APPT Seoul, South Korea, $2,870 No Limit Hold'em, September 26-28th 2008

Entrants: 166

Buyin: $2,870

Prizepool: $400,777

1. Yoshihiro Tasaka, Japan, $128,250
2. Hidenari Shiono, Japan, $80,156
3. Brian Kang, USA, $44,085
4. Fam Yat, Singapore, $32,062
5. Yuri Masaki, Japan, $26,050
6. Dan Schreiber, USA, $26,050
7. David Horvath, Hungary, $16,031
8. Daniel Williams, Canada, $12,023
9. Sam Faqiryar, Canada, $8,015

Tonight 49-year-old Japanese Texas Hold’em poker tournament player Yoshihiro Tasaka from Osaka became Japan’s first ever competitor to win a PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) title, outplaying 165 rivals over three days to take home the 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul Championship trophy and 148,896,000 KRW (approximately USD $128,250)!

Japanese players placed 1st, 2nd and 5th in a spectacular finish for the 35-player strong Japanese contingent that travelled across the East Japan Sea to South Korea for the three day poker tournament at Paradise Walkerhill Casino in Korea - the only tournament to be held on the Asian continent this year, with a total prize pool of 465,300,000 KRW (approximately USD $400,777).

Yoshihiro Tasaka played a tight game across the gruelling 13 hours of final day play and emerged victorious with his As-4c against 2c-9h in the final hand when he paired his 9 on the flop.