The World Series Main Event is now a week away. Ordinarily that would make about now the time when I get office based work wrapped up, and a bag packed in preparation for a two week trip to report on the closing stages of the WSOP.

But this summer, for the first time in ten years, I won't be in Las Vegas. My family, used to waving me off, has earned a summer break with me at home, appearing each day in person rather than on Skype. 

But while the prospect of swapping poker men in Las Vegas, with games of Pokémon with my son at home feels pretty good right now, I haven't been able to entirely shake off thoughts of what I'll miss. Cold turkey for the Vegas fan is not easy, particularly when over ten years you've grown used to having it served to you on wheat, with American cheese, and a Keno ticket. 

So while my colleagues Brad Willis and Howard Swains will be in country to bring all the action, I'll use the British summer to put out of mind some of those things I'll miss.

There's the smell, which hovers somewhere between the types of food rich in saturated fat, and strong detergent. But also the sound, the unmistakable lullaby of the casino floor, and the tide of riffled chips from one end of each tournament room to the other. 

I'll miss asking myself, for the fifth and sixth time, whether the poker kitchen burrito is a healthier choice than the poker kitchen tacos. 

I'll miss the blast of impossible heat as you step out of the service entrance of the Rio and into the carpark, heat that turns a dark haired man into a mess, and a red haired man into dust. 

I'll miss the Brooks Brothers sale at the Forum in Caesars, the Cadillac margaritas at Bonito Michoacán, the inevitable defeat after half an hour at the Gold Coast Pai Gow table; and then there's that yearly reminder, as life-saving is it is disappointing, that on the whole I'm a dreadful poker player.  

But then there's the job itself.

That always starts with the long walk along the exhibition centre, past the kids happily tapping the glass of the Buzio's lobster tank; past the Starbucks filling station and down towards the atrium selling souvenirs to the defeated; then straight ahead into the Pavilion Room, that cavernous overspill hanger running at permanent full speed.

It gets second billing to its Amazonian cousin, but while there's great joy to see it full, in turn there comes melancholy when, midway through the Main Event, its tables begin to be packed up, loaded onto articulated trailers by workmen in overalls eager to make room for a name-badged middle management conference of slots players, who will never understand that their muffin tray is perched upon hallowed ground. 

The Pavilion Room at full speed

Out of the Pavilion and passed the Brasilia Room on your right, and now you're into a great current of poker players making their way towards their seat. 

Time this wrong, like during a tournament break for instance, and a five minute walk will take your three times that as you try to swim upstream. But here you're with your people, whether they're familiar faces from the feature tables of the EPT, the American guys, in shorts and military caps, eager to make friends, or the younger wannabes in sports gear, living on what's in their pockets.  I can't remember any of their faces, but weirdly I know what they look like. 

The people I do know are in the press room, familiar faces all, and last seen one short year ago. The same goes for the tournament staff, never more primed than during the bubble, as I wrote last year, which people like me are permitted to take in with glorious access; the right to walk among the tables, to hear the staccato instructions of the floor staff, and see everything closer than even the players, right until the tournament clock stops at nine. 

The estimable Charlie Ciresi of the WSOP floor staff. No Main Event bubble would dare burst without his authorisation

All of which will pass me by as I relax, feet up and eight hours ahead, endlessly pressing "Refresh" on the PokerStars Blog. 

Because while you and I might not be there this year, the PokerStars Blog coverage guarantees you don't really have to be, publishing the best writing from Las Vegas for the duration of the World Series of Poker Main Event. 

All of which is now just a little more than a week away. Enough time to find a good burrito recipe, maybe some detergent for atmosphere, and catch up on all the big WSOP stories so far on our coverage pages. 

It was once said that a little bit of Las Vegas goes a long way. And it does. But I'll miss the place.

WSOP Photos by PokerPhotoArchive.com

Another Super Tuesday is in the books, the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament on PokerStars that always draws a tough field of top poker talent. This week's event took more than 12 hours to complete, with Denmark's Powergolf ultimately prevailing to take away a $64,670.30 first prize.

