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2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Seoul

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Seoul

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
165,590,200 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
2,760,000 KRW
Prize Pool
645,205,200 KRW
Entries
241
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Welcome to the 2015 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Main Event!

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn after winning the event last season.
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn after winning the event last season.

It's Spring time in the South-Korean capital and that means it's time for cherry blossoms, soju shots, bbq dinners and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop!

PokerNews would like to welcome you to the coverage of the ninth season of the APPT, as we look to see if last year's winner Chane Kampanatsanyakorn can pull off another magical run. Besides winning last year, everyone of course remembers that Thailand's all-time money list leader took the event down in Season 8 after having finished runner-up in Season 7 to none other than Aaron Lim.

There is another great similarity between the last two editions of the Main Event in Seoul, and that is that women have been known to perform very well. Last year it was United States' Sam Cohen who finished third for third for KRW130,000,000 ($141,719) while Xuan Liu (4th - KRW44,600,000 - $40,711) and Sixiao Li (5th - KRW37,100,000 - $33,865) made the final table the year prior.

Besides the KRW3,000,000 (US $2,750) Main Event there was also a Warm-Up event (KRW700,000 - US $640) that finished lat night, and there will be many more side events. Here's a look at what's still to come.

Start dateStart timeTypeBuy in KRWBuy in USD
April 9-1012:00 p.m.NLHE Main Event?3,000,000$2,700
April 99:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite?660,000$660
April 109:00 p.m.NLHE Teams Event?1,000,000$913
April 114:00 p.m.NLHE Flipout re-entry?100,000$91
April 119:00 p.m.NLHE High Roller?6,000,000$5,485
April 1212:30 p.m.NLHE Turbo Bounty flight 1?500,000$456
April 1216:00 p.m.NLHE Turbo Bounty flight 2?500,000$456

Something to look at as well during this year's APPT event in Seoul is the Asia Player of the Year race, which is currently lead by Yuguang Li from China with 4,200 points. The top four are all from China, and in the top 10 we've also spotted Steve O'Dwyer (6th) and Russell Thomas (8th). The current leader, Li, jumped into first after winning the Macau Poker Cup Red dragon Main Event and High Roller on back-to-back days and therefor his lead is 1,200 points over current second place Yunye Lu. Here's the current Top 10, and for the entire ranking you can click on this link.

2015 Asia Player of the Year Rankings

PlaceNameCountryPoints
1Yuguang LiChina4,200
2Yunye LuChina3,000
3Yifan ZhangChina2,880
4Yang ZhangChina2,542
5Yi Won LeeKorea1,940
6Steve O'DwyerIreland1,877
7Yonggang WangChina1,668
8Russell ThomasUSA1,565
9Sam NeeMalaysia1,508
10Takuya YamashitaJapan1,500

For a point of reference, here are the winners of the APOY leader boards in previous years dating back to the first one, which was won by Kitty Kuo in 2009. When looking at the rankings it becomes clear that Li has a ton of points already this year, as his total would've been enough to win in both 2012 and 2010, but the race is far from over yet.

YearPlayerCountryPointsWinnings (HKD)Final TablesTitles
2014Pete ChenChinese Taipei5,691$1,383,51171
2013Jian YangChina3,922$2,040,10032
2012Yosuke SekiyaJapan4,191$1,002,60061
2011Hung-Sheng "Shaq" LinChinese Taipei6,278$1,272,690101
2010Bryan HuangSingapore3,166$594,05061
2009Kitty KuoChinese Taipei4,752$601,04531

There are lots of events left to be played, including this huge one in Seoul, and we will keep you up to date with the POY race throughout this event.

The Main Event in Seoul kicks off at 12:00 p.m. noon local time (5:00 a.m. CET/11:00 p.m. ET) and has two starting flights. Day 2 will be on Saturday and the big final will take place on Sunday, so stay tuned to PokerNews.com as we will bring you all the live updates of this event!

Tags: Aaron LimChane KampanatsanyakornXuan LiuRussell ThomasSam Cohen