2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

₩4,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day: 1
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

Wu and Ko Claim Pots

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Yake Wu clashed with Daniel Smiljkovic and the latter lost some of his early profit to drop back to around 80,000 when he had to fold to a 6,000 bet by Wu in the hijack on the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Spades} turn.

Yuki Ko also claimed a pot, betting into two opponents on the river of a {9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{q-Spades}{j-Clubs} board for 9,500 into 11,000. Two folds later, Ko was awarded the chips and recovered some earlier losses.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic de
Daniel Smiljkovic
80,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
75,000
8,000
8,000
Yuki Ko jp
Yuki Ko
47,500
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Daniel SmiljkovicYuki Ko

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Mo Enters and Busts Ji

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Xiaqing Ji
Xiaqing Ji

Yongwei Mo had entered a few minutes before the first break and just now sent Xiaqing Ji to the rail. The cards were all but rushed away, but the {10-Spades}{8-Spades} of Mo still visible after she had turned the nut straight.

Also in the field by now: Wayne Zhang and Tian Jin.

Player Chips Progress
Yongwei Mo cn
Yongwei Mo
85,000
85,000
85,000
Jia Tian cn
Jia Tian
50,000
50,000
50,000
Wayne Zhang cn
Wayne Zhang
50,000
50,000
50,000
Xiaqing Ji cn
Xiaqing Ji
Busted

Tags: Tian JinWayne ZhangXiaqing JiYongwei Mo

Hikosaka Eliminated

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Keisuke Hikosaka
Keisuke Hikosaka

Keisuke Hikosaka was left with a mere 3,900 when he doubled once with {k-Spades}{j-Hearts} versus {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} thanks to the {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}{9-Spades}{j-Spades} board. However, right after he got it in again with {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} against the {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} of Hie Xu and the board came {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

Big stack on the table is Huijie Zhou, who confirmed he had taken the vast majority of Hikosaka's stack in a "weird hand."

Player Chips Progress
Huijie Zhou cn
Huijie Zhou
95,000
35,000
35,000
Jie Xu cn
Jie Xu
55,000
5,000
5,000
Keisuke Hikosaka jp
Keisuke Hikosaka
Busted

Tags: Huijie ZhouJie XuKeisuke Hikosaka

Value for Le

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Minh Le
Minh Le

Minh Le on the button and the big blind tangled in a smaller pot to the {q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades} river and the big blind led for 5,500. Le raised it up to 13,000 and received the call he was looking for, turning over {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} for bottom set.

Player Chips Progress
Minh Le vn
Minh Le
62,000
62,000
62,000

Tags: Minh Le

Guo Gone; Wongwichit and Lim Arrive

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Phachara Wongwichit
Phachara Wongwichit

Dong Guo sent his stack over to Changyang Liu, further cementing his great start into day 1 of the High Roller with three times the starting stack. New arrivals included Phachara Wongwichit and Chin Wei Lim, and the more players bust out of the Main Event, the merrier they head over to the VIP room.

With 90 entries in level four, the event is well on track to get a decent field and juicy prize pool.

Player Chips Progress
Changyang Liu cn
Changyang Liu
150,000
47,000
47,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
50,000
50,000
50,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
50,000
50,000
50,000
Dong Guo cn
Dong Guo
Busted

Tags: Changyang LiuChin Wei LimDong GuoPhachara Wongwichit

Titov Sends Stack to Shih

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Kenny Shih
Kenny Shih

On the heads-up turn of {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}, Oleg Titov bet 11,000 in the small blind and Kenny Shih called from under the gun. The {9-Spades} river paired the board for a second time and Titov moved all in for around 40,000, Shish verified with the dealer that the Russian was all in and snap-called.

Titov shook his head and turned over {a-Spades}{k-Spades}, which Shih had beat with {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Shih tw
Kenny Shih
140,000
90,000
90,000
Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
Busted

Tags: Kenny ShihOleg Titov

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

Liu Takes a Hit; Zhu Jams

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Shingo Horikoshi recovered chips over on table one and jumped back above the starting stack while Kensaku Takagi has dropped to around half of that after a clash with Jingxuan Zhu. They created a pot of 19,000 to the {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Zhu moved all in from late position. Takagi on the button gave it brief consideration and folded.

Changyang Liu has also taken a hit as he lost one third of his big stack when his table neighbor turned the nut straight with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} on a board {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Changyang Liu cn
Changyang Liu
100,000
-50,000
-50,000
Shingo Horikoshi jp
Shingo Horikoshi
60,000
17,000
17,000
Jingxuan Zhu cn
Jingxuan Zhu
55,000
-4,000
-4,000
Kensaku Takagi jp
Kensaku Takagi
23,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: Changyang LiuJingxuan ZhuKensaku TakagiShingo Horikoshi