From the button, Taewook Kwon raised to 33,000. Moritz Ortmann called from the small blind and the flop came down . Ortmann checked and Kwon bet 47,000. Ortmann check-raised to 125,000 and Kwon folded.
Another player has cracked the million and another player has been eliminated. Mortiz Ortmann started it off with an open from early position and Daisuke called from the big blind.
The flop was dealt and Endo checked to Moritz. A bet of 60,000 would see Endo shove his stack all in and as quickly as he said all in, Moritz had called and the players had turned their hands over.
Moritz held for two overs and a flush draw, while Endo held for close to nothing. The on the turn was good for Moritz and when the hit the river, it was over for Endo who goes home in 8th place with KRW 21,4000,000.
The first player to be eliminated at the final table was Kenneth Wong. His demise began when Vincent Rubianes opened it to 35,000 from under the gun. Wong shoved from the cutoff seat and after the rest of the table was out of the way, Rubianes made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Rubianes:
Wong:
A classic race for Wong's life would see the board run out , with the two queens enough to send Wong out in 9th place. For that effort Wong receives KRW 15,889,600 to add to his seven-figure score at the Aussie Millions in January.
A player has finally cracked a million chips. It all started when Vincent Rubianes opened it up from middle position. Taewook Kwon was on the button and he three-bet to 76,000. It was back on Rubianes and he threw in the four-bet, making it 68,000 more. Kwon didn't stop here though, five-betting another 110,000. Rubianes immediately announced he was all in and Kwon sent his cards into the muck.
With that nice little pot, Rubianes is the first man past one million chips.
Grant Levy has a few titles in the Australasia region including a win at the 2007 APPT Sydney for AUD $1,000,000. His other two wins are in the 2010 ANZPT II High-Stakes Hold'em event for AUD $40,000 and the 2011 ANZPT III Perth Main Event for AUD $131,500.
Last night, Levy won the KRW 1,100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event here at the 2012 APPT Seoul for KRW 18,230,000 after besting 51 players. Chalk another victory up for Levy, who has over $1.6 million in live tournament earnings.
After Andrew Kim raised to 38,000 from under the gun plus one, Jose Severino three-bet to 106,000 from middle position. Everyone folded back to Kim and he, too, gave it up.
On the next hand dealt, Severino opened to 35,000 from middle position and Taewook Kwon called out of the hijack seat. The dealer ran out the flop and both players checked. The turn was the and Severino bet 38,000. Kwon folded and Severino scooped his second hand in a row.
From under the gun, Rafael Rodrigo raised to 32,000. Daisuke Endo made the call in the cutoff seat and action then moved to Moritz Ortmann in the small blind. Ortmann three-bet and made it 110,000 to go. Kenneth Wong folded the big blind and Rodrigo also tossed in his cards. Endo quickly called the reraise when action got back to him and the flop came down .
On the flop, Ortmann bet 80,000. Endo made the call and the landed on the turn. Ortmann moved all in for 442,000. Endo had approximatrly 600,000 behind and tanked. He eventually folded and Ortmann won the pot to move near 900,000 in chips.
Daisuke Endo has picked up a couple of early pots. The first winning hand saw Vincent Rubianes open it up from the button and Endo call in the big blind. The flop was dealt and Endo led out for 42,000. The other players folded and Endo took it down.
The next hand Endo took down saw Rubianes again open it up, this time from the hijack. Endo was on the button and he three-bet to 102,000. The small blind was Taewook Kwon and he thought for some time before letting it. Rubianes sent his cards into the muck and Endo took down more chips.
When Rafael Rodrigo opened it up to 35,000 from middle position, the action was sent flying around to Vincent Rubianes in the small blind. He asked how much Rodrigo had and then looked to Jose Severino's stack in the big blind. Gathering the information he needed, Rubianes shoved all in. The players got out of the way Rubinaes took down the pot.
On the first hand of the 2012 APPT Seoul Main Event final table, action folded to Kenneth Wong in the hijack seat and he raised all in for 113,000. In the small blind, Andrew Kim made the call.
Kim tabled the and was dominating the that Wong had shoved with. Needless to say, Wong picked the "Wong" time to shove and was in need of some help.
The flop gave him plenty of outs when the fell. Wong now had a very live diamond draw with two cards to come.
The turn brought the and added some more outs for Wong. The river then completed the board with the and Wong made his flush. He doubled back to 260,000 while Kim dropped to just over a half a million.