HomeThat’s it! After six hours of Championships Event competition, the money was reached and the final 8 formed! Congratulations to the finalists. We will have a recap for you shortly along with all the info needed entering the final day.
Seat 1 – Carlos Chang – Taiwan – 1,392,000
Seat 2 – Sera Ota – Japan – 986,000
Seat 3 – Chi ying Tsai – Taiwan – 255,000
Seat 4 – Punnat Punsri – Thailand – 1,526,000
Seat 5 – Takao Shimizu – Japan – 1,000,000
Seat 6 – Neil Raine – UK – 1,823,000 (chip leader)
Seat 7 – Go Mori – Japan – 245,000
Seat 8 – Tobias Peters – Netherlands – 719,000
Final day info
Opening blinds: 12k – 24k – ante 24k
Timer: countdown from 11:45
Average stack 993,750
Chips in play 7,950,000
With only 3k left, Chang Yu Chung tossed it in on utg with 2♥ 2♣ to battle with. Down the orbit Takao Shimizu limped, sb Neil Raine raised to 101k, Shimizu answered with a shove, Raine folded. Shimizu had A♠ 10♦. The board came 7♥ 2♦ 5♥ K♥ 10♠ for a winning set to Chung and a triple up.
Next hand, he was forced all in with 9♣ 8♠, three players were in the hand with Shimizu raising it to 50k for 38k x 3 on the side. No bets throughout J♥ 8♦ J♦ K♥ 7♥. Shimizu won it with A♥ 10♣ nut flush. Chung fell in 9th place for NT$ 192,600.
Chang Yu Chung shoved 466k with A♣ Q♥, Sera Ota joined with J♦ J♣ and 463k (3k less), no help on the board for Chung for Ota to ship a huge pot nearing a million. Chung down to 3k.
Final 9 players
1- Carlos Chang 1.3M
2- Sera Ota 523k
3- Chi Ying Tsai 397k
4- Punnat Punsri 1.423M
5- Takao Shimizu 806k
6- Neil Raine 1.9M
7- Go Mori 345k
8- Chang Yu Chung 475k
9- Tobias Peters 780k
Average stack 883,333
Chips in play 7,950,000
Cheng Chao Ting all in with K♥ 4♥ challenged by Takao Shimizu with J♦ 10♠, the board ran 9♦ 7♥ 7♦ 4♦ K♦ for a winning flush to Shimizu. Cheng out in 10th place and earned NT$ 160,500.
We are down to the unofficlal final table of 9 players.
Cheng Chao Ting all in with 20k from the small blind with two others building up a side pot. The flop 4♣ 8♣ K♦ saw the side pot grow with Neil Raine betting 27k, check=-called by Mori. On the turn 9♦, Raine bet again then won the side pot with Mori folding.
Raine 5♥ 3♥
Cheng Q♦ 6♣
The river 6♦ secured the triple up for Cheng to 60k.
Battle of the blinds, Chang Yu Chung and Cheng Chao Ting faced off on a board that completed 9♣ 4♠ J♠ 10♠ 9♠, Chang was all in with 8♠ 7♠ straight flush, Cheng paid up with 3♠ 2♠. Cheng down to 20k, Chang up to 450k.
Sera Ota all in with 4♥ 4♦, Punnat Punsri attempted to eliminate with A♦ K♥. Both hit the board K♦ 4♠ 3♦ 6♠ 9♥ with Ota shipping it with her set. She is up to 650k.
Crippled down to 10k, Eng Loong Choi put it all in with J♠ 6♥ but Chang Yu Chung had K♦ J♦. The board ran A♠ Q♦ 10♥ 9♣ 6♦ for a dominating straight. Choi out in 11th place for NT$ 133,800.