APT Philippines 2 2019 Main Event


Day 2 ends; Sim Jae Kyung bags the chip lead

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Sim Jae Kyung

Day 2 is a wrap! We will have the official tally for you. Closing the heat up top was Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba with 522k. No other player came close to his stack. Stand by for the recap and all the nitty gritty info needed entering day 3.

Rank Name Country  Chips Table  Seat
1 Arvhin Malinab Canada 670,500 ???? 18 4
2 Simba “J.K Sim” Korea 522,000 18 7
3 Xiao Sheng Zheng China 437,500 16 8
4 Gavin Flynn Ireland 397,500 8 8
5 Daiki Horikawa (BP) Japan 379,000 16 3
6 Dang Mai Anh Vietnam 376,500 7 6
7 Tetsuya Enoki Japan 375,500 6 1
8 Yonghyun Yoo Korea 368,000 6 3
9 Khoo Kah Hock  Malaysia 344,000 7 7
10 Heng Li China 329,500 7 2
11 Yip Wai Shing Hong Kong 308,000 17 1
12 Thomas Ward New Zealand 301,000 17 7
13 Stauilaus Pui Malaysia 292,500 7 1
14 Thoo Ming Ken Malaysia 281,500 16 5
15 Andrew Lettau Austria 277,000 15 8
17 Rene Van Krevelen Netherlands 274,000 6 7
16 Francesco Morales (BP) Italy 274,000 9 6
18 John Niko Costiniano Philippines 271,500 9 3
19 En Ching Wu Taiwan 269,000 18 5
20 Lester Edoc Philippines 264,500 15 1
21 Masato Yokosawa Japan 254,500 17 6
22 Gary Thompson Ireland 237,500 7 3
23 Kosuke Tajima (BP) Japan 227,500 9 1
24 Yin Zhang China 211,000 7 5
25 Su Tianhong China 205,500 18 9
26 Yo Hwan Lim Korea 202,500 16 6
27 Kirill Tarasov Russia 200,000 18 1
28 David Erquiaga Philippines 197,000 9 4
29 Emmanuel Seaismundo Philippines 191,500 8 7
30 Jae Won Choi (BP) Korea 190,000 6 9
31 Terry Fan Taiwan 185,000 6 5
32 N-Rak Lertphokhanon Thailand 184,000 15 3
33 Tou Ta Wei Taiwan 178,000 8 4
34 William Ysmael Philippines 163,500 16 7
35 Hubert Spiess France 158,500 9 8
36 Jixue Yin China 158,000 9 7
37 Tatsu Kaneko Japan 155,000 7 4
38 John Tech Philippines 154,500 7 8
39 David Wang Australia 154,500 16 1
40 Michael Seymour Australia 147,500 17 5
41 Mark Dela Cruz Philippines 143,000 6 8
42 Robert G. Uy Philippines 133,500 17 8
43 Taichi Yoneya Japan 133,000 9 2
44 Yoda-Zhao Gang China 132,000 8 5
45 Deninis Gamboa Philippines 132,000 15 6
46 N. Binh Minh Vietnam 129,000 8 6
47 Christopher Kwong (BP) Singapore 127,000 17 2
48 Dongjun Kim Korea 127,000 18 2
49 Jaideep Sajwan India 122,500 16 4
50 Yohn Paredes Peru 122,000 15 7
51 E. “Saudnio” Macavinta Philippines 117,500 9 5
52 Xing Yu Ren China 117,000 15 2
53 Jin Yong Malaysia 108,000 8 3
54 Jason Kyle Magbanua Philippines 103,500 6 4
55 Janno “Boypicktus” Riga Philippines 101,000 8 2
56 Metasit Pratipsangkom Thailand 95,000 15 4
57 Tokio Kaneko Japan 81,000 16 2
58 Anh Nguyen Vietnam 77,000 17 3
59 Royoji Takahashi (BP) Japan 69,000 18 3
60 Kim Sun Hong Korea 67,500 8 1
61 Vivian Young-Shin Im Korea 58,500 18 6
62 Iori Yogo (BP) Japan 53,000 15 5
63 Seina Asagiri Japan 50,500 6 2
64 Nicholas Andrews Australia 48,000 6 6
65 Gun Clawuuthinan Thailand 46,500 18 8
66 Doug Hartwick (BP) Canada 46,000 17 4

Yin Zhang takes from Andre Lettau

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

On a flop 8 7 5 and 40k in the middle, action was checked to mp player who bet 20k, back to bb Andre Lettau who check-raised to 50k, utg+1, Yin Zhang check-jammed 89.5k, mp folded.

Lettau 10 9 open ended
Zhang 7 7 set

Turn 2 and river 5 were empty for Lettau, Zhang doubled up to 230k.


Straight up for Yonghyun Yoo

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Yonghyun Yoo

On a turn board 8 J 9 6, Kosuke Tajima bet 20k onto a 35k pot, Yonghyun Yoo called. On the river K, checked by both. Kosuke showed 7 9, Yoo had better with Q J. Yoo up to 250k.


Preflop war goes to En Ching Wu

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

En Ching Wu raised to 10k, button Emmanuel Segismundo three-bet to 27k, Wu four-bet to 96k, Segismundo folded. Wu took it and climbed to 290k.


Thoo Ming Ken doubles up to 250k

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Won Hee Lee and Thoo Ming Ken were all in preflop. Lee 9 9, Ken (at-risk) player with A K. The board ran K K 5 2 J for a double up to Ken to 250k.


Sim Jae Kyung tanks Erquiaga

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000` Ante: 4000

Sim Jae Kyung put the heat on David Erquiaga on this hand. Action kicked off with button Yip Wai Shing Vinson limping in, sb Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba raised to 8k, bb David Erquiaga three-bet to 30k, Vinson folded, Simba called. On the flop K 6 7, both checked. The turn 8 Simba checked, Erquiaga bet 27k, Simba raised to 120k, Erquiaga tanked. After what seemed like five minutes, Erquiaga folded while showing A K top pair. Simba claimed the pot and showed 8 9 pair and open ended. Simba back up to 550k.


Lim Yo Hwan to 160k

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Lim Yo Hwan

We just realized there were players at the feature table and some have quite large stacks. One of the players there is two-time APT Championships Event winner Lim Yoh Wan aka Boxer. We were able to get a hand on him. Mp Tom Ward raised to 8k, bb Boxer called. On the flop Q 6 J and K turn, no bets landed. On the river 2, Boxer bet 12k, Ward called. Boxer showed K 10 top pair, Ward mucked. Boxer up to 160k.


Another short stack earns off Lester Edoc

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Lester Edoc’s 9 9 failed to ship it with Anh Nguyen’s A 8 finding two pair on a board J A 7 8 5. Nguyen now up to 70k. Edoc dipped to 330k.


Last level of the day

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

Remaining: 70 players
Total chips in play: 12,875,000
Average stack is 183,929

Big stacks

Sim Jae Kyung 480k
Khao Kah Hock 390k
Lester Edoc 370k
Gavin Flynn 355k
Xiaosheng Zheng 345k
Andre Lettau 340k
Stanislau Pui 325k
Li Heng 320k
Tetsuya Enoki 300k