PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Seoul

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Seoul

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
150,000,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
2,760,000 KRW
Entries
256
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Claudiu Gurau Eliminated in 22nd Place (₩5,485,000)

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

With about 100,000 chips already in the middle the board showed {6-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{2-Hearts} 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 {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a missed straight draw and that meant he hit the rail in 22nd place as Huang showed {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Yencheng Huang
365,000
175,500
175,500
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Claudiu Gurau
Busted

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Bian Hong Yang Eliminated in 23rd Place (₩5,485,000)

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Bian Hong Yang
Bian Hong Yang

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: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Yang: {K-}{Q-}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{A-Clubs} and Yang was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
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Toan Ngoc Nguyen
270,000
135,000
135,000
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Bian Hong Yang
Busted

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Takahisa Watanabe Eliminated in 24th Place (₩5,485,000)

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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 {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Watanabe {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}.

Watanabe couldn't find any help when the board ran out {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, making it a very short day for him.

Player Chips Progress
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John Marshall
394,000
73,000
73,000
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Takahisa Watanabe
Busted

Tags: John MarshallTakahisa Watanabe

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Day 3 Seat Draw

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChips
141Li Ta Hsu204000
142Toshimasa Kawahira163000
143Winfred Yu244000
144Kosaku Akashi216000
145Andy Ying Kit Chan197000
146Chane Kampanatsanyakorn281000
147Yencheng Huang189500
148Claudiu Gurau171000
    
151Jeffrey Holbrook579000
152Keiichiro Sugimoto275000
153John Marshall321000
154Makoto Yoshimichi224000
155Stepan Lavrin78000
156Takahisa Watanabe73000
157Raiden Kan202000
158Tsun Ming Chan165000
    
161Samantha Cohen417000
162Kelvin John Beattie120000
163Shinya Umano182000
164Toan Ngoc Nguyen135000
165Bian Hong Yang125000
166Jaeik Cho Akira Ohyama113000
167An Tai Young99000
168Christian Haggart258000

Today A Winner Will be Crowned!

Chip leader Jeff Holbrook
Chip leader Jeff Holbrook

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!

Main Event

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