Welcome to the final day of the inaugural Gods Of Poker Jeju Main Event! Today, the final 12 players out of the 481 turnout will return to the felt at LES A Casino with one goal in mind - to hoist the glorious Black-and-Gold Gauntlet. The champion will also walk away with the lion’s share of the KR₩ 1 Billion (~USD 700,000) prize pool
As it stands, the remaining players have all locked up a minimum cash prize of KR₩ 13,620,000 (∼USD 9,000) while awaiting the champion is a handsome payout of KR₩ 20,830,000 (∼USD 138,000).
Leading the way is China's Li Yin with a stack of 10,285,000 (51 big blinds) followed by Japan's lone chaser Kazuki Okamoto with 8,,065,000 (41 big blinds), and Taiwan's Meng Ling Lin in third position with 7,555,000 (37 big blinds).
Players from the Philippines have already claimed multiple trophies at the series, and the chance to add a GOP Gauntlet is very much alive with three players still in contention. Elmer Kalaquian returns armed with the largest stack among them, sitting with 5,465,000 (27 big blinds).
Play gets underway at Level 20 with blinds at 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000. That places the average stack at 24 big blinds. Blinds increase every 60 minutes.
One added layer of pressure will be the clock. At the start of each entry flight, each player was issued 20 time chips, worth 30 seconds each, to last for the entire event. Several players have already burned through their allotment, while others now sit on the brink with just one or two remaining.
Cards start flying at 12:45 PM. Follow the action via the live updates.