HomeAfter 8 rounds of regulation play, Day 2 is in the books! 21 players remaining. We will have a recap for you shortly but for now, you can relive the action by scrolling through the live updates we’ve provided.
Top four chip leaders:
Jinwoo Kim – 767,000
Teruhisa Aoyama – 764,000
Paul Hong – 743,000
Kam Ip Yuk – 739,000
Payouts (22nd-29th)
22- Chung Iwakura – Japan – KRW 2,119,000
23- Carlo Calingasan – Philippines – KRW 1,819,000
24- Jae Kyung Ro – USA – KRW 1,819,000
25- Takuya Suzuki – Japan – KRW 1,819,000
26- Ken Okada – Japan – KRW 1,819,000
27- Benedict Koh – Singapore – KRW 1,819,000
28- Otsubo Yosuke – Japan – KRW 1,819,000
29- Ognjen Jakara – Bosnia – KRW 1,819,000
Another player has gone down before the close of the day, Chung Iwakura was ralied by Sang Gu Kim. Kim kicked off the action with a 21k raise, Chung shoved 112k, Kim called.
Kim J♥ J♠
Iwakura Q♠ J♣
The board bricked and Iwakura was out 22nd.
The lone Filipino player in the field, Carlo Calingasan, just went down at the hands of Sachiko Harima. Harima limped, Paul Hong limped, Calingasan shoved 107k, Harima shoved as well, and Hong got out of the way.
Calingasan A♠ 2♣
Harima K♥ Q♠
The board ran 5♥ 8♦ K♦ 2♦ 4♣ for a pair to Harima and the boot to Calingasan.
Big stacks went at it preflop with Teruhisa Aoyama raising to 13k, Lei Chen calling, then Jinwoo Kim with a three-bet to 60k. Action back to Aoyama. He four-bet to 136k, Chen folded, so did Kim.
Kelvin Beattie is picking up momentum in this last level of the day. He has just claimed another sizable pot, railing Takuya Suzuki in the process. Beattie raised to 14k, was three-bet to 41k by Shota Hirao, Suzuki went all in for 31k, Beattie four-bet to 100k, and went head-to-head against Suzuki after the re-raiser folded.
Beattie K♣ K♠
Suzuki A♣ 10♦
The board ran 2♣ K♦ 9♣ 6♠ 8♣ for trips and the pot. He now has 400K.
Big pot at table 3 between Kelvin Beattie and Masuda Shota. With around 180k already brewed in the middle and a complete board of K♦ A♠ 3♣ 9♣ 3♦, Beattie was all in sending Shota tanking. Shota opted to fold.
Fokin Valeriy doubled up with K♣ Q♣ called by Kosei Ichinose J♣ 9♣ with initial raiser Roman Shcherbakov folding his A-J. The board ran Q♦ 9♥ 6♦ 3♦ 3♣.
Paul Hong double up through Ken Okada in a lucky two-outer catch. Hong had 7-7 and Okada with 8-8. The board ran 4-7-3-Q-Q full house to Hong.
Before the field downsized to three tables, Jae Kyung Ro doubled up through Shin Martin. Ro was all in with A♥ K♠ and won the draw against Martin’s 9♣ 9♠ with the board running J♠ 4♠ 6♥ 2♦ K♥.
Martin was able to recover the chips through Jinwoo Kim with his 2♠ 2♦ holding against Kim’s A♥ 5♠.
Alexander Ugay raised to 11k, Teruhisa Aoyama three-bet to 32k, Ugay flat-called. At the flop A♥ 3♥ 9♦, Ugay checked, Aoyama c-bet 26k, and was called. On the 9♠ turn, action was the same with Ugay check-calling 60.5k. On the 7♥ river both checked and Aoyama won with A♦ K♦. Ugay showed K♥ K♠.
Next hand, Ugay eliminated Otsubo Yosuke with 10-10 on a board 7-9-3-7-5. Yosuke didn’t show. Ugay with 490K.
After Jinwoo Kim railed a player, it was the official start of the bubble round with 30 players remaining. With action still to complete at one of the tables, players didn’t have to wait long for it to burst with Luke Romyn falling to Hyun Kyu Bae.
Hyun K♥ K♠
Romyn A♣ K♣
The board ran Q♦ 9♠ 7♠ 10♥ 4♠. Luckily for Romyn, he qualified for bubble protection which means he will receive his buy-in back in APT tournament credits.