2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

Final Results
Winner
Sparrow Cheung
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
198,100,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
1,800,000 KRW
Prize Pool
912,983,400 KRW
Entries
581
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Hibuse Cracks Aces for a Double

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player opened and Emi Hibuse moved all in for 24,600. The original raiser called and the two turned over their hands.

Emi Hibuse: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The flop comes down {j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Hibuse will need to hit to stay alive. A lucky card lands on the turn when the {7-Spades} hits the felt, giving Hibuse a set of sevens and the lead. The {6-Diamonds} lands on the river and Hibuse takes down the pot with her set of hockey sticks.

Player Chips Progress
Emi Hibuse jp
Emi Hibuse
52,000 12,000

Tags: Emi Hibuse

Loeffler Eliminated by Yamanouchi

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Kilian Loeffler
Kilian Loeffler

Kilian Loeffler had been waiting for a spot to get his chips in and he did so for the last 18,300. Hisashi Yamanouchi moved all in over the top to create the following showdown.

Kilian Loeffler: {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}
Hisashi Yamanouchi: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The board came {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} and that spelled the end for Loeffler.

Player Chips Progress
Hisashi Yamanouchi jp
Hisashi Yamanouchi
115,000
Kilian Loeffler de
Kilian Loeffler
Busted

Tags: Hisashi YamanouchiKilian Loeffler

Enoki Secures a Double Through Ji

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The flop was showing {2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Spades} when Xiaqing Ji check-raised all in and Tetsuya Enoki snap-called. Ji tabled {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for top pair top kicker, but would be very behind after Enoki showed {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} for an over pair of kings.

A {2-Spades} came on the turn and {9-Hearts} on the river, cementing the hand for Enoki who pulled in a full double through Ji.

Player Chips Progress
Xiaqing Ji cn
Xiaqing Ji
74,000 60,000
Tetsuya Enoki jp
Tetsuya Enoki
67,000

Tags: Xiaqing JiTetsuya Enoki

Assorted Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Hiroyuki Noda lost a few chips from his peak but remains among the big stacks. Emi Hibuse, who was left with a chip and a chair at the end of the late registration period, has bumped her stack above 30 big blinds. And Ken Okada is also back in action with an above-average stack.

Player Chips Progress
Hiroyuki Noda jp
Hiroyuki Noda
100,000 -45,000
Hisashi Yamanouchi jp
Hisashi Yamanouchi
95,000 95,000
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
70,000 70,000
Emi Hibuse jp
Emi Hibuse
40,000 31,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
30,000 30,000
Nan Hong cn
Nan Hong
Busted

Tags: Emi HibuseHiroyuki NodaKen Okada

Yue Grabs a Pot from Tsuchikawa

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tetsuya Tsuchikawa opened to 2,700 from under the gun, Liu Yue called in early position and the flop fell {8-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Action checked to Yue, he bet 4,700 and Tsuchikawa check-called.

A {6-Clubs} came on the turn, Tsuchikawa check-called a bet of 10,000 and the dealer flipped over a {4-Hearts} as the river. Both players checked, Tsuchikawa tabled {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for a pair of sevens and Yue showed {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks, taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yue Liu cn
Yue Liu
121,000 26,000
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa jp
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa
32,000 2,000

Tags: Liu YueTetsuya Tsuchikawa

Late Registration has Closed

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The late registration period has ended and the total entries for Day 1A is 222, which demolished the 182 of last years main event. The 222 slips sold generated a prizepool of ₩348,850,800 and has already broke the ₩300,000,000 guarantee set for entire tournament.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Break Time

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 117 players will now be taking a quick 10-minute break. The late registration/re-entry period will close at the end of this break and there is currently 220 total entries thus far.