March 11 2012, Donnie Peters

The 2012 PokerStars.net Asian Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Main Event has come to an end. Andrew Kim, from the USA, emerged victorious over the 268-player field. After a deal was made, Kim earned KRW145,000,000 for the win.

When the third and final day began, 16 players remained. After a few hours of play, the field was down to nine and the final table was set. Things had moved along steadily for the first part of the day and the first elimination at the final table was 2012 Aussie Millions runner-up Kenneth Wong.

During Level 21 with the blinds at 8,000/16,000/2,000, Wong was all in preflop with versus Vincent Rubianes’ . The flop, turn and river ran out , and Rubianes sent Wong out the door in ninth place.

He was followed out the door by start-of-the-day chip leader Daisuke Endo, who fell at the hands of Germany’s Moritz Ortmann. Somehow, someway, Ortmann and Endo got all the money in on the flop with Moritz holding to Endo’s . The turn was the and the river the . Ortmann finished with a flush and Endo held just jack high, which meant he was headed out the door in eighth place.

After Endo’s elimination, Taewook Kwon fell in seventh and then Jose Severino in sixth. Severino went out during Level 23 with the blinds at 12,000/24,000/4,000.

Severino moved all in with and ran into Ortmann’s . A quick and painless run of the cards sent Severino out the door as the dealer spread the .

In fifth place, Sasa Zorc was eliminated and that left just four players. Joining Kim, Rubianes and Ortmann was Rafael Rodrigo. The group struck a deal based on the chip counts and left KRW35,000,000 to be awarded to the eventual champion. From there, Ortmann fell in fourth place and then Rodrigo in third, leaving Rubianes and Kim heads up for the title. When the duel began, Kim had the edge with 3.005 million in chips to Rubianes’ 2.12 million.

For nearly all of the heads-up match, Kim seemed to be in control. He picked his spots well and chipped away at Rubianes steadily. When the final hand came up, all of the money went in preflop with Kim holding to Rubianes’ . An ace flopped to put Kim in the lead and he held from there to take the victory. For his runner-up effort, Rubianes was left with the amount he settled for in the deal, pocketing KRW90,500,000.

2012 APPT Seoul Final Table Payouts

*Denotes four-way deal with KRW35,000,000 awarded to the winner.

With the completion of the event, that wraps up PokerNews’ coverage of the 2012 APPT Seoul. It was another great event run by PokerStars and also the staff at the Paradise Casino Walkerhill. Congratulations to Andrew Kim for his win and to all the other winners as well.

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February 29 2012, Donnie Peters

The final 18 players returned to action for Day 5 of the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday to play down to the final table. When the final six remained, Sean Jazayeri was on top with 4.38 million in chips.

When the day began, Noah Schwartz was the man to catch, followed closely by Dan Kelly. Both went on to the final table, sitting third and fourth in chips, respectively.

Shahen Martirosian, the first player eliminated, left in 18th place. He was followed out the door by Nick Binger (17th), Daniel Idema (16th), Skip Wilson (15th) and A.J. Jejelowo (14th). After that batch of players fell to the rail, Elvis Huynh headed out the door in 13th, Joe Hachem in 12th, Jason DeWitt in 11th and Sorel Mizzi in 10th to set the final nine-handed table.

Former WPT champion Hachem went out in Level 26 with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000. According to the WPT Live Updates Team, Hachem moved all-in from the button for his last 710,000 and Sean Jazayeri called from the big blind with . Hachem was just barely outdone holding . After the board ran out , Hachem was eliminated and earned a $60,610 payday.

When the final nine-handed table began, Jason Somerville held the chip lead. He wound up losing that lead to Kelly on the 12th hand of the final table, but hung on to make the official WPT televised final table.

Falling in ninth place for $79,060 was Stephen Chidwick. During Level 27 with the blinds up to 25,000/50,000/5,000, Chidwick was all-in with against Jason Burt’s . No help came for Chidwick, who was eliminated.

Falling in eighth place was David Pham. During the same level that Chidwick went out, Jazayeri raised to 100,000 from middle position. Pham three-bet to 350,000 from the big blind and action fell back on Jazayeri. He four-bet and made it 950,000 to go. Pham took some time and then moved all-in for approximately 2.1 million. Jazayeri snap-called with . Pham turned over to reveal the cooler. The flop, turn and river ran out and Pham was eliminated. He earned $110,680 for his finish.

With seven people left, it was time for the official final-table bubble. Allen Carter has had some great success on the WPT, including a win at the 2009 WPT Southern Poker Championship for $1 million and a third-place finish in the 2011 version of the same event for $218,471. This time around, he’d have to settle for a seventh-place finish because he became the final-table bubble boy.

In Level 28 with the blinds at 30,000/60,000/10,000, David “Doc” Sands raised from the button to 120,000. Carter reraised all-in from the big blind for about 1.2 million. Sands made the call and rolled over . Carter was at risk holding . After no help on the board, Carter’s chips were added to Sands’ stack. For his finish, Carter collected $155,480 in prize money.

2012 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Final Table Chip Counts

The final table will commence on Wednesday at 1600 PST (0000 GMT) and will last until a winner is crowned. First place is worth nearly $1.4 million, but each player has already secured at least $202,910. It’s still anybody’s game, and you won’t want to miss finding out who walked away with the title. Be sure to check back here on PokerNews for the final table recap.

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