HomeAfter the bubble burst, players had to complete the level. This led to four players bumping the rail. One of them was two-time APT Main Event champion, Henrik Tollefsen. He finished in 60th place.
On the other end of the scale was China’s Wang Meng, reigning Day 2 with his 518,000 stack.
We will have a recap for you shortly so make sure to be on the lookout for that. For now, you can read up on some of the action we witnessed right here in our Live Updates page.
Payouts
60th – Henrik Tollefsen – Norway – HKD 19,500
61st Chun Hei Li – Hong Kong – HKD 19,500
62nd Takanori Azuma – Japan – HKD 19,500
63rd Yanchao Zhao – China – HKD 19,500
The bubble has burst and everyone momentarily celebrated. After a few hand-for-hand action with no shoves, Lei Liu moved all in on a flop of Q♠ 3♦ 9♦, and to his immediate left, Lim Min Soon snap-called.
Lei Liu: Q♣ 10♣ top pair
Lim Min Soon: A♦ K♥
The turn came 8♦ for additional outs to Lim which he hit on the river with a J♦ for a flush.
China’s Hele Liu has been sitting with a large stack for quite some time which he brought over to a new table where he pumped it up some more. We caught the action on a full spread of 5♥ 3♥ K♠ Q♥ 6♣. Hele bet 22k and got the call from Sparrow Cheung. Hele turned over 2♠ 4♠ for a winning straight. Hele is one of the chip leaders with around 400k in chips.
We didn’t think we’d reach the money today but we were wrong. We are now down to 64 players which means, it is bubble time. Good luck to all!
China’s Wang Meng has been taking down some hefty pots at his table and has overtaken the leader Ricardo Jose Valim. Here were a few of Meng’s hands:
Fung all in with A♣ J♠, Meng with K♣ K♦, the board ran 5♠ 9♠ K♠ 9♣ 8♣ for a full house to Meng and the exit to Fung.
Utg+1 Victor Chong raised to 5500 and button Meng called. At the flop 7♠ 8♠ 3♦, no bets came. On the 5♥ turn, Chong checked, Meng bet 12k, and was called. On the river 4♥, action was the same with Chong calling a 33k bet. Meng won with 4♥ 5♥ two pair. Before the bubble round, Meng won another pot against Chong to near 500k.
Dong Guo will not be claiming a second title. He was railed by Lai Kwok Chan with 9-9 outdrawn by Chan’s A-Q with the board spreading 6-J-2-Q-A.
For quite some time, Germany’s Piet Pape has been the chip leader at his table. He entered the day as one of the largest stacks and has been steadily grinding upwards. We happened to catch two of his recent winners. The first one he railed Xilian Liu with A♥ J♣ staying ahead of A♦ 5♠. He followed that up won against Keven.
Action began with Keven raising to 5500, Pape three-bet to 16k, Keven called. On the flop 8♦ K♣ 4♦, Keven checked to the aggressor Pape who c-bet 12.5k. Keven folded. Pape up to 340k.
After taking a terrible hit to his stack with queens falling to tens, Danny Tang has had to claw his way back up. He managed to bump up a bit by railing a player with his J♥ J♠ over A♦ K♥, but shortly after, he still went down. Tang told us he his K-K ran into two players with pocket aces.
China’s Wenling Gao got involved in two separate pots that ultimately sent her stack spiraling down to a critical 30k. The first hand saw three players in the hand with Gao joined by button player Wang Wenrui and big blind Yoichi Uesugi.
At the flop K♥ 9♦ Q♣, Gao bet 8k, was called by Wang Wenrui while Uesugi check-folded. On the K♣ turn, she dropped a 20k c-bet only to get shoved by Wang. Gao eventually folded.
The next losing pot happened just before the round ended. She faced off with Uesugi. We missed the action prior to the shoves but we did get a loose review of it from the winner. Preflop action, Uesugi raised from utg, Gao three-bet from mid position, and Uesugi called.
On the flop J♣ 2♦ 6♣, Uesugi checked to the aggressor Gao who fired out a c-bet, Uesugi called. On the A♠ turn, action was the same. Uesugi checked, Gao bet, then Uesugi jammed it all in for a total of 62k. This sent Gao tanking until the clock was finally called on her. On the last seconds, she called.
Uesugi A♦ J♠ top two pair
Gao Q♣ 3♣ flush draw
The river 5♥ completed the board and Gao paid the costly double up.