It's not just about the Main Event here in Seoul, as there are plenty of side events going on as well. Grigory Tsoy was lucky enough to take one of the side events down as he managed to win the KRW 350,000 Deepstack event. Tsoy beat a field that including Russian high roller Artem Lobus, Terry Fan and Warm Up winner KC Cheong.
In the end Lobus chopped heads up with Tsoy, and here are the final payout of the event that drew a crowd of 122 players.
The action folded around to PokerStars Team Pro Kosei Ichinose who raised it up to 800 from middle position. He was called by the player on the button and they both watched the flop come down .
After a pair of checks the dealer turned over the . Ichinose reached for his chips and threw out 950 which was snap called before the completed the board.
A final bet of 3,400 from Ichinose was enough to see him take down the pot as his opponents cards flew into the muck.
Australia’s Stevan Chew raised to 600 from middle position and was called by two players in the hijack and big blind positions.
The flop of was checked by the big blind as well as Chew before 1,200 was thrown in by the player in the hijack. He was called twice before the dropped on the turn.
Each player opted to check and watched as the completed the board. The big blind checked it over to Chew who sat looking at his chips before moving all in for his remaining 2,750 in chips. Both his opponents folded shorty after and he was awarded the pot.
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The player in middle position raised to 700 and was called by Iori Yogo in the cut off. Hirotoshi Nakobo then bumped it up to 2,475 which found only one caller as Yogo mucked his hand.
The flop came down and after a short pause, Nakobo splashed out 2,725 in chips which was enough to take down the hand as his opponent mucked his hand.
Up until a few weeks ago Raiden Kan lead the Global Poker Index Asia rankings, before being overtaken by JJ Liu. Perhaps this was the start of a trend, even though we can call it that just yet, as Kan is off to a bad start here in Seoul today.
Kan's stack has dwindled down to 11,000, just slightly more than half the starting stack, and he's not looking too happy. The play at his table is fairly aggressive, and it seems like Kan's waiting for a good spot to play back at his opponents.
Right now Kan sits in 59th spot on the 2015 GPI Rankings and that means he's in a good spot after a few months of the year to make a real run at finishing in a good position. The man from Hong Kong already has six live cashes this year including a seventh-place finish in the $25k at the Aussie Million and a 10th place finish in the Aussie Million Main Event.
With the board showing akira Ohyama bet out 800 from the small blind and was called by his opponent in the big blind.
The dealer produced the on the river and both players were happy to check their options. Ohyama then tabled his for two pair but would lose the hand when his opponent then rolled over his for trip nines.
Ohyama is still cruising along with 24,000 in chips.
Last November it was Canadian pro Gabriel Le Jossec who took down the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event in Macau for a total of $812,361, but he won't add another title to his resume here in Seoul just yet.
"You can't win'em all," Le Jossec sighed, as he got up from his seat to exit the tournament room.
We caught the end of his final hand, which was a big one, that went as following. After a series of raises Le Jossec ended up all in before the flop for right around 22,000 chips against Daniel Kneafsey.
Kneafsey:
Le Jossec:
The board ran out and the ace on the river sent Le Jossec to the rail. Kneafsey's up to more than twice the starting stack and he's looking good early on.
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. Ichinose reached for his chips and threw out 950 which was snap called before the 
completed the board.
was checked by the big blind as well as Chew before 1,200 was thrown in by the player in the hijack. He was called twice before the 
dropped on the turn.
and after a short pause, Nakobo splashed out 2,725 in chips which was enough to take down the hand as his opponent mucked his hand.
for two pair but would lose the hand when his opponent then rolled over his 
for trip nines.
