National

APPT National Day 2

Buy in: US$ 800 Guarantee: US$ 100,000 Entries: 314 Prize pool: US$ 219,298 ITM: 47 places

Starting stack: 30,000 Chips in play: 9,420,000 Opening blinds: 10,000-25,000, 25,000 ante

25,000 ante

Under the gun Abhinav Iyer raises to 80,000, big blind Evegenii Kalymaev shoves his short stack, Iyer calls and is ahead A♠ 9♥ to Kalymaev’s T♦ 8♠ . With the board running 9♣ 4♠ K♥ 8♦ Q♥ , Kalymaev is eliminated and the final table is formed.

25,000 ante

From the button, Abhinav Iyer raises to 50,000, big blind Chien Chih Weng three-bet shoves her 387,000 stack. Iyer calls and shows 6♦ 6♥ . Weng has K♥ Q♠ for a flip. When the board runs K♦ 3♦ 5♥ 2♥ J♠ , Weng cheers on her win and doubles up.

25,000 ante

Utg Minwoo Kang raises to 50,000, big blind Choi Hun Tae three-bets to 125,000, Kang calls. On the flop 4♥ 8♠ 7♠ , Choi check-calls Kang’s 110,000 c-bet. On the turn 6♥ , Kang bets 185,000, this time Choi check-raises to 400,000. Kang folds. Choi shows his A♦ A♣ hole cards and rises to 1,800,000.

25,000 ante

From the button, Cheng Zhang raises to 1 bb, small blind Evgenii Kalymaev sends his remaining 29,000 out front, big blind Abhinav Iyer shoves his monster stack to push out Zheng.

Kalymaev K♦ 7♦ iyer A♦ Q♦

The board runs 8♦ 4♣ 8♠ T♣ K♥ for a pair to Kalymaev to triple up to 112,000.

25,000 ante

Chien Chih Weng is all in with A♦ 6♣ , Evgenii Kalymaev calls with 2♥ 2♠ . The board runs 5♣ A♣ 9♥ 3♦ 6♦ for a double up to Weng.

20,000 ante

Adrian Smith is all in with ducks that can’t get passed Vincent Ferrafiat’s cowboys to exit in 11th place.

20,000 ante

All in preflop, Matt Douhan at risk with K♥ 6♣ against Eric Wasylenko’s A♣ K♣ . With the board running J♥ J♠ 2♥ 9♦ A♦ , Douhan is eliminated in 12th place.

20,000 ante

Thomas Carlin was dealt his last hand with A♥ 2♦ dusted by chip leader Abhinav Iyer‘s Q♠ T♠ on a board 6♦ Q♣ 2♠ 7♦ J♣ .

20,000 ante

All in preflop, Thomas Carlin ahead with pocket Kings, at risk player with pocket Jacks, no bad beat arrives on the board for Carlin to ship it.

20,000 ante

Button Eric Wasylenko raised then called small blind Andy Li’s three-bet shove. Wasylenko with 6♦ 6♠ , Li with T♣ T♠ , the board dropped blanks J♥ K♣ 3♥ qc} 7♦ for a double up to Li.

20,000 ante

Blinds up, 15 players remaining. Abhinav Iyer has taken command with over 1,500,000. Second in chips is Minwoo Kang with 1,200,000.

20,000 ante

Huge takedown by Choi Hun Tae to send Hongru Zhang out of contention. Preflop action opened with cutoff Cheng Zhang raising to 40,000, buttong Hongru Zhang re-raised to 100,000, small blind Choi Hun Tae called, back to Zheng who joined for a three-way to the flop.

On the flop 4♣ 9♣ 7♠ , Choi bet 160,000, Zheng folded, Zhang shoved, Choi called.

Zhang A♦ 9♥ top pair Choi Q♣ Q♠ overpair

The turn 5♣ and river 2♠ were no help to Zhang. Choi roared in triumph as he shipped it and catapulted to 1,500,000.

16,000 ante

Paul King goes all in with 5♦ 5♥ , Minwoo Kang calls with K♦ 9♦ , the board runs Q♦ 3♦ 4♦ Q♣ 2♣ to end King in 17th place.

16,000 ante

Eric Wasylenko and Thomas Carlin stare down a flop 3♠ 5♣ K♠ . Wasylenko bets 40,000, Carlin raises to 120,000, Wasylenko calls. On the turn 6♦ not bets land to bring the rive J♣ . Waylenko leads out 225,000, Carlin folds.

16,000 ante

On a turn board 6♦ T♥ K♠ A♣ and 88,000 in the pot, button player Cheng Zheng bets 34,000, big blind Thomas Carlin raises to 85,000, Zheng calls. On the river 5♣ , both chec. Cheng Zheng wins it with A♥ 8♥ over Q♥ 7♥ .

16,000 ante

Blinds are up again with 20 remaining. Day 2 plays down to the Final 9 players.

