APT Finale Taiwan 2019 Championships Event


Bubble round: Kelvin Beattie doubles up

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12K

Action folded to the small blind J 10, bb Chi Ying Tsai tried to eliminate with 10 3, the board ran A K 7 9 4. Beattie up to 162k, Chi down to 307k.


Bubble round: Go Mori doubles up through Peters

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12K

A quick shove here and called. The at-risk player was Go Mori with 6 6 and Tobias Peters looking to eliminate with A 4. Peters missed the board for a double up to Mori to 140k.


Ta Chih rivers out Ji Young Kim

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12K

Ji Young Kim’s run just ended at the hands of Ta Chih on a nasty river beat. He had Q Q, Kim with K K, the cards 10 9 5 6 Q for the two-outer spiked by Ta Chih to eliminate Kim. Ta Chih up to 590k.

17 players remaining. We now enter the bubble round.


Chip count update

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12K

Table 21

1-Ta Chih 370k
2-Shiga Mitsuhiro 277k
3-Ji Young Kim 190k
4-Carlos Chang 596k
5-Punnat Punsri 1.439M
6-Graeme Siow 188k
7-Kelvin Beattie 85k
8-Chi Ying Tsai 394k
9- Sera Ota 489k

Table 24

1- Cheng Chao Ting 362k
2- Go Mori 53k
3- Chia Yun Wu 145k
4- Eng Loong Choi 1.22M
5- Tobias Peters 609k
6-Takao Shimizu 517k
7- Neil Raine 526k
8- Chang Yu Chung 152k
9- Alex Lindop 256k


Tobias Peters rails Wang Wei Han

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

WE are down to 18 players, that means we are now at two tables. Latest fallout was Wang Wei Han with 6 6 that ran into Tobias Peters’s A A. Peters is up to 650k.


Punnat Punsri takes from Sera Ota

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

Sera Ota built up a nice stack of around 700k and most wins were without a showdown. This hand however went the other way. From utg she raised t0 24k and bb Punnat Punsri defended. At the flop 8 Q A, no bets landed. On the turn J, Punsri led for 40k, Ota raised to 84k, Punsri called. On the river 9, Punsri slid out 150k, much too much for Ota who folded. Punsri up to 1.45M, Ota down to 515k.


Eng Loong Choi busts Keon Yong Ma

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

All in preflop, Keon Yong Ma A-K, Eng Loong Choi A 3, the board Q 3 2 9 6 for a pair to Choi to eliminate Keon before the money. Choi up to 1.25M. We are down to 19 players. Money at 16 places.


Ji Young Kim gets lucky on Beattie

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

Ji Young Kim was on her third shove and won this one too getting very lucky on Kelvin Beattie. Kim A Q, Beattie K K, the board 3 Q Q 2 6 for trips. Kim doubled up to 215k, Beattie down to 123k.


Carlos Chang with the higher straight

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

We got to the table as Carlos Chang was being paid by Neil Raine. The board was 7 10 J 9 6, Raine with 8 9 straight, Chang K Q higher straight. Chang back up to 540k, Raine slipped to 420k. Both are above average.