HomeWe have already lost ten players today. Among them were Hung Sheng Lin and past APT champion Lim Yah Loon. One table has broken and were are at 71 players.
Past APT Main Event champion Shinichiro Tone went head-to-head against Le Ngoc Khanh with everyone folding to the blinds. Sb player Tone raised to 3K preflop and Khanh defended his big blind with a call. On the flop 8♦ K♠ Q♥, both players checked. On the 6♦ turn, Tone led for 5K and Khanh was stuck with him. On the 10♦ river, Tone laid out another bet, this time worth 8k, and Khanh called. Tone won with his K♦ 2♦ flush. Khanh mucked.
Andy Li Xueyan raised to 2800 and was called by Andreand Flo Campomanes. At the flop of A♥ A♣ 8♣, everyone checked. At the 6♣ turn, action was checked to button player Andre who slid out a 4200 bet. Xueyan called. On the J♣ river, no bets came and Xueyan won with his A♦ Q♦ trips.
Eugene Co picked up a a couple of pots, both of them quite beefed up to bring his stack to around 180k. The first hand he faced Yuri Odagiri, calling her 25k flop bet on a board of 6♠ 9♣ 10♦. On the turn 3♦, Odagiri checked, Co moved all in, and Odagiri folded but not before tanking for some time.
The next pot for Co led to the elimination of Martin Corpuz. It was an all in showdown preflop with Corpuz holding J♥ J♦ and Co with A♠ A♥. The board bricked.
The day’s entering chip leader, Ram Sanati Farajash is putting the heat on at his table. After winning two small pots with uncalled bets, he earned a bigger pot courtesy of Yuri Odagiri. The hand kicked off with Odagiri raising to 2400 and Farajash calling from the small blind.
At the flop of A♥ 3♠ K♦, Odagiri continued with a 3200 bet and Farajash matched her up. On the 10♣ turn both players checked and got a free look at the river 5♣. Odagiri jumped out with a 12k bet, and Farajash called.
Odagiri 6♣ 7♣ air
Farajash 7♠ A♣ top pair
Farajash climbed to around 280k.
Day 2 of the Main Event has kicked off! There are 81 players remaining out of the 132 entries. The total prize pool is USD 192,060 with first place earning the lion’s share USD 49,070. But for today, they won’t be seeing the money just yet. They will play down to the final 18 places 9- ITM – or eight rounds of sixty minutes each whichever is reached first.
Good luck to all!
Main Event Live Updates will be available starting September 19, 1pm. Full list of chip counts can be seen at the APT Facebook page.