HomeWe have reached the final day of APT Finale Taiwan 2019! Last night awarded one winner with Chen Chi Jen lifting his second trophy of the the series. We’ve got the results below. The Monster Stack event wrapped up with 27 remaining and the High Rollers with 5 players (bubble round). Those two events will resume today at 1pm and will run alongside the final day of the Championships Event which starts at 130pm.
Championships Event info
The Championships Event is the second featured event of the tour and today is the day we crown the champion! The event drew 159 entries at NT$ 49,500 each for a pot of NT$ 6,940,300. Returning to battle are the final 8 players, all hunting down the very cool NT$ 1,848,800 (~US$ 60,700).
The Final 8 race will stream live on APT Twitch and APT YouTube on a 30-45 minute delay therefore no live updates.
Final 8 by rank
Neil Raine – UK – 1,823,000 – 76 bbs
Punnat Punsri – Thailand – 1,526,000 – 63 bbs
Carlos Chang – Taiwan – 1,392,000 – 58 bbs
Takao Shimizu – Japan – 1,000,000 – 42 bbs
Sera Ota – Japan – 986,000 – 41 bbs
Tobias Peters – Netherlands – 719,000 – 30 bbs
Chi Ying Tsai – Taiwan – 255,000 – 11 bbs
Go Mori – Japan – 245,000 – 10 bbs
Final day info
Opening blinds: 12k – 24k – ante 24k
Timer: countdown from 11:45
Average stack 993,750
Chips in play 7,950,000
Resuming events
High Rollers
21 total entries
Buy-in: NT$ 77,000
Prize pool: NT$ 1,425,900
ITM: 4 places
5 remaining (bubble round)
Average stack: 168,000
Opening blinds: 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Zhou Huijie – China – 105,500
Peter Chien – Canada – 68,500
Anson Wong Fuk On – Hong Kong – 251,000
Zhou Yueyang – China – 86,000
Vincent Li Kwun Ngai – Hong Kong – 321,000 (chip leader)
Monster Stack
101 total entries
Buy-in: NT$ 16,500
Prize pool: NT$ 1,469,500
ITM: 17 places
27 remaining
Average stack: 112,222
Opening blinds: 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
Chip leader: Si Yang Phua – 395,000
Chen Chi Jen wins second title at the Deep Stack Turbo
63 jumped in the evening Deep Stack Turbo at NT$ 5,500 each. They battled for a piece of the NT$ 305,500 prize pool with only 11 paid. During the bubble round, Ross Wen quintupled up with 4♣ 9♦ two pair on a board 7♣ 5♣ 9♥ 3♦ 3♣ that none of the four callers could beat. He went on to 8th place. Alex Er delivered the bubble with Q♣ Q♦ holding against a player’s A♥ 10♦ then fell immediately after in 11th place.
Alex Er
From there, fast action continued and soon Chen Chi Jen knocked out Chou Chun An in 3rd place with Q-J spiking a queen to overtake K-9. Chen faced Wei Bo Ye for the title. Ahead in chips, he shoved at every button position. The final hand arrived with Chen K♥ J♥, Wei Q♥ 7♦, both missed the board. Congratulations to Chen for his second victory!
Payouts
1st Chen Chi Jen – Taiwan – NT$ 88,100
2nd Wei Bo Ye – Taiwan – NT$ 58,800
3rd Chou Chun An – Taiwan – NT$ 40,900
4th Kuan Ying Chen – Taiwan – NT$ 29,500
5th Yik Yin Chiu Ray – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 22,100
6th Li Lun Hsiao – Taiwan – NT$ 17,000
7th Kenji Hata – Japan – NT$ 13,500
8th Ross Wen – Taiwan – NT$ 11,000
9th Philip Wang – Taiwan – NT$ 9,200
10th Keon Yong Ma – Korea – NT$ 7,700
11th Alex Er – Singapore – NT$ 7,700
APT Player of the Series
For all players that cashed in the featured events and side events, points were awarded towards the APT Player of the Series race. Standings can be viewed via the link below.
Top 5 in the leaderboard
Zhou Yueyang – 750.48 points
Chi Jen Chu – 647.47 points
Peter Chien – 601,95 points
Kenji Hata – 566.95 points
Keon Yong Ma – 524 points