2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
83,130,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
1,650,000 KRW
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Cheung Doubles Through Janik in Sick Fashion

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Sparrow Cheung
Sparrow Cheung

Scott Janik opened in the hijack for 27,000. Sparrow Cheung shoved on his left for 134,000 more, and Janik thought briefly and called.

Janik: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Cheung: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}

A chop seemed all but assured until the {10-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Spades} flop gave Cheung a flush draw. No waiting, as the {2-Spades} locked it up for him on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Janik us
Scott Janik
900,000 -410,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
302,000 107,000

Tags: Scott JanikSparrow Cheung

Ko Calls Li's Bluff

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Yuki Ko raised to 26,000 from early position and Chengbei Li called from the big blind.

The flop came {9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Li checked. Ko bet 26,000 and Li called.

The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and both players checked.

The {K-Spades} fell on the river and Li bet 32,000. Ko quickly called and Li showed {J-}{7-} for jack high while Ko flipped over {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for a pair of kings to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
660,000 85,000
Chengbei Li cn
Chengbei Li
640,000 430,000

Tags: Chengbei LiYuki Ko

Yeu vs. Ko

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Yuki Ko raised to 26,000 from early position and Wei Hsiang Yeu three-bet to 60,000 from the button. Ko called.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Ko check-called a bet of 55,000 from Yeu.

The turn brought the {5-Spades} and Ko checked. After some consideration, Yeu moved all in for about 280,000, Ko quickly folded, and Yeu took the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Hsiang Yeu my
Wei Hsiang Yeu
590,000 101,000
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
575,000 -265,000

Tags: Wei Hsiang YeuYuki Ko

Tsai Doubles Through Cheung

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Duming Tsai shoved all in from middle position for 138,000. Action folded to Sparrow Cheung in the big blind. After a couple of minutes of thought, he called.

Tsai: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Cheung: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Cheung's rail called for a queen, but none arrived on the {2-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs} community.

Player Chips Progress
Duming Tsai tw
Duming Tsai
298,000 158,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
195,000 125,000

Tags: Duming TsaiSparrow Cheung

Masatoshi Tanaka Eliminated in 16th Place (₩5,100,000)

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Masatoshi Tanaka got his stack in preflop against Chengbei Li who had him covered.

Tanaka: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Li: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

Tanaka found himself in the ultimate preflop cooler situation and needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} which was no help to Tanaka and Li took the pot to end his deep run in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Masatoshi Tanaka jp
Masatoshi Tanaka
Busted

Tags: Masatoshi TanakaChengbei Li

Final 16 Redraw

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
SeatTable 1Table 2
1Dmitrii KovalevskiiChengbei Li
2Scott JanikMitsuru Sano
3Sparrow CheungYuki Ko
4Justin ChanHiroyuki Noda
5Taehoon HanWeikuo Hsiao
6Duming TsaiWei Hsiang Yeu
7Jwahyoung KimXingbiao Zhu
8Harunobu KojimaMasatoshi Tanaka

Sano Over Noda in Huge Pot; Leow Busts

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In what looked like a limped pot, Hiroyuki Noda bet 16,000 on a {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop and Mitsuru Sano made it 35,000 to go. Noda called and checked the {a-Spades} turn. Sano bet 85,000 and Noda raised to 230,000. Sano called after some thought. On the {4-Spades} river, Noda tanked awhile and checked. Sano bet 150,000 and got a fairly fast fold from Noda.

At another table, former chip leader Ivan Leow busted. We got there too late to see exactly what happened, but Taehoon Han had shown down {a-}{k-} on a board that ran out king-high.

Player Chips Progress
Mitsuru Sano jp
Mitsuru Sano
1,100,000 224,000
Taehoon Han nz
Taehoon Han
850,000 290,000
Hiroyuki Noda jp
Hiroyuki Noda
750,000 -181,000
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
Busted

Tags: Hiroyuki NodaIvan LeowMitsuru SanoTaehoon Han

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Masatoshi Tanaka Doubles Through Dmitrii Kovalevskii

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Masatoshi Tanaka shoved from the button for 93,000 and Dmitrii Kovalevskii called from the small blind to put him at risk.

Tanaka: {3-}{3-}
Kovalevskii: {Q-}{Q-}

Tanaka was way behind with the smaller of the two pocket pairs and needed help from the deck to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out {J-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds} to give Tanaka threes full of sevens and he took the pot to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitrii Kovalevskii ru
Dmitrii Kovalevskii
560,000 -46,000
Masatoshi Tanaka jp
Masatoshi Tanaka
220,000 15,000

Tags: Dmitrii KovalevskiiMasatoshi Tanaka

Masanori Ishihara Eliminated in 19th Place (₩4,480,000)

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Masanori Ishihara
Masanori Ishihara

Mitsuru Sano shoved all in from the button, covering both blinds. After a pained couple of minutes of tanking, Masanori Ishihara called off for about 100,000 in the big blind.

Sano: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Ishihara: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Ishihara needed help but shook his head as an ace was in the window. However, the {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop gave him a straight draw. The {9-Hearts} just missed Ishihara, and the {3-Clubs} was no help either.

At the neighboring table, Yuichi Sumida lost the last of his chips after doubling up Justin Chan when Chan got there with {k-Spades}{8-Spades} against {a-}{10-}.

Player Chips Progress
Mitsuru Sano jp
Mitsuru Sano
876,000 163,000
Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
200,000 -30,000
Yuichi Sumida jp
Yuichi Sumida
Busted
Masanori Ishihara jp
Masanori Ishihara
Busted

Tags: Masanori IshiharaMitsuru Sano