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

04-13-2019 21:20 UTC+9

Hikosaka Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Keisuke Hikosaka was left with a mere 3,900 when he doubled once with versus thanks to the board. However, right after he got it in again with against the of Hie Xu and the board came .

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	95,000 35,000	35,000
Jie Xu	55,000 5,000	5,000
Keisuke Hikosaka	Busted

Tags: Huijie Zhou Jie Xu Keisuke Hikosaka

04-13-2019 21:05 UTC+9

Mo Enters and Busts Ji

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

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 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	85,000 85,000	85,000
Jia Tian	50,000 50,000	50,000
Wayne Zhang	50,000 50,000	50,000
Xiaqing Ji	Busted

Tags: Tian Jin Wayne Zhang Xiaqing Ji Yongwei Mo

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

04-13-2019 20:49 UTC+9

First Break of Day 1 With 70 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

The stack of Kazuhiko Yotsushika has now been blinded out and that makes for 67 players out of 70 entries remaining. They have been sent into the first 10-minute break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

04-13-2019 20:44 UTC+9

Wu and Ko Claim Pots

Christian Zetzsche

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 turn.

Yuki Ko also claimed a pot, betting into two opponents on the river of a 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	80,000 -15,000	-15,000

Yake Wu	75,000 8,000	8,000
Yuki Ko	47,500 -2,500	-2,500

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Yuki Ko

04-13-2019 20:35 UTC+9

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Yan Li and Jack Wu entered, Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar and Daniel Smiljkovic have already built their stacks by a ton and the same also applies for Jamie Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar	100,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	95,000 45,000	45,000

Jamie Lee	87,000 37,000	37,000
Yake Wu	67,000 17,000	17,000
Xing Biao Zhu	60,000 7,000	7,000
Hideki Izutsu	59,000 9,000	9,000
Oleg Titov	53,000 -33,000	-33,000
Yan Li	50,000
Jack Wu	50,000
Lifu Liu	43,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Jack Wu Jamie Lee Yan Li Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar

04-13-2019 20:27 UTC+9

Zhu Gets Paid by Horikoshi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

With some 3,000 in the middle and the board reading , Jingxuan Zhu made it 1,700 to go and Shingo Horikoshi made the call. Zhu rolled over the for the bottom end of the straight. Horikoshi nodded, mucked his cards and the pot was shipped to Zhu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jingxuan Zhu	59,000 59,000	59,000
Shingo Horikoshi	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Jingxuan Zhu Shingo Horikoshi

04-13-2019 20:14 UTC+9

Approaching 60 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Two players have been eliminated so far while three players have jumped in such as Daniel Smiljkovic, Keisuke Hikosaka and Irshat Shaykhov. Ken Okada has also already registered and currently waits for a new seat to open.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Okada	50,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	50,000

Keisuke Hikosaka	50,000
Irshat Shaykhov	50,000

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Irshat Shaykhov Keisuke Hikosaka Ken Okada

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

04-13-2019 20:08 UTC+9

Liu Doubles Through Yotsushika

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Some 16,000 were on the middle on a completed board of and Kazuhiko Yotsushika tangled with Changyang Liu, then jammed it in only to get a snap-call by Liu.

Yotsushika turned over and Liu had snap-called for a reason, as he held the nuts with . The stacks were counted and the dealer immediately announced that Yotsushika was covered, who grabbed his belongings and left the tournament area. The stacks were counted once more and Liu had been at risk for 43,700, Yotsushika had in fact five big blinds behind that are now getting blinded out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Changyang Liu	103,000 53,000	53,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	1,000 -59,000	-59,000

Tags: Changyang Liu Kazuhiko Yotsushika