Main Event resumes with 85 players into Day 2; Registration still open for one hour

Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event!

Today the 85 combined starting day survivors return to APT Korea Seoul 2018 at Paradise Casino in Grand Walkerhill for another eight rounds of play. So far the featured tournament has drawn 148 entries. For those wanting to get in the action, there is still time. Registration stays open for one hour in Day 2 and closes at the start of Level 10.

Main Event action gets underway at 1pm. The game resumes at Level 9 with blinds at 600-1200 ante 200. Blinds gradually increase every 60 minutes. Average stack is currently at 87,058. For late-entry players, buy-in is KRW 1,100,000; this gives you a 50,000 starting stack which is roughly around 40 bbs. 

In pole position today is APT regular Stephen Nathan who bagged up his burly stack of 320,800 at Day 1A. Coming in second-rank is Day 1B chip leader, Ken Okada with 256,200. You can view the chip counts and seat draws via the link below or head to the APT Facebook page. 

Day 2 seat draw and chip counts

We will provide you with live updates throughout the day. Just click here to follow the action.

SIDE EVENTS on Thursday, June 21

In addition to the main, there are two side events running as well, the No Limit Hold’em 2 and the Deep Stack Turbo 1. Below are details on those events.

No Limit Hold’em 2: Buy-in KRW 550,000 – starts at 3pm
Deep Stack Turbo 1: Buy-in KRW 165,000 – starts at 6pm

You can view the structures here.

Full APT Korea Seoul 2018 schedule

APT Player of the Series race update

We have now completed 9 side events. With Stephane Blouin cashing at another event last night, finishing 2nd at the NLH One Day Event, he holds his lead in the APT Player of the Series race. You can view the current standings of the APT POS race here.

Festival winners:

Stephane Blouin: NLH Welcome Event
John Young Lee: Ante Up for Charity
Kelvin Beattie: Main Event Warm Up
Calvin Lee: PLO High Rollers
Andrew An: No Limit Hold’em 1
Artur Gaynanov: Head Hunter
Anthony Trujillo: Super Deep Stack Turbo
Stephen Nathan: NLH One Day Event
Andrew Lunde: WeLoveSport Deep Stack Turbo

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