₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
Day 2 Started
₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
Day 2 Started
Day 2 of the PokerStars APPT Korea ₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event is set to kick off at 1 p.m. local time today! The much anticipated main event drew a total of 581 which generated a prizepool of ₩912,983,400, more than tripling the guarantee. Only 153 of the slips sold will be returning for Day 2 and everyone will be chasing chipleader Konstantin Pogodin who bagged an impressive 359,500 in Day 1b.
Defending champion Michael Soyza is still in contention with a healthy stack of 275,000 which is good for fourth on the leaderboard and will be a top threat to every with the way he has been running. Soyza took down the Super High Roller just days ago and is most certainly looking like he will be achieving another deep run in the main event.
The remaining 153 players will be battling it out today to reach the 72 for a min-cash of ₩3,290,000 ($2,895). The eventual champion of the tournament will be pulling in a cool ₩198,100,000 ($174,32) and the trophy for the 2019 APPT Korea Main Event.
Other notable stacks to start the day include Taiwan's Ching Wei Chen (295,000), Day 1a chipleader Takao Shimizu (281,000), well-known German pro Kilian Loeffler (269,500), China's Weiran Pu (243,000), and Xinglong Huang (234,500).
PokerStars Ambassador Celina Lin also found a bag at the end of the night and will be starting the day with an above average stack of 186,500. Other well-known's that are still in contention are Jack Wu (158,500), Sparrow Cheung (128,500), Phachara Wongwichit (119,000), Yake Wu (115,000), Randy Lew (113,000), and Linh Tran (100,000),
The second day of the tournament will begin at level 14 with the blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. Levels will now be a 60-minute duration with a break after every two levels and dinner break may be scheduled if deemed necessary by the tournament director. The tournament will redraw at the last three, two, and final table. Play will commence once the final table is set and those remaining nine players will move onto Day 3 where a champion will be crowned.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you full coverage of this tournament as it unfolds, so stay tuned to keep up with all of the action.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Wayne Zhang | China | 76,000 | 25 |
1 | 2 | Bawooh Hyunshik Yun | USA | 14,500 | 5 |
1 | 3 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 275,000 | 92 |
1 | 4 | Yongxun Jin | China | 164,000 | 55 |
1 | 5 | Yoshikatsu Gakusho | Japan | 21,500 | 7 |
1 | 6 | Celina Lin | China | 186,500 | 62 |
1 | 7 | Valeriy Pak | Uzbekistan | 121,000 | 40 |
1 | 8 | Huahuan Feng | China | 117,000 | 39 |
1 | 9 | Chengbei Li | China | 55,500 | 19 |
2 | 1 | Yunlong Jin | China | 32,500 | 11 |
2 | 2 | Linh Tran | Canada | 100,000 | 33 |
2 | 3 | Yue Liu | China | 168,000 | 56 |
2 | 4 | Yusuke Akiba | Japan | 54,000 | 18 |
2 | 5 | Kongzhi Hou | China | 27,000 | 9 |
2 | 6 | Masaki Fujitani | Japan | 50,000 | 17 |
2 | 7 | Wilson Lim | Singapore | 64,000 | 21 |
2 | 8 | Eiji Nomura | Japan | 59,000 | 20 |
2 | 9 | Jinwoo Kim | USA | 134,000 | 45 |