There were 337 participants in this week's Super Tuesday, meaning a $337,000 prize pool that bested the $300K guarantee. After almost five-and-a-half hours of poker they were down to 54, and with the money bubble having burst Francisco "07Papi" Oliveira sat in the top spot of the counts with a lot more poker left to be played.

About two hours after that they were down to 18 players, with Oliveira still in the top five and Powergolf having moved out ahead of the field by building a stack close to 950,000. 

Crackdel29 (18th), kursplunk (17th), and abeainy (16th) were the next players knocked out, with those three each taking away $3,033. pappadogg (15th), BOBAN94 (14th), and eijseijs (13th) followed, making $3,707 apiece. Then after slipping in the counts Francisco "07Papi" Oliveira went out in 12th, followed by MaltLiquor40 (11th) and rams85 (10th), with each of them picking up $4,381 for their efforts.

With allucan3at the new leader with more than 2 million, the final table was underway.

Seat 1: Ozgur "phaplap" Arda (Cyprus) -- 1,137,660 
Seat 2: Powergolf (Denmark) -- 999,814 
Seat 3: allucan3at (Indonesia) -- 2,076,794 
Seat 4: kjunia (Japan) -- 921,660 
Seat 5: valerii888 (Ukraine) -- 312,043 
Seat 6: Kevin "parksy1066" Parkes (United Kingdom) -- 371,754 
Seat 7: Keiruja (United Kingdom) -- 551,477 
Seat 8: Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu (Germany) -- 1,526,914 
Seat 9: Str0j (Slovenia) -- 526,884 

On the sixth hand of the final table, the blinds were 10,000/20,000 when allucan3at opened for 44,800 from middle position, then kjunia three-bet to 120,000 from the next seat over. It folded to Kevin "parksy1066" Parkes who reraise-shoved all-in from the small blind for 299,754, then Keiruja reraised all-in over that for nearly half a million, enough to scatter the others.

Parkes had [Ad][Qd] but would need help against Keiruja's [Kc][Ks]. The board ran out [8h][7c][Jd][7s][3d], and Parkes had become the ninth-place finisher.

It would take another 50 minutes until the next knockout, by which time the blinds had increased to 15,000/30,000. 

After the table folded around to the small blind, Keiruja open-raised all-in. Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu was in the next seat with just under 2,000 less than Keiruja to start the hand, and called all-in with the 361,083 left after posting the big blind. It was Keiruja's [3h][3s] versus Neu's [Ks][8s], and after the [3h][3d][As] gave Keiruja a set, the [6h] turn sealed it and Neu was done in eighth.

The tournament moved into its ninth hour, and with the blinds up to 20,000/40,000, kjunia opened with an all-in push to 370,776 from the cutoff seat, then Keiruja reraised all-in from the small blind to isolate. kjunia had [9h][8h] and was well behind Keiruja's [Kc][Kd], and five cards later -- [3h][2c][5h][Ks][2d] -- kjunia was eliminated in seventh.

About a dozen hands later they were in the same level when Keiruja limped in from early position, then Ozgur "phaplap" Arda raised to 124,000 from the button. It folded back to Keiruja who called, and the pair saw a flop come [6h][Ah][Ks]. Keiruja checked, Arda bet 146,080, Keiruja shoved all-in, and Arda called with the 550,748 he had left.

Arda had top pair with [Ac][Qd], but Keiruja had flopped a set with [6c][6s], and the [8h] on the turn meant Arda was drawing dead to finish in sixth.

A short while later it was allucan3at making a just-over-2x raise to 103,500 from the cutoff seat, and Str0j called from the big blind. The flop came [Qh][Qc][9s], Str0j checked, allucan3at bet 128,500, Str0j check-raised to 800,000, and allucan3at called all-in with the 474,942 left.

allucan3at had [Kh][Kc] for kings and queens while Str0j turned over [Js][Th] for an open-ended straight draw. The turn then filled that draw, coming [8s], and after the [7h] river allucan3at was knocked out in fifth.

The final four all made it to the 11-hour mark of the tournament, and shortly after the blinds were 30,000/60,000 when Keiruja open-shoved from the small blind and Str0j called all-in with the 455,965 left after posting the BB. Str0j had [Ad][8c] and the preflop edge over Keiruja's [Qd][2h], but the flop came [3s][9h][Qh] to give the latter a pair, and after the [4s] turn and [9s] river it was Str0j on the rail in fourth.

