HomeOpening day at the inaugural APT Taiwan 2019 was a smash with two events rousing up the CTP Club (Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association).
The Dream Maker event kicked off the festival followed by the Super High Rollers a couple of hours later. Both were two-day events. Listed below are the day’s results, the prize pool, and the expected payouts.
Dream Maker
The Dream Maker event is a new one in the APT roster. The idea was proposed by CTP President, Hsing “David” Tai. The concept is to have a very affordable buy-in – TWD 8,800 – that would award a handful of players a generous payout, ultimately fueling the winners throughout the whole series.
The event attracted 118 entrants with only the last 8 players advancing to the final day. The players will be looking at a TWD 915,700 prize pool however only 6 of them will cash. Dream Maker event resumes at 1pm local time on Thursday, February 21.
Blinds: 2K-4K ante 4K (roll back)
Total chips in play: 1,180,000
Average stack: 147,500
| Dream Maker | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip count |
| 1 | Chee Karwee | Malaysia | 86,000 |
| 2 | Hsu Lita | Taiwan | 109,000 |
| 3 | Patrick Liang | Brazil | 261,000 |
| 4 | Joe | Taiwan | 80,000 |
| 5 | Cheung Chung Ching | Hong Kong | 71,000 |
| 6 | Christian Cheng | Taiwan | 150,000 |
| 7 | Tseng Chun-Hsiung | Taiwan | 190,000 |
| 8 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 220,000 |
Dream Maker payouts
1st TWD 348,400
2nd TWD 214,000
3rd TWD 138,900
4th TWD 95,000
5th TWD 68,200
6th TWD 51,200
Super High Rollers
The Super High Rollers event saw 19 players sizzle the felt, majority of them high octane pros from around the world. Among the attendees were Marvin Rettenmaier, Adrian Attenborough, Guo Dong, Phachara Wongwichit (GPI POY 2018 Thailand), and the list of players you see below that advanced to the final day.
| Super High Rollers | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip count |
| 1 | Gergley Kulcsar | Hungary | 1,733,000 |
| 2 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 944,000 |
| 3 | Raymund Wu | Taiwan | 523,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Tang | Hong Kong | 545,000 |
| 5 | Gao Wen Ling | China | 534,000 |
| 6 | Nai Yuan Hu (Jack) | Taiwan | 1,798,000 |
| 7 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 1,295,000 |
| 8 | Jack Salter | UK | 228,000 |
This event had a TWD 215,000 buy-in. Due to players wanting to enter the Kitty Kuo Special Invitational High Roller 6 Max tomorrow, the ADD ON option was nixed. Remaining players are looking at a prize pool of TWD 3,686,000 with 4 places paid.
Super High Rollers payouts
1st TWD 1,802,900
2nd TWD 967,100
3rd TWD 562,000
4th TWD 354,000
Action resumes at 1pm tomorrow. This event will stream live on the CTP facebook page with a 30-minute delay.
Up next: Thursday, February 21
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
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.
Kitty Kuo Special Invitational High Roller 6-Max (single day event)
Buy-in: TWD 262,000
Time: 3pm
