Pictures courtesy of Long Guan / PokerStars.
Pictures courtesy of Long Guan / PokerStars.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
The tournament will now be taking the first break of the day. After three levels of play, there are already 231 entries for Day 1B. That brings the total of the two flights to 453, surpassing last years total of 449 players and there are still six levels left to be played!
Fan Zhang opened to 600 from late position, Shinji Kashima called on the button and Jian Yang defended his big blind. The dealer fanned out ![]()
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on the flop, Yang bet 600 and both opponents mucked, sending him the pot.
Yang is a businessman who happens to also be the 2013 Asia Player of the Year. He is sure to be stiff competition for any of his competitors and will be someone to look for as the day unfolds.
Among the latest players to join were Victor Chong and Danny Tang, who both headed to the secondary tournament area. New faces in contention there include Tao Fan, Huidong Gu, and Iori Yogo.
Changyang Liu was just involved in a four-bet pot and called a reraise to 4,000 preflop, but he folded the ![]()
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flop to a bet of 2,700.
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.
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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.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Nan Hong opened and called a three-bet to 900 by Ruiko Mamiya. Neither player invested any further chips on the ![]()
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board and Hong was first to table his cards, revealing the ![]()
. That ended up as the winner, as Mamiya mucked her cards.