PokerStars APPT Seoul Day 1a – Richardson Edging It
We are really spoilt for choice with poker events around the world right now, with yet another one just starting out today. The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Day 1a has just been completed, with the original 122 players that walked into the event being cut down to just 50 remaining after just eight levels of play.
The man at the top of that 50 is Benjamin Richardson as he put together an excellent days poker to finish up with 111,600 in chips. He is not a clear leader as of yet though as he has Manami Hayamizu right on his tail with 104,800.
The field is expected to be even bigger tomorrow, which means we could possibly be in with a chance at breaking previous records with regards to attendance. It wouldn’t be a surprise however, given the rate at which poker is growing in popularity in this part of the world.
Those Who Failed To Make it Into Day 2!
With the EPT in London going on, it is quite understandable that some of the bigger names are there rather than on the other side of the world, though there were some big names that took part in this event with some of them failing to progress further than Day 1a.
The bigger names that did see themselves to the rail included Britain’s Sam Grafton, Stevan Chew, Robert Acton, Joseph Cheong and one of the PokerStars Team Pros in Raymond Wu and Bryan Huang.
Bust APPT Seoul. Been a while since I’ve had a stupid
beat in a live timbey. Forgot how tilting it is. Now to enjoy Korea.
— Sam Grafton
(@SquidPoker) March
14, 2013
I end up with 19bbs and get it in on a Q high flop with aces vs KQ, river a king and that’s it. Think I won two pots, missed every flop
— Phill Huxley (@bergeroo) March 14, 2013
PokerStars do still have some representatives taking part though with Xuan Liu providing the Team PokerStars Pros with hope and Naoya Kihara doing it for PokerStars Team Online, though we are expecting a little bit of added help tomorrow when Day 1b takes place.
Take a look below at the current top ten:
The Current Top Ten!
Benjamin Richardson – 111,600
Manami Hayamizu – 104,800
Wang Ping Yuan – 102,400
Takahisa Watanabe – 98,700
Park Yu Cheung – 90,000
Naoya Kihara – 88,700
Foster Hays – 85,500
Jason Lee – 80,500
Stephen Depew – 72,600
Jordan Westmorland – 70,200
The action on Day 1b will be setting off at the same time as this one, with it being 12pm local time that the players will beginning their very own set of eight levels to see if they can do enough to secure a spot in Day 2 of the event.
