The action started with Jason Mo raising to 28,000 from under the gun plus one. Takuya Suzuki was seated to his left and moved all in for around 340,000 in chips. Suzuki then watched as the table folded back around Mo who instantly made the call.
Mo:
Suzuki:
Suzuki was in trouble against the monster pair and would find no help as the board ran out to see Mo’s hand improve to trip kings on the flop.
Tyler Jennens raised to 20,000 from the cut off and was called by Boris Li in the big blind.
The flop came down and Li checked. Jennens reached for his chips and threw out another 20,000 in chips and was met with an instant announcement of all in from Li. The bet totalled around 140,000 in chips and Jennens made the snap call.
Jennens:
Li:
It was Jennens’ straight draw up against Li’s flush draw. The gave both players a pair but Jennens was still in front with the higher kicker.
The completed the board seeing Li miss out on hitting his flush or two pair and narrowly missing out on the final table.
Daniel Demicki kicked things off with a raise to 20,000 from under the gun. The action folded around to Tai Tan on the small blind who moved all in for 291,000 in chips. Demicki looked over at Tan’s stack before making the call.
Demicki:
Tan:
Tan was trailing against the pocket pair and would find no help as the board ran out to see him eliminated in 11th place.
Quad jacks for Demicki see him soar up to 1,260,000 in chips.
The action folded to Daniel Demicki who raised from the small blind to 25,000 and Shintaro Baba moved all in immediately from the big blind. Baba was all in for right around 140,000 and Demicki called instantly.
Demicki:
Baba:
The board ran out and while it looked like Baba was going to receive a double up, it was the river that sent him to the rail.
The first hand of the day has resulted in the first casualty.
The action folded around to Daniel Demicki in the cut off who raised to 20,000. Junichi Nakagiri then moved all in for his remaining 68,000 from the small blind. Jason Mo folded his big blind before Demicki made the call.
Demicki:
Nakagiri:
Nakagiri was in great shape to double up until the board ran out to see Demicki spike a pair on the river resulting in the Japanese player hitting the rail.
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Jason Mo Leads the Final 13 at APPT Seoul, Dong Kim, Celina Lin and Bryan Huang in Strong Contentiono
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul Main Event.
The starting field of 241 players is down to just 13, each with hopes of capturing the first-place prize of ₩165,590,200 (KRW) (just a touch over US$150,000). Leading the way into Day 3 is American Jason Mo with 960,000 followed by Poland’s Daniel Demicki (792,000) and Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin (540,000).
Also in contention is fellow PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang, online Heads Up specialist Dong Kim and the Japanese trio of Takuya Suzuki (397,000), Shintaro Baba (170,000) and short-stack Junichi Nakagiri (69,000).
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
Table
Seat
Name
Country
Chips
14
1
Daniel Kneafsey
Ireland
174,000
14
2
Boris Li
Russia
128,000
14
3
Dong Kim
USA
314,000
14
5
Tyler Jennens
Canada
414,000
14
6
Celina Lin
China
540,000
14
7
Bryan Huang
Singapore
309,000
17
1
Takuya Suzuki
Japan
397,000
17
3
Tai Zheng Tan
Singapore
277,000
17
4
Vladimir Demenkov
Russia
259,000
17
5
Daniel Demicki
Poland
792,000
17
7
Shintaro Baba
Japan
170,000
17
8
Junichi Nakagiri
Japan
69,000
17
9
Jason Mo
USA
957,000
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.
to see Mo’s hand improve to trip kings on the flop.
and Li checked. Jennens reached for his chips and threw out another 20,000 in chips and was met with an instant announcement of all in from Li. The bet totalled around 140,000 in chips and Jennens made the snap call.
gave both players a pair but Jennens was still in front with the higher kicker.
completed the board seeing Li miss out on hitting his flush or two pair and narrowly missing out on the final table.
and while it looked like Baba was going to receive a double up, it was the river that sent him to the rail.
