Either the big hands are shying away from the cameras, or they are just not happening right now. The pace of the tournament seems to be quite slow in the sixth level of the day, and there are two more left to be played after the upcoming break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
We are down to 71 players from the 116 that started today, and the current average is 32,676 chips. In big blinds the average is 54, which means that everyone will have a lot of room to play.
On a flop of 
Toan Nguyen checked his option from the big blind as did Kitty Kuo from under the gun. The action fell on the player in middle position who bet out 2,400 and was called by another player in the cut off. With the decision back on Nguyen he raised it up to 7,800. Kuo and the original raiser got out of the way before the player in the cut off made the call.
The 
fell on the turn and Nguyen thought about his decision for a minute before sliding out 12,600. It didn't take long for his opponent to muck his hand leaving him to rake in another larger pot.
Nguyen has moved up to 75,000 in chips following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Jesse McKenzie just raked in a nice little pot, and we caught the end of it. On the turn the board showed 
and McKenzie called a bet of 2,600. The river brought the and both players checked.
McKenzie showed 
and his pair was good enough to take the pot down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
We picked up the action in a pot that spiralled out of control pretty quickly when the flop showed 
. Vladimir Demenkov bet 1,900 and Katsuki Yamashita check-raised it up to 4,900.
Demenkov made the call and on the turn the 
hit. Yamashita bet out 5,000 and Demenkov raised it up to 20,000 almost immediately.
Yamashita tanked for a bit but eventually he folded his cards giving Demenkov this big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Yuguang Li moved all in for his remaining 6,750 from the small blind after the dealer produced the on the turn on a 
{ah] board.
His opponent thought about his decision for a minute before making the call only to realise he was behind with his 
against Li’s 
.
The river brought the 
improving Li’s hand to a straight as he scooped in the pot to see his move back up to 21,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
Late registration for the first starting day has closed and 116 total players decided to play. This numbers compares pretty well with the previous two years when 118 and 122 players respectively entered on Day 1a.
Day 1b looks to be a little bit bigger than today, and the total numbers of players looks to be around the same as in the previous editions of APPT Seoul.
We arrived at the table with the board showing 
. Adrain Attenborough had just moved all in and had his opponent’s stack of just over 12,000 in chips covered.
A minute passed before the bet was called. Attenborough then tabled his for two pair which was enough to take down the pot as his opponent mucked his hand.
Attenborough moves up to 36,000 in chips following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
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