National

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

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.

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.

8,000 ante

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

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♣ .

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.

40,000 ante

30,000 ante

On a board that completed 5♠ 2♠ 3♠ J♦ 2♣ and 375,000 brewed, mid position Eric Wasylenko bets 250,000, big blind Maggie Weng check -calls. Wasylenko has A♣ A♠ overpair, Weng claims the pot with Q♠ 9♠ flush.

25,000 ante

Choi Hun Tae limps from utg, action folds around to the small blind Eric Wasylenko who raises to 75,000. Big blind Minwoo Kang calls and Choi joins to make it a three-way to the flop J♣ A♥ T♥ . Wasylenko c-bets 150,000, Kang calls, Choi folds. On the turn 6♥ Wasylenko shoves his last 500,000, Kang tank-folds. Wasylenko says he didn’t see the limp.