Welcome to Seoul and The Asia Pacific Poker Tour
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2014 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Coming to you from The Paradise Walkerhill Casino in Seoul, South Korea, the next four days should prove to be filled with some action-packed poker.
Last season, Aaron Lim outlasted the field of 222 players to claim the KRW 121,700,000 first-place prize. We are looking forward to seeing Team PokerStars Pros Betrand "Elky" Grospellier, Celina Lin, Vivian Im, Raymond Wu and Bryan Huang today. Another familiar face rumored to be about is Australian Mathew Wakeman.
Players are starting to filter in as play for day 1A is set to begin in about 30 minutes from now, at noon local time. According to the structure sheet we will be playing eight, 60-minute levels and after breaks the day is expected to end around 8:30 PM local time. Keep it here for all the latest news from the field. See you back here in a bit.