₩6,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
₩6,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
The third of the scheduled High Roller events, the three-day APPT High Roller been rescheduled to a two-day event with a new start time of 1 p.m. (GMT+9) on Friday, June 28, 2019.
The tournament will feature a KRW 6,000,000 (~$5,200) buy-in, with players starting with 50,000 in chips, with the structure boasting 40-minute levels. Day 1 will comprise of ten 40-minute levels, with play expected to conclude at approximately 8:10 p.m after break times have been factored in. Late registration will remain open until the end of Day 1, closing at the end of Level 10 on Friday, June 28.
Two players have tasted success so far in the APPT Jeju High Roller events, with China's Jiang Chen taking down the first KRW 6M High Roller, which replaced the scheduled Event #2 Super High Roller. Chen defeated a 34-strong field, defeating fellow countryman Hao Tian heads-up to take down the KRW 61,895,000 (~$53,400) top prize and clinch his first PokerStarsLIVE title.
It was another Chinese player, Donghui Xu, who took down the second KRW 6M High Roller of the series, triumphing over an 11-strong field to take the 29,449,000 (~$25,500) top prize and claim his first PokerStarsLIVE title after defeating fellow countryman Yifu Zhai heads-up.
Both players are expected to take part in this third installment, as is the USA's Shawn Busse, another player who has cashed this series with a 29th place finish in the KRW 2.5M Main Event, which was good for a KRW 5,135,000 payday.
The Main Event is still in action, with the Final Table in the process of playing out with full coverage brought to you by the PokerNews live reporting team.
Stay tuned for the High Rolling action, cards will be in the air at 1 p.m. sharp on Friday, June 28, and PokerNews will bring you all the action as it plays out.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The final High Roller for the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Jeju is underway with seven players comprised in the starting field. Entries are expected to grow bigger as time passes, and here you will learn everything that happens in the event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jiang Chen | 50,000 | |
Xinglong Huang | 50,000 | |
Ruihong Tao | 50,000 | |
Lei Yu | 50,000 | |
Ye Wang | 50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yifu Zhai | 50,000 | |
Mengdian Peng | 50,000 | |
Hao Tian | 50,000 | |
Haoqi Xie | 50,000 | |
Changyang Liu | 50,000 |
Two of the later entries are India's Amanpreet Singh and China's Changyang Liu, and they are seated in two different tables. They are also heading to different directions as one is going up the chip counts and the other is going down.
Amanpreet Singh won a pot where he raised in the turn to 8,700 against his opponent's bet to 3,000. The other player called and the board on the river was . This time both players checked, and Singh took down the pot with for a set, while his opponent showed that he missed a massive draw with .
Meanwhile, Changyang Liu is left with around 13,000, by calling a 15,000 bet on the river in a board of against Lei Yu. Yu showed ace-king for the nut straight and Liu mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Amanpreet Singh | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Changyang Liu | 13,000 | -37,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
A strange hand took place in one of the tables where there's been a five-bet all in. A player four-bet to 20,000 and his opponent, who had already three-bet, announced all in.
The other player said "Count" but the dealer heard "Call", so she said "Call" to the other player who quickly opened his cards, with ! Then, the first player let her now that he said "Count", and so he had the chance to think with his opponent's cards face-up.
The all-in was around 37,000, so he had to invest 17,000 more, to win a pot around 60,000. But you always make the correct decision when you know your opponent's cards, right? So, he folded...