12am: Yoshihiro Tasaka wins the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event (KRW 148,896,000; USD 128,248.89). Hidenari Shiono eliminated in 2nd place (KRW 93,060,000; USD 80,155.56) Yoshihiro Tasaka, the 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event champion. Why would things be any different in the final hand of the tournament! With Yoshihiro Tasaka starting to dominate the heads-up match, Shiono opened the betting with a raise to 60,000, Tasaka bumped it up to 196,000 and Shiono moved all-in for 436,000. With a wicked grin, Tasaka said he was holding his favourite hand, and yelled call. Shiono couldn’t believe his eyes when Tasaka showed
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APPT Seoul: Final table updates
Day 3
APPT Seoul: Final table profiles
A lightning session has resulted in the final table being decided just over two hours from the time play commenced on day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event at the Paradise Walker-hill Casino. Wooka Kim's smile before the flop evaporated after Sam Faqiryar made a pair. Short-stacked Japanese...more
APPT Seoul: Schreiber out to surpass last year's effort
The Sheraton Grande Walker-hill, home of the Paradise Walker-hill Casino and the APPT Seoul main event. The 16 players still in contention for the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event title have started arriving for the final day’s play. Everyone’s still talking about the dramatic end to day 2 in...more
Day 2
APPT Seoul: Short stacks waste no time
Having been assured a finish in the money, the short stacks didn’t waste much time early on day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event at the Paradise Walker-hill Casino. Two players were eliminated on the opening hand – the first being US PokerStars Qualifier Robert Campitiello, who started...more
APPT Seoul: Saab extinct as King Kang rules the jungle on day 2
A dramatic end to day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event saw David Saab crash out of the event on the bubble after leading for much of the afternoon and Canada's Brian Kang take the chip lead into day three. Even David Saab need to take a breath...more
APPT Seoul: Saab silences Suen's Singapore sling
With 24 players remaining after five levels on day two of the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event at the Walker-hill Casino, four big stacks have emerged. Sam Faqiryar has slipped under the radar today but made his move when it mattered. Japan’s Yoshihiro Tasaka is the clear leader with 230,000,...more
Day 1
APPT Seoul: ElkY survives, Van Dyk leads after day 1
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APPT Seoul: Khan's Korean quest over
APPT Tournament Director Danny McDonagh has just announced that the opening day of the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event has been reduced to six levels, meaning there’s less than one hour of play remaining. name="flashvars" value="VIDEOCONSTRUCTID=4680&SMILURI=http://www.pokerstars.tv/pokerstars/channels/34181/movies/export_smil/4680.smil?from=embed&APIHOST=http://www.pokerstars.tv&ENABLEMENU=YES&APICONTEXT=pokerstars">Watch http://www.pokerstars.tv/pokerstars/channels/34181/movies/4680.html">APPT Seoul 08: James Honeybone on PokerStars.tv That’s small comfort for New Zealander James...more
APPT Seoul: Korea is no banana republic
At last year’s APPT Seoul main event, Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem scoffed down enough bananas to send a troop of monkeys into frenzy (keeping a certain PR manager on her toes over the course of the event). It seems the staff at the Paradise Walker-hill Casino have picked up...more
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