2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju

₩2,500,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju

Final Results
Winner
Huidong Gu
Winning Hand
10j
Prize
183,695,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
2,500,000 KRW
Prize Pool
183,695,000 KRW
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Heads-Up

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Heads-Up (Yang Zhang and Huidong Gu)
Heads-Up (Yang Zhang and Huidong Gu)

Heads-up just started here in the 2019 Pokerstars APPT Jeju Main Event. If you try to find a fastest rundown from seven players down to the heads-up, it will be really difficult.

It took just about half a level, after Tae Hoon Han's bust in seventh place, until the event reaches in the heads-up. Both players are playing fairly deep, and we might see a long battle.

Let the game begin!

Player Chips Progress
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Yang Zhang
5,950,000
1,950,000
1,950,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Huidong Gu
4,950,000
-50,000
-50,000

Tags: Huidong GuYang Zhang

Ruihong Tao Eliminated in 3rd Place (₩73,081,000|$63,200)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Ruihong Tao
Ruihong Tao

In a quick succession, the tournament is down to heads-up! Ruihong Tao is the player who hit the rail in third place, after a run in the final table where he was short stack almost all the time.

Ruihong Tao shoved in his final hand and found a caller in Yang Zhang.

Tao: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Yang: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and Ruihong Tao will be highly satisfied with his third place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Ruihong Tao
Busted

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Zhang Mengyin Eliminated in 4th Place (₩57,280,000|$49,500)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Zhang Mengyin
Zhang Mengyin

Zhang Mengyin was left with just 220,000, corresponding to less than 4 big blinds, and she was apparently happy enough after laddering up with the elimination of a couple of big stacks.

She announced all in without even seeing her cards as she said, and Ruihong Tao called.

Zhang Mengyin: {5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Ruihong Tao: {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Mengyin ended her run at the Main Event in fourth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Zhang Mengyin
Busted

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Siyuan Wang Eliminated in 5th Place (₩41,478,000|$36,000)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Siyuan Wang
Siyuan Wang

Siyuan Wang is the player who departed from the field in fifth place after he shoved his last big blinds and got called from Yang Zhang.

Siyuan Wang: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Yang Zhang: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{j-Clubs} with the river sending Siyuan Wang to the rail in fifth place. The loud voices of Mengyin and Tao woke up the whole poker room, as they kept laddering up being very short for the biggest part of the final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Siyuan Wang
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader

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Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Duc Trung Vu Eliminated in 6th Place (₩33,578,000 |$29,000)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Duc Trung Vu
Duc Trung Vu

Another hand, another big pot in the final table of the Main Event. Duc Trung Vu is the last player who busted with a big stack in the final table, benefiting the players who have a lot smaller stacks and are climbing up the ladder of pay jumps.

Duc Trung Vu opened from the cut-off, and Huidong Gu defended from the big blind. The flop came {5-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Huidong Gu proceed with a check-raise, after Vu's cbet.

Vu called and the {q-Spades} fell on the turn, prompting Huidong Gu to bet 610,000. The Vietnamese player went deep into tank, and the clock had to be called by Zhang Mengyin. The director arrived at the table and literally the last second of his available time, Vu said "Call."

The {5-Spades} completed the board on the river and Huidong Gu announced all in with Vu going again into tank. This time he decided faster, and he threw hard a couple of chips into the pot to indicate the call, as if he knew he was losing.

Gu opened {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}, and it was enough to win the pot, as Vu hero-called with {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Huidong Gu
5,000,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
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Duc Trung Vu
Busted

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Tae Hoon Han Eliminated in 7th Place (₩26,467,000|$23,000)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Tae Hoon Han (left) and Yang Zhang (right) after the crucial hand
Tae Hoon Han (left) and Yang Zhang (right) after the crucial hand

Tae Hoon Han started the final day as chip leader but he lost it all in a huge bluff he pulled during 7-handed play. Han min-raised from the button, Yang Zhang called from the small blind, and they saw heads-up the flop coming {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{q-Clubs}.

Yang Zhang check-called a bet at 105,000 from Han and the {2-Hearts} fell on the turn. Yang Zhang check-called again, and this time it was for 345,000 chips, sending the pot to seven figures.

The {k-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, and when Yang Zhang checked, Han announced all in for 965,000. Yang Zhang asked for a count, and as soon as the dealer informed him about the accurate amount he said call!

Han opened {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for a huge three-barrel bluff, while Yang Zhang table {k-Clubs}{j-Spades} for rivered trips! An enormous pot, that could determine the whole tournament, as now Yang Zhang has a commanding chip lead over his opponents.

Player Chips Progress
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Yang Zhang
4,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tae Hoon Han
Busted

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Zhang Mengyin Doubles Up

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Zhang Mengyin was for a long time a short stack, and he shoved her last 370,000 from the cut-off after Duc Trung Vu's open, one seat before her. Vu called the shove and the players opened their hands.

Zhang Mengyin: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Duc Trung Vu: {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The board gave two pair to both players with {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{k-Hearts} but Mengyin's was better and she managed to go above 10 big blinds after a long time.

Player Chips Progress
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Duc Trung Vu
2,130,000
-370,000
-370,000
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Zhang Mengyin
865,000
690,000
690,000

Tags: Zhang MengyinDuc Trung Vu

Kairan Jin Eliminated in 8th Place (₩22,517,000|$19,500)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Kairan Jin
Kairan Jin

Kairan Jin is the next player to bust from the final table, when he was left with 470,000 and shoved from the button, after Yang Zhang's min-raise from the cut-off.

Yang Zhang: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Kairan Jin: {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and Kairan Jin won ₩22,517,000 for his efforts in the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
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Yang Zhang
2,000,000
600,000
600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kairan Jin
Busted

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The Ace That Saves

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Duc Trung Vu was as close as as just two streets to elimination, but he managed to binge one of the three outs he was after and achieve a big double up.

Yang Zhang opened the action preflop with an open to 115,000, and Duc Trung Vu was two seats on his left, three-betting to 340,000.

Everybody else folded, and Yang Zhang announced all in with Vu taking surprisingly long time to call. He did after around three minutes and the two players tabled their hands.

Duc Trung Vu: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Yang Zhang: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and Zhang Yang got closer to bust an opponent and get the chip lead of the final table. The {a-Diamonds} on the turn brought the opposite feelings to both players, and the {8-Diamonds} gave the pot to Vu. A relieving big shout of "Yes" came out of Vu's mouth and he is up to 2.5 million chips

Player Chips Progress
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Duc Trung Vu
2,500,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
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Yang Zhang
1,400,000
-495,000
-495,000
WSOP 1X Winner