Jaepil You dominated the heads up action against Tamon Nakamura to dust him off in 2nd place and capture his first APT title. Congratulations to Jaepil You! He is the APT’s newest champion!
For his big achievement he earned the ₩49,770,000 first place purse and was awarded the APT Championship Ring.
Tamon Nakamura simply couldn’t stop the steamrolling Jaepil You who fully dominated the heads up round. The final hand saw You raise to 205k and Nakamura call. At the flop 9♥ Q♠ 4♦, Nakamura check-called 300k. On the K♦ turn, Nakamura checked, You bet 375k, Nakamura shoved, and You called.
You K♣ 10♠ top pair
Nakamura J♦ 6♦ draw
The river A♠ was no help to Nakamura to end the Championships Event with Jaepil You as the champion.
Nakamura earned ₩33,181,000 for his impressive run
With a third double up to Tamon Nakamura, Jaepil You went back to grinding down his opponent. At heads up hand #41, Tamon Nakamura raised to 150k, and You called. At the flop 5♣ 8♠ 9♥, 7♥ turn, both checked it. On the 8♣ river, You fired out 200k and got the call. He opened 4♣ 5♦ two pair, Nakamura mucked.
Another double up awarded to Tamon Nakamura to jump to 2.4M in chips. He raised to 125k, Jaepil You called. At the flop K♥ J♠ 10♥, You checked, Nakamura bet 150k, You called. On the 9♥ turn, You checked, Nakamura bet 400k, You shoved, and Nakamura called for his tournament life.
You Q♣ 2♣ straight
Nakamura Q♥ 6♥ flush
The river was 7♦.
Tamon Nakamura once again survived an all in showdown. Jaepil You opened with a 250k raise, Nakamura shoved, You called.
You A♣ Q♣
Nakamura A♥ K♣
The board ran 5♥ 2♣ 4♥ K♠ 2♥. Nakamura up to 1.8M.
Jaepil You is running away with the lead. He won several more pots. One saw Nakamura raise to 125k, You three-bet to 550k, Nakamura called. On the flop 5♦ 5♣ 9♠, You shoved and won it.
Another pot Nakamura raised to 100k, You shoved, Nakamura folded. Nakamura down to 835k.
After doubling up Tamon Nakamura, Jaepil You went back to work attacking Nakamura’s stack. On one of the hands he won, he called Nakamura’s 125k raise and the flop ran 5♣ K♠ 3♥. You checked, Nakamura c-bet 100k, You raised to 350k, and Nakamura called. On the A♥ river, You jumped out with a 375k bet and won it with Nakamura folding.
Tamon Nakamura raised to 125k, Jaepil You three-bet to 425k, Nakamura shoved, and You with the call.
Nakamura A♠ Q♣
You Q♦ 10♦
The board ran 9♠ 3♦ A♥ K♦ K♣ for a double up to Nakamura to 2.8M.
Tamon Nakamura lost another costly pot to Jaepil You. He raised to 125k and You called. On the flop J♣ 10♥ 5♥, You check-called a 150k bet. On the 4♥ turn, both checked to bring on the river 9♥. You checked then called a 200k bet by Nakamura.
Nakamura 9-10 two pair
You K♠ 8♥ flush
Nakamura down to 1.4M. You up to 6M.