₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
2019 PokerStars APPT Korea
₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Korea
Buy-in
10,000,000 KRW
Prize Pool
611,585,000 KRW
Entries
65
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea Super High Roller
At 3 p.m. local time, the most-expensive tournament of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Korea festival gets underway on the Paradise City poker tables at Incheon, South Korea. The ₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller will determine a champion over the next two days and the buy-in equals approximately $8,767.
Plenty of notables from nearby countries China, Japan, Malaysia, and Hong Kong are expected to join the action such as Michael Soyza, Danny Tang, and Chin Wei Lim. Dutchman Martijn Gerrits has also made the trip over to Incheon, albeit it was a short one as Gerrits currently resides in Macau.
The Super High Roller features a starting stack of 250,000 and levels of 40 minutes throughout the entire tournament with late registration and re-entry available in the first nine levels and following break. Day 1 will play a total of 12 levels and all survivors will return the following day as of 1 p.m. local time to play down to a champion. Thursday, April 11th, 2019, also features a One-Day High Roller with a buy-in of ₩5,000,000 and the first starting day of the ₩2,000,000 Main Event.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 3 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 4 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| 5 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 6 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 7 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 8 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 9 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 10 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 11 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 12 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
At the start of the tournament a 30 second shot clock and time bank with a value of 30 seconds per time bank will be put into play. Each player will receive 6 time banks with an additional 3 time banks being issued at the start of Day 2 as well as at the Final Table. The tournament will be played with the new and popular Big Blind Ante format, in an all-in situation the Big Blind will be posted prior to the Ante.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to cover the action of the Super High Roller, the Main Event and the final ₩4,000,000 High Roller.
2019 Korea APPT Series Summary
There has been a total of six events that have reached completion thus far in the 2019 APPT Korea. The first tournament saw Igor Kim of Uzbekistan as the last man standing of the 93 total entries, pulling in ₩4,384,000 ($3,849) for his victory in Event #1: KRW 200,000 NL Hold'em - Re-Entry.
Event #2: APPT Kickoff NL Hold'em - Play to ITM - Re-Entry had an outstanding 420 registration slips sold, accumulating a total prizepool of ₩128,331,000. It would be China's Xing Biao Zhu taking down the second event for a healthy pay day of ₩21,290,000 ($18,691).
Event #3: KRW 350,000 NL Hold'em - Freezeout would come just short of the three digit mark, grabbing 99 runners for the first Freezout of the series. When the dust had settle it was Yan Li of China taking down the tournament for a respectable ₩8,032,000 ($7,052).
The fourth tournament to play until completion thus far in the series was Event #4: KRW 1,000,000 PL Omaha - Re-Entry. The only event of the series where players would have more than two cards in their hands had 29 show up to battle it out. When the last chance saloon had closed for business it was Japan's Osamu Hori securing a first place finish for ₩8,443,000 ($7,412).
The final table of Event #5: APPT National NL Hold'em - Single Re-Entry - KRW 80,000,000 Guarantee is currently playing and the eventual winner of the tournament will be adding a cash ₩44,950,000 ($39,463) to their resume.
Event #6: KRW 250,000 NL Hold'em - Re-Entry had a total of 92 entry slips sold, which resulted in a prizepool ₩20,079,000. The ₩5,421,000 ($4,759) first place prize would be awarded to Xinglong Huang of China.
Event #7: KRW 800,000 NL Hold'em Deepstack - Freezeout is the latest tournament to reach completion. There were 114 runners for the second Freezeout event of the series, generating a prizepool of ₩79,617,600. China's Lei Yu took down the event for ₩18,817,000 ($16,592).
Event #8: KRW 1,000,000 NL Hold'em - Short Deck - Re-Entry started with seven players for Day 2, and is now down to just five, well-known pro Randy Lew is still in the mix. All five remaining are now guaranteed at least a cash of ₩4,331,000, with the eventual winner will be scooping in ₩17,862,000 ($15,682).
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here throughout the series to bring all the action as the tournaments unfold, so stay tuned.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The First Entries on Day 1
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Chen Wins a Big Pot
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Right after the start of the event, Jiang Chen has won a big pot and vaulted him to the top of the leaderboard. Chen raised to 2,000 and Guo in the small blind three-bet to 8,000, which Irshat Sharykhov in the big blind and Chen called. On the 
flop, Guo continued for 11,500 and picked up two calls.
After the 
turn, Guo made it 31,000 to go and Sharykhov folded, while Chen tossed in a call.
On the 
river both players checked and Guo revealed the 
, Chen claimed the pot with 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
235,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
210,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
A Second Table Opens
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With the addition of Zibin Zhuang and Dongsheng Peng, a second table has opened and there are now nine entries spread over two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Yu Finds an Early Pot
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The flopped board was showing 
, and the pot contained around 5,000. Action checked to Lei Yu, he bet 2,500 and Dongsheng Peng called.
A 
fell on the turn, action checked to Yu who pushed in a bet of 5,500 and Peng check-called. The came down as the river card and Peng checked to Yu, he fired in 12,500.
Peng snap-called and Yu tabled 
for a rivered straight. Peng said "Wow!" with a smile on his face as he mucked his hand, sending the early pot to Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
220,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Guo Eliminated by Zhang
Level 2
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
On a heads-up flop of 
, Dong Guo ended up all in and was snap-called by Zibin Zhuang to immediately shake his head before revealing the 
for eights and deuces.
Zhuang was well ahead with the 
and had little to fear on a turn and 
river runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
Busted |