Jeju Open Mystery Bounty (800,000 KRW)

Yehan Lin starts us off with a 500 open from under the gun which finds four customers taking a peek at K♦ 4♦ 3♣ where a 1,600 c-bet takes Lin heads-up with big blind Qianqing Chen to the turn T♥ that gets checked to the river 8♥ . Lin value bets another 2,600 with top pair K♠ 9♥ and Chen calls before throwing it in the muck.

Under the gun +1 Tsz Hin Cheung opens 300 and takes two players to the flop Q♣ T♣ 3♥ which gets rejected by all three to reveal the turn 2♣ where Cheung lays out a delayed c-bet of 600, button Yehan Lin raises to 2,200, the big blind gets out of the way and Cheung calls for the river 9♣ to hit the felt. Cheung forks out a massive 6,000 over-bet and scoops the pot.

After an open-limp from hijack Jianci Zhan we see cutoff Kuan Hsueh Lu raise to 700 and finds three customers taking a look at J♥ 3♥ 3♣ . Lu continues for 1,500, the button folds and small blind Kong Sang Poon and Zhan stick around for the turn A♣ where a second barrel of 3,800 takes it down for Lu.

Jianci Zhan three bets to 1,400 from the small blind after cutoff Zuyou Wang opened 300 and button Chuan Shu Chen called and takes both opponents to the flop Q♠ J♠ T♦ . The action gets checked to Chen, who wants 2,200 and only Zhan pays up to see the turn 4♦ where Zhan switches to a 7,000 lead that gets called. The river A♥ has Zhan check, Chen jams for 13,700 with A♠ 9♠ and Zhan snaps with A♣ Q♣ , delivering the first knockout.

Under the gun Artem Sofronov kicks off the action with a raise to 300 and takes two players to the flop J♦ 3♦ T♠ where button Hao Zhang bets 500, big blind Yang Teng Tan check-raises to 2,200 and only Zhang fills up to see the turn K♠ . Tan fires another 4,600 that gets answered and the board completes 8♥ . Two checks reveal Tan as the winner with K♣ Q♣ top pair.

Flop well everyone!

Welcome to opening day of the inaugural Korea Poker Cup Series in Jeju Shinhwa Landing Resort. Wasting no time delivering the action fans crave, the games kick off with the highly popular Jeju Open Mystery Bounty. This crowd favorite boasts a prize pool guarantee of KR₩ 150 Million (~US$ 102,700) and offers three flights throughout the day for ample chances to reach the ITM round.

For a buy in of KR₩ 1.52 Million (~US$ 1,040), of which KR₩ 800K goes to the bounty pool, players begin with a very generous 25,000 starting stack which is 250 times the opening 100-100 blinds. Flight A kicks off at 12:30pm with late registration closing at the start of Level 8 at 5pm.

For players that miss the window or fall short, two more flights follow with Flight B starting at 4:30pm and Flight C Turbo at 9pm.

Back in late September, the Korea Poker Cup made its debut during the Poker Dream 12 Jeju festival, sponsoring the popular Mystery Bounty event. China’s Tian Liu emerged victorious, defeating WSOP bracelet winner Yang Zhang at heads up.

Who will be the first Jeju Open Mystery Bounty winner?

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