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The Land of the Rising Sun is the APPT Seoul Champion Posted by : Chris on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 permalink
Japan has done remarkably well for APPT Seoul as it has outshined the rest of the countries and took down the APPT Seoul Title. A team of 36 Japanese players which mostly from JPL(Japan Poker League) took part in the main event. 3 of the Japanese players made it into the final table.
Yoshihiro Tasaka wins the PokerStars.net APPT Seoul main event (KRW 148,896,000; USD 128,248.89). Hidenari Shiono eliminated in 2nd place (KRW 93,060,000; USD 80,155.56). Yuji Masaki came in 4th (KRW 30,244,500, USD 51,183.00) Final result for the main event. 1 Yoshihiro Tasaka Japan 148,896,000 2 Hidenari Shiono Japan 93,060,000 3 Brian Kang Canada 51,183,000 4 Fam Kai Yat Singapore 37,224,000 5 Yuji Masaki Japan 30,244,500 PS Qualifier 6 Daniel Schreiber United States 23,265,000 PokerStars Sponsored Player 7 David Horvath Hungary 18,612,000 PS Qualifier 8 Daniel Williams Canada 13,959,000 PS Qualifier 9 Sam Faqiryar Canada 9,306,000 10 Wooka Kim Japan 6,979,500 11 Kwok Gi(Ken) Yeung Hong Kong 6,979,500 12 Hori Katsiyoshi Japan 6,979,500 13 Diwei Huang Singapore 4,653,000 PokerStars Sponsored Player 14 Michiyuki Kondo Japan 4,653,000 15 Terry Gardiner Australia 4,653,000 16 Robert Campitiello United States 4,653,000 PS Qualifier |