₩6,000,000 APPT High Roller | 2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju

06-23-2019 05:41 UTC

Lucky River for Liu

Ernestok

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Changyang Liu just busted a player and his stack is over 350,000 in chips. He was found all in preflop with and was in a difficult spot with his opponent holding .

Liu's opponent had him outkicked and in trouble with the board reading . However, the river was the , one of the three outs Liu needed to win the pot and he sent his opponent to the rail and claimed the pot in one fell swoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Changyang Liu	350,000	80,900

Tags: Changyang Liu

06-23-2019 05:38 UTC

APPT National Day 1A Opening Flight Underway

RazorSharpPro

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

All the action is not restricted to the High Roller, with the rescheduled opening flight, Day 1A, of the APPT National also underway. So far 87 players have ponied up the KRW 1,500,000 entry fee, with the format offering players a single re-entry per flight, and 84 of those players are still in contention.

Players are returning from their first scheduled break of the day and several notables are in attendance, with PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event Champion Tae Hoon Han, Russia's Konstantin Pogodin, China's Liang Song and Macau's Huidong Gu just some of those in the running.

Players start with 30,000 in chips and have 30-minute levels in which to use them, playing down until the money with 12% of the field making the Day 2 cut.

The second and final starting flight, Day 1B, will kickoff at 7 p.m. local time (GMT+9) and will follow the same format, though this will have 20-minute levels instead of the originally scheduled 30-minutes.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-23-2019 05:04 UTC

Prize Pool Information Released

RazorSharpPro

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Numbers are in for the first of the APPT Jeju High Roller Events, with the tournament drawing a total of 34 entries (25 unique) and generating a prize pool of KRW 182,050,000 (~$157,100). The top six places will make the money with a min-cash good for KRW 12,744,000 and the eventual winner walking away with the KRW 61,895,000 top prize (~$53,400).

06-23-2019 04:50 UTC

A Boat for the Double Up

Ernestok

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zhang Yang was one of the two new entries before the start of Day 2 and he just managed to double up. He raised from the cutoff only for Hao He to defend from the big blind.

Yang three-barreled for 8,500, 20,500 and 16,800 in chips with the board showing . His third barrel was an all in too, and Hao He was his opponent and called all three streets. Yang showed for a full house and Hao He opened reluctantly his eights, after his opponent demanded to see them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhang Yang	90,000	90,000

Tags: Hao He Zhang Yang

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-23-2019 04:30 UTC

Two Table Redraw

Ernestok

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Play started with two new registrations, with 18 players taking their seats at the tables. After the first half of the first level in Day 2, the field is back down to 16, split over two tables after the recent redraw.

Shuo Li and Xingbiao Zhu are the two first players to depart from Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shuo Li	Busted

Tags: Shuo Li

06-23-2019 04:23 UTC

Zhu Crippled and Busted

Ernestok

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Xingbiao Zhu had some ups and downs in the first hands of Day 2. He managed to double up but then he lost most of his chips in a preflop all in situation.

Zhu was in the button holding up against the jacks of his opponent. The board ran out and Zhu was left with just 4 big blinds.

He busted just two hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xingbiao Zhu	Busted

Tags: Xingbiao Zhu

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

06-23-2019 03:56 UTC

In Search of the High Roller Winner in the 2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju

Ernestok

The start of Day 2 is getting close here in Landing Casino for the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Jeju ₩6,000,000 High Roller. After Day 1, the field of the event reached 32 entries and it was cut in half, with 16 players advancing to Day 2. Registrations will remain open until the start of Day 2, which means that the total number of entries could easily change and grow bigger.

The final numbers of the event and the prize pool will be announced after the start of Day 2.

Changyang Liu holds the chip lead after Day 1 with 269,100 in chips, as the only player who has over 200k. Another notable player is Jiang Chen, who is second in chip counts and has had some serious results during the previous APPT in Jeju with two final tables. American WSOP gold bracelet winner Shawn Busse is in the field too, with the sixth biggest stack after Day 1.

Day 2 Seat Assignments

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips
1	1	Wei Huang	China	106,100
1	3	Vitaliy Kim	Kazakhstan	85,800
1	5	Xinglong Huang	China	53,500
1	7	Hao Tian	China	97,300
1	8	Wei Zheng	China	81,500

2	1	Hao He	China	120,000
2	3	Shuo Li	China	117,600
2	5	Ye Wang	China	60,100
2	7	Kun Jiang	China	43,200
2	8	Shawn Busse	United States	108,400

3	1	Changyang Liu	China	269,100
3	3	Xingbiao Zhu	China	27,300
3	5	Lei Yu	China	79,500
3	6	Dengdong Huang	China	114,000
3	7	Ian Cordts	Ireland	63,600
3	8	Jiang Chen	China	164,900

Tags: Changyang Liu Jiang Chen Shawn Busse