HomeThe biggest thrill on Saturday, December 7 at APT Finale Taiwan 2019 was the Deep Stack Turbo with 107 suiting up. Also running was the newly introduced 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha Hi seeing 20 in action. We’ve got those results for you below. Just a reminder, everyone that cashed were awarded points towards the APT Player of the Series race. Standings can be viewed via the link below.
APT Player of the Series leaderboard
Side events on Sunday, December 8
1pm: Monster Stack Day 1 – NT$ 16,500 buy-in
3pm: High Rollers Day 1 – NT$ 77,000 buy-in
6pm: Deep Stack Turbo – NT$ 5,500 buy-in
Chris Leung wins the Deep Stack Turbo
Half the room filled up with 107 hunting down the Deep Stack Turbo title. At NT$ 5,500 each, the prize pool came to NT$ 504,400 (~US$ 16,600) with 18 earning pay. Winning it was Hong Kong’s Chris Leung for NT$ 128,400 (~US$ 4,200).
Catching the action at three-handed, Chris Leung doubled up through chip leader Yusuke Kotake with A-Q straight over A-10. Kotake then railed Mushin Chang in 3rd place with K♠ 10♦ pairing up on a board 10♥ 6♦ 5♣ 3♠ 7♥ to overtake 9♠ 9♥. Kotake entered heads up leading in chips.
The first heads up hand went to Leung to reclaim the chip lead. From there no action until the 6th hand. Kotake shoved with K♣ 2♦, Leung called with J♣ J♠, the board paired Kotake’s two-card but not more for Leung to ship it and lift his first-ever APT title.
Payouts
1st Chris Leung – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 128,400
2nd Yusuke Kotake – Japan – NT$ 85,700
3rd Mushin Chang – Taiwan – NT$ 59,600
4th Hsin Jer Lee – Taiwan – NT$ 43,000
5th Chen Kun Lin – Taiwan – NT$ 32,200
6th Chen Ho – Taiwan – NT$ 24,800
7th Woo Jong Ha – Korea – NT$ 19,700
8th Yoichi Uesugi – Japan – NT$ 16,100
9th Paul Byrne – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 13,400
10th Chia Hui Tu – Taiwan – NT$ 11,200
11th Preston Lee – USA – NT$ 11,200
12th Hsin Yu Hung – Taiwan – NT$ 9,300
13th Ken Burke – UK – NT$ 9,300
14th Shingo Horiko Shi – Japan – NT$ 9,300
15th Pan Cheng How – Taiwan – NT$ 7,800
16th Kim Ji Tae – Korea – NT$ 7,800
17th Jaeseong Hwang – Korea – NT$ 7,800
18th Shun Yiu Yeh – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 7,800
Anthony Abram claims inaugural 5 Card PLO Hi
Despite only 20 players trying their hand at the newly introduced 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha Hi, it still ran for ten hours. Bubble round lasted for quite a while leading the players to agree on giving 5th place a small kick back to nullify the bubble. When action continued, it ran another two hours. Australia’s Anthony Abram closed it out for NT$ 80,400 and the first event title of its kind at the APT.
After Abram knocked out Lin Yu Sheng Q♣ A♣ 7♥ K♠ 3♠ in 3rd place with J♦ 9♦ K♣ 10♣ 8♦ two pair on a board 2♠ 6♣ J♣ 9♥ A♦, he faced Sam Hung with a significant lead. It took only several hands before the final showdown occurred. On a flop 4♥ Q♣ 8♣, Abram had 5♦ 7♥ 6♥ J♣ K♣, Hung J♥ 10♠ 6♦ 6♣ 5♣. The turn A♥ and river 7♣ for a winning flush to Hung’s lower flush.
Payouts
1st Anthony Abram – Australia – NT$ 80,400
2nd Sam Chen Yu Hung – Taiwan – NT$ 42,800
3rd Lin Yu Sheng – Taiwan – NT$ 24,600
4th Yik Yin Chiu Ray – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 16,800
5th Ho Chung Yi – Taiwan – NT$ 10,000