Twenty more minutes passed, after which Powergolf had built a huge lead with more than 7.1 million while Keiruja was down just under 800,000 and valerii888 was with just over 510,000. That's when Powergolf open-raised all-in from the small blind with [Ah][7c], valerii888 called all-in from the big blind with [Ah][2s], and after a [5c][3d][Js][Ad][Qd] runout valerii888 was eliminated in third.

That pot gave Powergolf nearly a 10-to-1 chip advantage to start heads-up play with 7,633,127 versus Keiruja's 791,873. 

It was almost over on the second heads-up hand, as the U.K.-based Keiruja was all-in with [Ac][5d] versus Powergolf's [Ah][Kh]. But a five on the river saved Keiruja. The player from Denmark remained confident, though, humorously typing "im ur iceland ;)" as a gentle needle referring back to England's recent loss in the European Championships to Iceland.

Keiruja gradually chipped back up, however, then managed to double-up into the chip lead in a hand in which Powergolf flopped two pair, Keiruja turned a flush, and all the chips went in prior to a benign river card for Keiruja. 

They continued battling from there, their duel ultimately lasting about an hour. The tide turned back in Powergolf's favor in a big hand that saw Powergolf shoving the river with the board showing [2d][Jd][3c][Kc][Kd] and after a bit of time in the tank Keiruja calling with [Ad][3c]. Powergolf had [Kh][9h], though, to go back up over 6.18 million to Keiruja's 2.24 million, and would never relinquish the lead again thereafter.

By the final hand the blinds were 50,000/100,000. Powergolf min-raised to 200,000 from the button, Keiruja called, and the flop came [6c][8s][Td]. Keiruja checked, Powergolf bet 200,000, Keiruja pushed all-in for 1,311,246, and Powergolf called.

Keiruja showed [8d][5c] for eights, but Powergolf had tens with [Th][9h]. The turn was the [Jd] and river the [4s], and it was finally over -- Powergolf had won.

Congratulations to Powergolf for outlasting a tough Super Tuesday field and enduring that lengthy heads-up battle to come away with this week's title.

6/28/16 Super Tuesday ($1,050 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants: 337
Prize pool: $337,000
Places paid: 54

1. Powergolf (Denmark) $64,670.30
2. Keiruja (United Kingdom) $48,022.50
3. valerii888 (Ukraine) $35,385.00
4. Str0j (Slovenia) $26,960.00
5. allucan3at (Indonesia) $18,872.00
6. Ozgur "phaplap" Arda (Cyprus) $14,322.50
7. kjunia (Japan) $10,952.50
8. Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu (Germany) $7,582.50
9. Kevin "parksy1066" Parkes (United Kingdom) $5,594.20

The solstice has passed. The mosquitoes are buzzing. The shore is packed. It's summertime in New Jersey.

If you're looking for a good reason to stay inside and cool off, how does a chance at cold hard cash sound?

This week PokerStarsNJ.com kicked off its $50,000 Summer Daily Challenge. From now until July 17, PokerStarsNJ players can get a free entry into $1,000-added All-In Shootouts.

To get your entry, you will have to go to the Daily Challenge window in the PokerStars lobby and hit 'start' on the daily challenge you want:

· Play any two Spin & Go or Sit & Go tourneys with a real money buy-in of $1 or more.
· Play any scheduled tournament with a real money buy-in of $1 or more.
· Play 30 real money ring game hands (including Zoom) at stakes of $0.05/$0.10 or higher.

Not only that, but you also have a chance to pocket some more dough in the $30,000 Summer Bonus Challenge Freeroll.

Any player who completes eight or more of the Daily Challenges by July 16 will get a free ticket to the $30K Freeroll on July 17 at 17:00.

Good luck!

The best wins come against the best opposition, which is why it's unlikely George Danzer will be going to sleep any time soon.

A short while ago the German Team Pro won his fourth career WSOP bracelet at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas in the $10,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Split-8-or-Better event, a win worth $338,646 to the mohawked German, whose already broad grin might just have got a little wider. 

