HomeHele Liu claimed the first pot of the Final 8. Wang Jun opened with a 53k raise from the hijack seat, Liu three-bet to 224k from the big blind. Jun folded.
Now that all the players have been introduced, it is game time! Good luck to all!
In just one hour’s time, the Main Event will be underway with the Final 8 at the felt for the race to the title and the HKD 587,000 first place purse. Cards will be in the air at 130pm. Everyone is invited to come on over and watch from the rails. For those unable to attend, you can follow us right here as we provide you with blow-by-blow stories until a champion is crowned.
Here are the Final 8 contenders:
Evgeny Kurilenko – Russia – 2,421,000
Hele Liu – China – 2,086,000
Sai Ho Philip Chiu – Hong Kong – 1,244,000
Hung Sheng Lin – Taiwan – 1,040,000
Toshimitsu Kamei – Japanese – 925,000
Wang Jun – China – 737,000
Hiroshi Matsumoto – Japan – 534,000
Wang Meng – China – 438,000
All of these players are hunting down their first APT Main Event title. Action resumes at Level 25 with blinds at 12K -24K ante 4K. Average stack is 1,178,125. There are 9,425,000 total chips in play.
See you back here in an hour!