HomeEunho Kwon – Korea – 2,510,000
Slaven Popov – Bulgaria – 2,495,000
Dragon Chinh – Vietnam – 2,215,000
Stephen Schumacher – USA – 1,430,000
Huidong Gu – Macau – 1,270,000
Ryusuke Kasawaki – Japan – 1,060,000
Lim Yo Hwan – Korea – 715,000
Le Ngoc Khanh – Vietnam – 690,000
Average stack: 1,548,125
Chips in play: 12,385,000
The Final 8 race resumes on Sunday, January 20 at 130pm. Blinds continue at Level 22 – 10K-25K ante 25K with the clock counting down from 50:20.
Erik Billgren – 9th place
Sick end to the Championships Event Day 3. Erik Billgren all in with J♠ J♦, called by Slaven Popov with 10♠ 10♦, the board ran a wild 4♥ 8♦ J♣ 9♠ Q♦ straight over set for Popov. That finished off Billgren in 9th place.
The Final 8 has been formed! Congratulations! We will have the chip counts for you shortly. Enjoy the updates until we have the day’s review.
Ajitpal Singh – 10th place
Action folded around the felt to button Ajitpal Singh, he put the rest of his short stack in and was called by both blinds, Slaven Popov (sb) and Lim Yohwan (bb). The flop ran J♥ 9♠ 6♦, Popov bet 65k for a side pot but Yohwan opted to fold.
Singh 7♣ 5♣
Popov K♦ 9♣
The turn Q♥ and river 4♠ sealed the win for Popov and Singh the 10th place spot.
We are down to 9 players. One more elimination before we lock up the Final 8.
Gu Hui Dong banked a huge double up against Ajitpal Singh to send him over 1.3M. From late position, Huidong raised to 50k and Singh called on the big blind. At the flop 4♣ 5♣ 6♠, Singh checked, Huidong fired 100k, Singh three-bet to 310k, Huidong jammed, and a snap call from Singh.
Singh 6♥ 7♦
Huidong 9♠ 9♦
The turn 5♠ and river A♣ were no help to Singh and Huidong shipped it. Singh dropped to 80k.
Linh Tran – 11th place
We lost another APT decorated champion, Linh Tran has just been given the boot by Dragon Chinh. Action began with Chinh raising to 50k called by Tran. On the flop 9♣ 5♦ 7♠, Tran checked, Chinh bet 140k, Tran raised to 300k, Chinh called. On the K♦ turn, no bets landed. The river 8♦, Tran moved all in for his remaining 495k, Chinh thought about it then called. Tran Q♠ 8♣ pair, Chinh 5♠ 5♥ set. Chinh at 2.45M.
We are down to the unofficial final table of 10 players.
Unfortunately we missed the bust out of Chi Chung Ho (12th) and Nam Nguyen (13th). Both players were sitting on very short stacks and were limited to push or fold.
Chi Chung Ho – 12th – VND 147,611,000
Chi Chung Ho – 12th place
Nam Nguyen – 13th – VND 123,009,000
Nam Nguyen – 13th place
Catching the action on a turn board A♥ 8♠ Q♣ 4♠, small blind Stephen Schumacher bet 140k, button Lim Yohwan aka Boxer called. On the river 2♣ both players opted to check. Schumacher showed his J♦ 10♦ missed draw and lost to Boxer’s 6♠ 2♠ bottom pair on the river.
On a raised pot preflop, the board landed 6♣ A♦ 10♣. Sb Dragon Chinh bet 105k, button Le Ngoc Khanh called. On the K♣ turn, Chinh checked, Khanh bet 270k, Chih flat-call. On the river 6♥, Chinh all in for 605k, Khanh tanked. The covered man Khanh had 480k behind. The clock was called. He folded. Chinh 1.6M.
Nguyen Chi Thinh
Nguyen Chi Thinh all in with A♦ 6♥, big stacked Stephen Schumacher had better A♣ 10♦, the board offered no help to Thinh to send him out in 14th place. Schumacher rises to 1.8M.