Kevin Song is in da money! Final 16 starts in a few hours.

Al Decarolis US 1,261,000
JC Tran US 1,251,000
Vanessa Selbst US 1,224,000
Jason Mo US 1,214,000
Calvin Anderson US 812,000
Matt Giannetti US 676,000
Ryan Fee US 656,000
Barry Hutter US 524,000
Darren Elias US 506,000
Robert Tepper US 490,000
Aaron Jones US 306,000
Richard Lyndaker US 213,000
Nick Schulman US 207,000
Kevin Song US 198,000
Noah Schwartz US 193,000
Brian Green US 145,000

http://www.pokernews.com/live-report...nt-2/chips.htm

Kevin Song Eliminated in 12th Place ($72,617)
http://www.pokernews.com/live-report...-wsop/event-2/

Robert Tepper raised to 37,000 from the cutoff and it folded around to Kevin Song in the big blind who three-bet to 105,000. Tepper responded by moving all in and Song called for his last 215,000.

Tepper: {A-Spades}{J-Spades}
Song: {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

The two were racing for Song's tournament life heading to the community cards. The board fell down {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}, counterfeiting Song's pocket deuces and allowing Tepper's sevens and fives with an ace-high to finish as the best hand. Song was eliminated in 12th place for $72,617.

hey guys I have an iphone 5s from verizon and I will be living in korea for a few months. Can I get phone #+calls+data on this from any stores?

you didn't read the thread did you

I did but there are different stories I wonder if I can get it done with just passport+cash without any Korean helping me out

side note: Last time I was in Korea WH was the ONLY reliable place to play poker but im gonna have to check out 7luck now too. so excited!

I played @ WH last saturday, had a drink in my hand, straddled, played big pots, and I saw the "pro's" eyes light up, that was a good feeling

They have plo tuesdays and Fridays now, but it looks like the biggest game is 2/5 uncapped (for nl)

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Phone Sim Card Stuff for Foreigners

I went to an Olleh store - you have to go to one actually owned by Olleh and not one that's licensed or franchised - how you check I dunno, but there's one @ Gangnam Station Exit 1 - if you exit and go straight you can't miss it, it's on ur right hand side in 1 or 2 blocks

Bring your passport, your unlocked phone, and they will give you a plan. They have someone who can speak English. Unfortunately you can only get Data by the month - I have to go back on the 29th to renew my sim for another month. Total cost was like $30 or 40 for 1gb Data. You must pay in cash, not card.

thats such a rip off lol

been there and noticed it too. it was like 2 yrs ago, anyone know how this room runs now??

you're welcome btw

For those in Jeju or looking to play bigger

Jeju Grand Paradise Casino is hosting a 1 week poker room. (there isnt enough traffic to run a room year round since only foreigners can enter)

6/17-6/24
5-10 -> 20/40 USD

A poker club from China is bringing 75-100 players for the week to play cash games.

Action will be crazy as it will be a higher than usual variance game

Those interested can get Rake back (10 usd/hr +) PM for details
Rake will be 10% to 30 /40/50
yes the rake is high. WH/7luck rake 20/30 in 5/10 games + , but action will be big

Players are bad for the most part with some good players.

Rake is awful, players talk in chinese during the hands (and actually advise the player involved against the foreigner) without any problem. The games are really slow and dealers only speak chinese.

I have been there before and sure most players are bad, but the conditions there are terrible, with lots of smoking at the tables, slowrolls,..

I wont go this time, so im not trying to protect the games or whatever.

damn that was sounding really enticing until the 10% rake

10% rake is bad, but the $50 cap/hand makes it a lot worse imo.

Anyway, heard you played being super drunk in walker hill. Too bad i wasnt in seoul at that time, would have enjoyed meeting you for some soju action. Until when will you be in Korea?

lol wow, who'd you hear that from?

and yeah, was pounding drinks...my friend wanted to see me play live poker so I had to down some drinks to make it fun :P

Pretty funny too, soon as I sat down, one Japanese reg was being super accommodating thinking I was a rich fish trying to show off infront of my girlfriend.

I also snap noticed this other reg, a Korean girl, her eyes lit up super big when she saw that I was also straddling utg and straddling the btn, raising and playing big pots right off the bat. I made a mental note of that and stacked her

Unfortunately my friend made chit chat w/the japanese guys at the table and told them that I'm a pro...but oddly enough that scared them even more, one guy even flatcalled AA vs my raise!

The bald headed boss guy running the "poker room" was kind of a dick. He kept picking on my friend for doing this and that even though no one at the table cared.

Yeah I heard from the japanese reg who is a very good friend.
"Yesterday walker hill so big high stakes player play and is drunken but winning big pots with T7o"

lol, well it was a t7x board and he raised, what else was I gonna do?

so what would you say about the state of the regular game, still really fishy or not ? reg game is 2/5 ? Might go there soon so enquiring before the trips.

you have a girlfriend?

not very fishy but there were like 2 fish at the table, didn't see anything stupid ******ed, just a pretty transparent game with the regs making an odd play or two

nah don't have a gf, lady friend was visiting me

Coming from someone who won one of his biggest pot this year with 85s, you really don't have to justify your play

Date changed to Thu 6/19- tues 6/24
no smoking at the tables this time

def not ideal conditions - but you have to admit that its a good game to come up in

belgium going down!

misunderstood rake

but paying $50/hand almost every time is still pretty insane...

I don't wanna leave seoul on thurs-sat but if u think there's a strong chance of a 20/40nl game running on sunday-Tues I'd probably fly out

Last time it ran for a few hours and it was 5-6 handed most of the time.

even on monday and tuesday?


second question - how do i get 10k+ over there (usd worth)

Iirc it ran on saturday night and sunday afternoon but most people playing are on vacation, so it doesnt matter.much.

Game there is played in USD. Whatever currency you bring, you ll be able to change it to USD and play with that. The rate they will offer you is ****ty, but ask for a receipt and they will use the same rate to cash out your chips.

Pm me if you need anything else!