12pm: Let's get this show on the road!
Level 9 - Blinds 600/1,200 (100 ante)
Cards are in the air here on Day 2 as we begin to play to the bubble, which bursts at 18 players. --JS
11:45am: Welcome to Day 2
Good morning all! We're back at the Paradise Walkerhill Casino, and in 15 minutes we'll be joined by the 61 remaining players in this APPT10 Seoul main event.
It's Day 2, which sees our Day 1A and 1B survivors merge for the first time. Our champion will be in the room today, but who will it be? Could Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin and Bryan Huang make the final table together again like they did last year? Will our other Team Pro Chen An Lin make his first Seoul final table? Can the Aussie contingent (made up of talented pros including Michael Egan and Lim O'Rourke) make deep runs? You'll have to wait and see.
The man leading the field right now is Chan Tsuh Ming. He's bringing a huge stack of 169,800 into play today, after a late surge last night saw him shoot up the leaderboards. Here are the biggest stacks in the room today:
| Last Name | First Name | Table | Seat | Country | Chip Count | PokerStars Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chan | Tsun Ming | 6 | 8 | Hong Kong | 169,800 | |
| 2 | Paik | Albert | 7 | 6 | USA | 116,800 | |
| 3 | Ishihara | Masanori | 4 | 2 | Japan | 114,000 | |
| 4 | Nguyen | Windsor | 3 | 4 | Canada | 111,100 | |
| 5 | Qian | Shenghua | 2 | 3 | China | 100,300 | |
| 6 | Kim | Andrew | 3 | 6 | USA | 99,000 | |
| 7 | Demicki | Daniel | 2 | 8 | Poland | 93,000 | PokerStars Qualifier |
| 8 | O'rourke | Liam | 1 | 8 | Australia | 87,800 | PokerStars Qualifier |
| 9 | Tsuji | Yasuyuki | 2 | 9 | Japan | 84,900 |
Play starts shortly at 12pm local time. The bubble is sure to burst today with 18 players getting paid. You can check out the whole prize pool and payouts here, but know that all players are aiming for the first place prize of ₩119,097,600 ($101,399 US).
In terms of how long we'll play for today, as of right now we really don't know! Stay with us all day to follow the action. --JS
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PokerStars Blog reporting team in Seoul: Brad Kain and Jack Stanton. Photos by Kenneth Lim Photography.
The APPT Seoul festival at Paradise Walkerhill Casino runs until Monday, June 27th. Full details are available on the official APPT website page.
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