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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November 27 2011, Donnie Peters

The 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event completed on Sunday after a long day of action. Fifteen players returned to action on the last day of play, which made things last a tad bit longer than normal. To begin the day, Sangeeth Mohan was the man in charge. He held the chip lead to enter the day, but was not the one to walk away with the title. That man was Team PokerStars Online’s Randy Lew. He topped Jimmy Pan in heads-up play to claim victory and earn HKD$3,772,000.

Sparrow Cheung was the first player eliminated on Day 4 and he was followed out the door by Josh Barrett, Tsugunari Toma, Daoxing Chen and Baton Fung before the tournament came to the final table bubble. Two tables were stacked with five players each with the final nine making the official APPT final table.

Falling on the final table bubble was the start-of-the-day chip leader Mohan. With the blinds at 25,000/50,000/5,000, Mohan opened from the button to 110,000. Kai Yat Fam was in the small blind and reraised to 380,000. Action moved back to Mohan and he four-bet to 710,000. Fam called.

The flop fell , and Fam checked to Mohan. Mohan bet all of his chips and Fam quickly called with the . Mohan had flopped top set with , but wasn’t in the clear yet. Fam held a big draw and spiked it on the turn when the fell to give him a flush. The river failed to pair the board and Mohan was eliminated to officially set the final table.

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

The first player to be eliminated at the final table was the man with the most major final table experience, David Steicke. Steicke was crippled to just a few big blinds before getting the last of his money in with . He was up against Daniel Nordstrom and his . Despite flopping a straight draw on the board, the turn and river failed to give Steicke what he needed.

Next to go was Zheng Tai Tan in eighth place. He was all-in preflop with pocket deuces, but crushed by Jeff Rossiter’s pocket eights. The board ran out and Tan hit the rail.

Nordstrom went out in seventh place and he fell at the hands of Rossiter as well. Then, in sixth place, was Fam. He was eliminated by Lew. After that, Zuo Wang fell in fifth and Fabian Spielmann in fourth.

When three-handed play began, Rossiter held the chip lead, but it would all soon disappear. Rossiter got into a battle with Lew that saw the two flip for nine million chips. Rossiter five-bet all-in and Lew made the call to put his tournament life on the line. Lew held and Rossiter showed . A clean board of followed and Lew secured a double up.

Rossiter was eliminated on the next hand when he shoved the button with and ran into Jimmy Pan’s. The board ran out .

When heads-up play began, Lew had the slight edge. He was up 9 million to the 8.25 million for Pan. At the beginning of the match, Lew began to pull away, but then Pan doubled up to take the lead ten million to seven million. Lew stayed focused, though, and fought his way back in front. But then, he lost the lead again and was back up against the wall.

Lew came storming back to the lead after his pocket sixes held up against Pan’s . Lew was all-in preflop for around 6 million and flopped a set with a six in the window. That win gave him a big lead of 13 million to 4.25 million, and the match ended shortly thereafter.

On the final hand, Lew and Pan got all of the money in on the flop. Lew held the for top two pair and was up against Pan’s . The turn brought the , which left Pan needing just a king on the river. The fell and that was it. Pan was eliminated in second place while Team PokerStars Online’s Lew took home the title.

This win is by far the largest of Lew’s career. Prior to this score, his largest live cash came in January when Lew took 10th place in the Aussie Millions Main Event for AUD$100,000.

Final Table Results

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