Midway Break
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
The remaining players are all heading out for another 10-minute break.
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Seoul
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Seoul
Buy-in
2,760,000 KRW
Prize Pool
645,205,200 KRW
Entries
241
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Play Resumes
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
And we're back! The remaining players will continue play with blinds at 200/400 with a 50 ante.
Li Pulls Away
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
We walked passed a table just as Hang Li checked his option from the small blind on a 
board. His opponent in the big blind bet out 1,500. He reached down for his chips and raised it up to 5,000 which was called instantly before both players watched the 
complete the board.
Li didn't hesitate, betting out 11,000. His opponent sat back in his chair in disbelief and pondered his next move.
“Pocket aces no good?” his opponent asked.
“Two pair? I beat a set!” he added.
A few minutes passed before Li called time on his opponent. With 15 seconds left of his allocated minute remaining, Li’s opponent mucked his 
which was a straight relinquishing the pot to Li.
With that pot Li moves up to 90,000 in chips - a monster stack at just the halfway point of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
MC HotDog Takes it Easy
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
As it's rather quiet right now on the tournament floor we've followed quite a few hands at the big star's table during this level. MC HotDog, who's a PokerStars Brand Ambassador, looks comfortable and relaxed at the table, but the big hands have not been coming his way just yet.
One time, over the course of six hands, we saw the MC raise to 800 and the player in the big blind defended. The flop came down 
and HotDog bet 2,000 after his opponent had checked. This was enough to take the pot down and the Taiwanese rapper now sits on around 15,000 chips.
The table MC HotDog sits at is rather aggressive, so we'll make sure to keep an eye out for any exciting action in the upcoming levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
A Set for MC Hot Dog
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
We just caught the board that showed 
when MC HotDog bet 2,500 into quite sizeable pot already. After a while his opponent called and the Taiwanese rapper tabled for a set.
This hand was good enough to take the hand down and he's now back up over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Nakagiri Crushes
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
We arrived at the table just as the dealer produced the turn card on a 
board.
The player in the big blind checked before Wai Tung Lo bet out 3,800 in chips. Junichi Nakagiri then bumped it up to 8,800 and was quickly called by the big blind. With the decision back on Lo, he opted to move all in for over 30,000 in chips - a bet that covered both players.
Nakagiri didn't take long to make the call for 23,225 in chips. The big blind folded.
Lo: 
Nakagiri: 
Lo was drawing dead against Nakagiri's top set and had to watch as the massive pot was shipped away from him after the meaningless river cards completed the board.
Nakagiri moves up to 60,000 in chips. Lo drops to around 10,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
One of the Best is Here: Dong Kim
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
One of the hottest players in online poker right now has decided to play APPT Seoul, and his name is Dong Kim. If you're mainly following live poker tournaments you're definitely missing out, as Dong Kim played in one of the most interesting online poker challenges the world has seen since the debacle that was the Durrrr Challenge way back before Black Friday.
Kim, who plays on PokerStars under Donger Kim, took on Nick Frame, who plays under 'TCfromUB' in a heads-up No Limit Hold'em challenge just a few weeks ago. The two greats of the online cash games faced off at the $25/$50 level and set to play a total of 15,000 hands against each other.
The player who was up on the other at the completion of the 15,000th hand would have to pay the other $15,000, and Kim smashed his opponent by beating him out of $105,000 during this challenge. So on top of beating Frame for $105,000 he also received an extra $15,000 for his impressive efforts.
The bet was initiated and highly discussed on poker forum twoplustwo, where rankings are frequently posted on who is the best heads-up no limit hold'em player in the world. As this is arguably the form of poker that requires the most skill it meant a lot for Kim to beat his opponent and prove that he is indeed the best.
On a recent podcast with Joey Ingram, Kim said the following, "Going in I thought I was a very big favorite, but this was definitely the best case scenario result."
The start of the challenge was very swingy, but at the 10,000-hand mark it almost seems impossible for Kim to lose.
Right now Kim, who has South-Korean heritage, plays in a tournament in which he can just about win the amount he won from Frame in his online challenge, but the pride of winning a big online will obviously come into play a little bit as well here in Seoul.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 |
Ohyama Rising
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Akira Ohyama bet out 1,350 from the big blind after the dealer produced the 
flop.
His opponent in the cut off made the call before both players watched the 
drop on the turn. Ohyama reached for more chips and splashed out 1,650. The bet was called straight away prompting the 
to complete the board.
Ohyama then tabled his 
for two pair which was enough to take down the pot. Ohyama moves to 29,000 in chips following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
5,000
|
5,000 |