One of the Best is Here: Dong Kim
One of the hottest players in online poker right now has decided to play APPT Seoul, and his name is Dong Kim. If you're mainly following live poker tournaments you're definitely missing out, as Dong Kim played in one of the most interesting online poker challenges the world has seen since the debacle that was the Durrrr Challenge way back before Black Friday.
Kim, who plays on PokerStars under Donger Kim, took on Nick Frame, who plays under 'TCfromUB' in a heads-up No Limit Hold'em challenge just a few weeks ago. The two greats of the online cash games faced off at the $25/$50 level and set to play a total of 15,000 hands against each other.
The player who was up on the other at the completion of the 15,000th hand would have to pay the other $15,000, and Kim smashed his opponent by beating him out of $105,000 during this challenge. So on top of beating Frame for $105,000 he also received an extra $15,000 for his impressive efforts.
The bet was initiated and highly discussed on poker forum twoplustwo, where rankings are frequently posted on who is the best heads-up no limit hold'em player in the world. As this is arguably the form of poker that requires the most skill it meant a lot for Kim to beat his opponent and prove that he is indeed the best.
On a recent podcast with Joey Ingram, Kim said the following, "Going in I thought I was a very big favorite, but this was definitely the best case scenario result."
The start of the challenge was very swingy, but at the 10,000-hand mark it almost seems impossible for Kim to lose.
Right now Kim, who has South-Korean heritage, plays in a tournament in which he can just about win the amount he won from Frame in his online challenge, but the pride of winning a big online will obviously come into play a little bit as well here in Seoul.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,000 |