2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul
APPT Seoul Main Event
Day: 1
Rain on Khan's Parade
That left Khan with about 3,000 chips, which he shoved all in from the small blind a few hands later. The big blind asked for a count before calling with . Khan showed and picked up a big flop, . Unfortunately for him it never got any better than that. The turn and the river sent him to dinner about a half-hour early.
Schreiber Doubles Through Marcus
Schreiber:
Marcus:
The window was enough to sink Marcus as the board fell to give Schreiber the double up to around 16,000. Marcus is back to about 14,000.
The original raisor sighed saying that he folded , to which Marcus quipped "Well if you call, I fold!"
Sabat Trips
Sabat switched off his iPod, studied his opponent, cut down his chips and made the call. His opponent flipped for trips which was good to collect the pot. Sabat is back down to about 16,000 chips.
That Time Already
Tan Loses Final Race Of The Day
Tan called for "no ace, no king!" but the board landed giving his opponent the bigger pair and a double up. Tan will end the day ruing a missed opportunity to be amongst the chip leader as instead he bags up only around 10,000 worth of chips.
Double Up or Go Home
"Have you even looked at your cards yet?" asked a very observant David Saab. Raymer put the chips back and squeezed his cards.
"Now I have, and I still raise," said Raymer. He moved all in for a total of about 9,000 and Saab snap-called.
Saab:
Raymer:
"I knew you'd try to make a move on the last hand of the night," said a giggling Saab. He made top pair on a flop of but Raymer had outs to improve. He missed all of them as the turn was the and the river was the . Raymer will not be coming back tomorrow.
Day 1 Concludes
Today's abbreviated day saw around half the field exit as we expect approximately 80 players to return for Day 2 tomorrow.
Many of the big name professionals will be happy with their day at the office with the likes of David Saab, Celina Lin, Eddie Sabat, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Dan Schreiber, Van Marcus and Ivan Tan all making it through the day.
Larry Pashak was amongst the leaders all day, with Hidenari Shiono making a late surge but they will all be chasing our likely overnight chip leader Jan Van Dyk who bagged up around 55,000 chips. We'll have the updated chip counts for all players for you shortly.
Please join us again tomorrow from the Walker Hill Casino here in Seoul, South Korea, as the survivors will probably have a long day in front of them as they play down to a final table of nine players. Our coverage recommences at 1 p.m. tomorrow and we look forward to your company once again!
APPT Seoul Main Event
Day 1 Completed