It is Time for Day 1a of 2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju Main Event
The most important event of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour is about to begin at 12 p.m. local time (GMT+9), and that event is the ?2,500,000 APPT Main Event (~$2,160). The winner of the previous APPT Korea Main Event was Sparrow Cheung who defeated a field of 581 entries for a first place prize of ?198,100,000 (~$172,000).
This time the Main Event has a slightly bigger buy-in than the previous one and also a bigger guaranteed prize pool. The ?300,000,000 guaranteed of the previous Main Event has been pumped up to ?500,000,000 for this one.
Entrants will receive 30,000 in chips and play for today will consist of thirteen 40-minute levels. Registration closes at the end of level 9 (around 6:45 p.m.) and all players have the option of a single re-entry in case they lose all their chips up until this level.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the coverage of the main event in the days to come, so stay tuned for all the action.
Meanwhile, Day 2 of the APPT National event just started, with 22 players taking their seats after two starting flights. The event easily beat the KRW 200M guarantee and draw a total of 177 entries over the two respective starting Day 1's. This generated a KRW 231,782,000 (~$200,000) prize pool with the eventual winner walking away with the trophy, title and KRW 57,365,000 (~$49,500) top prize.
Notables in contention include China's Liang Song who holds the chip lead, Shuo Li, Jun Obara, Yang Zhang, USA's Jin Woo Kim, among others.