APPT National ($900)

With Falcon pairing his queen, Schulze goes down in 8th place.

Hand #12: Ron Tate opens 65,000 and wins the blinds and ante.

Hand #13: Jeorge Lagatuz opens 65,000, still no flop as everyone folds.

Hand #14: Big blind Michael Kim Falcon calls Oliver Schulze min-raise then check-calls on a board 9♥ K♣ 2♣ 6♦ for 65,000 and 130,000. On the river 8♥ , both check, Falcon has K♥ 4♣ top pair and collects his second good pot of the day.

Hand #15: Ron Tate bumps it up to 65,000 and is up against caller Hyeonsik Yun from the big blind. Both check to the turn 9♠ 8♦ 4♦ K♥ . Tate bets 120,000 and takes it down without a fight.

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.

Oliver Schulze lays out 65,000 from the button to get called by Hyeonsik Yun in SB. The flop 7♠ 5♥ A♠ has Schulze continue in position with 45,000 and Hyeonsik pays to see the turn A♦ , which shuts down the action for a free 6♦ on the river. Hyeonsik takes it down with a 75,000 lead.

Frank Lillis shoves 345,000 with 2♠ 2♥ from the button and gets called by Oliver Schulze with K♦ Q♣ and his remaining 200,000 from BB. The dealer shows 5♣ Q♠ T♦ 6♦ 4♥ giving Schulze top pair and a 430,000 pot along with it.

Oliver Schulze opens 40,000 from +2, Michael Falcon calls and both players elect to check on 8♥ 5♠ J♥ , giving us the turn J♠ . Falcon leads 50,000, Schulze calls and the river is the Q♥ . Falcon leads 50,000 again, pumped up to 150,000 by Schulze and Falcon calls with top pair Q♣ 2♣ which is ahead of Schulze's 3♦ 3♥ .

Takuya Shimabukuro shoves 138,000 from CO and gets called by Oliver Schulze in the SB. Shimabukuro has A♠ 6♠ and is behind Schulze's A♣ 9♣ . With the board running 2♣ J♦ 3♣ 4♦ Q♥ , it's the end of the road for Shimabukuro.

Thomas Leslie (UTG) raises 8,000 preflop and Oliver Schulze (CO) three-bets 24,000. Thomas responds with a four-bet all-in causing Oliver to fold. Thomas wins the pot.

Hironori Yamada (UTG) raises all-in preflop with 59,000. Oliver Schulze (SB) calls Hironori’s all-in. Both players reveal their cards.

Hironori had Q♦ Q♣ while Oliver had A♥ K♦ .

The board ran 9♦ 7♠ Q♠ 2♠ 2♣ . Hironori takes the win with Queens set beating Oliver.

Azizjon Rakhimov (UTG) raises all-in with 18,500 and Oliver Schulze calls. Both Players reveal their cards. Azizjon has A♣ J♣ while Oliver has 9♦ 9♠ .

The board runs Q♦ 7♣ 5♣ 6♦ 5♥ .

Oliver’s pocket nines beat Azizjon knocking him out.

Yuyu Chen (UTG) raises 3,500 and Rindra Norodom (UTG+1) three-bets all-in. Oliver Schulze (HJ) and Xiaosheng Zheng (CO) both call Rindra Norodom’s all-in while Yuyu folds. Rindra’s cards were revealed A♣ Q♦ . The flop is revealed to have 4♣ J♦ and Q♠ .

Oliver checks while Xiaosheng Zheng bets 25,000. This makes Oliver fold. The turn brings in 2♣ and the river carries 3♦. Xiaosheng opens his hole cards to reveal J♥ J♠ forming a set with the J on the board. Rindra gets knocked out while Xiaosheng takes the win.

Oliver Schulze (D) starts off with a 2,500 raise and Seong Hun Poark (BB) calls. We see the flop J♥ K♦ 6♠ Seong Hun Park checks, Oliver sees this opportunity to bet 2,000 and Seong calls. We see the turn T♥. Seong checks again, Oliver bets 19,500 this time and Seong, unfazed calls the bet. The river brings in Q♣ and Seong checks. Oliver bets another 22,000 forcing Seong to fold. Oliver’s agreesive play gives him the victory.

Players are returning to their seats after a short break, and the action resumes with the stakes climbing. Here are the chip counts:

Let the exciting play continue as players aim to climb the leaderboard!

Oliver Schulze (CO) raises to 2,500, and Duc Nhat Nguyen (BB) calls. The flop K♣ T♣ J♣ sees Duc betting 3,200, with Oliver calling. On the turn 2♦ , Duc bets 6,600, and Oliver calls again. The river K♠ prompts Oliver to shove all-in, forcing Duc to fold.