APPT Seoul Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul
APPT Seoul Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul
Buy-in
$2,870
Entries
165
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
That's A Wrap!
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We started out with 83 hopefuls, with some big names falling early including PokerStars players Van Marcus, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Celina Lin and Ivan Tan. Players dropped away at a steady pace with the Japanese contigent going strong led by Yoshihiro Tasaka who emerged as one of our chip leaders during the day.
Eddie Sabat couldn't go back-to-back and overnight chip leader Jan Van Dyk capitulated as we approached the business end of the tournament.
Undoubtedly the story of the day is with Australian David Saab. If Saab can talk up a storm, then he created nothing short of a hurricane with his play on the felt. He looked to be unstoppable at times during the day as he led the field and was in control of his table. However some devastating blows on the money bubble saw him crash out of the tournament in sensational fashion. PokerNews' own Melissa Castello caught up with David moments after his elimination from this event, so stay tuned to our video gallery for this must-see interview.
The final sixteen players have bagged and tagged their chips and will return tomorrow to battle it out until we crown a champion. Notable players include Wooka Kim, Diwei "Brian" Huang who will be looking to repeat his final table appearance from APPT Macau, and PokerStars professional Dan Schreiber who will be looking to better his 8th place finish from this event last year.
They will be chasing Brian Kang who captured the big scalps of Celina Lin and David Saab during the day to end the day as our chip leader with over 300,000 chips.
Join us once again a 1 p.m. local time tomorrow as the 2008 APPT Seoul event crowns a new poker champion! See you then!
David Saab Bubbles Out of the Money
and brought a roughly pot-sized bet of 17,500 from Saab. Kang tanked for about a minute before making the call. As soon as he called, Saab disgustedly said, "Blah blah blah, I check the turn dark." He was already out of his seat, standing over the table as the dealer burned and turned the
and Kang reached for chips. "Careful my friend," said Saab, but Kang fired out anyway, for 25,000. The moment the chips were across the line, Saab announced he was all in. Kang snap-called. It was a repeat of the big hand the two played just roughly forty minutes before; Saab showed baby suited cards,
, and Kang showed a small set, 
. This time, however, Saab had hearts in addition to a pair."Do you think I can suck out?" Saab asked nobody in particular. For his part, Kang couldn't watch the river come down, but he had no cause for alarm. The river was the
. With it, David Saab's tournament came to an end.
Massive Three-Way All In But No Bubble Burst
The action started with David Saab, who has been relentlessly raising on the bubble, and he made it 7,000 to go from under the gun. It folded around to Hidenari Shiono in the small blind who made the call. In the big blind, Wooka Kim then smiled to her entourage on the rail and moved all in. It was an additional 10,200 and Saab insta-called. Shiono thought for a moment but the pot odds dictated a call.
With two live players still in the hand they took a dangerous looking flop of
. Shiono checked to Saab who immediately announced that he was all in! Shiono took a few moments before shouting "All in!" to announce a call! A massive three-way all in attracted players and fans from everywhere as they smothered the table to catch a glimpse of the action.Kim:
Shiono:
Saab:
Saab had flopped top two pair and was yelling above the crowd for "brick, brick", willing his hand to hold against the flush and straight draws of his opponents.
The turn was the
but the river fell the 
to the roars of the rail, as Kim celebrated a triple up with her friends as Shiono fell off his chair and thumped onto the floor as he collected a massive side pot!The aftermath saw Kim triple to 46,000, Shiono double up to 155,000 with Saab the victim as he falls to 118,000.
On the Edge
Phucharoenyos Eliminated
. All he needed was an ace or a king to overcome Shiono's pocket queens, but it wasn't to be. The board ran out 
to send Phycharoenyos packing in 18th place.
Saab Lashes Jung
Remarkably Saab held the best hand with
against Jung's 
."Great play with jack-ten when you have no fold equity" fired Saab at his opponent as the board ran out
to award him the pot and send Jung to the rail."I will not fold!" cried Saab as he is now back up to about 185,000 chips.
Nagata Eliminated
. That hand was in the lead but had to dodge Nagata's two overcards, 
. He successfully did so on a board that came out . With each passing card, as Nagata's tournament life ebbed away, he let out a little yelp, hoping against hope that the tide would turn. It did not. He has been eliminated.
Williams Wins Blind Battle with Kondo
They saw a flop of
and Kondo fired out a bet of 4,000. Williams then popped it up to 10,000. Kondo looked down at his last 20,000 and decided to save them for a better spot as he let his hand go. Williams is now up to 60,000.
Acton Crippled, Then Eliminated
of Yuji Masaki. An ace on the flop was crushing for Acton, and he never recovered. He was down to 5,000 in chips, while Masaki has climbed to about 45,000.A few moments later Action couldn't find a double up and was sent to the rail.