3 | 1 | Harunobu Kojima | Japan | 64,000 | 21 |
3 | 2 | Leo Pang | Hong Kong | 47,000 | 16 |
3 | 3 | Tsun Ming Chan | Hong Kong | 174,000 | 58 |
3 | 4 | Naohito Tamaya | Japan | 102,500 | 34 |
3 | 5 | Jiang Chen | China | 123,500 | 41 |
3 | 6 | Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 101,000 | 34 |
3 | 7 | Ming Huang | China | 67,500 | 23 |
3 | 8 | Tomomitsu Ono | Japan | 70,500 | 24 |
3 | 9 | Cheng How Pan | Taiwan | 99,000 | 33 |
4 | 1 | Ryo Daicho | Japan | 74,500 | 25 |
4 | 2 | Leon Li Ta Hsu | Taiwan | 38,000 | 13 |
4 | 3 | Tian Liang Guan | China | 110,000 | 37 |
4 | 4 | Shoh Ichinoseki | Japan | 97,000 | 32 |
4 | 5 | Zizheng Huang | China | 103,000 | 34 |
4 | 6 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 85,500 | 29 |
4 | 7 | Yilu Yuan | China | 169,000 | 56 |
4 | 8 | Marino Kayo | Japan | 93,000 | 31 |
4 | 9 | Nobuhiro Ouchi | Japan | 74,000 | 25 |
5 | 1 | Yakai Li | China | 105,000 | 35 |
5 | 2 | Mengdian Peng | China | 207,000 | 69 |
5 | 3 | Liang Song | China | 81,000 | 27 |
5 | 4 | Vincent Li | Hong Kong | 93,000 | 31 |
5 | 5 | Patrick Liang | Brazil | 108,500 | 36 |
5 | 6 | Ko Isayama | Japan | 93,500 | 31 |
5 | 7 | Tao Fan | China | 76,000 | 25 |
5 | 8 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 108,500 | 36 |
5 | 9 | Yifan Zhang | China | 175,500 | 59 |
6 | 1 | Minghao Cao | China | 56,000 | 19 |
6 | 2 | Tetsuro Tomita | Japan | 198,000 | 66 |
6 | 3 | Takuya Suzuki | Japan | 62,500 | 21 |
6 | 4 | Sera Ota | Japan | 86,500 | 29 |
6 | 5 | Yuri Ishida | Japan | 132,500 | 44 |
6 | 6 | Kilian Loeffler | Germany | 269,500 | 90 |
6 | 7 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 281,000 | 94 |
6 | 8 | Jutaro Hatiori | Japan | 66,000 | 22 |
6 | 9 | Chi Chung Ho | Hong Kong | 107,000 | 36 |
7 | 1 | Yongzhi Jin | China | 21,500 | 7 |
7 | 2 | Konstantin Pogodin | Russia | 359,500 | 120 |
7 | 3 | Christopher Park | USA | 50,000 | 17 |
7 | 4 | Hirotaka Kondo | Japan | 130,500 | 44 |
7 | 5 | Kenji Hata | Japan | 180,500 | 60 |
7 | 6 | Masanori Watanabe | Japan | 40,000 | 13 |
7 | 7 | Qi Wang | China | 61,500 | 21 |
7 | 8 | Xiaqing Ji | China | 55,000 | 18 |
7 | 9 | Kanghua Dong | China | 60,500 | 20 |
8 | 1 | Xuyang Zhang | China | 86,500 | 29 |
8 | 2 | Yoshiya Agata | Japan | 141,000 | 47 |
8 | 3 | Chi Hung Ho | Taiwan | 155,000 | 52 |
8 | 4 | Dongsheng Peng | China | 46,000 | 15 |
8 | 5 | Evgeniy Khvan | Uzbekistan | 137,500 | 46 |
8 | 6 | Yosuke Takagi | Japan | 138,500 | 46 |
8 | 7 | Adrian Ng | Canada | 61,000 | 20 |
8 | 8 | Shosuke Ikeda | Japan | 51,000 | 17 |
8 | 9 | Kentaro Somekawa | Japan | 140,500 | 47 |
9 | 1 | Ching Wei Chen | Taiwan | 295,000 | 98 |
9 | 2 | Yuto Watanabe | Japan | 74,000 | 25 |
9 | 3 | Masaharu Tomita | Japan | 170,000 | 57 |
9 | 4 | Hideki Izutsu | Japan | 72,000 | 24 |
9 | 5 | Lok Kin Yeung | Hong Kong | 179,000 | 60 |
9 | 6 | Pengyu Lin | China | 74,500 | 25 |
9 | 7 | Randy Lew | USA | 113,000 | 38 |
9 | 8 | Takehiro Kato | Japan | 41,000 | 14 |
9 | 9 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 137,000 | 46 |
10 | 1 | Kunimaro Kojo | Japan | 67,000 | 22 |
10 | 2 | Yanfeng Wang | China | 131,500 | 44 |
10 | 3 | Yinsheng Yang | China | 119,500 | 40 |
10 | 4 | Tianhang Zhang | China | 115,500 | 39 |
