Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
2019 PokerStars APPT Korea
₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Matsumoto Busts to Shiokawa
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
At the very end of the first level, there were just eight big blinds in the pot with the flop reading 
and a raising war broke out between two Japanese players. Shinya Matsumoto bet, Yuzo Shiokawa raised to 1,500 and Matsumoto clicked it back to 4,000. Shiokawa made it 10,000 to go and called the shove of his opponent for the following showdown.
Yuzo Shiokawa: 
Shinya Matsumoto: 
The 
turn changed nothing and the 
river paired the board. Both stacks were counted and Shiokawa doubled for 29,500, which left Matsumoto with 100. Those vanished in the next hand when his 
was dominated by none other than Shiokawa with 
, who flopped trips on a board 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Haruta Calls Down Opponent
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Koichi Haruta opened to 300 from late position, a player in the hijack three-bet to 1,000 and Haruta called. The dealer spread out 
on the flop and Haruta checked to his opponent who bet 800.
Haruta called, the 
came on the turn and Haruta check-called another bet of 800 from his opponent. The 
hit the felt on the river and both players checked. Haruta tabled 
for two pair on the river and his opponent mucked, sending an early pot to Haruta.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,200
3,200
|
3,200 |
More Notables to Take a Seat
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
Kyogoku Chips Up
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Tatsuya Kyogoku on the button was taking on Keisuke Fujita in the small blind and Kaixiang Ye in the cutoff and the trio created a pot of more than 7,000 to the 
turn. Action checked to Kyogoku and his bet of 3,100 forced two folds to claim the pot.
The same table also features Huijie Zhou, who reached the Six-Handed stage in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event and finished in 23rd place for A$61,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
New Entries on Day 1b
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
There is a steady list of more than one dozen players waiting to get a seat for the past half an hour and among those to join shortly is also Robert Glasspool, who made a deep run in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event and busted just shy of the final table.
Yuki Ko walked in with fellow Japanese player Norihiro Otani, while other notables to join the action are Jun Obara and David Sheperd.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Hong Chips Up Early
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Nan Hong opened and called a three-bet to 900 by Ruiko Mamiya. Neither player invested any further chips on the 
board and Hong was first to table his cards, revealing the 
. That ended up as the winner, as Mamiya mucked her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Kyogoko Tanks After Zheng Shoves
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
The board was showing 
and the pot contained around 31,000. Tatsuya Kyogoku checked to Xiaosheng Zheng who moved all in for 18,200.
Kyogoko thought for nearly five minutes before a fellow player at the table called clock. The tournament director gave Kygogoku thirty seconds to act and before the clock hit zero he chucked his hand into the muck, sending the pot to Zheng.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,100 | |
|
|
15,900
-17,100
|
-17,100 |
Almost 200 Entries Thus Far!
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
The second flight of the main event already has 198 entries halfway through level three and late registration is open until the start of level ten, so expect a massive field for the 2019 APPT Main Event in Korea.