CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT: 104 advance to Day 2; last hour to enter; chip counts + seat draw; Yuki Hirata rules Day 1B


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Welcome to APT Korea Incheon 2019 here at Paradise City Casino! We are nearing the end of the twelve-day series. But before that happens, we will be crowning another major APT champion with the second featured tournament – the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT – well underway. 

The Championships Event kicked off two days ago attracting 188 total entries – 78 at Day 1A and 110 at Day 1B. That number will definitely grow with registration open for one last hour today. Players will be very thrilled to know that the KRW 200M guarantee was completely obliterated. The prize pool is now in the vicinity of KRW 328,000,000 (~USD 270,000). We will have the official prize pool for you as soon as registration closes at 215pm (Korea time). 

Over the course of the two starting days, only 104 survived the hunt – 40 at Day 1A and 64 at Day 1B. They return today with Day 1A chip leader China’s Sun Wei Xiong ahead of the pack. In second position is Japan’s Yuki Harata with 244,900. Harata topped Day 1B.

The list is also decorated with several APT major title-holders:  Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Guo Dong, Chen Dong, Hung Sheng Lin, Iori Yogo, Yuki Hirata, and recently crowned APT Main Event champion Tsang Dicky Siu Hang. Full chip counts + seat draw provided below. 

For players looking to jump in today, we’ve provided you all of the info. If you sign up during today’s opening round, it starts you off with approximately 41 bbs. That’s quite deep so all you fence-sitters, there is no reason to miss out on the action. Day 2 plays out a total of 8 levels. 

Championships Event Day 2 info

Total chips in play: 9,360,500
Average stack: 90,000
Starting days qualifiers: 104
Chip leader: Sun Wei Xiong (255,000)

Buy-in: KRW 1,980,000 (~USD 1,700)
Starting time: 1pm

Starting stack: 50,000
Opening blinds: 600 – 1200 (Level 9)
Blind intervals: 60 minutes
Bagging time: end of Level 16

Festival booklet – event structure in page 7

Day 1A: Friday, August 9 – 40 out of 78 advanced
Day 1B: Saturday, August 10 – 64 out of 110 advanced
Day 2: Sunday, August 11 
Day 3: Monday, August 12
Final Day: Tuesday, August 13

Things to know:

  • The Championships Event utilizes the Ante BB format
  • Shot clock will be implemented when the tournament is down to the final six tables
  • Blinds escalate every 60 minutes
  • Day 1A, Day 1B, and Day 2 play a total of 8 levels
  • Multiple stacks allowed but only best stack advances
  • Registration closes at the start of level 10 in Day 2
  • Day 3 plays to the final 8 players
  • Official final table is 8 players

