Aaron Lim Leads The Way Into Day 3
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of the 2013 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul. The starting field of 222 players is down to just 21, each with hopes of capturing the first-place prize of ₩163,400,000 (KRW) (roughly $147,141). Leading the way into Day 3 is Aaron Lim with 741,000, followed by Masahiro Osada (540,000) and Team PokerStars Online's Naoya Kihara (528,000).
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ted Wang | 39,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Aaron Lim | 741,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Paul John Elliot | 309,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Jae Kyung Sim | 84,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Shih Jung Liu | 44,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Naoya Kihara | 528,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Jason Lee | 127,000 |
| 1 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 2 | 1 | Masahiro Osada | 540,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Kevin Petersen | 92,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Lawrence Chung | 55,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn | 380,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Sixiao "Juicy" Li | 237,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Xuan Liu | 54,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Casey Kastle | 165,000 |
| 2 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 4 | 1 | Jordan Westmorland | 59,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Ryan Pignatelli | 74,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Sung Soo Chon | 328,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Taku Miyanaga | 39,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Nicky Tao Jin | 187,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Hoang Anh Do | 47,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Takahisa Watanbe | 121,000 |
| 4 | 8 | --empty-- | — |
Play resumes at noon local time and will commence until a winner emerges. Be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the quest to crown a new APPT champion concludes.
on the felt.
and Liu slowed with a check. Chon took this opportunity to bet 30,000 and Liu wasted little time check-raising all in for 177,000 total. Chon called.
finished off the board and Liu was pushed a massive pot. She's now sitting on about 420,000 in chips.
and Kihara made a pair of jacks, securing his scooping of the pot and eliminating Lee from play in 16th place.
hit the turn and the 
hit the river, giving Li what was ultimately the best hand. She reduced the field by two and boosted her stack to about 360,000.
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, pairing his ace and giving him the lead in the hand. Fourth street brought the 
fall, leaving Jin's aces as the best hand. This hand left Petersen crippled at only 11,000.
and Petersen was sent to the trail. He will collect KRW 9,500,000 in prize money.
for top-top and just like that the PokerStars Team Online member was eliminated from play. Lim absorbed his stack and catapulted himself into an astounding chip lead with 1.55 million.
and both players made a club flush. Liu's flush, however, was superior and she was able to eliminate Chon in seventh place. He will collect KRW 23,800,000 for his efforts.
hit the turn and it looked as if Li was going to earn a double up here. The river, however, was unkind to her as it brought the