Last hour to enter the Championships Event in Day 2; Chip counts inside; Choy Wai Tak bags overall chip lead


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APT Taiwan 2019 ran Day 1B of the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. This was the last starting day to enter the featured tournament.

65 runners came out to bring the total entries to 121. At TWD 49,500 buy-in, the TWD 6,000,000 wasn’t reached, however registration is still open for one final hour in Day 2 taking place on Friday, October 18. Players can expect the number to grow. We will have the official prize pool for you once the freezeout stage begins. For entering players, starting stack is 50,000 which gives you roughly 42 big blinds. 

We’ve got all the info on Day 2 below along with the Day 1B recap where Hong Kong’s Choy Wai Tak drove his stack straight to the top. 

Final registration info

Buy-in: TWD 49,500 (~USD 1,600)
Guarantee: TWD 6,000,000 (~USD 195,000)
Opening blinds: 600 – 1200 ante 1200 (Level 9)
Game time: 1pm (local time)
Registration end: at the start of Level 10
Format: Ante Big Blind
Shot Clock: applied at the final six tables

Player booklet with event structures

Championships Event – Day 2 info

Combined starting day entries: 121
Opening blinds: 600 – 1200 ante 1200 (Level 9)
Chips in play: 5,999,200 (one double qualifier) 
Day 2 qualifiers: 69 
Average stack: 86,944
Bagging time: end of Level 16

Championships Event – Day 2 qualifiers

Live Updates running starting at Level 10

Top 10 in chips

Choy Wai Tak Hong Kong 255,200
Huang Yi Qing China 251,100
Lonris Yong Sin Wang Malaysia 232,800
Craig Edwards United States 186,600
Simba (Jae, S) Korea 181,000
Yoo Jin Hyo Korea 158,500
Hung Tu Wang Taiwan 146,100
JC Sayo Philippines 134,800
Gary Thompson Ireland 130,300
Li Su Chi Kwon Costa Rica 127,900


Championships Event – Day 1B results

Yesterday, Hong Kong’s Choy Wai Tak closed the night lifting the No Limit Hold’em Single Day trophy. He returned to the felt today and brought the same fire to Championships Event Day 1B. The heat attracted 65 entrants, 39 survived with Choy bagging the chip lead of 255,200. This was enough to seize the top dog spot entering Day 2. 

Choy Wai Tak

Also amassing a mountain of chips was Malaysian player Lonris Yong with 232,800. Yong and Choy were the only two players in this heat to cross into the 200k marker. 

Lonris Yong

Joining the leaders were several decorated APT champions: Guo Dong (102,800), Yo Hwan Lim (91,000), Iori Yogo (55,300), Joven Huerto (36,500). Also through were Main Event finalists: Ho Bao Qiang (80,600), Jinho Hong (75,200), and Wilson Lim (7,000). 

Championships Event – Day 1B  qualifiers

Rank Name Country Chips
1 Choy Wai Tak Hong Kong 255,200
2 Lonris Yong Sin Wang Malaysia 232,800
3 Hung Tu Wang Taiwan 146,100
4 Gary Thompson Ireland 130,300
5 Li Su Chi Kwon Costa Rica 127,900
6 Chu Chi Jen Taiwan 125,900
7 Daniel Paul Nowok Germany 120,400
8 Andre Lettau Austria 115,500
9 Fang Shuaipeng China 106,300
10 Chi Chung Ho Hong Kong 104,400
11 Guo Dong China 102,800
12 Chia-Yun-Wu Taiwan 96,000
13 David Erquiaga Philippines 92,700
14 Che Hang Fong Macau 91,800
15 Chen Chih Yen (Victor) Taiwan 91,600
16 Yo Hwan Lim Korea 91,000
17 Dongjun Kim Korea 87,700
18 Ho Bao Qiang Singapore 80,600
19 Chien Fa Chou Taiwan 80,000
20 Wong Fat Cheong Hong Kong 78,400
21 Hong Jin Ho Korea 75,200
22 Jung Seung Mook Korea 71,100
23 Yen Han Chen Taiwan 62,100
24 Nicholas Zautsa Guam 56,600
25 Iori Yogo Japan 55,300
26 Kohei Nakai Japan 53,100
27 Cheng, Sheng-Chien Taiwan 51,000
28 Chen-yi, Liu Taiwan 50,900
29 Ryuta Endo Japan 45,000
30 KSJ Korea 40,100
31 Kenichi Takarabe Japan 40,000
32 Eric Ting Yi Tsai Taiwan 38,300
33 Joven I. Huerto Philippines 36,500
34 Yi-Wei Peng Taiwan 36,400
35 Chih Ying Liang Taiwan 32,100
36 Leung Chun Kit Hong Kong 29,100
37 Koji Takagi Japan 23,000
38 Nai Yuan Hu Taiwan 21,200
39 Wilson Lim Singapore 7,000

 

 


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