Main Event
Day 1a Started
2013 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul
Buy-in
2,760,000 KRW
Entries
222
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Season 7 of the APPT Set to Start
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour. The Paradise Walkerhill Casino is host to Season 7's kickoff in beautiful Seoul, South Korea. Last season the event drew 268 players and in the end, Andrew Kim outlasted the field for a ₩145,000,000 (KRW) payday.
Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin, Raymond Wu, and Bryan Huang are expected to play. Others that have made the trip to Seoul include Sam Grafton, Joseph Cheong, Xuan Liu, and David Steicke.
Play is set to kickoff at noon local time, about half an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the quest to crown a champion begins!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are in the air here at the Paradise Walkerhill Casino.
Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Here are a few of the familiar faces who have recently sat down here in the Paradise Walkerhill Casino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Good Start for Cheong
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Picking up the action on a 
board, Joseph Cheong's bet of 900 is called by an opponent. The 
hit the river and Cheong bet 2,200. After a few moments in the tank, his opponent called.
Cheong tabled 
for a flush, taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,500 | 3,500 |
Kihara Thriving Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Nayoa Kihara, who is a member of PokerStars Team Online, is thriving early in the first level of play today. Kihara may represent PokerStars on the virtual felt, but he also has had very impressive live earnings as of late. Kihara won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the summer of 2012 when he took down Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed by defeating Chris DeMaci heads up. Just a few weeks ago Kihara made a deep run in the 2013 L.A. Poker Classic by finishing just shy of the final table in ninth place. He pocketed $96,780 for that run.
When we came to Kihara's table, we found him in a three-way pot with two unknown opponents. The board read 
and Kihara checked. The next player to act fired 600 and the third player folded. Action was back on Kihara and he tossed out a call.
The board completed with the 
on the river and the action went check-check.
"Ace-high," announced Kihara's opponent as he tabled 
. Kihara rolled over 
for a pair of fives and was able to scoop up the pot. He's currently trending upward early on in the day with a stack of about 27,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000 | 7,000 |
Late Arrivals
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
More For Cheong
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in middle position raised to 325 and David Steicke called from the next seat. Joseph Cheong called from the small blind, the player in the big blind called, and the flop fell 
.
All four checked and did the same when the fell on the turn. The 
river completed the board and action checked to the original raiser who bet 600. Only Cheong called and upon seeing 
from his oppponent, Cheong tabled 
to take down the pot with a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000 | 1,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0