HomeAfter winning the APT Taiwan 2020 opener, Vincent Huang jumped into the ongoing High Rollers event. He advanced to Day 2 fourth in stack out of 5 remaining players. Three hours later, he had all the chips and a second series victory.
In the evening, Hong Kong’s Chan Lok Ming was awarded the trophy at the No Limit Hold’em event after a heads up deal. This was Ming’s third cash of the series and first acknowledged win.
Players that cashed in both of these events earned points towards the APT Player of the Series race. Huang continues to hold the top spot. View the standings here.
Full APT Taiwan 2020 event results
Vincent Huang wins second trophy at the High Rollers
Series opener champion, Australia’s Vincent Huang, lifted another trophy and TW$ 663,500 after reining in the High Rollers event. His back-to-back victories also widened his lead in the APT Player of the Series race.
Buy-in: TW$ 86,000 (~US$ 2,900)
Entries: 15
Prize pool: TW$ 1,164,000 (~US$ 38,900)
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st Vincent Huang – Australia – TW$ 663,500
2nd Chi Jen Chu – Taiwan – TW$ 325,900
3rd Lin Chen An – Taiwan – TW$ 174,600
Day 1 of the event closed with 5 remaining out of 11 entries. Huang was fourth in chips while New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw had an enormous lead. With registration open for one level in Day 2, four more signed up which included Hong Kong’s Chan Lok Ming who already cashed in two events.
As the field closed in on the bubble round, Huang proceeded to knockout both Taiwan’s Pete Yen Han Chen and Crawshaw to amass quite the arsenal at bubble time. Exiting on the bubble was short stacked Ming who was also emptied out by Huang. Ming pushed with 6♦ 6♣, Huang snap-called with A♣ 4♥, and ace came on fourth street.
Getting the boot next was Taiwan’s Lin Chen An who first doubled up through Huang then gave it all back when A♠ 5♠ failed him against K♣ 6♥ on a board 5♦ 2♣ 8♠ K♥ 10♦. This brought about heads up between Huang and Chi Jen Chu. Huang had a 9;1 advantage. It took only one hand to ship it in. Huang had J♥ J♣, Chu with Q♥ 10♠, the board paired up Chu’s ten but no further improvement.
Third cash brings first trophy for Chan Lok Ming
After busting out on the bubble at the High Rollers event, Chan Lok Ming bee-lined for the ongoing No Limit Hold’em event where he proceeded to crush the final table to grab his first trophy of the series.
Ming has been a solid force since the start. He cashed at the opening event, finished at the top of the ladies event however was denied the trophy since it was awarded to the last woman standing, and now, a victory on his third cash of the series.
Buy-in: TW$ 11,000 (~US$ 365)
Entries: 25
Prize pool: TW$ 242,500 (~US$ 8,100)
Payouts
1st Chan Lok Ming – Hong Kong – TW$ 90,000
2nd Chen Chien Sin – Taiwan – TW$ 73,600
3rd Ori Kossonogi – Israel – TW$ 37,200
4th Chi Jen Chu – Taiwan – TW$ 24,500
5th He Zong Chi – Taiwan – TW$ 17,200
Taking the action from the bubble round with 6 remaining, Chan Lok Ming was already the chip leader. Eventual second placer Chen Chien Sin nearly busted pushing his short stack with K♦ 6♦ that was dominated by Ori Kossonogi‘s A♥ Q♠. A six landed on the flop and held for a double up. However, Sin’s rise went on a fast drop when he doubled up a player when A♦ Q♠ was outdrawn by J♠ 10♣. Crippled and desperate, Sin shoved the next two hands and tripled up on both to bring his stack in decent form. Ming delivered the bubble.
First to the money was He Zong Chi with all his chips shipped by Kossonogi. Next out was Chi Jen Chu who first doubled up with Q♠ J♠ through Kossonogi’s K♦ 10♣ two pair on a board K♥ 10♦ A♠ 5♣ 9♦, then lost a sizable pot to Ming on a straight versus flush. Down to 5 bbs, Chu’s pocket fours fell behind Sin’s ace-king that found a king on the board.
Three-handed saw Kossonogi double up through Ming which Ming took back and more. Kossonogi’s A♥ 9♦ failed to improve against Ming’s 3♠ 3♦. The final two players immediately struck a deal for a fixed amount. With Ming backed by an enormous stack, he was awarded the victory.