Lawrence Chung was under the gun and announced all in for 40,000. Cards shot to the muck around the table until the action reached Masahiro Osada in the small blind. He called and the big blind got out of the way.
Chung showed and needed help against Osada's . It seemed bleak for Chung on the flop and the turn. The river, however, ensured him a double as it brought the . Chung now sports about 105,000.
Takahisa Watanabe moved all in for his last 14,000 from under the gun and Jordan Westmorland called from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded and the hands were revealed.
Watanabe:
Westmorland:
A run out of ensured that Watanabe would be our 21st-place finisher. Westmorland now sits on about 68,000.
Taku Miyanaga shipped all in for his last 69,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Takahisa Watanabe in the big blind who announced a call.
Miyanaga:
Watanabe:
The board ran out and Miyanaga's ace-queen was able to hold as the best hand, doubling him to about 140,000.
The very next hand action came around to Hoang Anh Do who announced all in from the button for 53,000. Watanabe re-shipped all in over the top from the small blind and the big blind folded. Do rolled over and was at risk against Watanabe's .
Do took the lead on the flop and never released his grip on the hand as the turned and the rivered. Do doubled to about 108,000 while Watanabe now sits on only 19,000.
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of the 2013 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul. The starting field of 222 players is down to just 21, each with hopes of capturing the first-place prize of ₩163,400,000 (KRW) (roughly $147,141). Leading the way into Day 3 is Aaron Lim with 741,000, followed by Masahiro Osada (540,000) and Team PokerStars Online's Naoya Kihara (528,000).
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
1
1
Ted Wang
39,000
1
2
Aaron Lim
741,000
1
3
Paul John Elliot
309,000
1
4
Jae Kyung Sim
84,000
1
5
Shih Jung Liu
44,000
1
6
Naoya Kihara
528,000
1
7
Jason Lee
127,000
1
8
--empty--
--
2
1
Masahiro Osada
540,000
2
2
Kevin Petersen
92,000
2
3
Lawrence Chung
55,000
2
4
Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn
380,000
2
5
Sixiao "Juicy" Li
237,000
2
6
Xuan Liu
54,000
2
7
Casey Kastle
165,000
2
8
--empty--
--
4
1
Jordan Westmorland
59,000
4
2
Ryan Pignatelli
74,000
4
3
Sung Soo Chon
328,000
4
4
Taku Miyanaga
39,000
4
5
Nicky Tao Jin
187,000
4
6
Hoang Anh Do
47,000
4
7
Takahisa Watanbe
121,000
4
8
--empty--
—
Play resumes at noon local time and will commence until a winner emerges. Be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the quest to crown a new APPT champion concludes.
and needed help against Osada's 
. It seemed bleak for Chung on the 
flop and the 
turn. The river, however, ensured him a double as it brought the 
. Chung now sports about 105,000.
ensured that Watanabe would be our 21st-place finisher. Westmorland now sits on about 68,000.
.
flop and never released his grip on the hand as the 