10 | 5 | Dajia Chen | China | 104,500 | 35 |
10 | 6 | Masaharu Tomita | Japan | 73,000 | 24 |
10 | 7 | Yuichi Sumida | Japan | 164,000 | 55 |
10 | 8 | Yang Zhang | China | 74,500 | 25 |
10 | 9 | Emi Hibuse | Japan | 83,500 | 28 |
11 | 1 | Chin Wei Lim | Malaysia | 101,500 | 34 |
11 | 2 | Taehoon Han | New Zealand | 108,000 | 36 |
11 | 3 | Kaixiang Ye | China | 93,500 | 31 |
11 | 4 | Yuanchao Li | China | 62,000 | 21 |
11 | 5 | Tetsuya Enoki | Japan | 169,500 | 57 |
11 | 6 | Ta Wei Tou | Taiwan | 224,500 | 75 |
11 | 7 | Jungeon Lee | USA | 114,900 | 38 |
11 | 8 | Jiabin Wang | China | 178,500 | 60 |
11 | 9 | Chen Li | China | 57,500 | 19 |
12 | 1 | Wayne Heung | Hong Kong | 163,500 | 55 |
12 | 2 | Jack Wu | Taiwan | 158,500 | 53 |
12 | 3 | Pavel Lubov | Russia | 87,000 | 29 |
12 | 4 | Yueyang Zhou | China | 62,500 | 21 |
12 | 5 | Masatoshi Tanaka | Japan | 56,000 | 19 |
12 | 6 | Yuji Kamata | Japan | 119,500 | 40 |
12 | 7 | Wai Wa Chan | Hong Kong | 106,000 | 35 |
12 | 8 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 231,000 | 77 |
12 | 9 | Haoqi Xie | China | 121,500 | 41 |
13 | 1 | Yilong Wang | China | 148,500 | 50 |
13 | 2 | Yizho Liu | China | 146,000 | 49 |
13 | 3 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 54,000 | 18 |
13 | 4 | Shota Shimozaki | Japan | 119,500 | 40 |
13 | 5 | Chunhui Ji | China | 62,000 | 21 |
13 | 6 | Luenhei Kwok | Hong Kong | 150,000 | 50 |
13 | 7 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 119,000 | 40 |
13 | 8 | Ken Okada | Japan | 189,000 | 63 |
13 | 9 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 59,000 | 20 |
14 | 1 | David Lim | Australia | 61,000 | 20 |
14 | 2 | Duy Ho | USA | 96,500 | 32 |
14 | 3 | Koichi Haruta | Japan | 164,500 | 55 |
14 | 4 | Hung Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 166,500 | 56 |
14 | 5 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 59,000 | 20 |
14 | 6 | David Kwong Man | UK | 107,500 | 36 |
14 | 7 | Gang Wang | China | 186,000 | 62 |
14 | 8 | Zhujun Huang | China | 17,500 | 6 |
14 | 9 | Yunye Lu | China | 129,500 | 43 |
15 | 1 | James Won Lee | USA | 103,000 | 34 |
15 | 2 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 85,000 | 28 |
15 | 3 | Yahui Xu | China | 106,500 | 36 |
15 | 4 | Kun Jiang | China | 234,000 | 78 |
15 | 5 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 145,000 | 48 |
15 | 6 | Han Song | China | 51,500 | 17 |
15 | 7 | Georges Georgiou | UK | 92,500 | 31 |
15 | 8 | Weiran Pu | China | 243,000 | 81 |
15 | 9 | Kelvin Beattie | Australia | 85,000 | 28 |
16 | 1 | Yasutake Oka | Japan | 79,000 | 26 |
16 | 2 | Shota Shimizu | Japan | 108,500 | 36 |
16 | 3 | George Kato | Japan | 32,500 | 11 |
16 | 4 | Xinglong Huang | China | 234,500 | 78 |
16 | 5 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 128,500 | 43 |
16 | 6 | Jinghan Yan | China | 140,000 | 47 |
16 | 7 | Chia Chang | China | 186,000 | 62 |
16 | 8 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 97,000 | 32 |
16 | 9 | Dong Chen | China | 89,000 | 30 |
17 | 1 | Viet Hoang Tran | Vietnam | 88,000 | 29 |
17 | 2 | Hiroshi Matsumoto | Japan | 156,000 | 52 |
17 | 3 | Yake Wu | China | 115,000 | 38 |
17 | 4 | Wenwei Chen | China | 123,000 | 41 |
17 | 5 | Hiroyuki Yoshimura | Japan | 61,500 | 21 |