Championships Event Day 2 start Chip Count 

Rank Name Country Chips Table Seat
1 Sun Wei Xiong China 255,000 9 3
2 Yuki Hirata Japan 244,900 5 4
3 Sanshiro Haruta Japan 204,000 12 8
4 Shota Shimizu Japan 199,900 2 2
5 Masaki Fujitani Japan 191,900 9 1
6 Tatsuya Hirose Japan 181,700 4 1
7 Chi Chung Ho Hong Kong 180,400 11 8
8 Tetsuya Tsuchikawa Japan 171,800 12 5
9 Guo Dong China 168,800 5 5
10 Chung Ming Sang Hong Kong 161,700 2 3
11 Go Saito Japan 157,500 5 2
12 Jwa Hyung Kim Korea 157,100 6 1
13 Wilson Lim Singapore 152,900 8 1
14 Kosaku Akashi Japan 148,000 10 8
15 Hirokazu Kobayashi Japan 146,800 12 7
16 Toshimasa Sakato Japan 142,100 10 3
17 Eduard Pak Russia 139,000 6 8
18 Tsang Dicky Siu Hang Hong Kong 133,200 7 1
19 Naoki Matsumoto Japan 132,000 13 1
20 Kengo Sakurai Japan 130,200 7 2
21 Liu Feng China 125,900 7 7
22 Chen Dong China 125,900 11 5
23 Qu Wei China 125,100 3 6
24 Kenji Shibutani Japan 124,300 5 8
25 Tian Hao China 122,400 11 1
26 Kwok Luen Hei Hong Kong 122,100 9 5
27 Hirokazu Kamishiro Japan 120,600 1 8
28 Jin Yunlong China 118,500 12 3
29 Guoyu China 114,300 13 6
30 Chen Hao China 113,800 12 6
31 Low Chi Wai Hong Kong 113,300 2 5
32 Alex Lee Singapore 112,800 7 3
33 Misko Gatlone Switzerland 111,200 9 6
34 Liu Yue China 110,000 10 5
35 Xiaoyin He China 107,400 3 1
36 Masato Shimizu Japan 106,600 3 2
37 Shoichi Horio Japan 106,500 4 3
38 Hiroshi Matsumoto Japan 103,800 4 4
39 Chih Ying Ziang Taiwan 102,900 12 2
40 Hisashi Tamura Japan 102,600 2 1
41 Tou Ta-Wei Taiwan 101,300 13 2
42 Yik Ray Chiu Hong Kong 100,900 13 5
43 Iugai Vladimir Russia 97,000 8 2
44 Graeme Siow Singapore 96,500 6 6
45 Daijiro Tomoto Japan 94,000 4 8
46 Nozaki Koichi Japan 91,700 8 4
47 Anno Takahiro Japan 90,400 10 4
48 Kunimaro Kojo Japan 89,100 6 4
49 Tanaka Masotoshi Japan 88,600 1 6
50 Jae Kyung Sim Korea 86,100 11 7
51 Kwok Chun Lai Hong Kong 85,000 9 8
52 Andrew An USA 80,300 2 8
53 Hirotaka Nakanishi Japan 80,000 5 1
54 Yukitsugu Ono Japan 79,400 4 5
55 Yuichiro Shimooka Japan 79,300 11 6
56 Tsai Du Ming Taiwan 78,000 13 3
57 Zhu Jingxuan China 76,100 7 8
58 Su Fang China 75,000 6 3
59 Jamie Lee USA 73,300 3 8
60 Ichiyo Niwa Japan 73,100 6 2
61 Elden Troy McGladaddery Singapore 71,800 11 3
62 Wang Wiyi China 69,700 8 8
63 Xiao Tiao Yang China 68,000 8 5
64 Tomoharu Furuya Japan 67,200 5 7
65 Zhou Quan China 66,500 4 7
66 Zhou Bing China 66,100 1 3
67 Nakahata Koya Japan 65,700 7 6
68 Kenichi Takarabe Japan 64,900 6 7
69 Shota Arata Japan 64,300 1 5
70 Yuto Hayashi Japan 63,300 11 4
71 Tae Hoon Han New Zealand 62,500 3 5
72 Li Aleksey Uzbekistan 61,500 10 6
73 Shaotang Chang China 60,400 10 7
74 Andy Li Xu Yan Singapore 56,300 2 7
75 Yuichi Sumida Japan 54,700 3 7
76 Haruka Yoshimura Japan 52,500 13 8
77 Tsuyoshi Ishibashi Japan 50,000 9 2
78 Shinryo Nonin Japan 49,900 5 6
79 Hiroyuki Noda Japan 49,500 8 6
80 Li Kwan Ngai Vincent Hong Kong 47,900 2 6
81 Jie Xu China 47,800 10 1
82 Kawai Katsohito Japan 47,200 8 7
83 Rine Kurowa Japan 46,100 1 7
84 Yen Han Chen Taiwan 45,300 7 5
85 Yuto Fuji Japan 43,900 3 4
86 Cona Joseph New Caledonia 43,700 11 2
87 Sean Robert Kaffmon USA 42,700 9 4
88 Lin Hung-Sheng Taiwan 42,300 3 3
89 Hiroshi Suzuki Japan 41,800 10 2
90 Hiratak Iimura Japan 39,800 4 2
91 Daisuke Ogita Japan 39,600 1 1
92 Iori Yogo Japan 38,800 12 1
93 Yuri Ishida Japan 38,000 7 4
94 Louis Bilodeau Japan 34,100 12 4
95 Wu Po Yi Taiwan 33,700 1 2
96 Yuji Mikubo Japan 30,700 2 4
97 Daichi Ishikawa Japan 29,700 13 7
98 Tsubasa Kamei Japan 25,900 5 3
99 Mitsunori Tokumi Japan 22,500 8 3
100 Austin Walton USA  20,600 4 6
101 Tang Shiu Cheong Charles UK 15,400 13 4
102 Shunsuke Nishimoto Japan 13,900 9 7
103 Yosuke Murata Japan 13,600 6 5
104 Seina Asagiri Japan 10,100 1 4

