APPT Seoul Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul

09-28-2008 21:20 UTC+9

We Have a New Chip Leader

[user75032]

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Hidenari Shiono, the new chip leader with three players remaining. Shiono, sitting in the small blind, called a raise to 30,000 made by the button player, Brian Kang. The flop was three clubs, {3-Clubs}

, and brought a bet of 50,000 from Shiono. Kang considered thoughtfully before calling.

Shiono checked the turn {6-Spades}

to Kang. Again he deliberated, before firing off a bet of 85,000. Instantly, Shiono announced he was all in for a total of 266,000. Kang was conflicted and unsure what to do.

"I can't show my cards, right?" he asked TD Danny McDonagh. McDonagh confirmed that Kang would incur a hefty penalty for doing so. Kang deliberated another minute before cutting off 181,000 chips from his stack and calling. He showed {A-Spades}

for top pair, top kicker, but Shiono had done him one better with {Q-Hearts}

. The river bricked out {3-Spades}

to send the 705,000-chip pot to Shiono.

Tags: Brian Kang Hidenari Shiono

09-28-2008 21:03 UTC+9

Chip Count Update

[user67765]

Brian Kang - 720,000
Yoshihiro Tasaka - 450,000
Hidenari Shiono - 400,000

09-28-2008 20:54 UTC+9

Post-Dinner Nap

[user67765]

It seems that the players might have had a little too much turkey at the dinner buffet as they all seem to have curled up on the sofa for a little post-dinner snooze. The last dozen hands have been very un-newsworthy as the pots have been "raise and take it" affairs with very little action or excitement to report.

Grab a coffee, we could be in for a long evening!

09-28-2008 20:45 UTC+9

First Blood

[user75032]

With hunger sated and bellies full, the players have returned to their seats. It didn't take long for the first big pot to develop. Yoshihiro Tasaka was the aggressor by raising out of the small blind to 30,000. Chip leader Brian Kang called to a flop of {8-Hearts}

. Tasaka fired out a quick 60,000-chip bet that Kang eventually called. As he was pondering his call, Tasaka put all of his remaining chips in two tall towers. Those towers went into the middle as soon as the {9-Clubs}

hit the turn. The count was 235,000, an amount Kang was not willing to risk. He folded.

Tags: Brian Kang Yoshihiro Tasaka

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

09-28-2008 20:34 UTC+9

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air.

09-28-2008 19:51 UTC+9

Dinner Break

[user67765]

The three remaining players will now take a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume just after 8:30 p.m. local time.

09-28-2008 19:50 UTC+9

Shiono Softplays Top Set

[user75032]

A rather unusual hand sent the players off to the dinner break. Yoshihiro Tasaka who has become a preflop raising machine, raised the button to 32,000 and was called by Hidenari Shiono in the big blind. On a flop of {K-Diamonds}

, Shiono checked, then called a bet of 25,000 made by Tasaka. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds}

turn and the river {3-Spades}

. At showdown, Shiono turned over {K-Spades}

for top set! He got looks of surprise from everyone in the final table area, and a comment was made in Japanese that cracked up all of the Japanese railbirds.

09-28-2008 19:49 UTC+9

Kang In Control

[user67765]

Brian Kang opened with a raise to 24,000 from the small blind and Hidenari Shiono defended his big blind with a call.

The flop came {K-Clubs}

and Kang's bet of 25,000 was called by Shiono. The turn was the {5-Diamonds}

and both checked.

The river was the {6-Hearts}

and Kang fired out 50,000. It was enough to force the short stack out of the pot, as Kang rakes in another pot.

09-28-2008 19:47 UTC+9

Tasaka Runs Down Shiono

[user67765]

In a limped pot in a battle of the blinds, Hidenari Shiono and Yoshihiro Tasaka checked to the river on a board of {K-Diamonds}

.

Tasaka in the big blind finally took a stab at the pot with an oversized bet of 25,000. Shiono took another peek at his cards and made the call.

Tasaka revealed {Q-Spades}

for a running straight as Shiono's pocket tens bit the dust.