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

06-29-2019 07:27 UTC

Wang Grabs the Lead

Ernestok

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ye Wang has won a couple of pots, and now he is up to 540,000, positioned as the chip leader of the event.

In the biggest of his recent pots, he was against Sahil Chuttani, and hit a flush on the turn, after defending from the big blind. He led both turn and river, for 28,000 and 108,000 respetively, with Chuttani calling both streets to see the bad news.

The bubble play continues, with Xingbiao Zhu as the shortest stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Wang	540,000 250,000	250,000
Sahil Chuttani	150,000 -190,000	-190,000

06-29-2019 07:38 UTC

Yang Zhang Eliminated in 7th Place

Ernestok

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There were two or three short stacks in the table, but it wasn't one of them that busted on the bubble. Ye Wang had the lead and kept on pressuring his opponents by shoving many of his hands preflop.

On one of these occasions, he was on the button and shoved again, with Xingbiao Zhu in the small blind and Yang Zhang in the big blind. Zhu folded quickly, but Yang Zhang called even quicker, risking his more than 30-big-blind-stack.

Ye Wang:
Yang Zhang:

The flop gave the lead to Wang immediately, falling , the turn added some outs to Yang's hand, but the on the river wrote the epilogue for Yang Zhang. The runner-up of this festival's Main Event is the bubble boy of the final High Roller, and all remaining players have secured a place in the payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Wang	780,000 240,000	240,000
Yang Zhang	Busted

Tags: Yang Zhang Ye Wang

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-29-2019 08:04 UTC

Double-Up for the Short Stacks

Ernestok

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Liuheng Dai and XIngbiao Zhu were short stacks and they both managed to double up during this level.

At first, Liuheng Dai was with against Hao Tian's . The board ran out and Dai doubled-up.

The same happened with Xingbiao Zhu who picked up and was against Ye Wang's . The flop gave the lead to Wang with , but the on the turn and the on the river returned the pot to Zhu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Wang	750,000 -30,000	-30,000
Hao Tian	380,000 -20,000	-20,000
Liuheng Dai	175,000 -25,000	-25,000
Xingbiao Zhu	140,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Liuheng Dai Xingbiao Zhu

06-29-2019 08:30 UTC

Break

Ernestok

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

This six finalists went on another break and will return in 15 minutes.

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-29-2019 09:03 UTC

Xingbiao Zhu Eliminated in 6th Place (₩14,618,000|$12,600)

Ernestok

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

XIngbiao Zhu is the first player to bust in the money, and it was in a brutal way. Zhu was in the big blind and was holding the best hand in no limit hold'em when he saw Ye Wang shoving from the small blind. He called and the two players tabled their hands.

Ye Wang:
Xingbiao Zhu:

The board ran out and Zhu hit the rail in 6th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xingbiao Zhu	Busted

Tags: Xingbiao Zhu Ye Wang

06-29-2019 09:07 UTC

Sahil Chuttani Eliminated in 5th Place (₩18,794,000|$16,250)

Ernestok

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Two rapid eliminations in the final table in two back-to-back hands. After Zhu, it was India's Sahil Chuttani who departed from the final table, when he went all in with against Hao Tian's .