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

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Lee Goes Runner Runner

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Jamie Lee had squeezed to 9,000 and then got it in against an opponent with {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} versus {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}. He was freerolling after the {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop and indeed got there with the {q-Diamonds} turn and {5-Diamonds} 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 us
Jamie Lee
115,000
28,000
28,000

Tags: Jamie Lee

Chen Sends Zhu to the Rail

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante
Dong Chen
Dong Chen

In a four-bet pot to the {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop, Dong Chen and Xing Biao Zhu clash with the latter at risk of elimination.

Xing Biao Zhu: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Dong Chen: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

The {5-Spades} turn and the {10-Diamonds} 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 cn
Dong Chen
140,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Xing Biao Zhu cn
Xing Biao Zhu
Busted

Tags: Dong ChenXing Biao Zhu

More Entries and Re-Entries

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 cn
Haoqi Xie
50,000
Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
50,000
Hideki Izutsu jp
Hideki Izutsu
50,000
-9,000
-9,000
Keisuke Hikosaka jp
Keisuke Hikosaka
50,000
50,000
50,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
50,000
50,000
50,000
Xiaqing Ji cn
Xiaqing Ji
50,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Alex LeeHideki IzutsuKazuhiko YotsushikaKeisuke HikosakaXiaqing JiHaoqi Xie

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

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

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

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

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