A Winner Will Be Crowned Today in PokerStars APPT Korea Main Event
The final day of the 2019 PokerStars Korea ₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event is slated to begin at 1 p.m. local time and there are 12 hopefuls returning to battle it out for the ₩198,100,000 ($174,32) first place prize.
Sitting at the top of the leaderboard is former Asia player of the year Hung Sheng Lin with 2,180,000. Lin found a couple of beautiful spots late during Day 2 that skyrocketed his stack and he is sure to be fierce competition here on Day 3. Close behind Li is Tomomitsu Ono of Japan with a healthy 2,035,00 who is the only other person over the two million mark.
Rounding out the top five in chips are Jiang Chen (1,870,000), Tetsuro Tomita (1,820,000), and Yinsheng Yang (1,660,000). Well-known notable Sparrow Cheung of Hong Kong is still alive as well and will be starting the day in the bottom half of the runner with a chip stack of 1,330,000.
When the action resumes, the play will start on level 24 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 60 minutes in length and there will be a 10-minute break after every two hours of play. The tournament will not end until a trophy is given away and a 2019 champion is crowned.
Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tomomitsu Ono | Japan | 2,180,000 | 73 |
| 1 | 2 | Yinsheng Yang | China | 2,035,000 | 68 |
| 1 | 5 | Jiang Chen | China | 1,870,000 | 62 |
| 1 | 6 | Hung Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 1,820,000 | 61 |
| 1 | 7 | Ching Wei Chen | Taiwan | 1,660,000 | 55 |
| 1 | 9 | Tao Fan | China | 1,420,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 1 | Huidong Gu | China | 1,330,000 | 44 |
| 2 | 2 | Tetsuro Tomita | Japan | 1,320,000 | 44 |
| 2 | 4 | Mengdian Peng | China | 495,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 5 | Xinglong Huang | China | 920,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 6 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 1,330,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 7 | Wenwei Chen | China | 910,000 | 17 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the action during the remainder of this tournament, so stay tuned as today's fireworks unfold.
and Huang's ducks were still ahead. A 
fell on the turn and Chen would need to hit or he would be the first to take an exit. The 
on the river sealed the deal and Huang took down the pot with his full house, sending Chen out the door in first on Day 3.
landed on the river and Yang pushed in 200,000. Lin raised to 750,000 and Yang swiftly let go of his hand, sending another pot to Lin.
and Chen was still ahead with his bullets. A 
came down on the turn, smashing Fan with the deck as he now had a set of ladies. The 
fell on the turn, Yang would need to hit to stay alive. The 
peeled off on the river and Ono's queens took down the pot, eliminating Yang from the tournament in tenth place.
and Cheung's bullets held on for a double up through Tomita.
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peeled off as a turn card. Huang check-called a bet of 280,000 from Lin and the 
hit the felt on the river.
for jacks over nickels. Huang mucked, sending the huge pot to Lin.
peel off on the river and Chen took down the pot with his aces over threes, which made Huang the first elimination of the final table.
fell on the turn and Cheung was now one card away from being the second person out of the tournament, if he failed to hit. The