17 | 6 | Yuichi Akanuma | Japan | 44,000 | 15 |
17 | 7 | Eric Ahn | USA | 155,000 | 52 |
17 | 8 | Hao Chen | China | 21,500 | 7 |
17 | 9 | Shogo Kimura | Japan | 192,500 | 64 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The tournament director has now informed all dealers to shuffle up and start pitching the cards.
After a raise to 6,500 by Chi Hung Ho, Dongsheng Peng moved all in for 48,500 and Kentaro Somekawa in the small blind reshoved to isolate successfully.
Dongsheng Peng:
Kentaro Somekawa:
The board came and Somekawa's queens held up to send Peng to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kentaro Somekawa |
190,000
49,500
|
49,500 |
Dongsheng Peng | Busted |
Jiabin Wang was among the early casualties, having started the day as one of the bigger stacks, and Chin Wei Lim was kind enough to provide the details.
According to Lim, a preflop raising war broke out in a battle button versus big blind. Ta Wei Tou had raised to 7,000 and Wang clicked to 25,000. Tou four-bet to 58,000 and called the shove with ace-king to win the flip against pocket jacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ta Wei Tou |
400,000
175,500
|
175,500 |
Leo Pang | Busted | |
Ming Huang | Busted | |
Jiabin Wang
|
Busted |
Weiran Pu opened to 7,000 from the cutoff, James Won Lee three-bet to 21,000 in the small blind and Pu called. The dealer fanned out on the flop and Lee pushed in a bet of 23,000.
Pu moves all in and Lee quickly called for his remaining 50,000. Lee turned over for jacks over fours and Pu tabled for the same two pair but with a higher kicker.
The came down on the turn and Lee would need to hit to stay alive. A fell on the river and changed nothing as Pu took down the pot, eliminating Lee from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Weiran Pu |
350,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
||
James Won Lee
|
Busted |
Picking up the action on the turn, Taehoon Han checked and called a bet of 20,000 by Tetsuya Enoki to check again the on the river. Enoki now made it 25,000 to go and once Han called, Enoki rolled over for trips sixes and won a healthy pot in the first level of Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tetsuya Enoki |
235,000
65,500
|
65,500 |
Taehoon Han |
40,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
On a flop of , Georges Georgiou checked out of the big blind and Weiran Pu from under the gun continued for 11,000. Georgiou check-raised to 41,000 for most of his stack and called off the jam by Pu.
Georges Georgiou:
Weiran Pu:
Neither the turn nor the river were of any help and Georgiou headed to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Weiran Pu |
440,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
Georges Georgiou | Busted |
Valeriy Pak opened to 7,000 from the hijack, Michael Soyza three-bet to 26,000 in the small blind and Pak called. The flop came and Soyza bet 19,000.
Pak called and the dealer flipped over a on the turn. Soyza pushed in 35,000 and Pak folded, sending an early pot to Soyza.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Soyza |
365,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Valeriy Pak
|
75,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |