₩6,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju
₩6,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju
Buy-in
6,000,000 KRW
Prize Pool
182,050,000 KRW
Entries
34
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Changyang Liu Leads Final 16 After Day 1 of 2019 PokerStars Jeju APPT High Roller
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The first day of 2019 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Jeju had its own adventure, as the Super High Roller that was originally scheduled for the day got canceled and replaced with a ₩6,000,000 High Roller event. The new event started almost four hours later than its predecessor and drew 32 total entries, concluding after nine 40-minutes levels.
China's Changyang Liu emerged as the chip leader after winning a huge pot two hands before the end of the day; Liu's pocket queens giving him a middle set on the flop, while his opponent was holding ace-queen for top two, and all the chips ended up in the middle. Liu's set held, catapulting him to 269,100in chips, which was enough to grab the chip lead from former frontrunner Jiang Chen.
However, Chen, who had an amazing festival during 2019 APPT Korea a couple of months ago, managed to final table two events, the Main Event (4th) and the Super High Roller (2nd) for a combined prize of ₩186,582,000 (~$161,000). This time around the Chinese player ended Day 1 with 164,900, good enough for second place in today's chip counts.
Twenty-three unique players comprised the field and there were nine re-entries, bringing the total Day 1 entries up to 32. The champion of re-entries was Huidong Gu, the only player from Macau in the field, who was also the only player with two re-entries and he still didn't manage to advance to Day 2.
Registration will remain open until the start of Day 2, at 1 p.m. local time (GMT+9) on Sunday, June 23, and this is when the total prize pool and payouts will be announced.
High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
| 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 | USA | 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 |
Event #4: NL Hold'em - Single Re-Entry - ₩500,000 Buy-In came to a conclusion earlier today with a heads-up deal between Jinlong Hu and Jiheng Zhang, both from China. Hu won ₩6,300,000 (~$5,400) for first place and Zhang took home ₩5,956,000 (~$5,100) as part of their deal. A total number of 52 entries were in the event with 44 unique players and 8 re-entries, creating a prize pool of ₩22,698,000.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all the coverage tomorrow during Day 2 of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Jeju High Roller.
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
269,100 | -30,900 |
|
164,900 | -105,100 |
|
120,000 | 40,000 |
|
117,600 | 52,600 |
|
114,000 | 64,000 |
|
108,400 | 53,400 |
|
106,100 | 79,100 |
|
97,300 | 47,300 |
|
85,800 | 35,800 |
|
|
81,500 | 16,500 |
|
79,500 | 29,500 |
|
63,600 | -36,400 |
|
60,100 | 35,100 |
|
53,500 | 53,500 |
|
43,200 | 43,200 |
|
27,300 | 27,300 |
Five More Hands
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The clock has been paused at 14:22 before the end of Level 9 and the chipleader of the event so far, Changyang Liu, asked to pick the number of the day's last hands.
He picked the number 5, so the players will play five more hands before the end of the day. Stay tuned for the names and stacks of advancing players.
A New Sheriff in Town
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Changyang Liu won a huge pot versus Junjien Wang sending him to the rail, while he took the chip lead for Day 1.
It was discovered after the fact, but Wang held ace-queen on a flop that gave him top two pair, while Liu was holding queens for middle set.
All the chips went in the middle and the turn and river didn't change anything, meaning Liu is near 300,000 chips and sits atop the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Zhai's Steal Not Getting Through
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Yifu Zhai is the last player that busted in 8th level of Day 1 after he shoved for 27 big blinds from the button, holding 
.
Hao He was in the small blind, called with 
, and the flop was decisive for the hand, with the 
giving to Hao He a huge advantage.
The 
on the turn left Zhai drawing dead and the 
on the river was a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Chen Snaps River to Extend Lead
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There was over 60,000 in the middle of the table in a heads-up pot between chip leader Jiang Chen and opponent Wei Zheng, with the action picked up on the river on a board reading 
.
Zheng had fired out a bet after the last card, hit, with Chen calling so quickly it was impossible to determine the amount of the bet size. Chen was clearly confident in his read, tabling 
before Zheng could reveal his hand, with the latter forlornly pitching his cards into the muck, meaning the rich get richer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
65,000 | 16,000 |
The River Keeps Hao He In
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Hao He was found all in preflop and in a difficult spot, with versus his opponents 
.
The board came 
and the river was one of the few outs left for He to double up. His stack was 39,000, so after this double-up he has a healthy stack of 80 big blinds.
The structure of the event offers very good chances for deepstack poker, since even players who register in the penultimate level of Day 1 will start with 50 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000