Xiaqing Ji opened from the button, Kun Jiang called and the flop came down . Jiang checked to Ji who bet and Jiang check-raised all in for around 395,000.
Ji called for his remaining 380,000 stack and turned over for a pair of aces. Jiang tabled for a flush draw and the dealer flipped over a on the turn.
The river came down a and Jiang completed his flush, sending Ji home and scooping in the massive pot.
In a three-bet pot to the flop, Jiang Chen jammed out of the big blind and Celina Lin sent her cards into the muck after brief consideration. Despite losing this pot, the late stages of Day 1 had been kind to PokerStars ambassador Lin, as she is just shy of a million in chips.
After the hand was over, the last five hands of the night were announced.
Randy Lew is on the same table that previously featured Hiroyuki Noda, who was eliminated a few minutes ago along with Chin Wei Lim.
After previously losing more than half of his big stack, Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar had moved all in twice to claim the blinds and big blind ante. He then opened to 40,000 in the hijack and Jiang Chen moved all in from the button for around 640,000. Doddaiavar used two time bank extensions and called for around 550,000.
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar:
Jiang Chen:
There was no help for Doddaiavar on a board and he was eliminated during the final hands of the night.
In the last hand of the night, Michael Soyza check-shoved for 240,000 on the river of a completed board of . His opponent was Dong Chen, who had bet 75,000 on the button, and eventually called.
Soyza rolled over the for aces and kings, and Chen took a hit with his .
"Back in the game," Soyza said while he stacked the chips.
The first day of the ₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller has now come to an end with 21 players finding a bag. A recap of the day will be posted shortly.
The first day of the ₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller ($8,767) has now come to an end and it will be Jun Obara finding himself in the driver's seat, bagging the chiplead with an impressive 1,465,000.
Obara sat around average for most of the day and it was not until right after the last break of the day that he would start to spin up a stack. He would take his first leap forward against Wayne Zhang's big slick, when he rivered a flush to take down the pot and secure a full double through Zhang.
He would continue to climb during the last three levels of play, opening up and taking down a lot of hands preflop. Obara soon after found himself in a pot with aces against Norihiro Otani's pocket queens and Xiaqing Ji with king-eight suited. He would lose to Ji's flush, but took down the side pot, bumping him over the million mark for the first time and he never went back as he finished atop the field.
The day began with just eight players and when the first break came around there were almost 30 signed up. By the end of the nine levels of registration a total of 65 entry slips were sold, with 54 of those entries being unique and 11 being re-entries. This generated a prize pool of ₩611,585,000 ($537,210) and nine places would be paid. A min-cash will be pulling in ₩17,736,000 ($15,608) and the eventual winner will be taking home ₩178,890,000 ($157,423).
Payouts
Place
Prize (in KRW)
Prize (in USD)
1
₩178,890,000
$157,423
2
₩128,432,000
$113,020
3
₩83,480,000
$73,462
4
₩62,992,000
$55,433
5
₩48,925,000
$43,054
6
₩37,920,000
$33,370
7
₩29,970,000
$26,374
8
₩23,240,000
$20,451
9
₩17,736,000
$15,608
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin managed to spin up a stack during the latter half of the day after struggling to get much going earlier in the day. She would be as low as 92,500 before finding a much needed double through Wai Kiat Lee with her pocket threes against his ace-king. She continued to run up a stack after that double and will now be starting the second day in fourth place on the leaderboard.
Some other well-known pros to advance include Randy Lew (775,000), Michael Soyza (635,000), Sparrow Cheung (470,000), and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Calvin Lee (320,000).
Day 2 will start at 1:00 p.m. local time in the Paradise City Resort & Casino poker room and will continue with the blind levels at 40-minutes in length. The tournament will have a 10-minute break after every three levels of play and will not stop until a winner is crowned.
Super High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Yinsheng Yang
China
215,000
11
1
2
Michael Soyza
Malaysia
635,000
32
1
3
Kun Jiang
China
735,000
37
1
4
Wayne Zhang
China
865,000
43
1
5
Sparrow Cheung
Hong Kong
470,000
24
1
6
Wayne Heung
Hong Kong
890,000
45
1
8
Jun Obara
Japan
1,465,000
73
2
1
Irshat Shaykhov
Russia
775,000
39
2
2
Jiang Chen
China
1,100,000
55
2
3
Hideki Izutsu
Japan
680,000
34
2
4
Huahuan Feng
China
1,115,000
56
2
5
Wai Kiat Lee
Malaysia
475,000
24
2
7
Dong Chen
China
415,000
21
2
8
Lei Yu
China
925,000
46
3
1
Wai Wa Chan
Hong Kong
905,000
45
3
2
Dongsheng Peng
China
620,000
31
3
3
Christopher Park
United States
1,015,000
51
3
4
Randy Lew
United States
775,000
39
3
5
Calvin Lee
United States
320,000
16
3
6
Celina Lin
China
1,035,000
52
3
7
Yake Wu
China
940,000
47
Event #5: APPT National NL Hold'em - Single Re-Entry - KRW 80,000,000 Guarantee came to a conclusion earlier today and it was Yan Li of China taking home the first place prize of ₩44,950,000 ($39,484).
Results & Payouts
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in KRW)
Prize (in USD)
1
Yan Li
China
₩44,950,000
$39,484
2
Xinglong Huang
China
₩28,700,000
$25,203
3
Yilu Yuan
China
₩18,180,000
$15,969
4
Junheng Situ
Japan
₩14,340,000
$12,596
5
Chengbei Li
China
₩10,520,000
$9,241
6
Lin Cong
China
₩8,610,000
$7,563
7
Yueyang Zhou
China
₩6,700,000
$5,885
8
Kentaro Somekawa
Japan
₩5,650,000
$4,963
9
Qing Qing Zhang
China
₩4,600,000
$4,041
Event 8: KRW 1,000,000 NL Hold'em - Short Deck - Re-Entry also finished today, with Phachara Wongwichit emerging as the eventual winner. Wongwhichit took home ₩17,862,000 ($15,690) for his victory and will be the only player to walk away as a Short Deck champion of the festival.
Results & Payouts
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in KRW)
Prize (in USD)
1
Phachara Wongwichit
Thailand
₩17,862,000
$15,690
2
Long Chun Pang
Hong Kong
₩11,366,000
$9,984
3
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar
India
₩7,578,000
$6,655
4
Randy Lew
United States
₩5,954,000
$5,230
5
Tsun Ming Chan
Hong Kong
₩4,331,000
$3,804
6
Haoqi Xie
China
₩3,788,000
$3,327
7
Xiaosheng Zheng
China
₩3,247,000
$2,852
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all the coverage for this and every other tournament during the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Korea.