The play has slowed down here at the 2012 APPT Seoul Main Event. It seems the players are really pushing to make a Day 2 berth. Strolling around the tournament area we managed to see a lot of hands not going to a flop.
The most exciting hands we saw were Sparrow Cheung shoving all in and getting folds all around the table. We also saw Jhana Hale lose a small pot. It was raised up preflop and then Hale and one opponent checked down a board showing . Hale's opponent turned over for a pretty good showing. Apparently he didn't want to rumble with the monster stack of Hale.
Much like yesterday's play around the time of the night, play has pretty much come to a crawl here in the event. Even the chip leader, Jhana Hale, isn't doing much. he's sitting on roughly 185,000, but doesn't seem to be very interested in playing many pots. Last night, Christopher Park grabbed the chip lead and held onto it thanks in large part to his constant aggression against his opponent's. Hale is much more tame, but has more chips than Park finished with last night, so maybe he's just content on making it to the end of the day with nearly 200,000 and not risking much.
Along with Hale, no one else seems that anxious to play ay hands. There is Kenneth Wong who is pretty active, but he was up all night playing cash games right until the start of the day, so he's just about had it with today and would like to get some rest.
There's just over 20 minutes left in play and the clock reads that 55 players remain from the 139 that began the day.
Kenneth Wong called a 2,200-chip raise out of the big blind made from a player in early-middle position and the flop came down . Wong checked and his opponent checked behind.
The turn was the and Wong bet 3,500. His opponent raised to 8,000. Wong called and the river completed the board with the . Wong checked and his opponent checked.
Wong's opponent tabled the for top pair, top kicker. Wong flashed the before mucking his hand.
We just witnessed Vincent Rubianes lose a small pot when he and one opponent went to a flop in a raised pot. Both players checked to see the turn and this time Rubianes' opponent bet 2,500. Rubianis made the call and the completed the board. This time when Rubianes checked, his opponent casually flung out a large stack of chips and Rubianes quickly mucked.
Regardless of that hand, Rubianes is looking set to finish the night in the top few chip counts.
The 2012 PokerStars.netAsia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Main Event concluded Day 1b today after the second starting flight ran through another eight 60-minute levels of play. The field size for today grew to 139 players and the tournament room was at capacity. Combining that number with the 129 players from Day 1a put the total event size at a record-breaking 268.
Topping the 53 players from Day 1b that will be advancing to Saturday's Day 2 was Jhana Hale from Australia. He bagged up a massive 173,800 in chips. Not only was he the chip leader after today, but he'll assume the overall chip lead as he surpassed Christopher Park's 119,800 from Day 1a. Hale and Park are joined by Daisuke Endo, Vincent Rubianes, Clayton Chang and Hong Yan Bian with at least 100,000 in chips moving into Day 2.
The entrants generated a prize pool of ₩717,489,600 and first place will get the lion's share of ₩194,000,000 (USD $173,555). The top 28 spots will be paid out and everyone who cashes will get back at least ₩5,000,000. Day 2 will surely see the money bubble break as the tournament moves towards reaching a final table.
Some of the other notables also advancing from today are Kenneth Wong, Andrew Scott and Michael Mariakis.
Day 2 will have a total of 109 players still in contention and the cards will be in the air at 12:15 PM local time. The blinds will begin at 600/1,200/100. PokerNews will be back to provide all of the live updates from the floor and we hope to have you joining us then.
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. Hale's opponent turned over 
for a pretty good showing. Apparently he didn't want to rumble with the monster stack of Hale.
flop for 4,000, Jhana Hale was shoved on by an opponent. The player was all in for 18,800 and Hale gave it up.
. Wong checked and his opponent checked behind.
. Wong checked and his opponent checked.
for top pair, top kicker. Wong flashed the 
before mucking his hand.
turn and this time Rubianes' opponent bet 2,500. Rubianis made the call and the 
