HomeOne trophy was awarded today at APT Finale Taiwan 2019 with the High Rollers Single Day awarding Im Sangguk his first-ever trophy. At the Pot Limit Omaha Hi event, 6 players bagged up to return tomorrow for the final day. We’ve got results and a brief recap below. Players that cashed in these events earned points towards the APT Player of the Series race. Standing can be viewed via the link below.
APT Finale Taiwan 2019 results
IM Sangguk claims victory at the High Rollers Single Day
34 players paid NT$ 55,000 (~US$ 1,800) to join the High Rollers Single Day with 9 of them getting a fifty percent discount on the NT$ 5,000 fee for early registration. This brought about a NT$ 1,649,000 (~US$ 54,000) prize pool. After a commanding performance at heads up, Korea’s Im Sangguk claimed victory to pocket NT$ 627,500 and his first ever live tournament title.
Leading up to Sangguk’s win, it was runner-up James Leong who had command at the start of the final table. By the time it reached the bubble round, Leung was down to par but recovered some chips by delivering the bubble.
James Leong
Cashing out first was Soo Jo Kim with his A♠ J♦ unable crack Michael Soyza‘s J♣ J♠. Chen Si Ren tumbled next with all his chips shipped to Leung. Following him was Soyza who was shut out in 4th place by Natalie Teh. Teh’s A♥ J♣ held over Soyza’s K♥ Q♥.
At three-handed, big pots were being exchanged until Teh lost a round against Sangguk. On a board 2♠ Q♠ Q♥ 10♠ 7♥, Sangguk fired a 145k bet, Teh only had 196k behind. She used two time banks before folding. Next hand she was all in with 9♣ 8♣ and got lucky on Sangguk’s A♠ Q♥ with a nine showing up on the board. However Teh still took 3rd with Sangguk finally successful in taking all of her chips when his A-Q spiked an ace on the river to defeat her pair of sevens on the flop.
Heads up match was 3;1 Sangguk. Leong doubled up with K♣ 3♠ over J♥ 2♥ on a board of 7♠ K♥ 2♦ 9♣ 4♦. Sangguk was still ahead and immediately reclaimed some of the chips on an uncalled shove. The board was J♠ 10♠ 4♥ 7♣ Q♣. Leong was back to where he began at heads up. He shoved with 3♦ 3♥, Sangguk called with Q♠ 8♥, the final board was 4♥ K♥ 7♠ Q♣ 2♣ to make for a very happy champion.
Payouts
1st Im Sangguk – Korea – NT$ 627,500
2nd James Leong – Singapore – NT$385,300
3rd Natalie Teh – Malaysia – NT$ 250,200
4th Michael Soyza – Malaysia – $ 171,100
5th Chen Sin Ren – Taiwan – NT$ 122,800
6th Soo Jo Kim – Korea – NT$ 92,100
Pot Limit Omaha Hi Day 1 results
The first NT$ 8,800 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Hi event drew 48 eager players for a pie of NT$ 372,500 (~US$ 12,200). The bubble burst at the fall of Kai Paulsen who first took a bad spill against Philip Wang. Paulsen had A♥ A♠ 4♠ 4♦, Wang with A♣ A♦ Q♥ 2♥. The cards ran a doozy 7♥ 4♣ K♦ 5♠ 3♥. Paulsen’s set fell to Wang’s straight.
Several hands after, Paulsen bubbled with Jacky Min Tse Lee shipping it. This awarded Lee the chip lead which he held until the completion of 15 rounds. The final 6 players bagged up. They return on Sunday, December 1, at 1pm for the final race.
Chip counts
Jacky Min Tse Lee – Taiwan – 171,000
Philip Wang – Taiwan – 148,000
Kristof Segers – Belgium – 133,500
Chuen Wei Tsung – Taiwan – 118,000
Sam Chen Yu Hung – Taiwan – 109,000
Ryan Ko – USA – 53,500
Chips in play: 720,000
Average stack: 120,000
Opening blinds: 2500 – 5000
Payouts
1st NT$ 116,900
2nd NT$ 77,900
3rd NT$ 54,200
4th NT$ 39,100
5th NT$ 29,300
6th NT$ 22,600
7th Ho Lun Pang – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 17,900
8th Edward Yam – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 14,600
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