2012 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
145,000,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
2,760,000 KRW
Prize Pool
717,489,600 KRW
Entries
268
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Daisuke Endo Eliminated in 8th Place (KRW 21,400,000)

Daisuke Endo - 8th place
Daisuke Endo - 8th place

Another player has cracked the million and another player has been eliminated. Mortiz Ortmann started it off with an open from early position and Daisuke called from the big blind.

The flop was dealt {5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Endo checked to Moritz. A bet of 60,000 would see Endo shove his stack all in and as quickly as he said all in, Moritz had called and the players had turned their hands over.

Moritz held {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for two overs and a flush draw, while Endo held {j-Spades}{3-Clubs} for close to nothing. The {a-Diamonds} on the turn was good for Moritz and when the {7-Clubs} hit the river, it was over for Endo who goes home in 8th place with KRW 21,4000,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Moritz Ortmann
1,275,000
387,000
387,000
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Daisuke Endo
Busted

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Kenneth Wong Eliminated in 9th Place (KRW 15,889,600)

Kenneth Wong - 9th place
Kenneth Wong - 9th place

The first player to be eliminated at the final table was Kenneth Wong. His demise began when Vincent Rubianes opened it to 35,000 from under the gun. Wong shoved from the cutoff seat and after the rest of the table was out of the way, Rubianes made the call and the two players turned their hands over.

Rubianes: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Wong: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

A classic race for Wong's life would see the board run out {4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}, with the two queens enough to send Wong out in 9th place. For that effort Wong receives KRW 15,889,600 to add to his seven-figure score at the Aussie Millions in January.

Player Chips Progress
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Vincent Rubianes
1,300,000
300,000
300,000
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Kenneth Wong
Busted

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The First Million

A player has finally cracked a million chips. It all started when Vincent Rubianes opened it up from middle position. Taewook Kwon was on the button and he three-bet to 76,000. It was back on Rubianes and he threw in the four-bet, making it 68,000 more. Kwon didn't stop here though, five-betting another 110,000. Rubianes immediately announced he was all in and Kwon sent his cards into the muck.

With that nice little pot, Rubianes is the first man past one million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Vincent Rubianes
1,000,000
313,000
313,000

Tags: Vincent RubianesTaewok Kwon

Side Event News: Grant Levy Adds Another Notch To His Belt

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Champion of the Pot-Limit Omaha side event, Grant Levy
Champion of the Pot-Limit Omaha side event, Grant Levy

Grant Levy has a few titles in the Australasia region including a win at the 2007 APPT Sydney for AUD $1,000,000. His other two wins are in the 2010 ANZPT II High-Stakes Hold'em event for AUD $40,000 and the 2011 ANZPT III Perth Main Event for AUD $131,500.

Last night, Levy won the KRW 1,100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event here at the 2012 APPT Seoul for KRW 18,230,000 after besting 51 players. Chalk another victory up for Levy, who has over $1.6 million in live tournament earnings.

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Severino Chipping Up

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jose Severino
Jose Severino

After Andrew Kim raised to 38,000 from under the gun plus one, Jose Severino three-bet to 106,000 from middle position. Everyone folded back to Kim and he, too, gave it up.

On the next hand dealt, Severino opened to 35,000 from middle position and Taewook Kwon called out of the hijack seat. The dealer ran out the {A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Spades} and Severino bet 38,000. Kwon folded and Severino scooped his second hand in a row.

Tags: Jose SeverinoTaewook KwonAndrew Kim

Big One for Ortmann Without Showdown

Moritz Ortmann
Moritz Ortmann

From under the gun, Rafael Rodrigo raised to 32,000. Daisuke Endo made the call in the cutoff seat and action then moved to Moritz Ortmann in the small blind. Ortmann three-bet and made it 110,000 to go. Kenneth Wong folded the big blind and Rodrigo also tossed in his cards. Endo quickly called the reraise when action got back to him and the flop came down {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}.

On the flop, Ortmann bet 80,000. Endo made the call and the {J-Spades} landed on the turn. Ortmann moved all in for 442,000. Endo had approximatrly 600,000 behind and tanked. He eventually folded and Ortmann won the pot to move near 900,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Moritz Ortmann
888,000
438,000
438,000
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Daisuke Endo
600,000
-95,000
-95,000

Tags: Moritz OrtmannRafael RodrigoDaisuke Endo

Endo Moving Up

Daisuke Endo has picked up a couple of early pots. The first winning hand saw Vincent Rubianes open it up from the button and Endo call in the big blind. The {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{j-Spades} flop was dealt and Endo led out for 42,000. The other players folded and Endo took it down.

The next hand Endo took down saw Rubianes again open it up, this time from the hijack. Endo was on the button and he three-bet to 102,000. The small blind was Taewook Kwon and he thought for some time before letting it. Rubianes sent his cards into the muck and Endo took down more chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Daisuke Endo
695,000
118,000
118,000

Tags: Daisuke EndoVincent Rubianes

Rubianes Aggressive From The Small

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

When Rafael Rodrigo opened it up to 35,000 from middle position, the action was sent flying around to Vincent Rubianes in the small blind. He asked how much Rodrigo had and then looked to Jose Severino's stack in the big blind. Gathering the information he needed, Rubianes shoved all in. The players got out of the way Rubinaes took down the pot.

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Wong Doubles First Hand of Final Table

Kenneth Wong
Kenneth Wong

On the first hand of the 2012 APPT Seoul Main Event final table, action folded to Kenneth Wong in the hijack seat and he raised all in for 113,000. In the small blind, Andrew Kim made the call.

Kim tabled the {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and was dominating the {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} that Wong had shoved with. Needless to say, Wong picked the "Wong" time to shove and was in need of some help.

The flop gave him plenty of outs when the {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} fell. Wong now had a very live diamond draw with two cards to come.

The turn brought the {8-Clubs} and added some more outs for Wong. The river then completed the board with the {5-Diamonds} and Wong made his flush. He doubled back to 260,000 while Kim dropped to just over a half a million.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Kim
509,000
-115,000
-115,000
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Kenneth Wong
260,000
145,000
145,000

Tags: Andrew KimKenneth Wong