High rollers to lazy rivers: How Ari Engel tackles APT Incheon's wild scheduleHigh rollers to lazy rivers: How Ari Engel tackles APT Incheon's wild schedule

APT Incheon Super High Roller Day 2 underway: Follow the action on the APT livestream as the final 14 players vie for $169,650 and the prestigious APT lion trophy.

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APT Incheon Main Event underway: The first of four Day 1 flights drew 165 entries, with 70 making it through to Day 2 on Wednesday. Japan’s Takayuki Akamatsu leads the way with a stack of 241,000. With 282 online entries, the total field currently stands at 447.

Top 10 stacks

  1.  Takayuki Akamatsu: 241,000
  2. Jian Ting Cai: 234,700
  3. Fong Chi Andrei Chan: 200,200
  4. Yi Wang: 197,300
  5. Zhentao Long: 194,500
  6. Lan Te Zhang: 194,200
  7. Quang Minh Bach: 191,300
  8. Wei Zhu: 186,100
  9. Zenya Yamamoto: 179,600
  10. Gosuke Harada: 170,500

Just 14 players remain in APT Incheon Super High Roller: An elite 58-entry field (48 unique players) built a $575,525 prize pool, with $169,650, the Pewter Lion trophy and a $10K seat to November's APT Championship Main Event all going to the winner. Japan’s Reoma Ogawa leads the way and is looking for his first major title. Michel Molenaar is in third and looking for his fourth APT title.

  1. Reoma Ogawa: 2,335,000
  2. Chih Wei Fan: 1,950,000
  3. Michel Molenaar: 1,620,000
  4. Sutthi Denvitaya: 1,540,000
  5. Yuya Arito: 1,280,000
  6. John Perry: 1,030,000
  7. Martin Sedlak: 1,030,000
  8. Peng Chen: 780,000
  9. Jeremy Chan: 710,000
  10. Mingzhe Zhou: 655,000
  11. Nevan Chang: 560,000    
  12. Shota Kashiyama: 400,000   
  13. Phachara Wongwichit: 385,000   
  14. Phuong Ngoc Nguyen: 260,000
Michael Molenaar. Michael Molenaar.

A fascinating investigative video from Crispin Rovere: If you haven't heard of Finixio and Clickout Media, you've probably heard of Card Player, PokerStrategy.com and PokerScout. Rovere explores the murky relationship between them all – and what he says has already happened in the video game industry.

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Interesting new concept from Charlie Carrel: He takes a hand from a popular poker player, critiques their play and gives you the chance to play along at home. His first victim? Martin Kabrhel, who makes an "atrocious error," according to Carrel. Can you avoid it?

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Feel the joy! Japan's Takumi Arai won Event #13: Fixed Limit – Choose Your Own Adventure at APT Incheon today, and if this is what he looks like when he wins, we want him to win a lot more.

Takumi Arai. Takumi Arai.

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