Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
There are still 24 players remaining in the APPT Seoul Main Event but at the end of this day just one will be left with all the chips. The tournament slowed down considerably last night and therefor three tables are left with American Jeff Holbrook (579,000) firmly in the lead. It's still anyone's game though as the good structure leaves a lot of room for all the remaining players.
Among the contenders today we recognize former Aussie Million finalist Sam Cohen who's in second place with 417,000 chips. Cohen had a great day yesterday in which she never put a lot of chips at risk. Chane Kampanatsanyakorn from Thailand finished second in this event last year and he's once again looking to make a run as he comes into the final day fourth in chips with 281,000.
Winfred Yu, host of some of the biggest cash games in the world in Macau, still has a good chance as he takes 244,000 chips into the final day. The Day 1b chip leader Raiden Kan had a late resurge and he's also still in the hunt with 202,000 and Andy Chan, the former ACOP Main Event runner up, looks to finally take home a title of his own as he still has 197,000 chips left.
Make sure to stay tuned all day right here on PokerNews.com as we bring you all the live updates throughout the epic conclusion as a new champion will be crowned in Seoul!
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
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14 | 1 | Li Ta Hsu | 204000 |
14 | 2 | Toshimasa Kawahira | 163000 |
14 | 3 | Winfred Yu | 244000 |
14 | 4 | Kosaku Akashi | 216000 |
14 | 5 | Andy Ying Kit Chan | 197000 |
14 | 6 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | 281000 |
14 | 7 | Yencheng Huang | 189500 |
14 | 8 | Claudiu Gurau | 171000 |
15 | 1 | Jeffrey Holbrook | 579000 |
15 | 2 | Keiichiro Sugimoto | 275000 |
15 | 3 | John Marshall | 321000 |
15 | 4 | Makoto Yoshimichi | 224000 |
15 | 5 | Stepan Lavrin | 78000 |
15 | 6 | Takahisa Watanabe | 73000 |
15 | 7 | Raiden Kan | 202000 |
15 | 8 | Tsun Ming Chan | 165000 |
16 | 1 | Samantha Cohen | 417000 |
16 | 2 | Kelvin John Beattie | 120000 |
16 | 3 | Shinya Umano | 182000 |
16 | 4 | Toan Ngoc Nguyen | 135000 |
16 | 5 | Bian Hong Yang | 125000 |
16 | 6 | Jaeik Cho Akira Ohyama | 113000 |
16 | 7 | An Tai Young | 99000 |
16 | 8 | Christian Haggart | 258000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The cards are now in the air for the third and final playing day of APPT Seoul!
The money went all in preflop between John Marshall and Takahisa Watanabe. When the cards were turned over it was a race with Marshall holding and Watanabe .
Watanabe couldn't find any help when the board ran out , making it a very short day for him.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Marshall | 394,000 | 73,000 |
Takahisa Watanabe | Busted |
Toan Ngoc Nguyen raised from the button to 12,000 and Bian Hong Yang proceeded to move all in from the small blind for 112,000 total. Both blinds folded and Nguyen called right away.
Nguyen:
Yang:
The board ran out and Yang was knocked out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Toan Ngoc Nguyen | 270,000 | 135,000 |
Bian Hong Yang | Busted |
With about 100,000 chips already in the middle the board showed and Yencheng Huang checked to Claudiu Gurau from Romania who tanked for a bit before moving all in.
Gurau's shove was for about the size of the pot and Huang tanked for about two minutes before making the call.
Gurau sighed and tabled for a missed straight draw and that meant he hit the rail in 22nd place as Huang showed for two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yencheng Huang | 365,000 | 175,500 |
Claudiu Gurau | Busted |
Akira Ohyama raised to 14,000 from the cutoff and was immediately followed with the all in of An Tai Young on the button for an additional 71,000. Ohyama made the call and the hands were tabled.
Ohyama:
Young:
The board ran out leaving Ohyama with only 12,000. He went all in a few hands later and lost when his couldn't improve upon the flopped pair of his opponent.
Toan Ngoc Nguyen opened the action with a raise to 24,000 from middle position. Christian Haggart made the call from the button, as did Sam Cohen from the small blind.
The flop came and Cohen led for 27,000. Nguyen made the call and the action was on Haggart who decided to move all in for an addition 209,000. Cohen let her hand go and Nguyen was put to ta decision. After a countdown of Haggart's chips and a realization they were pretty even, he decided to go with his hand.
Nguyen tabled and Haggart showed for a flush draw. The turn came which gave Haggart some more outs, one of which was realized when the fell on the river. Once the chips were counted, Nguyen was left with just 12,000.
It was a few hands later that he would be eliminated when multiple players went to the flop and Shinya Umano made a flush to eliminate Nguyen in 20th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Christian Haggart | 453,000 | 195,000 |
Toan Ngoc Nguyen | Busted |