Who Will Make it Through Day 2 of the PokerStars APPT Korea ?1,800,000 Main Event?
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 |