HomeYesterday, while the APT Finale Taiwan 2019 – MAIN EVENT – was hunting down its final 8 players, several side events filled up the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. Cheng Chao Ting took down the two-day No Limit Hold’em 1. The High Rollers 2 and the No Limit Hold’em 2 resume its final race today, December 4, at 1pm. We’ve got all the info, chip counts, and results for you below.
For players that cashed in the events, points were earned towards the APT Player of the Series race. You can view the points via the link below.
APT Player of the Series standings
APT Finale Taiwan 2019 Results
Cheng Chao Ting wins the No Limit Hold’em 1
The two-day NT$ 9,900 buy-in No Limit Hold’em 1 had a strong turnout of 124 entries for a prize pool of NT$ 1,082,500 (~US$ 35,400). 21 players got paid after the bubble burst with Song Daewoong claiming Choi Eng Loong‘s short stack. Choi pushed with K♣ Q♣, Song with A♦ 10♦ that held.
From there the game trimmed down quickly. The final 8 was formed when Iori Yogo and Kristof Segers busted simultaneously at separate tables. They split the 9th and 10th place money. The final 8 players was then formed led by New Caledonian Joseph Cona.
Despite Cona’s heavy arsenal of 58 bbs, he was the first to drop in 8th place. Following Cona was Song in 7th place who also had a very large stack of 49 bbs. It eventually reached heads up at the fall of Joshua Tan Soo Tuan in 3rd place. According to the players, Tan shoved three times and wasn’t called. On his fourth shove, James Leong called with K-3 while Tuan opened up pocket queens. The cards favored Leong as it ran 6-8-K-9-3. Leong entered heads up even stacked to Cheng Chao Ting.
The final duel ran for some time. Cheng outlasted Leong and eventually dragged in all the chips to his section. The final hand was Cheng A♥ 7♥, Leong 4♥ 8♦, the final board showed 5♣ A♦ 6♣ K♠ 4♦. Cheng captured his first-ever APT victory and NT$ 234,300 (~US$ 7,700) for his largest live score.
Final 8 payouts
1st Cheng Chao Ting – Taiwan – NT$ 234,300,
2nd James Leong – Singapore – NT$ 172,000
3rd Joshua Tan Soo Tuan – Malaysia – NT$ 142,000
4th Hsu Min Kai – Taiwan – NT$ 107,000
5th Ma Chun Yu – Hong Kong – NT$ 68,500
6th Chen Zhiyang – Singapore – NT$ 51,300
7th Song Daewoong – Korea – NT$ 40,800
8th Joseph Cona – New Caledonia – NT$ 33,200
Resuming side events
High Rollers
Entries: 37
Remaining: 13 players
Chips in play: 1,480,000
Average stack: 113,846
Opening blinds: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Buy-in: NT$ 88,000 (~US$ 2,900)
Prize pool: NT$ 2,871,200 (~US$ 94,000)
ITM: 7 places
1st place: NT$ 986,800 (~US$ 32,000)
Choi Eng Loong – Malaysia 301,000
Pete Yen Han Chen – 178,000
Peter Chien – Canada – 137,000
Natalie Teh Malaysia – 134,000
Chan Tsun Ming – Hong Kong – 113,500
Tay Kok Soon – Singapore – 107,000
Michael Soyza – Malaysia – 101,500
Alex Lindop – UK – 96,000
Keon Yong Ma – Korea – 91,500
Chu Chi Jen – Taiwan – NT$ 69,500
Yo Hwan Lim – Korea – 66,500
Im Sangguk – Korea – 56,000
Vincent Li – Hong Kong – 43,500
No Limit Hold’em 2
Entries: 119
Remaining: 8 players
Chips in play: 1,190,000
Average stack: 148,750
Buy-in: NT$ 9,900 (~US$ 325)
Prize pool: NT$ 1,038,900 (~US$ 34,000)
ITM: 20 places
1st place: NT$ 258,100 (~US$ 8,500)
Seat 1: Jen Yen Chien – Taiwan – 157,000
Seat 2: Jang Ho Yang – Korea – 308,000
Seat 3: Kwok Ting Shum – Hong Kong – 97,000
Seat 4: Low Zi Cheng – Singapore – 189,000
Seat 5: Sebastian Wong – Singapore – 108,000
Seat 6: Kenji Hata – Japan – 121,000
Seat 7: Hyun Seok Oh – Korea – 95,000
Seat 8: Chan Hiu Tung – Hong Kong – 152,000