APPT Seoul Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul

09-28-2008 17:38 UTC+9

Yuji Hanging Around

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David Horvath moved all in from the small blind against short-stacked Yuji Masaka. Masaka woke up with pocket kings, {K-Spades}

, and made a snap call. He was up against Horvath's {K-Hearts}

and didn't suffer a bad beat as the board missed both players. The win boosted his chip stack to 46,000.

Tags: David Horvath Yuji Masaka

09-28-2008 17:38 UTC+9

Break Time

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The remaining seven players are on a ten-minute break.

09-28-2008 17:48 UTC+9

Play Resumes

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Players are back from the break.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

09-28-2008 18:01 UTC+9

David Horvath Eliminated in 7th Place ($16,027)

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The action passed to David Horvath on the button who raised all in for 31,500 in total. Yuji Masaki folded his small blind but Brian Kang asked for a count, thought for a few moments before making the call.

Kang: {A-Spades}

Horvath:

Some of the table raised their eyebrows at Kang's deliberate decision for such a small amount. "It was not a slowroll I promise," defended Kang, "I had to be sure."

The board fell {5-Clubs}

and Horvath gets no help and is sent to the exit in 7th place for a collect of $16,027. We're down to six!

Tags: Brian Kang David Horvath

09-28-2008 18:11 UTC+9

Slowdown

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After the recent spate of eliminations, which felled all of the shortest stacks at the table except for Yuji Masaka, play has again slowed. It's gotten to the point that most of the gallery which assembled at the start of the final table has drifted away, leaving only a few diehards and/or individuals with a financial interest in the proceedings.

09-28-2008 18:25 UTC+9

Dan Schreiber Eliminated in 6th Place ($20,033)

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Brian Kang raised form the cutoff to 18,000 and Dan Schreiber was the lone caller in the small blind.

The two chip leaders saw a flop of {J-Diamonds}

. Schreiber checked to Kang who bet out 25,000. Schreiber acted quickly, as he always does, in making it an additional 45,000 to go. Kang deliberated, as he always does, before sliding out 45,000 plus another stack of yellow chips to announce yet another raise of an additional 100,000. Schreiber instantly moved all in and Kang snap-called.

"Are you drawing?" quizzed Kang of his opponent, but Schreiber had already got there with his {10-Clubs}

flopping a straight. Kang couldn't believe it as he flipped {J-Clubs}

for top set!

The crowd gathered around to watch as a near million-chip pot was up for grabs! However it was all over on the turn when the {8-Hearts}

filled up Kang to give him a full house, leaving Schreiber drawing dead. The river was the {7-Diamonds}

and we lose Dan Schreiber in dramatic circumstances in 6th place for $20,033.

Tags: Brian Kang Dan Schreiber

09-28-2008 18:31 UTC+9

Yuji Masaki Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,043)

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Yuji Masaki showed amazing survival skills at the final table, but Brian Kang finally stopped him. Masaki opened with a shove from the small blind for 22,000. Brian Kang asked for a count, then called with {K-Diamonds}

. He had Masaki "in a bit of a bother", as TD Danny McDonagh put it, when Masaki showed {Q-Hearts}

. The hand wasn't over, however. The flop {7-Hearts}

to add some drama to the hand. Masaki had already used up his nine lives, it seemed, as neither the turn {A-Clubs}

nor the river {2-Diamonds}

were one of his twelve outs. He was eliminated in fifth place, earning $26,043 as a result.

Tags: Brian Kang Yuji Masaki

09-28-2008 18:39 UTC+9

Fam Yat Eliminated in 4th Place ($32,054)

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Players can't stay in their seats! Barely had the dust settled on the elimination of Yuji Masaki, then Fam Yat pushed all in from under the gun for 86,000. Hidenari Shiono tanked for over a minute from the small blind, clearly faced with a difficult decision for that amount of chips. He finally elected to call with {6-Diamonds}

. Yat showed {A-Diamonds}

-- it was a flip. He wound up on the wrong side of it after the board ran out {8-Diamonds}

and was therefore eliminated in 4th place.

Tags: Fam Yat Hidenari Shiono

09-28-2008 18:49 UTC+9

Plenty of Play Left

[user67765]

After the recent rush of eliminations, play has slowed down now that we are three-handed. The short stack at the table still has over 40 big blinds so there should be plenty of play left at this final table.

However Yoshihiro Tasaka is still happy to move his chips around as evident by a recent hand. Brian Kang had raised from the button to 18,000 and Tasaka moved all in. It was an additional 200,000 chips to Kang - a healthy reraise indeed. Kang quickly folded and Tasaka raked in the chips.