HomeThe first two side event turbo events of APT Taiwan 2019 hit the felt last night and both zoomed by in electrifying speed. The WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo wrapped up with Chinese pro Chen An Lin claiming the win and at the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo it was Korea’s Seung Yeol Kim taking it down for his maiden victory. Brief recaps below.
Players in the money at any of the events this series earn point towards the APT Player of the Series race. Make sure to check your standing.
APT Player of the Series standings
Chen An Lin wins the WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo
79 runners hopped on the sponsored WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo and at TWD 7,700 buy-in, they battled for a piece of the TWD 536,400 (~USD 17,400) prize pool. At 15 remaining, Zhewen Hu delivered the bubble with J♥ J♣ holding up against a player’s A♠ Q♦. Once the money flowed, players fell in quick succession.
At three-handed, Edward Yam was crippled by Chen An Lin with A♣ K♠ finding a king on the turn to dust pocket queens. Yam busted on the next hand and it was heads up between Chen and Jinhyo Yoo. It took only one hand to secure the win. Chen had K♣ Q♠, Yoo K♥ 5♥, the board ran empty with no hits for either player.
Final 8 payouts
1st Chen An Lin – Taiwan – TWD 145,900
2nd Jinhyo Yoo – Korea – TWD 97,100
3rd Edwar Yam Chun Ho – Hong Kong – TWD 67,500
4th Zhewen Hu – China – TWD 48,800
5th Lee Kun Han – Taiwan – TWD 36,500
6th Kwok Ting Shum – Hong Kong – TWD 28,100
7th Tommy Goh – Singapore – TWD 22,400
8th Wei Tsing Chen – Taiwan – TWD 18,200
First-ever win for Seung Yeol Kim at the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo
At a lowly fee of TWD 5,500, the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo drew a crowd of 48 runners for a pot of TWD 232,800 (~USD 7,600). When it was down to the bubble round with 9 remaining, the wrestle for a piece of the money was incredibly thrilling. The short stacked Seung Yeol Kim won back-to-back boosts; first a triple up followed by a double up holding pocket aces both times. This immediately sent him to the leader’s seat while in the process dethroning Zong Chi He down to near runt of the pack.
With the bubble round still at hand, Wang Wu Yi went on a shoving spree finding no callers all five times to drive his stack to the chip lead. On his sixth action, Wang opted to min-raise (seat 1), the lone female player (seat 2) beside him went all in for less, when the cards were turned, Wang had A♥ A♦, the at-risk player with 5♣ 5♠, no help came on the board and it was money time for the final 8 players.
Like the turbo event above, players dropped like flies and soon it was heads up with Kim ahead of Wang. Wang all in with A♠ 5♣ called by Kim with a dominating A♣ J♥. The board ran A♥ 8♣ 7♦ 4♥ 3♣.
Payouts
1st Seung Yeol Kim – Korea – TWD 73,000
2nd Wang Wuyi – Taiwan – TWD 48,700
3rd Hyun Seung Oh – Korea – TWD 33,900
4th Hsin Jen Lee – Taiwan – TWD 24,500
5th Zong Chi He – China – TWD 18,300
6th Chien Hsin Wang – Taiwan – TWD 14,100
7th In Kuei Tan – Taiwan – TWD 11,200
8th Shojiro Izutsu – Japan – TWD 9,100