HomeAfter nine hours of Day 3 action, the Final 8 players of the Main Event emerged. They return tomorrow for the race to the last APT Main Event title of 2019.
Starting time: 130pm
Blinds: 12k-24k ante 24k (countdown from 39:30)
Average stack: 996,875
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Seat 1: Hsiao Yun Yang 1,990,000
Seat 2 : Hsu Piying 247,000
Seat 3: Lau King Lun Alan 399,000
Seat 4: Zhou Yueyang 1,760,000
Seat 5: Luke Lee 451,000
Seat 6: Jeff Davis 146,000
Seat 7: Hwang Sang Yeon 2,026,000 (chip leader)
Seat 8: Takao Shimizu 962,000
We will have a Day 3 recap for you shortly. Congratulations to the Final 8 players!
The final race will stream live on APT Twitch and APT YouTube (30 minute delay)
Action folded to the blinds, Kelvin Beattie shoved with 10♠ 10♦ but beside him the big stacked big blind Hsiao Yun Yang woke up with Q♦ Q♥. No hits for Beattie on the board K♣ 6♣ 9♥ J♠ 2♠ to fall in 9th place. He missed the official final table by one spot. He earned NT$ 222,700 for his 9th place finish.
Action folded to the blinds, sb Hwang Sang Yeon limped, bb Takao Shimizu checked. The board ran out 8♥ 3♦ 6♦ 10♥ 7♥, Hwang triple-barreled 40k, 60k, and 210k, Shimizu called. Hwang had 2♥ 3♥ flush, Shimizu mucked and is down to 920k. Hwang up to 2.025M.
From utg+1, Hwang Sang Yeon raised to 50k, sb chip leader Zhou Yueyang called, the flop ran 9♥ J♥[qc}. Hwang c-bet 50k, Zhou check-called. At the turn K♠, Hwang fired 180k, Zhou check-folded.
Cutoff Kelvin Beattie raised to 50k, Lau King Lun Alan defended his big blind. At the flop 2♦ 2♣ 9♠, Lau checked, Beattie c-bet 38k, Lau shoved (238k), Beattie folded.
Kelvin Beattie 691k
Hsiao Yun Yang 1.15M
Hsu Piying 282k
Lau King Lun Alan 315k
Zhou Yueyang 1.95M
Luke Lee 565k
Jeff Davis 251k
Hwang Sang Yeon 1.6M
Takao Shimizu 1.326M
9 players average stack 886,111.
After Chia Yun Wu’s failed bluff, he lost the rest of it on the next hand. Hwang Sang Yeon raised to 40k, Chia jammed, Takao Shimizu called, Hwang jammed and Shimizu called.
Hwang J♠ J♦
Shimizu Q♠ Q♦
Chia Q♥ 8♦
The board ran 2♣ K♠ 10♥ 3♥ for a flush draw to Chia but he was denied on the river 9♦. He took 10th for NT$ 185,600. Shimizu shipped it and won huge side pot. He is now at 1.326m. Hwang dropped to 1.6m.
On a board 5♣ 8♦ 7♠ 2♦, Chia Yun Wu and Hwang Sang Yeon checked it and the river was dealt 6♣. Bb Chia slid out a tower of blue amounting to 100k, Hwang slid one for the call. Chia showed J♥ 10♦ jack high bluff, Hwang won it with A♠ 10♠ higher kicker.
Michal Polchlopek was eliminated by Zhou Yueyang. Zhou called Polchlopek’s shove on a flop 6♦ 10♣ 10♦. Polchlopek drawing 5♦ 7♦, Zhou 6♥ 8♠ two pair. The turn 2♠ and river 9♣ ended Polchlopek in 11th place. He earned NT$ 154,700 for his efforts.
Zhou now at 1.66M.