APT Finale Taiwan 2019 Championships Event


Yang Kyung Suk gains off Siow

Level: 14 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

On a full board A 6 3 K YangKyung Suk laid out a bet, Graeme Siow flatted. Yang turned over 3 3 set, Siow mucked. Siow down to 130k, Yang up to 445k.


Prize pool and payouts

Let’s have a look at the prize pool and payouts again.

159 total entries
Buy-in: NT$ 49,500
Prize pool: NT$ 6,940,300 (~US$ 228,000)
ITM: 16 places
1st prize: NT$ 1,848,800 (~US$ 60,700)


Eng Loong Choi over 650k

Level: 14 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Eng Loong Choi continues to rake in the chips but we seem to keep missing those winning pots. We did catch a small on. Cutoff Alex Lindop raised to 8k, sb Choi three-bet to 29k, Lindop called. On the flop K 10 8, Choi c-bet 22k, quick fold from Lindop.


A couple of river folds…..

Level: 14 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Glancing over at table 5, 60k weighing down the middle, three players staring at K 5 6 8 3. Neil Raine fired 45k, Jen Yen Chien and Carlos Chang folded.

At table 6, 90k brewed, board J 3 K 10 5, Tobias Peters pushed a stack that well covered Vincent Li. Li tank-folded.


Jaegwang Kim wins the flip against Zhang

Level: 14 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Jie Zhang raised to 8500, Jaegwang Kim three-bet shoved 75.5k, Zhang tank-called. Kim 8 8, Zhang A Q, no hits for Zhang on the board for a double up to Kim to 160k. Zhang dropped to 50k.


Chip count update

Level: 14 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Table 3

Graeme Siow 240k
Hu Yu Tang 230k
Ken Yong Ma 115k
Kwok Ting Shum 55k
Matthew Chan 230k
Sera Ota 66k
Kelvin Beattie 339k
Yang Kyung Suk 308k

Table 4

Gabriel Roh 240k
Hsiao Yun Yang 115k
Wang Wei Han 105k
shiga Mitsuhiro 348k
Alex Lindop 220k
Lee Kun Han 230k
Eng Loong Choi 540k (chip leader)
Ta Chih Geeng 210k

Table 5

Luke Lee 77k
Jen Yen Chien 185k
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 220k
Carlos Chang 430k
Neil Raine 270k
Yusuke Kotake 130k
Iori Yogo 34k
Takao Shimizu 110k

Table 6

Ji Young Kim 88k
Song Daewoong 120k
Go Mori 118k
Yo Hwan Lim 110k
Chi Ying Tsai 90k
Kenichi Takarabe 90k
Tobias Peters 293k
Vincent Li 170k

Table 7

Cheng Chao Ting 200k
Jie Zhang 130k
Punnat Punsri 195k
Andy Chan 280k
Jaegwang Kim 75k
Jun Beum Chun 480k
Chia Yun Wu 350k
Yu Chung Chang 45k


Chia Yun Wu gets it on the river, Punsri pays

Level: 13 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Catching the action on a flop 9 Q 2 and heavy pot formed, from utg+2 Punnat Punsri bet, cutoff Chia Yun Wu called. On the turn A, the pot was now around 40k, Punsri bet again, this time 22.5k, Chia continued to call. When the river landed 10, Punsri bet 40.5k, Chia raised to 100k, Punsri tank-called. Chia showed 10 10 set, Punsri mucked. Chia up to 343k, Punsri dipped to 249k.


Matthew Chan doubles up

Level: 13 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Matthew Chan looked down at K K and three-bet shoved. Initial raiser Yang Kyung Suk called with A 2. No bad beat arrived for a double up to 245k. Yang dropped to 305k.


Jun Beum Chun rails Wang Tau Wei, rises to 385k

Level: 13 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Jun Beum Chun scooped another hefty stack. This time he sent Wang Tau Wei packing. Wang all in with A 10, Jun with 9 9, the board ran clean. Jun up to 385k.