Danzer wins his fourth career WSOP bracelet

Danzer's previous WSOP bracelets all came in 2014 and included the $10,000 Razz Championship, the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Championship, and away from Las Vegas the 8-Game Mix title at WSOP Asia-Pacific. His latest win means he draws level with Italian player Max Pescatori on four WSOP bracelets - more than any other European player.

Today's win came against some of the best players in the game. 

Danzer defeated Randy Ohel heads-up, but then every opponent had top draw credentials, with eight of the final ten players, including the likes of Justin Bonomo, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra and David Benyamine, having previous won WSOP bracelets. 

The field had been 135 strong at the start at what is among the more niche events on the schedule, but one in which Danzer continues to demonstrate he is among the best in the world. 

The moment George Danzer won his fourth bracelet

Danzer's win is the latest success story in a summer of great results for Team PokerStars, that has included final table finishes and of course two bracelet wins for Jason Mercier. Find all the stories from this year's World Series in Las Vegas, on our WSOP coverage page.

WSOP Photos by PokerPhotoArchive.com

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In one of the most eagerly awaited competitions in the United States Argentina stormed to victory last night in magnificent fashion. 

Meanwhile their soccer team were beaten by Chile in the Copa America final, 4-2 on penalties. 

The former though was the Americas Cup of Poker, now in its eight incarnations, played out on this occasion in Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 

There were seven teams, including Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and the rest of Latin America. But the home team was undoubtedly Team New Jersey USA, making their first appearance since the dark days of Black Friday. 

But while the home side struggled, it was Argentina who won a thrilling finale. Their team of Sebastian Bronfen, Ramiro Falbo, Maximiliano Leandro Antonioli, Luciano Angarolla and Juan Barattini won the final heads up match to defeat Mexico 3-2. No penalties required. 

Team Argentine celebrate their victory

Team Argentina earned $32,500 for their win. Perhaps just as enjoyable were the tickets to the Copa America final, awarded to each ACP team. That played out at the MetLife stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey yesterday, albeit to a result not as satisfying to Team Argentina watching from the stands. 

Here are the results in full: 

1. Argentina, $32,500 
2. Mexico, $25,000 
3. Venezuela, $17,500 
4. Rest of Latin America, $12,500 
5. Colombia, $7,500 
6. Chile, $5,000
7. United States, $5,000

Weekend highlights on PokerStars

* APPT Seoul is won by Albert Paik
* needdollarz wins the Sunday Million
* Team Pros continue to go deep at World Series of Poker

Seoul searching for a winner

After nearly a week of play the APPT Seoul Main Event was won a short while ago with American player Albert Paik earning a first title and a winner's cheque for ₩119,097,600 (~$101,000) as well as a HK$100,000 ACOP Main Event seat.
It came against a field of 157, with Paik overcoming a two-to-one heads-up lead held by eventual runner-up Shenghua Qian of China.

Albert Paik

Our team of Jack Stanton and Brad Kain were on hand to report live from table side each step of the way. You can read the full story courtesy of the two of them, here on the PokerStars Blog. 

Sunday Million

Back in the online realm the weekend belonged to needdollarz, who collected $159,000 for first place. Some 5,594 players took part this week, creating a prize pool of more than $1.1 million.

As Martin Harris reported in the early hours of the morning it was a multicultural final table with six nationalities represented. See how it all panned out by reading the report. 

The full result is below:

Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entries: 5,594
Prize pool: $1,118,800
Places paid: 810

1. needdollarz (Russia) $159,387.24*
2. THCHunter (Canada) $115,999.87*
3. danistheking (Netherlands) $122,069.02*
4. Brian "bfizz11" Fite (Canada) $63,212.20
5. Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu (Romania) $47,549.00
6. NH 1121 NH (Netherlands) $36,361.00
7. kdrAS (Brazil) $25,173.00
8. bennybolt (Canada) $13,985.00
9. inokun202 (Japan) $8,950.40
* denotes three-way deal

Weekend winners

There were 50 major events on PokerStars this weekend. From those the top ten winners are listed below. 

Click here for all the results on PokerStars for the weekend of June 25 to 26, 2016. 

Meanwhile Stateside

Team Pro has been consistently scoring big at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas so far this summer, and it's not all down to the bracelets won by Jason Mercier. 

