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 the day with 20,900 in chips. Even A-K wasn't good enough for PokerStars Qualifier Robert Campitiello on the first hand. He was delighted to look down and find Ah-Ks on the opening hand and wasted little pushing his stack into the centre, only to find Hong Kong’s Ken Yeung holding
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APPT Seoul: Van Dyk does a Van Winkle
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