2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

₩4,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
143,890,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
4,000,000 KRW
Prize Pool
649,609,000 KRW
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Who Will Win the 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea ₩4,000,000 APPT High Roller?

Kenny Shih among the big stacks for Day 2
Kenny Shih among the big stacks for Day 2

The final day of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Korea festival is here and the champion will be crowned in the the ₩4,000,000 ($3,525) High Roller Event. So far, a massive field of 155 entries has emerged in the Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea, and at least 72 players will return to their seats in the secondary VIP area on their mission to High Roller glory.

Best-positioned to take home a big portion of the ₩556,295,000 ($490,249) prize pool thus far is Japan's Keiji Takahashi, who bagged up 509,500 and holds a commanding lead over the rest of the field. Michael Soyza (264,000) sits in second place, closely followed by Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar (255,000) and Daniel Smiljkovic (247,000).

Other big stacks and notables with above-average stacks include Ming Huang (195,500), Linh Tran (160,500), Pete Chen (160,000), Konstantin Pogodin (160,000), Natalie Teh (136,500), Randy Lew (121,500), and Oleg Titov (115,500). Furthermore, the likes of Hideki Izutsu (74,500), Ken Okada (91,000), Short-Deck Champion Phachara Wongwichit (66,500, Chin Wei Lim (62,500), two-time festival champion Yan Li (61,500), and Danny Tang (41,000) are also in the mix.

The action resumes at 1.30 p.m. local time with level 12 and blinds of 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante and the registration remains open for the first level. All levels remain at 40 minutes throughout the tournament until a champion is crowned.

Among those that may take another shot at the action after having busted on Day 1 are Christopher Park, Jun Obara, Single-Day High Roller champion Toshiyuki Onda, Jack Wu, Norihiro Otani, Yuki Ko, Alex Lee, and PokerStars Ambassador Celina Lin.

Tags: Chin Wei LimDaniel SmiljkovicDanny TangHideki IzutsuKeiji TakahashiKen OkadaKonstantin PogodinLinh TranMichael SoyzaMing HuangNatalie TehNorihiro OtaniOleg TitovPete ChenPhachara WongwichitRandy LewYasreel Praveen Doddaiavar

Feng Triples Up

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

Oleg Titov was eliminated and re-entered, while Yilong Wang was eliminated in a three-way all in with Alex Lee and Huahuan Feng.

Yilong Wang: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Huahuan Feng: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Alex Lee: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Feng turned a jack to triple up. Lee was left short, doubled once and busted after.

Player Chips Progress
Huahuan Feng cn
Huahuan Feng
150,000
Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
50,000
Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
Busted
Yilong Wang cn
Yilong Wang
Busted

Sakurai and Yang Thriving

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

There were two casualties on table nine and one of them was Changyang Liu, new chip leader on the table is Jian Yang.

One table over, Kengo Sakurai sent Jie Xu to the rail when they clashed with two decent pocket pairs.

Jie Xu: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Kengo Sakurai: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Xu flopped a set but Sakurai got there via runner-runner straight on a board of {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades}{k-Hearts}.

Further early casualties can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Jian Yang cn
Jian Yang
250,000
123,500
123,500
Kengo Sakurai jp
Kengo Sakurai
165,000
78,000
78,000
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
50,000
50,000
50,000
Mitsuhiro Shiga jp
Mitsuhiro Shiga
Busted
Jie Xu cn
Jie Xu
Busted
Yifan Zhang cn
Yifan Zhang
Busted
Yuri Ishida jp
Yuri Ishida
Busted
Jwahyoung Kim kr
Jwahyoung Kim
Busted
Xiaobing He cn
Xiaobing He
Busted
Masafumi Iijima jp
Masafumi Iijima
Busted
Changyang Liu cn
Changyang Liu
Busted
Tsun Ming Chan hk
Tsun Ming Chan
Busted
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
Busted
Lu Chen cn
Lu Chen
Busted

Tags: Changyang LiuJian YangJie XuKengo Sakurai

Heung and Shih Score Knockouts

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Wayne Heung in the Super High Roller
Wayne Heung in the Super High Roller

Hirotaka Nakanishi had been all in for 37,500 and Mitsuhiro Shiga also jammed for more than that, while big stack Wayne Heung called to put two players at risk.

Hirotaka Nakanishi: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Mitsuhiro Shiga: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Wayne Heung: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The superior pocket pair held up on a board of {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades} to send two players to the rail.

One table over, Kenny Shih check-shoved into a bet of 20,000 by David Kwong Man on the {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop and was called.