12,000 ante

Haisheng Qiu is all in, one player joins in for all his chips, Adrian Smith tank-folds. At risk player Qiu has 6♥ 6♠ and caller has A♦ 8♣ , no hits for the drawing player for a double up to to 628,000.

12,000 ante

On a flop 7♥ 6♣ J♥ and 77,000 in the pot, Liu Yuhan shoves for 71,000, Paul King calls, small blind Hongru Zhang with a check-raise all in, King calls.

Liu 6♦ 8♦ Zhang A♠ J♥ King K♠ J♣

The turn {10} and river J♠ is good to Zhang to ship a huge pot.

12,000 ante

Catching the action as Abhinav Iyer was getting paid. The board was A♠ Q♣ K♥ 3♦ Q♠ , Iyer with qd} J♣ trips, Haisheng Qiu with a bluff T♣ 6♠ .

12,000 ante

Catching the action as the pot was being shipped to Cheng Zhang, he had J♥ J♦ that easily defeated Alex Nguyen’s K♠ 8♥ . All in was at the flop, the board completed 3♦ 9♠ 8♦ 3♣ A♠ . Zhang rises to 660,000.

12,000 ante

Blinds are up again, with 25 players remaining.

10,000 ante

Cutoff Thomas Carlin and small blind Choi Hun Tae built a pot of 85,000 preflop and the flop runs 6♦ Q♦ T♥ . Choi leads out 15,000, Carlin raises to 44,000, Choi re-raises to 80,000, Carlin calls. On the turn 9♣ , more chips fired with Choi sending out 100,000 and Carlin fast-calling. On the river J♣ , Choi shoves, Carlin snap-calls then shows K♣ Q♠ straight. Choi has J♠ 9♠ two pair and pays up.

10,000 ante

With 100,000 in the pot and a board J♥ 3♣ J♠ 2♣ , two players are all in. Evgenii Ojha way ahead with Q♦ J♦ trips, Vishal Ojha with 6♦ 6♥ . The river 8♠ secures the double up for Katymaev.

10,000 ante

Choi Hun Tae and Adrian Smith stare down a turn board Q♥ 2♦ K♥ 5♥ and 75,000 in the pot. Smith bets 25,000 and Choi calls. On the river 6♥ , Smith checks, Choi bets 40,000, Smith tanks and remarks “you are very lucky” then folds.

10,000 ante

We aren’t sure what went down but Choi Hun Tae is now the chip leader with nearly 800,000 while Hongru Zhang has been chunked down to 355,000.

10,000 ante

Since the start of the money round, 17 players have gone bust but with extra money in their pocket. 30 players remaining

8,000 ante

All in preflop, Xiaosheng Cheng’s 8♦ 8♥ holds against Liu Yuhan’s overcards K♥ Q♠ for a double up to 190,000. Liu dropped to 145,000.

8,000 ante

Vishal Ojha all in with {7h 7♣ then proceeds to win the flip against Hua Wei Lin with A♦ K♥ . The board ran {6v} 7♠ 5♥ J♦ 6♥ . Ojha doubles up to 226,000.

8,000 ante

Defending champion Seongmin Lee is still in the running with 158,000.

8,000 ante

Dylan Wayne moves all in with 8♠ 8♦ , Vincent Ferrafiat calls with T♦ T♠ , the board runs 4♣ 3♠ K♥ 2♦ T♥ . Dylan is eliminated in 36th place.

8,000 ante

Field is down to 38 players. Minwoo Kang maintains his lead with 720,000. It will be a long grind before they stop at the Final 9 players.

6,000 ante

The bubble round saw four players double up starting with Evgenii Kaytmaev 8♠ 8♦ full house over Cheng Zhang K♠ T♠ trips on a board 8♥ T♥ T♦ 5♠ A♠ . Another survivor was short stacked Vinay Boob with A♥ T♠ winning the flip against Hongru Zhang‘s {1h} 8♥ on a board T♦ 9♥ 5♦ 4♦ A♦

In addition to short stacks rising, big stacks Minwoo Kang, Eric Wasylenko, and Hongru Zhang were also putting pressure on their tablemates to stack up further.

After forty minutes, it finally popped on ailing stacked Amit Kaushik who was down to 15,000 and was on the big blind. Two players called his all in, on the flop 6♣ K♣ Q♥ Thomas Carlin bet 22,000 that pushed out a player. Carlin opened A♠ K♦ top pair, Kaushik 9♣ 9♠ , the turn was T♥ and river 4♣ .

5,000 ante

Another twelve players went bust at the previous level leaving 54 at the start of the new one. Among the fallen was two-time WSOP bracelet champion Wei Guo Liang.

Bubble round is approaching with the money starting at 47th place.

4,000 ante

Eight players went bust during the first level of Day 2. 66 players remain. The money begins at 47th place. Minimum payout is $1,250.

The APPT National is back on with 78 players returning for a shot at the first PokerStars Shard Trophy and the US$ 42,737 top prize. We will track the action throughout the day with more up to date gameplay from the bubble onwards. Money begins at 47 places. Here are the payouts and list of returning players.

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