HomeThe first all in at the bubble round arrived with Hanayama Takeo three-betting all in on top of Jin Yong’s 25k raise. Yong called.
Takeo A♠ Q♠
Yong 7♣ 7♦
The board ran 5♣ 8♥ K♦ A♥ for a double up to Takeo to 80k. We are still at the bubble with 19 remaining.
Champion against champion, battle of the blinds…. With everyone folding to the small blnd, Mike Takayama pushed and Iori Yogo accepted the challenge putting himself at risk.
Takayama A♦ 9♥
Yogo K♠ Q♣
The board ran 4♠ 3♣ A♥ 4♦ 8♠. We are now entering the bubble round with 19 remaining.
Daiki Kohagi claimed the first two pots at his table with the second one sending Junichi Nakagiri to the rail. Kohagi raised to 20k, Nakagiri moved all in, Kohagi with the snap-call.
Kohagi A♥ A♦
Nakagiri K♣ K♥
No help came on the board for Nakagiri.
As expected, early casualties would happen. At table 16, Yoichi Fujiya shoved with 101,000 and William Ysmael called.
Fujiya A♠ J♥
Ysmael A♥ Q♠
The board ran 4♥ 7♠ Q♣ 6♣ A♦. We are quickly down to 21 players.
Shuffle up and deal! We are back for Day 3 of the APT Main Event with 22 players at the felt battling it out for a slice of the USD 192,060 pie with the bubble bursting today. Only 18 players will get paid which means four of them will leave with no dinero.
Starting the day as the massive chip leader is Korea’s Gyeong Byeong Lee with 748,000 in chips. Running second is another Korean player Soo Jo Kim with 658,000. Both players are past APT champions.
Today will play down to the Final 8. Good luck to all the players!