HomeOn a completed board of K♦ 3♦ K♥ 8♠ 2♣ and around 8700 already brewed in previous betting rounds, Antonio Martins bet 12k and Ardai Thomas called. Thomas quickly mucked upon seeing 8♣ 8♦ full house.
Last time we were here in Macau, Victor Chong finished in 2nd place at the Championships Event. Today, he seems to be having a rough time out in the field, losing chips to Qui Han Wei to send his chips well below the average.
Catching the action at the flop J♥ 3♣ 9♣, Chong bet 2300, Qui raised to 6k, and after giving Qui the long staredown, Chong called. On the 2♥ turn, no bets were fired, but on the 5♦ river, Qui sent out 10k and Chong check-called. After Chong revealed his 5♣ 5♠ set, Qui got extra stares to go with the pot.
Okay, we’ve got the scoop on the numbers. There were an additional 48 late entries today bringing our total tally to 377 and the prize pool to a massive HKD 3,619,200. A total of 63 players will see a piece of that pie with the eventual champion claiming the lion’s share HKD 587,000.
Back to the game, there are 166 players left in the running. Our day’s entering chip leaders, Zhang Chen Xu and Dong Guo are faring well out there maintaining their big stacks.
Decorated APT champion, Choong Kian Weng, went head-to-head against Kazuhiko Yosushika in two separate hands that sent Yosushika re-entering just before the final buzzer. The first hand between them saw a flop 8♦ 9♠ 10♦. Yosushika moved all in with 8♣ 9♣, one player folded, and Weng called with J♠ Q♣. The turn 4♠ and river J♦ kept Weng ahead for a double up.
The next hand came several orbits later. Yosushika shoved his short stack with K-J and Weng sent him packing with his 4-4 set.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event! Action kicked off promptly at 1pm with 182 runners back at the tables. With registration open through the first level of the day, many new players joined in along with re-entries from short stacks dropping early.
We don’t have the official tally yet but we will have that for you as soon as they flash that up on the screen. Among the late entries were two-time APT champion Henrik Tollefsen, Indian pro Aditya Agarwal, Markus Garberg, and Yuri Ishida.
Day 2 will play another 8 rounds of 60 minutes each. By the size of the field, we doubt the money bubble will burst today but that’s a wait and see. Entering as the chip leader was China’s Zhang Chenxu with 157,150 followed by Dong Guo with 145,850. We will certainly be tracking those players along with other notables in the field.
So stay with us as we bring you live updates on some of the thrilling moments witnessed by our team.