She made a thin call with ace-king on a ten-high flop against a player holding jack-ten, costing her most of her chips early on. She was unable to recover, running pocket queens into aces to lose the last of her stack.
Lin and anyone else yet to make it on to Day 2 still has one more chance as a turbo Day 1d is already under way. With 20 minute levels, it figures to be a fast-paced sprint over the next few hours, and we'll see who else can punch a ticket to Sunday.
End of Day 1c Counts (full)
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,800 | 60,800 |
|
204,800 | 163,800 |
|
162,000 | 162,000 |
|
153,400 | 132,400 |
|
152,500 | -45,500 |
|
|
146,100 | 146,100 |
|
129,600 | 11,600 |
|
|
128,200 | 128,200 |
|
|
125,900 | 10,900 |
|
|
121,500 | 121,500 |
|
|
115,200 | 74,200 |
|
114,300 | -2,500 |
|
111,200 | -33,800 |
|
|
103,600 | 103,600 |
|
102,300 | 102,300 |
|
101,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
97,900 | 97,900 |
|
|
97,500 | -8,500 |
|
93,900 | 3,900 |
|
|
85,300 | 17,300 |
|
84,700 | -29,300 |
|
80,700 | 12,400 |
|
|
71,300 | -35,700 |
|
|
69,400 | -1,600 |
|
68,000 | -4,200 |
Zhu Turns a Sweat
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Xingbiao Zhu opened for 5,000 in middle position and was forced to call when the small blind shoved for about 16,000.
Zhu: 
Small blind: 
The 
flop left Zhu with little chance, but a 
turn gave him hope with a flush draw. The river was a 
though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
146,000 | 146,000 |
Otsuka Wins a Race
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Takuro Otsuka opened under the gun and seemed pained when the big blind shoved over him for 21,200 more. Otsuka did eventually make the call, though.
Otsuka: 
Big blind: 
The board ran out 
, keeping the sixes best.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,000 |
Seng Yee Leow Gets a Lucky River to Double Up
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
With about 60,000 chips already in the middle on a board of 
, Seng Yee Leow got all of his 49,600-chip stack in against a player who had him covered.
Leow: 
Opponent: 
Leow was in awful shape against his opponent's flopped set of sevens and needed an eight on the river to make a jack-high straight in order to preserve his tournament life. The dealer swept out the card he wanted to see, the 
, and Leow took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | 145,000 |
Zhang Doubles Through Lew to Take the Chip Lead
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Takeharu Asakage, Yang Zhang, and Randy Lew got all the chips in the middle before the flop. Lew had the largest of the three stacks, Zhang had 80,500, and Asakage was the shortest by a wide margin.
Asakage: 
Zhang: 
Lew: 
Zhang had the preflop advantage with his jacks but had to fade Lew's overcards and Asakage was in bad shape. The board ran out 
and Zhang took the pot to eliminate Asakage, take most of Lew's chips, and become the biggest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
198,000 | 198,000 |
|
32,000 | -66,800 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Updated Chip Counts
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000 | -36,000 |
|
|
118,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
98,800 | -2,900 |
|
|
68,300 | 39,100 |
|
|
68,000 | -28,400 |
|
48,400 | -4,800 |
|
|
45,000 | -18,100 |
|
|
25,100 | -16,900 |
|
|
24,800 | -19,300 |
Igor Kan Doubles Through Takumi Samejima
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Takumi Samejima raised to 3,300 from middle position and Igor Kan shoved for 19,600 from the small blind, sending Samejima into the tank. He ultimately called and the two players tabled their hands.
Samejima: 
Kan: 
Kan had the preflop advantage with his nines and stayed ahead on the 
flop. The 
on the turn gave Samejima flush and open-ended straight draws, but neither came in on the river and Kan took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,200 | -19,800 |
|
|
42,000 |