Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju
?6,000,000 APPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju
Buy-in
6,000,000 KRW
Prize Pool
182,050,000 KRW
Entries
34
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Xinglong Huang is the player eliminated in 4th place after losing a flip versus Changyang Liu.
Huang raised from the button to 37,000 and Liu shoved from the big blind. Huang snap-called and the two players opened their hands.
Liu: 
Huang: 
The board ran out 
and Huang earned himself ?20,936,000 ($~18,070) for his 4th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Xinglong Huang reached just one street away from elimination but a river saved him and kept him in the game.
At first, he lost a big part of his stack with 
on a 
flop with two spades, where he was up against Hao Tian's top pair with ten-nine. The turn and river didn't change everything and Huang was left with just 10 big blinds.
A couple of hands later Huang shoved from the small blind with 
, after Tian's raise from the button, with the latter making the call with 
.
The board came 
and the river was a saver for Huang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
560,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
350,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
270,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
590,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
410,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
370,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
260,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Both opening flights of the APPT National are in full swing, with Day 1A drawing a total of 122 entrants (106 uniques). Registration for Day 1A closed at 4:30 p.m. local time (GMT+9). Just 12% of the field will be locking up a Day 2 berth, with the first opening flight playing down to the last 15 players.
There are currently 24 players left in the running as of Level 16 (2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante), with level length coming in at 30-minutes. It is China's Liang Song the man sitting on the biggest stack with an impressive 330,000 in chips. It is another Chinese player, Yifan Zhang, who looks to be Song's closest rival for top dog, sitting on a stack of 320,000.
Day 1B kicked off at 7 p.m. local time and boasts a slightly faster structure, with 20-minute levels. Registration remains open until 9:55 p.m. and there are currently 35 players in action with blinds at Level 4 (100/300 with a 300 big blind ante).
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
It is time for the High Roller's dinner break. The players will return in 60 minutes.
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The dynamics have completely shifted in the final table, as the big stacks have become short stacks and vice versa.
Shawn Busse was left with 15 big blinds and shoved from the button, only to get called by Changyang Liu who was in the small blind and slightly covering his opponent.
Liu: 
Busse: 
The board ran out 
and Busse left the High Roller in fifth place, earning him ?16,385,000 (~$14,140) and making the final table an all-Chinese affair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The first elimination in the money is a fact, with Lei Yu busting in 6th place. He was left with less than 15 big blinds and open shoved from the button with 
.
In the small blind was Jiang Chen, with his lucky hand as it appears today, tens (
).
The board gave him a set again, with 
sending Yu to the rail. His 6th place earned him the min-cash of ?12,744,000 (~$11,000).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000