HomeAPT Taiwan 2020 opened the third day of festivities at the CTP Club with the Main Event on center stage. By bagging time, only 15 players remained of the 37 entries. Sitting with the largest stack of 111,000 was Taiwanese pro Kuang Hung “Luke” Lee.
Lee is a very familiar face in the Taiwan live tournament scene. Among his numerous deep runs was a fifth place Main Event finish at the APT Finale 2019 right here at the same location. Other players through via this heat were Hamish Crawshaw, Go Mori, and multi-event series winner Vincent Huang.
Day 1A chip counts – 15 players
Kuang Hung “Luke” Lee – Taiwan – 111,000
Ho Chung Yi – Taiwan – 99,100
Hamish Crawshaw – New Zealand – 94,100
Fan Jhih Wei – Taiwan – 76,000
Lin Che Hung – Taiwan – 72,100
Makoto Noguchi – Japan – 69,300
Lu Chao Yu – Taiwan – 61,300
Tai Hsing Hsiung “David” – Taiwan – 61,000
Go Mori – Japan – 57,000
Li Lun Hsiao – Taiwan – 55,000
Pan Cheng How – Taiwan – 50,600
Po Cheng, Yang – Taiwan – 33,000
Jun-Shan Yeh – Taiwan – 32,500
Giz Fabrice – Switzerland – 29,900
Vincent Huang – Australia – 16,900
The Day 1A survivors return to action on Sunday, March 8 at 1pm. They first await the results of Day 1B. For players interested in jumping in, you can find all the details via the link below.