A player in middle position opened to 650 and was called by a late position player, Sam Cohen in the cutoff and Han Yu in the small blind.
The players checked around after a flop of was dealt. Yu led for 1,100 on the turn and Cohen was the only player to make the call. Yu fired again for 2,850 on the river and Cohen again made the call. Yu tabled and Cohen mucked her hand.
Not long after, Cohen raised to 800 from middle position and found callers from a late position player, Yu in the cutoff, and the player in the big blind.
It was another check around when the flop came . This time though, it was Cohen who led on the turn when it came . Her bet was 1,050 and Yu was the only player to make the call. Both players checked the river. Cohen tabled and this time it was Yu who slid his cards into the muck.
Zhou and Chan during the blind all in for the title in the first ever ACOP Main Event
Ying Kit 'Andy' Chan, runner up in the first ever Asian Championship of Poker Main Event in Macau, just sat down to join the fun here in Seoul.
Chan finished second for a grand total of $457,712, or 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars after an epic six-hour heads up battle with Xing Zhou. This heads-up, covered by yours truly, will forever be remembered due to its crazy finish. Both Chan and Zhou played small pots for over six hours before they ultimately decided to go all in blind on the final hand. The money was split evenly, despite Zhou having a big chip advantage, and he was fortunate enough to take home the title after that final all in.
We'll see if Chan is up to big things here today, but it will be a while before he can be in a similar position again like back during that glorious day in Macau. Interestingly enough Chan is seated to the immediate left of Michael Kanaan who finished third in that exact same event back in 2012.
We came to the table with a flop of on the felt and both players involved checked, Qi Feng Duan, the small blind and Team Pokerstars Pro Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, who was on the button. After the turn was dealt, Duan led for 500 and Elky called.
Duan fired 2,000 on the turn and Elky again called. Elky slid his cards into the muck as Duan tabled . Elky is sitting on a short stack and has some work to do get back into the thick of things.
Taiwanese Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu made his way to the APPT Seoul Main Event and we just spotted him relaxed and calm at one of the tables.
Wu burst onto the scene in Europe when he finished eighth in the European Poker Tour Main Event in London back in 2009 for £87,000 ($138,500). That event ultimately had a heads-up battle between Aaron Gustavson and Peter Eastgate, won by the former for $1.35 million.
Wu's been a star ever since in Taiwan, as alluded to in the PokerStarsBlog this year at the Aussie Millions.
Right before break, we came up on the action with a bet of 2,500 in front of Moon Soo Kim and a flop of on the board. Hung Sheng "Shaq" Lin raised to 5,000. After a bit of thought, Kim made it 9,500 which prompted the all in of Lin. Some more thinking followed, along with a call of Kim who had Lin slightly covered.
Lin:
Kim:
The turn and the river came, giving Lin the double up and leaving Kim very short. Lin, the 2011 Asia Player of The Year, is looking to make a big splash here after a relatively slow start to the year, with only one tournament cash so far this year.
"King Paulie they call him," the PokerStars Blogger on the media desk said, when we pulled up Paul Hockin's Hendon Mob profile. Hockin, a New Zealand native, has only four live tournament results to date but two of those are victories in big events.
Hockin won the 2012 ANZPT Melbourne event for A$101,275 after beating a final table with the likes of Michael Guzzardi and Ashley Warner and just two months ago he took down the APT Cebu event for $71,842.
Hockin, who's predominantly an online player with $1.3 million in tournament cashes, will be one of the players to look out for today as he's one of the more experienced players in the field.
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was dealt. Yu led for 1,100 on the 
turn and Cohen was the only player to make the call. Yu fired again for 2,850 on the 
river and Cohen again made the call. Yu tabled 
and Cohen mucked her hand.
. This time though, it was Cohen who led on the turn when it came 
. Her bet was 1,050 and Yu was the only player to make the call. Both players checked the 
river. Cohen tabled 
and this time it was Yu who slid his cards into the muck.
turn was dealt, Duan led for 500 and Elky called.
turn and Elky again called. Elky slid his cards into the muck as Duan tabled 
. Elky is sitting on a short stack and has some work to do get back into the thick of things.
and the river 
