₩4,000,000 APPT High Roller Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

04-13-2019 22:00 UTC+9

More Entries and Re-Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Half a dozen players including Alex Lee and Haoqi Xie were waiting for a new table to open and just jumped into the event. Keisuke Hikosaka, Kazuhiko Yotsushika and Hideki Izutsu were eliminated earlier and have re-entered, as has Xiaqing Ji.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoqi Xie	50,000
Alex Lee	50,000
Hideki Izutsu	50,000 -9,000	-9,000
Keisuke Hikosaka	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	50,000 50,000	50,000
Xiaqing Ji	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alex Lee Hideki Izutsu Kazuhiko Yotsushika Keisuke Hikosaka Xiaqing Ji Haoqi Xie

04-13-2019 22:09 UTC+9

Chen Sends Zhu to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

In a four-bet pot to the flop, Dong Chen and Xing Biao Zhu clash with the latter at risk of elimination.

Xing Biao Zhu:
Dong Chen:

The turn and the river change nothing whatsoever, and Zhu has been eliminated after a crazy roller coaster in the first levels of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Chen	140,000 140,000	140,000

Xing Biao Zhu	Busted

Tags: Dong Chen Xing Biao Zhu

04-13-2019 22:14 UTC+9

Lee Goes Runner Runner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Jamie Lee had squeezed to 9,000 and then got it in against an opponent with versus . He was freerolling after the flop and indeed got there with the turn and river.

"I already lost twice with ace-king today," Lee said, then headed over to his wife on the rail before returning to his seat and stacking the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Lee	115,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Jamie Lee

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-13-2019 22:29 UTC+9

More Than 100 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Danny Tang, Robert Glasspool and Natalie Teh have already entered while Pete Chen and Wayne Heung are waiting for a seat. The field has climbed to more than 100 entries with 87 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	50,000

Robert Glasspool	50,000 -2,000	-2,000
Natalie Teh	50,000

Tags: Danny Tang Natalie Teh Pete Chen Robert Glasspool

04-13-2019 22:36 UTC+9

Hayano More Than Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

In a three-way all in, Single-Day High Roller Toshiyuki Onda went in as the biggest stack with against the of Reo Hayano and the of a short stack.

The board came and the kings held up to leave Onda with 4,000, which he lost right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reo Hayano	110,000 60,000	60,000
Toshiyuki Onda	Busted

Tags: Reo Hayano Toshiyuki Onda

04-13-2019 22:45 UTC+9

Siow Doubles Through Chen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

There was a loud uproar over on table seven when Li Chen jammed with queen-high into Graeme Siow and the latter called with seven-high for the last 38,200. Let's be clear, though, both players were suited and this is a re-entry tournament.

Graeme Siow:
Li Chen:

The table started cheering when Siow picked up a gutshot on the flop. He paired up on the turn to get even more outs and got there on the river, as everyone on the table burst out in laughter. "It's re-entry!" Siow added and Chen was left with half the starting stack and a dry smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graeme Siow	80,000 80,000	80,000
Li Chen	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Graeme Siow Li Chen

04-13-2019 22:51 UTC+9

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yake Wu has been eliminated and re-entered, the field has reached 112 entries of which 88 players remain mid-way through the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huahuan Feng	130,000 80,000	80,000
Yan Li	95,000 45,000	45,000
Minh Le	75,000 13,000	13,000
Chin Wei Lim	75,000 25,000	25,000
Nan Hong	60,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yuki Ko	55,000 7,500	7,500
Wayne Heung	52,000 52,000	52,000
Guoliang Wei	50,000 50,000	50,000

Yake Wu	50,000 -25,000	-25,000
Pete Chen	50,000 50,000	50,000

Christopher Park	47,000 -3,000	-3,000
Victor Chong	35,000 -60,000	-60,000
Wayne Zhang	30,000 -20,000	-20,000
Jia Tian	20,000 -30,000	-30,000

04-13-2019 22:55 UTC+9

Takahashi Doubles Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Keiji Takahashi three-bet shoved out of the small blind with the and got there against to double his short stack. He would double again, this time with against the of Kazuhiko Yotsushika on a board of . For Yotsushika on his second bullet, that meant 18,000 chips remaining and he four-bet jammed ace-queen into kings to bust a second time.

Danny Tang has also busted and will likely re-enter, while Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar leads the table of Takahashi with three times the starting stack.