APT Championships 2018 Main Event

Here are the Final 8 of the Championships Event!

Lester Edoc – Philippines – 1,347,000
Iori Yogo – Japan – 1,196,000
Henrik Tollefsen – Norway – 794,000
Kosei Ichinose – Japan – 738,000
Teng Wei Yang – Chinese Taipei – 538,00
Fu Bang Huang – Chinese Taipei – 315,000
Ichiyo Niwa – Japan – 292,000
Chua Shan Hui – Singapore – 180,000

They return tomorrow for the race to the title and the PHP2,402,500 first prize!! Stand by for the recap coming to you shortly. For now, read up on the action in the Live Updates and see how the game unfolded in Day 3.

Congratulations to the Final 8!

After taking a hit to his stack, Eugene Co was down to 38k and tossed it in the middle. He faced three players, one of them Lester Edoc. At the flop 9♣ 5♦ J♥, it was checked. On the A♣ turn, Edoc bet 65k and won a small side pot of 12k with no callers.

Edoc A♥ 6♥
Co 7♠ 6♠

The river 3♠ completed the board and Co bowed out in 9th place. He earned Php285,200 for his deep run.

With that, the Final 8 reached!

Iori Yogo is in the million range! He entered a preflop raise war against Eugene Co that ended with all the chips on the line. Yogo raised to 45k, Co three-bet to 141k, Yogo shoved for 582k, and Co called.

Yogo A♠ Q♦
Co 9♥ 9♦

The board ran K♠ 3♦ 5♥ 5♠ Q♣ for a higher two pair on the river for Yogo. He jumped to 1.2M while Co dropped to 38k.

It was almost the end of the day for the players at the Championships Event however the poker gods had other plans for Ichiyo Niwa. With action folding to the blinds, Fu Bang Huang limped In, Niwa shoved, and snap-called by Huang.

Niwa K♦ J♣
Huang A♣ J♥

The board ran 2♣ 5♣ Q♦ K♣ 8♦. With a pair spiked, Niwa doubled up to 320k.

Lester Edoc raised to 35k and big blind Fu Bang Huang defended on the bb seat. At the flop 3♥ 5♥ 8♦, no bets were fired and the turn came Q♠. Edoc bet 40k and Huan check-called. On the 8♠ river, action was the same but with a much smaller bet of 16k. Edoc had 9♦ 6♦ air while Huang had better A♠ 5♠ pair.

Kosei Ichinose and Henrik Tollefsen got involved in two pots that saw the latter win them both. On the first one, action folded to the blinds. Ichinose limped and Tollefsen checked. On the 10♦ 2♠ 8♠ flop, both checked. On the Q♥ turn, Ichinose bet 18k and Tollefsen called. On the 2♣ river, Ichinose checked, Tollefsen bet and before the count, Ichinose folded.

Next one saw Tollefsen called Ichinose’s 30k button raise. The flop Q♠ 7♣ 4♠ saw both check and the turn landed 4♥. Still no bets and the river 10♦ was felted. Tollefsen slid out a bet and won it with a quick fold from Ichinose again.

Kunal Patni moved all in on the second hand of the final elliptic and down the orbit, Teng Wei Yang counted out chips and slid in the smooth-call. With no other s joining in, it was a showdown.

Patni K♦ Q♦
Yang K♠ K♣

The board ran K♥ 4♠ 7♦ 6♥ J♠. Patni earned Php249,300 for his deep finish. Yang now up to 535K.

We are down to 9 players. Average stack is 555,555.

We have reached the unofficial final table with 10 remaining. Average stack is 500K. Lester Edoc leads with 1.37M. His closest competitor is Iori Yogo with 730k.

We just lost Lim Sung Min bringing us to the unofficial final table of 10 players. Lim three-bet jammed Eugene Co’s 25k bet and got the instant call. Lim A♦ 2♣ and Co with Q♠ Q♣. The board bricked out and Lim took 11th place.

Prior to this elimination, Co also won the previous pot against Chua Shan Hui. Co now has around 582K which is well into the average of 500k.