2017 PokerStars Festival Korea

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Final Table Action Begins at Noon Local Time; Yuki Ko Leads

Yuki Ko
Yuki Ko

Out of the 285 entries drawn to the felt in the Main Event at the first-ever PokerStars Festival Korea, just eight players remain. They'll return for one last day at the beautiful Paradise City Hotel & Resort in Incheon to play down to a winner starting at noon local time.

Leading the way is well-known Korean player Yuki Ko, who will take a huge stack of 2,820,000 out of the bag. No other player has a stack anywhere near that big; the next two behind him are American Scott Janik with 1,367,000 and Kiwi Taehoon Han with 1,345,000. Ko has been a force to be reckoned with on the Asian tournament circuit as of late with over $250,000 in career live earnings, and that number could grow by as much as just over $74,000 if he were to bank the top prize of ?83,130,000. All remaining players are guaranteed to cash for at least ?10,450,000, the approximate equivalent of $9,328.

There will be just under 19 minutes on the clock left in Level 23 (12,000/24,000/4,000) when cards fly. When that level ends, the structure will consist of 75-minute levels with 10-minute breaks every two levels until a winner is determined. Here's what the final will look like at the start of Day 3 action:

SeatPlayerStack
1Mitsuru Sano865,000
2Yuki Ko2,820,000
3Jwahyoung Kim509,000
4Taehoon Han1,345,000
5Dmitrii Kovalevskii403,000
6Scott Janik1,367,000
7Weikuo Hsiao722,000
8Harunobu Kojima456,000

Keep it here for updates on the action from the PokerNews live reporting team as the inaugural PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event plays down to a winner.

Tags: Dmitrii KovalevskiiHarunobu KojimaJwahyoung KimMitsuru SanoScott JanikTaehoon HanWeikuo HsiaoYuki Ko