David Kwong Man: {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Kenny Shih: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Shih immediately improved with the {4-Clubs} turn and the {3-Hearts} river was a blank to see yet another player run out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Wayne Heung hk
Wayne Heung
340,000
145,000
145,000
Kenny Shih tw
Kenny Shih
285,000
45,000
45,000
David Kwong Man gb
David Kwong Man
Busted
Mitsuhiro Shiga jp
Mitsuhiro Shiga
Busted
Hirotaka Nakanishi jp
Hirotaka Nakanishi
Busted

Tags: David Kwong ManHirotaka NakanishiKenny ShihMitsuhiro ShigaWayne Heung

Big Double for Doddaiavar

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar

Michael Soyza jammed into Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar and the latter called for the last 208,500 to create a big pot over on table one.

Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Michael Soyza: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The board came {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Soyza had to forfeit a big chunk of his stack.

"He four-bet jammed. It is only because of me, everyone else he flats," the Indian said soon after.

Player Chips Progress
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar in
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar
423,000
213,000
213,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
70,000
-210,000
-210,000

Tags: Michael SoyzaYasreel Praveen Doddaiavar

Soyza Eliminated by Tang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Michael Soyza
Michael Soyza

Michael Soyza ended up all in for around 65,000 against Tianyuan Tang and needed some help in the showdown.

Michael Soyza: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Tianyuan Tang: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop gave Soyza trips, yet he only had one out to pull a miracle double out of the hat. That was not possible anymore on the {q-Clubs} turn as Tang made quads himself to render the {10-Hearts} river as a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Tianyuan Tang cn
Tianyuan Tang
290,000
161,000
161,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
Busted

Tags: Michael SoyzaTianyuan Tang

Lew Doubles; Chen and Zhou Bust to Let the Bubble Burst

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

Randy Lew jammed the button with the {k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Wayne Heung called in the big blind with {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. The board came {9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Lew doubled with a full house.

One hand later the madness started with three all in and call on three different tables.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika battled with Keiji Takahashi and jammed the river of a board {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}. Takahashi had called the three barrels and Yotsushika shook his head, turned over {7-Spades}{2-Clubs} for a bluff. Takahashi had {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and doubled.

Dong Chen jammed for 65,000 with {2-Clubs}{2-Spades} and was called by Yusuke Kotake in the big blind with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. The board came {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Chen was first to go.

Over on table one, Yan Li had open-jammed her big stack and Huijie Zhou had called.

Huijie Zhu: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Yan Li: {q-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board came {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Li rivered a straight to let the bubble burst.

Money Bubble Bursts
Money Bubble Bursts
Player Chips Progress
Yan Li cn
Yan Li
1,100,000
100,000
100,000
Keiji Takahashi jp
Keiji Takahashi
700,000
50,000
50,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
400,000
-270,000
-270,000
Yusuke Kotake jp
Yusuke Kotake
320,000
130,000
130,000
Wayne Heung hk
Wayne Heung
160,000
9,000
9,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
90,000
54,000
54,000
Dong Chen cn
Dong Chen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Huijie Zhou cn
Huijie Zhou
Busted

Tags: Dong ChenHuijie ZhouKazuhiko YotsushikaKeiji TakahashiRandy LewWayne HeungYan Li

Nakamura Eliminated by Heung

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Tamon Nakamura
Tamon Nakamura

In a battle of the blinds, Tamon Nakamura ended up all in and at risk against Wayne Heung and had just one overcard to fear.

Tamon Nakamura: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Wayne Heung: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The board came {k-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Heung paired his king on the flop to send Nakamura to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Wayne Heung hk
Wayne Heung
310,000
150,000
150,000
Tamon Nakamura jp
Tamon Nakamura
Busted

Tags: Tamon NakamuraWayne Heung

Lee and Yamanouchi Eliminated

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Wai Kiat Lee
Wai Kiat Lee

Gen Nose raised and Daniel Smiljkovic called in the small blind. Wai Kiat Lee jammed out of the big blind for 417,000 and Nose folded, Smiljkovic made the call.

Wai Kiat Lee: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Daniel Smiljkovic: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

The board came {6-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades} and Lee was the next casualty.

Right after, Hisashi Yamanouchi was waiting at the payout desk, too, as he was sent to the rail in 21st place.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic de
Daniel Smiljkovic
900,000
540,000
540,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Hisashi Yamanouchi jp
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Busted
Wai Kiat Lee my
Wai Kiat Lee
Busted

Tags: Daniel SmiljkovicGen NoseHisashi YamanouchiWai Kiat Lee

Obara Eliminated in Three-Way All In

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jun Obara
Jun Obara

Calvin Lee jammed for 114,000 first to act and Daniel Smiljkovic called from one seat over. Jun Obara reshoved on the button for 195,000 and Smiljkovic called.

Calvin Lee: {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Jun Obara: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Daniel Smiljkovic: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

On a board of {q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, Lee tripled up and Smiljkovic rivered the better hand to send Obara to the rail in 20th place.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic de
Daniel Smiljkovic
950,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Calvin Lee kr
Calvin Lee
350,000
225,000
225,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
Busted

Tags: Calvin LeeDaniel SmiljkovicJun Obara