In the last few days there were more deep runs. Mercier finished 11th in the Mixed Omaha 7 Card Stud Hi Lo 8 or Better, Jason Somerville finished 17th in the six-handed limit hold'em event, Vanessa Selbst reached ninth place in the six-handed no-limit, and Felipe Ramos finished in 24th place in the Mixed Triple Draw.

Felipe Ramos

And the potential for more headlines remain, with George Danzer currently in second place in the $10,000 7 Card Stud Hi Lo 8 or Better, with 12 players left. With a prize pool of more than $1.2 million there's a first prize of $338,000 waiting for the winner. 

In the running: George Danzer

We'll have an update on the results on the Blog tomorrow. 

As always send your questions and comments to us on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.

WSOP Photos by PokerPhotoArchive.com

It was another big group playing this week's $215 buy-in Sunday Million on a href="http://www.Pokerstars.com/client/download/?source=12382610" target="_blank">PokerStars, and after playing all day and night the final table was represented by players from Canada, the Netherlands, Romania, Brazil, Japan, and Russia. From that group it was the Russian, needdollarz, who emerged as the victor, claiming a nice $159,387.24 first prize after a three-way final table deal.

There were 5,594 entries this week, building a $1,118,800 prize pool divided among the final 810 finishers. It took a little over 10 hours for that big field to play all of the way down to just 18 players, and with two tables left it was Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu leading the way with more than 6.5 million.

Cp6uja007 (18th), QuirijndB (17th), and Travis "rookie1609x" Darroch (16th) were the next players eliminated, each earning $3,300.46. Lukas "sukin12" Soucek (15th), Joe Santana (14th), and apocmiguel (13th) were next to go, picking up $4,978.66 apiece. Then sun-of-god (12th), Washka (11th), and Dimitri "gringenkov" Gringenkov (10th) fell, taking $6,656.86 each from the prize pool.

With Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu still the chip leader after having built a stack of more than 9.6 million, the final table was underway.

Seat 1: Brian "bfizz11" Fite (Canada) -- 6,102,910 
Seat 2: Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu (Romania) -- 9,675,437 
Seat 3: inokun202 (Japan) -- 4,974,132 
Seat 4: NH 1121 NH (Netherlands) -- 4,963,242 
Seat 5: danistheking (Netherlands) -- 7,211,585 
Seat 6: bennybolt (Canada) -- 3,017,460 
Seat 7: THCHunter (Canada) -- 6,694,111 
Seat 8: needdollarz (Russia) -- 8,737,386 
Seat 9: kdrAS (Brazil) -- 4,563,737 

Shortly after the final table began, the blinds were 100,000/200,000 when inokun202 min-raised to 400,000 from the button, danistheking three-bet to 1.34 million from the big blind, and inokun202 called. 

The flop came [8c][Jh][6s]. danistheking led for 800,000 and inokun202 called, then after the [7d] fell on the turn danistheking fired 3.4 million and inokun202 called with the 2,638,132 left behind. danisking had [Js][6c], having flopped two pair, while inokun202 had [9s][8s] for a pair of eights plus a straight draw. The river was the [Qc], and inokun202 was done in ninth.

About 10 minutes later the blinds had bumped up to 125,000/250,000 when it folded around to bennybolt in the small blind who shoved all-in for 1,810,460 with [Kh][8h], and THCHunter called from the big blind holding [Ah][Jh]. The flop came [8c][Js][3s] to pair bennybolt, with the [7d] turn keeping the at-risk player in front. But the [As] fell on fifth street to give THCHunter a better pair, and bennybolt was out in eighth.

The remaining seven players made it through the next break that came at the tournament's 12-hour mark, then soon after play resumed Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu opened for 550,000 from early position, kdrAS reraised all-in for 4,006,237 from the big blind, and Covaciu called. It was [Ad][Tc] for kdrAS versus Covaciu's [7s][7d] and five cards later -- [9c][7c][5d][3c][7h] -- Covaciu had quads and all those sevens meant a seventh-place finish for kdrAS.

