Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Seoul
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Jason Mo Leads the Final 13; Dong Kim, Celina Lin, and Bryan Huang in Contention
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The final 13 of the PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Main Event in Seoul is stacked, as two of the world's best heads-up no-limit hold'em cash-game players, Dong Kim and Jason Mo, remain, along with two Team PokerStars Pros, Celina Lin and Bryan Huang. The leader of them all is Mo, who bagged up a hefty 962,000 in chips after 10 hours of play on Day 2.
A few hours into the day, things weren't looking for Lin, but she managed to pull off a great run after the halfway point. After her kings held up against Patrick Weifels' ace-six, Lin turned it up and dominated her table for quite some time. It wasn't until Mo was seated at her table that she had to slow down a little bit. Lin ultimately bagged up 540,000 and sits third in chips.
The penultimate day of South Korea's biggest tournament of the year kicked off with 89 players all vying to make it to at least the final 27 so they would be in the money. Raymond Wu and Day 1a chip leader Alex Ward were among some of the first to hit the rail, together with former APPT Seoul winner Aaron Lim. One the fan favorites, Kitty Kuo, doubled up right at the start of the day, but she was ultimately eliminated short of a cash.
Defending champion and runner-up finisher the year before, Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, suffered his first Day 2 elimination in this event in three years. Kampanatsanyakorn could not win a coin flip with ace-ten versus sevens, and this opened up the road for someone else to take over in Seoul.
Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal looked good for a while as well, but he ultimately busted to Daniel Kneafsey, who's coming into the final day with 174,000 in chips. The eventual "bubble boy" was Hiroyuki Tanaka, who ran ace-ten into Huang's ace-king, and in one hand we moved passed the hand-for-hand phase.
Mo, the chip leader, had one of the steadiest routes throughout the day, as he never seemed to really drop down. Mo seemed very focussed and composed, and that resulted in great position heading into the final day. In years prior, Mo racked up two runner-up finishes at the World Series of Poker, and he'll have another great shot at taking down a big live event. Mo's good friend, Kim, brings 314,000 in chips into the final day, and he will be looking to make his first big live final table.
One of your live reporters on the scene, Remko Rinkema, did a video update at the end of the night with PokerNews host Sarah Herring, and here's what they had to say:
Here are the chip counts and seat draw of the final 13 players:
| 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 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for the epic conclusion of this event. Play will resume Sunday at 12 p.m. local time, and at the end of the night a winner will be crowned. The players are guaranteed at least KRW 9,150,000 (US $8,365), while the eventual winner will walk away 165,590,200 KRW (US $151,384) richer!
End Of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The recap of the day will be up shortly...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000 | 168,000 |
|
792,000 | |
|
540,000 | -20,000 |
|
414,000 | 414,000 |
|
397,000 | -43,000 |
|
314,000 | 4,000 |
|
309,000 | 9,000 |
|
277,000 | -54,000 |
|
259,000 | -26,000 |
|
174,000 | -3,000 |
|
170,000 | |
|
128,000 | 18,000 |
|
69,000 | -51,000 |
Big Double Up for Jennens
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
From the button Daniel Demicki raised and Tyler Jennens three-bet from the small blind after which the chip leader put him all in. Jennens called right away.
Demicki: 
Jennens: 
The board ran out 
and Jennens raked in a big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
792,000 | -168,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Genki Nakano Eliminated in 14th Place (KRW 9,150,000)
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jason Mo raised from the hijack to 19,000 and from the hijack it was Genki Nakano who moved all in for 38,000. The action folded back to Mo who made the call.
Mo: 
Nakano: 
The board ran out 
and Nakano was knocked out after having been short for a long time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Masato Yokosawa Eliminated in 15th Place (KRW 7,570,000)
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Masasto Yokosawa moved all in for 86,000 from the cutoff and chip leader Daniel Demicki called from the big blind.
Yokosawa: 
Demicki: 
The board ran out 
and Demicki raked in yet another pot while Yokosawa got knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
960,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |
Kelvin Beattie Eliminated in 16th Place (KRW 7,570,000)
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kelvin Beattie was down to just 60,000 when he just moved all in before the flop holding . The action folded around to Dong Kim and he made the call.
Kim called with 
and the board brought mere blanks to send Beattie to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted |
Demicki Takes The Lead
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Masato Yokosawa raised to 19,000 from the cut off. Daniel Demicki was seated on the big blind and bumped it up to 44,000 . Yokosawa took awhile to make his decision but made the call before both players watched the flop come down .
A pair of checked followed before the dealer produced the 
on the turn. Demicki then led out for 44,000 and was called as the 
then completed the board.
Both players then thought for a minute each but both checked before Demicki rolled over his 
for a pair on the river. Yokosawa then mucked his hand, much to the surprise of everyone on the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 270,000 |
Yokosawa Doubles Through Beattie
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kelvin Beattie raised to 16,000 from the cut off and watched as Masato Yokosawa moved all in for his remaining 142,000 from the big blind.
With the decision back on Beattie, he pondered over his decision for over a minute, before finally making the call.
Beattie: 
Yokosawa: 
Beattie was able to flop top pair but it was way behind to Yokosawa’s flopped set of eights. The board ran out the and to see Yokosawa collect a much needed double up and leaving Beattie to drop down to 80,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -160,000 |
David Evans Eliminated in 17th Place {KRW 7,570,000)
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
David Evans opened to 18,000 from under the gun as the action folded around to Jason Mo in the cut off. He made the call as the other players in the hand got out of the way.
The flop came down 
and the option was on Evans. However, he didn't realise that, and there was a pause for several minutes. Finally Mo looked over at his opponent and told him it was on him.
Evans then instantly bet out 25,000 and sat there calmly. Mo then moved all in and was called almost instantly.
Mo:
Evans:
Unfortunately for Evans he had flopped top two pair but had run into the bottomm set held by Mo. The board ran out the 
and to see the Australian eliminated in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
792,000 | 117,000 |
|
Busted |