Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Main Event
Day 1a Completed
On Thursday the first starting flight of the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Main Event kicked off at the Paradise Walkerhill Casino. Day 1a saw a total of 122 players hit the felt for the first event of the APPT Season 7 schedule. By the end of eight levels only 50 players remained with Benjamin Richardson (111,600) leading the pack. Right on Richardson's heels was Manami Hayamizu (104,800) who was toward the top of the leader board for a majority of the day.
While Richardson and Hayamizu finished in the top positions, they were not the only ones to find success. Other players who will be returning with chips for Day 2 include Wang Ping Yuan (102,400), Park Yu Cheung (90,000), PokerStars Team Online member Naoya Kihara (88,700), Foster Hays (85,500), Casey Kastle (58,100), and Nicky Tao Jin (43,100).
Xuan Liu will also be returning for Day 2. Liu found much success early on in the day, but that all came crashing down before the last break. On the last hand of level 6, Liu was involved in a hand that saw her seven-bet shove all in holding pocket queens. While Liu's ladies were a strong hand, they were nothing against the pocket kings and pocket aces of her opponents. After that hit Liu was successful in nursing her short stack back to life during the last two levels of the day and will be returning for Day 2 with 53,500 in chips.
Joseph Cheong made the trip to Seoul and was eager to participate in this event but was unfortunately eliminated before play ended for the day. Cheong took a substantial hit early on in the day when his were cracked by an opponent's and he was left to grind from there. Finally, he saw his last hand when he was all in before the flop holding . Cheong was racing with an opponent's but was forced to the rail when the board ran out .
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang also sat down at the tables only to come up short by the day's conclusion. Huang saw his final hand against two other opponents on a board of . Huang fired a bet of 2,250 and one of this opponents called to see the strike the turn. Huang moved all in for about 13,000. His opponent announced a call.
Huang:
Opponent:
Huang needed help going to the river and needed to either make a flush or pair his jack. Unfortunately for Huang, the completed the board and he saw an early exit from play.
Other players who saw their tournament come to an end include Sam Grafton, Phill Huxley, Robert Acton, Stevan Chew, David Steicke, JJ Liu, and Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu.
Play will resume at the Paradise Walkerhill Casino on Friday when a new batch of players will take their seats for the second starting flight. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide you with all of the latest updates from the tournament floor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ben Richardson | 111,600 | |
Manami Hayamizu | 104,800 | |
Wang Ping Yuan
|
102,400 | |
Takahisa Watanabe | 98,700 | |
Park Yu Cheung | 90,000 | |
Naoya Kihara | 88,700 | |
Foster Hays | 85,500 | |
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Yi Po Lee
|
85,000 | |
Stephen Depew |
72,600
72,600
|
72,600 |
Jordan Westmorland |
70,200
16,200
|
16,200 |
Aaron Lim |
70,100
16,100
|
16,100 |
|
||
Victor Chen
|
67,800
32,800
|
32,800 |
Ryan Pignatelli |
66,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Kevin Petersen |
64,600
64,600
|
64,600 |
Sun Geoum |
61,200
61,200
|
61,200 |
Casey Kastle | 58,100 | |
Hoi Tung Ip
|
56,600
56,600
|
56,600 |
Xuan Liu |
53,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
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Andrei Kaigorodtcev |
53,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Ling Teng
|
49,200
49,200
|
49,200 |
Vladimir Demenkov |
48,900
48,900
|
48,900 |
Kevin Rumeur
|
47,600
47,600
|
47,600 |
Ikeuchi Kazuki
|
44,600
44,600
|
44,600 |
Nicky Tao Jin |
43,800
700
|
700 |
Jing Zhang |
43,700
43,700
|
43,700 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Richardson | 111,600 | |
Manami Hayamizu |
104,800
17,800
|
17,800 |
Wang Ping Yuan
|
102,400
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
Takahisa Watanabe |
98,700
98,700
|
98,700 |
Park Yu Cheung |
90,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Naoya Kihara |
88,700
39,700
|
39,700 |
Foster Hays |
85,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
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Yi Po Lee
|
85,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Casey Kastle |
58,100
-26,900
|
-26,900 |
Nicky Tao Jin |
43,100
14,100
|
14,100 |
Tournament staff has announced three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Yi Po Lee opened to 3,200 in middle position and the player in the cutoff three-bet all in for 9,700. Lee called with , trailing his opponent's .
The board ran out to give Lee's opponent Broadway to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yi Po Lee
|
102,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
In a battle of the blinds, Xuan Liu (BB) gets her stack of 21,100 into the middle with against her opponent's .
The flop falls to give her opponent the advantage, but Liu catches the on the turn to retake the lead. The river secured the double up for her.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xuan Liu |
43,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yi Po Lee
|
120,000 | |
Wang Ping Yuan
|
117,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yoichi Fujiya |
68,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Jordan Westmorland |
54,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Naoya Kihara |
49,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Andrei Kaigorodtcev |
45,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Ryan Pignatelli |
23,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Xuan Liu |
22,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100