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

Andrew Kim Wins 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul Main Event (KRW 145,000,000)!

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Champion Andrew Kim
Champion Andrew Kim

It's all over here in Seoul, South Korea for the 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul Main Event. Emerging victorious over the 268-player field was Andrew Kim from the USA. With the deal that was made, Kim earned himself KRW 145,000,000.

When Day 3 began, 16 players remained. After a few hours of play, the field was down to the final nine and the final table was set. Things moved along steadily all day long and the first elimination at the final table was 2012 Aussie Millions runner-up Kenneth Wong. He was followed out the door by start-of-the-day chip leader Daisuke Endo, Taewook Kwon, Jose Severino and Sasa Zorc before four players remained.

With four left, Moritz Ortmann, Rafael Rodrigo, Vincent Rubianes and Kim struck a deal based on the chip counts and left KRW 35,000,000 to be awarded to the eventual champion. From there, Ortmann fell in fourth place and then Rodrigo in third, leaving Rubianes and Kim heads up for the title. When the duel began, Kim had the edge with 3.005 million in chips to Rubianes' 2.12 million.

For nearly all of the heads-up match, Kim seemed to be in control. He picked his spots well and chipped away at Rubianes steadily. When the final hand came up, all of the money went in preflop with Kim holding the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} to Rubianes' {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. An ace flopped to put Kim in the lead and he held from there to take the victory. For his runner-up effort, Rubianes was left with the amount he settled for in the deal to pocket KRW 90,500,000.

2012 APPT Seoul Final Table Payouts

PlacePlayerPayout (KRW)
1Andrew Kim145,000,000
2Vincent Rubianes90,500,000
3Rafael Rodrigo94,500,000
4Moritz Ortmann106,000,000
5Sasa Zorc43,000,000
6Jose Severino34,000,000
7Taewook Kwon27,000,000
8Daisuke Endo21,400,000
9Kenneth Wong15,889,600

With the completion of the event, that wraps up PokerNews' coverage of the 2012 APPT Seoul. It was another great event run by PokerStars and also the staff here at the Paradise Casino Walkerhill. Congratulations to Andrew Kim for his win and to all the other winners as well.

Just because we're done here, doesn't mean the live reporting stops. PokerNews' worldwide leading Live Reporting Team is constantly all over the globe providing updates from the biggest and best tournaments on the circuit, so be sure to check those events out as well. We'll see you at the next stop.

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