₩2,500,000 APPT Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju
₩2,500,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 1a
It is Time for Day 1a of 2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju Main Event
The most important event of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour is about to begin at 12 p.m. local time (GMT+9), and that event is the ₩2,500,000 APPT Main Event (~$2,160). The winner of the previous APPT Korea Main Event was Sparrow Cheung who defeated a field of 581 entries for a first place prize of ₩198,100,000 (~$172,000).
This time the Main Event has a slightly bigger buy-in than the previous one and also a bigger guaranteed prize pool. The ₩300,000,000 guaranteed of the previous Main Event has been pumped up to ₩500,000,000 for this one.
Entrants will receive 30,000 in chips and play for today will consist of thirteen 40-minute levels. Registration closes at the end of level 9 (around 6:45 p.m.) and all players have the option of a single re-entry in case they lose all their chips up until this level.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the coverage of the main event in the days to come, so stay tuned for all the action.
Meanwhile, Day 2 of the APPT National event just started, with 22 players taking their seats after two starting flights. The event easily beat the KRW 200M guarantee and draw a total of 177 entries over the two respective starting Day 1's. This generated a KRW 231,782,000 (~$200,000) prize pool with the eventual winner walking away with the trophy, title and KRW 57,365,000 (~$49,500) top prize.
Notables in contention include China's Liang Song who holds the chip lead, Shuo Li, Jun Obara, Yang Zhang, USA's Jin Woo Kim, among others.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and play just started!
Starting with Controversy
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A controversial hand just took place in Table No. 5 where the board was reading 
. The button had bet 2,800 and the action was in a middle position player who was considering his options.
The dealer was holding the deck in her hand and she accidentally hit the cards with her other hand, causing most of them to fall in the table facing up. She instantly paused the hand and asked for the tournament director who arrived immediately and informed her to shuffle all the remaining cards in the deck.
The player who was about to act had his objections but the tournament director informed him that there is action in the hand and they saw almost half the remaining cards in the deck. He accepted it and then he raised to 9,000.
The button player called and the 
completed the river. The middle position player bet 12,000 this time and his opponent called and mucked when he saw his opponent's 
for a flopped straight!
The player with the straight was still mildly irritated, assuming that this river destroyed the action for his hand but he has to live with it. Besides this, he still won a decent sized pot...
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
First Images of the Main Event
Numbers Are Going Up
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The Main Event started with just 20 players but after a level and a half the tournament's entries are up to 61!
Three Players - Three Made Hands
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team just witnessed a huge three-way all in in Table No. 6 where all three players had a made hand in the flop.
The first three community cards were 
and the three players were holding:
Player 1: 
Player 2: 
Player 3: 
And as it happens sometimes in those kinds of situations, the worst hand wins! The 
in the turn almost secured the pot for the player holding king-queen and the gave him the triple up, while the player with the set busted and the flush player was left crippled.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200