₩4,000,000 APPT High Roller | 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

04-14-2019 20:52 UTC+9

Nakamura Eliminated by Heung

Christian Zetzsche

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

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:
Wayne Heung:

The board came and Heung paired his king on the flop to send Nakamura to the rail.

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

Tags: Tamon Nakamura Wayne Heung

04-14-2019 20:50 UTC+9

Redraw of the Last Three Tables

Christian Zetzsche

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

Seat	Table 1	Country	Table 2	Country	Table 3	Country
1	Yusuke Kotake	Japan	Shinryo Nonin	Japan	Gen Nose	Japan
2	Kenny Shih	United States	Wayne Zhang	China	Calvin Lee	United States
3	Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar	India	Chuanshu Chen	China	Daniel Smiljkovic	Germany
4	Yan Li	China	Tamon Nakamura	Japan	Wai Kiat Lee	Malaysia
5	Jian Yang	China	Wayne Heung	Hong Kong	Yilu Yuan	China
6	Yunye Lu	China	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	empty
7	Hisashi Yamanouchi	Japan	Ming Huang	China	Jun Obara	Japan
8	Keiji Takahashi	Japan	Yongwei Mo	China	Kensaku Takagi	Japan

04-14-2019 20:46 UTC+9

The First Four in the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

Jiaqi Chen lost a flip with against the of Kazuhiko Yotsushika on a board of to become the first casualty in the money.

He was followed right away by Randy Lew, Jiayi Jin and Yunchao Li to reduce the field within two minutes from 27 to the last 23 hopefuls. The redraw of the final three tables will be posted shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	420,000 20,000	20,000
Yuanchao Li	Busted
Jiayi Jin	Busted
Randy Lew	Busted
Jiaqi Chen	Busted

Tags: Jiaqi Chen Jiayi Jin Kazuhiko Yotsushika Randy Lew

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

04-14-2019 20:35 UTC+9

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

Christian Zetzsche

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

Randy Lew jammed the button with the and Wayne Heung called in the big blind with . The board came 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 . Takahashi had called the three barrels and Yotsushika shook his head, turned over for a bluff. Takahashi had and doubled.

Dong Chen jammed for 65,000 with and was called by Yusuke Kotake in the big blind with . The board came 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:
Yan Li:

The board came and Li rivered a straight to let the bubble burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yan Li	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Keiji Takahashi	700,000 50,000	50,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	400,000 -270,000	-270,000
Yusuke Kotake	320,000 130,000	130,000
Wayne Heung	160,000 9,000	9,000
Randy Lew	90,000 54,000	54,000
Dong Chen	Busted

Huijie Zhou	Busted

Tags: Dong Chen Huijie Zhou Kazuhiko Yotsushika Keiji Takahashi Randy Lew Wayne Heung Yan Li

04-14-2019 20:23 UTC+9

Yuan Doubles Through Lew

Christian Zetzsche

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

Yilu Yuan bubbled the APPT Korea Main Event just one day ago and he almost suffered the same fate just now when he called the small blind shove of Randy Lew for the last 106,000.

Yilu Yuan:
Randy Lew:

Lew improved on the flop, but the turn and river kept Yuan in the tournament, sending Lew on a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilu Yuan	224,000 64,000	64,000
Randy Lew	36,000 -84,000	-84,000

Tags: Randy Lew Yilu Yuan

04-14-2019 20:18 UTC+9

Hand For Hand Two Off the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

Since almost all of the four tables have been stalling, the tournament director has decided to start hand-for-hand two off the money.

04-14-2019 20:10 UTC+9

Another Pot for Takagi

Christian Zetzsche

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

The action has become even slower and Kensaku Takagi has claimed another pot. On a flop of , Hisashi Yamanouchi in the big blind and Takagi on the button both invested 75,000 to see the turn, which went check, check. On the river, Yamanouchi checked and folded to a bet of 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hisashi Yamanouchi	450,000 65,000	65,000
Kensaku Takagi	410,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Hisashi Yamanouchi Kensaku Takagi

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-14-2019 19:57 UTC+9

Takagi Gets Value From Heung

Christian Zetzsche

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

After defending his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Wayne Heung, Kensaku Takagi bet the river for 50,000 into a pot of 200,000. Heung reluctantly called and mucked when Takagi rolled over for top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kensaku Takagi	290,000 80,000	80,000
Wayne Heung	151,000 -274,000	-274,000

Tags: Kensaku Takagi Wayne Heung