Yuki Hirata rules Championships Event Day 1B

Last night, the Championships Event wrapped up its second and final starting day. The room filled up as players made a mad dash to secure a seat. In the end, 110 entered with only 64 making it through to Day 2. 

Bagging up the largest stack was Japan’s Yuki Hirata with 244,900. Hirata is a decorated APT Championships Event victor having won the title in Tokyo back in February.

For his sizable stack, Hirata earned second rank entering Day 2. Notable players also through via this heat were: Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Eduard Pak, Chen Dong, Alex Lee, Jae Kyung Sim, Tae Hoon Han, and Yuri Ishida. 

Rank Name Country Chips
1 Yuki Harata Japan 244,900
2 Shota Shimizu Japan 199,900
3 Masaki Fujitani Japan 191,900
4 Tatsuya Hirose Japan 181,700
5 Tetsuya Tsuchikawa Japan 171,800
6 Kosaku Akashi Japan 148,000
7 Hirokazu Kobayashi Japan 146,800
8 Toshimasa Sakato Japan 142,100
9 Eduard Pak Russia 139,000
10 Naoki Matsumoto Japan 132,000
11 Chen Dong China 125,900
12 Qu Wei China 125,100
13 Kenji Shibutani Japan 124,300
14 Kwok Luen Hei Hong Kong 122,100
15 Hirokazu Kamishiro Japan 120,600
16 Jin Yunlong China 118,500
17 Guoyu China 114,300
18 Alex Lee Singapore 112,800
19 Misko Gatlone Switzerland 111,200
20 Liu Yue China 110,000
21 Xiaoyin He China 107,400
22 Shoichi Horio Japan 106,500
23 Hiroshi Matsumoto Japan 103,800
24 Chih Ying Ziang Taiwan 102,900
25 Tou Ta-Wei Taiwan 101,300
26 Iugai Vladimir Russia 97,000
27 Daijiro Tomoto Japan 94,000
28 Nozaki Koichi Japan 91,700
29 Anno Takahiro Japan 90,400
30 Tanaka Masotoshi Japan 88,600
31 Jae Kyung Sim Korea 86,100
32 Yukitsugu Ono Japan 79,400
33 Yuichiro Shimooka Japan 79,300
34 Tsai Du Ming Taiwan 78,000
35 Jamie Lee United States 73,300
36 Ichiyo Niwa Japan 73,100
37 Tomoharu Furuya Japan 67,200
38 Zhou Quan China 66,500
39 Zhou Bing China 66,100
40 Nakahata Koya Japan 65,700
41 Kenichi Takarabe Japan 64,900
42 Yuto Hayashi Japan 63,300
43 Tae Hoon Han New Zealand 62,500
44 Shaotang Chang China 60,400
45 Yuichi Sumida Japan 54,700
46 Haruka Yoshimura Japan 52,500
47 Tsuyoshi Ishibashi Japan 50,000
48 Shinryo Nonin Japan 49,900
49 Rine Kurowa Japan 46,100
50 Yuto Fuji Japan 43,900
51 Cona Joseph New Caledonia 43,700
52 Hiroshi Suzuki Japan 41,800
53 Hiratak Iimura Japan 39,800
54 Daisuke Ogita Japan 39,600
55 Yuri Ishida Japan 38,000
56 Wu Po Yi Taiwan 33,700
57 Yuji Mikubo Japan 30,700
58 Daichi Ishikawa Japan 29,700
59 Tsubasa Kamei Japan 25,900
60 Austin Walton USA 20,600
61 Tang Shiu Cheong Charles UK 15,400
62 Shunsuke Nishimoto Japan 13,900
63 Yosuke Murata Japan 13,600
64 Seina Asagiri Japan 10,100

Championships Event Day 1A recap + chip count 

 

 

 


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