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

04-14-2019 16:34 UTC+9

No Longer in Contention

Christian Zetzsche

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

Just before the break, Daniel Lee lost a flip to the of chip leader Keiji Takahashi and bowed out. Also no longer in contention are the further players listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keiji Takahashi	820,000 70,000	70,000

Daniel Lee	Busted
Vincent Li	Busted
Minh Le	Busted
Konstantin Pogodin	Busted
Sano Koichi	Busted
Hiroyuki Noda	Busted
Alex Lee	Busted

Tags: Daniel Lee Keiji Takahashi

04-14-2019 16:41 UTC+9

Lee Doubles Through Heung

Christian Zetzsche

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

Kosaku Akashi departed before the break and James Won Lee ended up all in and at risk for 41,500 against Wayne Heung.

James Won Lee:
Wayne Heung:

The board came and Lee remained in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wayne Heung	305,000 -35,000	-35,000
James Won Lee	90,000 -46,500	-46,500
Kosaku Akashi	Busted

Tags: James Won Lee Kosaku Akashi Wayne Heung

04-14-2019 16:50 UTC+9

Prize Pool Information Released

Christian Zetzsche

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

A total of 181 entries created a prize pool of ₩649,609,000 ($571,656) and the top 27 spots will get paid. A min cash is worth ₩6,495,000 ($5,716) and the winner receives the PokerStars LIVE trophy and a payday of ₩143,890,000 ($126,623).

Place	Prize (in KRW)	Prize (in USD)
1	₩143,890,000	$126,623
2	₩97,114,000	$85,460
3	₩66,845,000	$58,824
4	₩54,500,000	$47,960
5	₩43,460,000	$38,245
6	₩33,390,000	$29,383
7	₩24,295,000	$21,380
8	₩17,605,000	$15,492
9	₩14,550,000	$12,804
10-11	₩12,345,000	$10,864
12-13	₩10,720,000	$9,434
14-15	₩9,745,000	$8,576
16-17	₩8,770,000	$7,718
18-20	₩7,795,000	$6,860
21-23	₩7,145,000	$6,288
24-27	₩6,495,000	$5,716

04-14-2019 17:03 UTC+9

Soyza Eliminated by Tang

Christian Zetzsche

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

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

Michael Soyza:
Tianyuan Tang:

The 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 turn as Tang made quads himself to render the river as a formality.

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

Tags: Michael Soyza Tianyuan Tang

04-14-2019 17:10 UTC+9

Yamanouchi Doubles Through Heung

Christian Zetzsche

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

Several players were eliminated including Kengo Sakurai, Danny Bao and Xing Biao Zhu.

Wayne Heung had boosted his stack but took another big hit right after when he got it in with against the of Hisashi Yamanouchi and his . The board came and neither player had a diamond in the hand to let Yamanouchi double for 157,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	350,000 190,000	190,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	340,000 50,000	50,000

Hisashi Yamanouchi	320,000 288,000	288,000
Yongwei Mo	300,000 170,000	170,000
Wayne Heung	265,000 -40,000	-40,000
Jiaqi Chen	Busted
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Kengo Sakurai	Busted
Yuichi Sumida	Busted
Xing Biao Zhu	Busted
Danny Bao	Busted

Tags: Danny Bao Hisashi Yamanouchi Kengo Sakurai Wayne Heung Xing Biao Zhu

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

04-14-2019 17:19 UTC+9

The Field is Getting Thinner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

While the all in showdowns didn't take place as frequently lately, there were still five casualties to bring the field down to the last 41 hopefuls with Pete Chen, Changyang Liu, and Hideki Izutsu among those to bow out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideki Izutsu	Busted
Hiroshi Nishiyama	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted

Huahuan Feng	Busted
Changyang Liu	Busted

Tags: Changyang Liu Hideki Izutsu Pete Chen

04-14-2019 17:24 UTC+9

Five Tables Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Yan Li has continued to build her stack and currently adds to a growing tower with more than half a million in chips. She just busted a short stack with versus when she raised the button and called the jam to spike help and reduce the field to the last five tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yan Li	650,000 250,000	250,000
Lu Chen	Busted

Tags: Yan Li

04-14-2019 17:32 UTC+9

Nakamura Busts Tran

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Linh Tran got his short stack in with the and Tamon Nakamura made the call with to spike a jack and send Tran to the rail. There are now 39 players remaining for an average stack of just shy of 40 big blinds, and the money bubble is coming closer one by one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamon Nakamura	185,000 9,000	9,000
Linh Tran	Busted

Tags: Linh Tran Tamon Nakamura

04-14-2019 17:42 UTC+9

Yuan Loses to Heung; Busts Glasspool

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Yilu Yuan bet 35,000 on the river of an ace-high board and called the raise to 81,000 by Wayne Heung, who had an ace and dragged in a very healthy pot. The very next hand, Yuan raised and called the shove of Robert Glasspool out of the blinds with .

Glasspool only had and the flop left him drawing to a straight only. He picked up a few more outs with the turn, but the river was a blank.