APPT National ($900)

Ace high is totally crushed by Hyeonsik's 6♦ 2♠ boat to fall in 3rd place.

Hand #59: On a limped pot and a checked flop, Michael Kim Falcon bets 100,000 on a board and Hyeonsik Yun folds.

Hand #60: On a raised pot preflop by Michael Kim Falcon, no bets land until the turn 2♥ 5♠ 9♥ 4♣ . Adrien Berger check-calls. Both players check the river 3♥ . Falcon flips open K♦ Q♦ , Berger wins the pot with K♠ 5♣ pair.

Hand #61: Small blind Adrien Berger limps in then folds to big blind Michael Kim Falcon's 175,000 raise.

Hand #62: From the button, Adrien Berger raises 125,000 and is matched by big blind Hyeonsik Yun. On the flop T♣ T♠ 4♦ , Berger c-bets 100,000 and wins the pot outright.

Hand #63: Open raise by button Michael Kim Falcon finds no callers.

Hand #64: Michael Kim Falcon gets a walk.

Hand #65: Small blind Michael Kim Falcon raises 130,000 and big blind Hyeonsik Yun wants to see the flop. Both players check down to the river 3♥ 6♣ 8♦ 3♣ A♥ , Falcon bets 100,000 then quickly folds to Hyeonsik's 400,000 raise.

Hand #54: From the button, Michael Kim Falcon min-raises, big blind Adrien Berger calls, then both pass on the flop 8♥ 2♥ T♠ . No more friendliness on the turn 7♦ with 100,000 coming from Falcon's corner. Berger check-calls for the river A♥ . Falcon fires 225,000 this time, Berger check-calls once more then mucks to A♦ 7♣ two pair.

Hand #51: Back to back takedowns by Adrien Berger with Ihor Yerofieiev as his next victim. Yerofieiev is all in for his last 3 bb holding A♦ 6♦ and Berger defends the big blind with 4♣ 2♠ . The board favors the caller running 4♠ 7♦ 3♦ 4♥ 3♠ full house to bounce out Yerofieiev in 5th place.

Hand #3-4: Back to back wins for Oliver Schulze who raises and wins the blinds and ante. Next hand, Schulze raises 60,000, big blind Adrien Berger calls. On the flop T♦ 3♣ 3♠ , Schulze c-bets 45,000 and just like, he wins the pot.

The APPT National wrapped up Day 2 with the Final 9 players determined in just 7 hours of play. Bagging up the biggest was Hyeonsik Yun with 52 bb. Yun is the only representative left from Korea hoping to lift the title and the US$ 44,350 top prize. Yun catapulted to join the leaders after eliminating Bruno Moyse with A♦ A♠ dominating K♦ Q♦ .

Trailing the leader by a small margin was Francisco Sanchez with 49 bb. Sanchez earned a good chunk of his chips by cleaning out Quan Qiu with K♥ K♦ against J♦ 9♦ .

Other players earning their spot in the final lineup were Adrien Berger, Michael Kim Falcon, Hironori Yamada who is on his second final table having done the same at the NagaWorld Kick Off, Jeorge Lagatus, Ron Tate, Ihor Yerofieiev, and Oliver Schulze.

Read up on how they survived the day via the updates below.

The final table gets underway at 11:30am on November 19, 2024.

Bruno oyse is all-in from the button with 90,000 , Adrien Berger calls from BB and Moyse needs some help with J♦ 9♣ against Berger's K♦ 8♣ . The board comes A♦ 7♣ T♦ 7♠ 9♠ and Moyse stays in the tournament.

Adrien Berger min raises to 50,000 from CO, Hyeonsik Yun shoves 290,000 from SB, snapped by Berger with K♦ K♥ versus Hyeonsik's T♣ T♠ .

Early Christmas and a double up for Hyeonsik with the board running 4♦ A♦ T♥ A♥ J♥ .

Frank Lillis looks at A♣ K♦ in +2, jams his last 145,000 and isn't happy when Adrien Berger calls and flips over K♥ K♣ from HJ. The dealer has no help in store for Lillis with the board running 3♠ 5♠ Q♦ J♠ 7♣ and hands the pot over to Berger.

Bruno Moyse opens to 50,000 from CO, call by Adrien Berger in BB and they check it to the river Q♠ J♣ 3♦ 7♠ 7♥ . Berger forks out 100,000, putting Moyse deep in the tank. After two time banks and a call Moyse throws his cards in the muck on seeing Berger's Q♣ 7♣ full house.

Berger opens 32,000 from the button, gets called by Hyeonsik Yun and we see the flop 6♦ 2♦ Q♥ . Adrien Berger continues for 20,000 gets called and the turn is the A♥ . Berger bets 70,000 and Yun hands his cards to the dealer.

Takuma Sasaki open shoves 55,000 from +1, over shove 254,000 from Da De Titus Tay from +2 and a call from Berger in BB who covers both.

Board runs K♠ 3♣ 6♠ 8♣ 3♥

Takuma Sasaki - A♥ J♠

Da De Titus Tay - J♥ J♣

Adrien Berger - Q♥ Q♠