About 15 minutes after that the blinds were up again to 175,000/350,000 when Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu was again raising, this time to 740,000 from the button, then NH 1121 NH three-bet shoved from the small blind for 3,330,027. It folded back to Covaciu who called, showing [5s][5h] while NH 1121 NH had [Ah][Th]. The [8c][2c][Jc][8d][5d] board then added up to a full house for Covaciu, thereby ending NH 1121 NH's run in sixth.

They continued on another half-hour, during which time danistheking rose to the top of the counts by building up close to 20 million. That's when Brian "bfizz11" Fite opened with a min-raise to 800,000 from the cutoff, then Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu shoved for 6,788,360 from the button. It folded to THCHunter in the big blind who reraised all-in to force a fold from Fite, and THCHunter showed [Ah][Kc] while Covaciu had [As][Js]. The board rolled out eight-high -- [5c][6c][5s][5d][8h] -- and Covaciu was stopped in fifth.

The final four made it to the 13-hour mark, by which point needdollarz had pushed out in front with more than 26.2 million. needdollarz then open-raised all-in with that leading stack from the small blind holding [Qd][Jd], and Brian "bfizz11" Fite called all-in for 4,333,300 after having posted the 500,000-chip big blind with [Ad][9d]. The [2h][Qh][6c] flop was bad for Fite, giving needdollarz queens, then the [Jh] turn made two pair for needdollarz, making the [7c] river no matter as Fite was done in fourth.

The remaining players swiftly paused the tournament for some deal talk, with needdollarz sitting in firsth with about 31.2 million, danistheking next with a little over 13.9 million, and THCHunter third with just under 10.8 million. They only took a few minutes to agree to the "ICM"-based deal numbers that were suggested, and with $20,000 having been set aside for which to play cards were soon back in the air.

The first hand after the deal saw needdollarz open from the button for 1.125 million, danistheking reraise to 3.25 million from the small blind, needdollarz shove, and danistheking cll with the 10,623,490 left. Both had picked up big hands as danistheking had [Ah][Kh] while needdollarz showed [Tc][Td]. The [Ts][Js][Ad] flop gave needdollarz a set of tens while danistheking had aces plus a straight draw, but the [7s] turn and [2d] river didn't change anything and danistheking hit the rail in third.

That pot pushed needdollarz up to 45,706,470 to start heads-up play, way ahead of THCHunter's 10,233,530. They played a half-dozen small hands with little change to the stacks, then came a hand that saw needdollarz open for 1.125 million from the button, THCHunter call, and a flop come [5d][8d][Tc].

THCHunter checked, needdollarz continued for 828,500, and THCHunter called. The turn was the [4d], and again THCHunter check-called a bet from needdollarz, this time for 2,885,040.

The river brought the [2c] and one more check from THCHunter. needdollarz pushed all-in, and THCHunter called all-in with the 6,419,990 left behind, turning over [Qs][8h] for a pair of eights. needdollarz had that beat, though, with [7s][6h] for a turned straight and it was over -- needdollarz had grabbed the extra 20 thousand dollars and the win.

Congratulations to needdollarz for topping this week's big Sunday Million field to earn a cool $159,387.24, and kudos as well to both THCHunter and danistheking for making it to the three-way deal and ensuring themselves handsome six-figure scores as well.

6/26/16 Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entries: 5,594
Prize pool: $1,118,800
Places paid: 810

1. needdollarz (Russia) $159,387.24*
2. THCHunter (Canada) $115,999.87*
3. danistheking (Netherlands) $122,069.02*
4. Brian "bfizz11" Fite (Canada) $63,212.20
5. Adrian "bostanu24" Covaciu (Romania) $47,549.00
6. NH 1121 NH (Netherlands) $36,361.00
7. kdrAS (Brazil) $25,173.00
8. bennybolt (Canada) $13,985.00
9. inokun202 (Japan) $8,950.40
*denotes three-way deal

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11:45pm: It's final table time!

The final table is set to start.

Seven players return at 12pm today to see who will lift the APPT Seoul trophy and collect ₩119,097,600.

Albert Paik currently leads the way with 952,000, ahead of Shenghua Qian on 771,000. Blinds recommence on Level 19 at 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Play begins shortly so don't go anywhere. In the meantime you can find the final table draw below. - BK

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.