National

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

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.

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.

100,000 ante

Three way raised pot preflop, the board comes 8♣ 9♠ 9♥ . Action folds to button Minwoo Kang who bets 325,000. Only small blind Choi Hun Tae calls and the turn is K♥ . Both players check, and also check the river 8♦ . Kang claims the pot with A♣ T♦ as Choi mucks.

80,000 ante

Another big pot by the river A♣ 5♥ 5♣ T♠ A♥ . Minwoo Kang checks, Choi Hun Tae checks, Kang shows K♣ 7♥ to claim the 1,575,000 pot.

60,000 ante

After doubling up huge through Minwoo Kang, Andy Li has been keeping a tight grip on his stack, giving only a little and controlling pots. He recently picked up another sizable one in a hand against Choi Hun Tae. By the turn board of A♦ T♠ K♦ 9♠ , both players had built a 740,000 pot. Li bet 650,000, Choi called. On the river J♣ both opted to check it. Cjhoi had K♣ T♣ two pair, Li had better A♥ K♠ higher two pair.

60,000 ante

 Minwoo Kang is at all in with K♦ 6♦ and is up against Choi Hun Tae’s Q♥ T♠ . The board runs out 6♥ 7♠ 7♣ 7♥ K♥ for a double up to Kang.

50,000 ante

Final three players and their chip counts.

50,000 ante

Big blind Abhinav Iyer dusts off his massive stack to cutoff Choi Hun Tae to fall in 5th place. By the turn 8♦ 3♦ 6♠ K♣ with 605,000 in the pot, Iyer check-calls Choi on every street. On the river 5♣ , Iyer checks again Choi bets the amount of Iyer’s remaining stack, Iyer calls and opens K♠ T♠ top pair. Choi ships with K♦ Q♦ higher kicker.

40,000 ante

30,000 ante

On a board that completes A♦ 3♥ T♣ 4♥ 6♣ with utg+1 driving the pot to 330,000, small blind Choi Hun Tae checks then calls Iyer’s 120,000 bet. Iyer has A♠ 5♠ top pair, Choi wins the pot with 3♠ 4♠ two pair.

30,000 ante

Hijack Minwoo Kang raises to 60,000, finds two callers to the flop J♣ 6♣ 6♦ . Kang c-bets 65,000, cutoff Choi Hun Tae calls, big blind Maggie Weng check-folds. On the turn K♣ , Kang sends out 135,000, no call.

h place - US$ 4,386 25,000 ante

Vincent Ferrafiat risks his big stack against the bigger stacked Choi Hun Tae by shoving with K♦ Q♦ preflop. Choi calls with A♣ K♣ . The board runs J♠ 2♠ 8♠ T♣ J♣ to end Ferrafiat’s run in 9th place.

25,000 ante

From utg+1, Choi Hun Tae raises a 75,000, finds two callers in lojack Andy Li and big blind Eric Wasylenko. At the flop 3♣ T♣ 3♦ , Choi c-bets 80,000 and wins the pot.