35 players race for a Main Event Final 8 seat; Super High Rollers and Short Deck 1 today

Welcome to the sixth day of the APT Korea Incheon 2019 series! It is going to be another action packed day with several events running simultaneously at Paradise City Casino. The day kicks off with the Main Event entering Day 3. 35 players remain each one hunting down the money and a coveted seat to the Final 8. Leading in the pack is Japan’s Koichi Haruta with 451,000 which is a very healthy 112 times the opening big blind. 

Day 3 info

Starting time: 1pm (local time)
Opening blinds: 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
Remaining: 35 players
Total chips in play: 5,900,000
Average stack: 168,751
Bagging time: once the final 8 is reached

Main Event info

Entries: 236 
Prize pool: KRW 274,704,000 (~USD 226,300)
ITM: 24 places
1st prize: KRW 67,142,000 (~USD 55,300)

Day 3 players by seat draw

Rank Name Country Chips Table Seat
17 Yoichiro Deguchi Japan 159,000 1 1
15 Graeme Siow Singapore 166,000 1 2
35 Xiao Tian Yang China 25,000 1 3
18 Jwa Hyoung Kim Korea 153,000 1 4
4 Kevin Song Korea 301,500 1 5
24 Kengo Sakurai (DB) Japan 111,000 1 6
1 Koichi Haruta (SB) Japan 451,000 1 7
12 Vladimir Mefodichev (BB) Russia 205,500 1 8
29 Takuto Sakamoto Japan 76,000 1 9
           
9 Ryo Daicho (BB) Japan 217,500 2 1
28 Li Yong Feng China 87,500 2 2
23 Yoshida Jun Japan 114,500 2 3
10 Disuke Arashi Japan 211,000 2 4
34 Ryoji Takahashi Japan 36,000 2 5
22 Tsai Du Ming Taiwan 122,000 2 6
8 Shogo Otani Japan 225,500 2 7
33 Shoichi Horio (DB) Japan 45,000 2 8
7 Takahiro Abe (SB) Japan 242,500 2 9
           
27 Dom Choi (DB) Australia 91,500 3 1
19 Koszegi Diana (SB) Hungary 142,000 3 2
16 Tae Hoon Han (BB) New Zealand 164,000 3 3
32 Lin, Hung-Sheng Taiwan 62,500 3 4
31 Akihisa T Japan 65,500 3 5
26 Ng Pui Cheung Hong Kong 110,000 3 7
5 Wu Yu Fai Hong Kong 268,800 3 8
20 Nobuyuki Okuda Japan 125,000 3 9
           
13 Yuya Nakatani Japan 178,500 4 1
11 Tsang Dicky Stu Hang Hong Kong 209,000 4 2
6 Xixiang Luo China 248,500 4 3
14 Kunimaro Kojo Japan 173,500 4 4
25 Chi Chung Ho Hong Kong 110,500 4 5
21 Kenichi Takarabe Japan 123,500 4 6
2 Eduard Pak (DB) Russia 434,500 4 7
3 Michael Fan (SB) United States 381,500 4 8
30 Hashimoto Akira (BB) Japan 66,500 4 9

Day 2 results

Day 1B results

Day 1A results

While the Main Event is up and running, the No Limit Hold’em 1 event will also be resuming. The final eight players hunt down the title. Then at 2pm, the Super High Rollers joins the floor with buy-in at KRW 5,300,000 (~USD 4,400). This will be followed by the Short Deck 1 at 3pm. Buy-in for that event is KRW 440,000 (~USD 365). 

Full APT Korea Incheon 2019 schedule

The APT Player of the Series race is also in full swing. You can check the standings here. Hong Kong’s Edward Yam Chun Ho has taken the lead with three deep runs so far. Yam is having a great year on the felt. Last month he overtook Park Yu Cheung aka Sparrow as the player with the most cashes in a given year and the year is not nearly over. Additionally, two months ago, Yam won the APT Player of the Series title in Seoul.

Full APT Korea Incheon 2019 results