HomeAnother wall-to-wall day at the inaugural APT Taiwan 2019 taking place at CTP Club (Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association) in Taipei City with multiple events filling up every space and seat in the the house. Under the spotlight was the featured tournament, the MAIN EVENT – TWD 5 Million guaranteed – with the first of three starting days claiming a majority of the room.
Joining were resuming events from yesterday’s opener, the Dream Maker and the Super High Rollers with 8 remaining on each of those. We’ve got recaps and results for you below on all of those events.
Main Event Day 1A
Day 1A of the Main Event attracted 76 entrants of which 35 survived the scheduled 8 rounds. Bagging up the chip lead of 134,500 was China’s Li Min Jie.
Li Min Jie
Trailing very close behind the leader was UK”s Alex Ward with 131,300. Ward is a decorated APT Main Event champion having won the title back in 2016 in Cebu, Philippines.
Alex Ward
Notable players also through in this heat were APT champions Guo Dong (101,300) and Soo Jo Kim (87,800). Click on the link below to see the counts.
Super High Rollers: NAI YUAN HU
Nai Yuan Hu (Jack)
The Super High Rollers event wrapped up with Taiwan’s Jack Nai Yuan Hu rising above a high caliber field of 19 entries. He entered the final 8 race with the chip lead then successfully navigated the very tough terrain to reach victory. Hu defeated Hong Kong’s Park Yu Cheung aka Sparrow at heads up. The event streamed live in APT Twitch where you can review and relive the action.
Payouts
Prize pool: TWD 3,686,000 – Buyin: TWD 215,000
1st Jack Nai Yuan Hu – Taiwan – TWD 1,,570,000 (deal)
2nd Sparrow Cheung – Hong Kong – TWD 1,200,000 (deal)
3rd Gergley Kulcsar – Hungary – TWD 562,000
4th Raymond Wu – Taiwan – TWD 354,000
Dream Maker: CHEUNG CHUNG CHING
Cheung Chung Ching
The two-day Dream Maker event achieved its purpose, low buy-in and a sweet bankroll for the top 5% of the field. Awarded the thickest wad was Hong Kong’s Cheung Chung Ching for his victory. He cleared TWD 265,200 after a three-way deal.
Payouts
1st Cheung Chung Ching – Hong Kong – TWD 265,200 (deal)
2nd Patrick Liang – Brazil – TWD 255,700 (deal)
3rd Chien Chiao Tseng – Taiwan – TWD 180,400 (deal)
4th Christian Cheng – Taiwan – TWD 95,000
5th Tseng Chun Hsiung – Taiwan – TWD 68,200
6th Hsu Li-Ta – Taiwan – TWD 51,200
For tomorrow’s afternoon release, the Kitty Kuo Special Invitational High Roller 6 Max with 15 distinguished pros on the felt today. You can watch the final table action in the APT Twitch channel. Also for tomorrow’s release, the Head Hunter event. This highly popular APT tournament pulled its weight in every way, dragging in a triple-digit field.
Up next…. Friday, February 22, 2019
MAIN EVENT – TWD 5 Million Guaranteed
The Main Event runs a course of six days, from today, February 21 to February 26. Buy-in is TWD 33,000. Cards in the air daily at 1pm.
Day 1A: February 21 – 35 survived out of 76 entries
Day 1B: February 22
Day 1C: February 23
Day 2: February 24
Day 3: February 25
Final 8: February 26
Each starting day will play 8 levels. Each level runs 60 minutes. Registration closes at the start of level 10 in Day 2.
Side Events
2:00PM: Pot Limit Omaha Hi Shot Clock (Single Day event) – Buyin: TWD 7,700
3:00PM: High Rollers Single Day #1 – TWD 54,000