HomeWith the fall of Lin Wen Hong in 9th palce, the final 8 players emerged! They will be returning for the final race to the title on Sunday, May 5 at 130pm. The event will stream live on APT Twitch and APT Youtube. Here are the contenders:
Iori Yogo – Japan – 4,565,000
Gyeong Byeong Lee – Korea – 3,265,000
Byungwook Ahn – Korea – 2,545,000
Ken Foo Hsien Loong – Malaysia – 1,260,000
Siyoung Lee – Korea – 1,250,00
Inaki Santos – Spain – 1,160,000
Li Rongshan – China – 895,000
Seongsu Kong – Korea – 765,000
Total chips in play: 15,732,800
Average stack: 1,966,600
We will have a recap for you shortly. For now you can read up on the live reports for how these players made it and how the rest fell out of contention.
Congratulations to the Final 8! See you tomorrow for the ultimate showdown!
Lin Wen Hong will not be joining to the final day having just fallen to Gyeong Byeong Lee in 9th place. Hong was all in with Q♥ Q♣, Lee called him with A♠ K♥, the board ran out 6♠ A♦ 9♠ J♠ 4♦ for a higher pair to Lee.
That’s it! The final 8 players have been established!
After losing a large portion of his stack to Iori Yogo, Guam’s Joshua Chargualaf lost the rest of it to Byungwook Ahn. The hand began with Siyoung Lee raising to 130k, Chargualaf shoved, Byungwook Ahn called, Lee folded.
Ahn J♠ J♥
Chargualaf 10♣ 10♥
The board ran dry for Chargualaf to send him out in 10th place. Ahn goes up to 2.5M. We are down to the final 9 players. One more bust to end Day 3.
Joshua Chargualaf is nearing the danger zone having lost a big chunk of his stack to chip leader Iori Yogo. The hand saw Chargualaf raise to 135k, Yogo three-bet to 350k, called. On the flop 10♠ 8♥ J♥, both checked. On the K♦ turn, Chargualaf checked, Yogo fired 450k, called by Chargualaf. The river 7♣, Yogo banged pout 750k, and once again Chargualaf called. Yogo showed A♣ Q♠ straight, Chargualaf mucked. Chargualaf down to 750k, Yogo at 4.9M.
Josh Chargualaf raised to 130k, sb Kong Seung Su and bb Gyeong Byeong Lee called. When the board ran K♥ 6♥ 9♥ 3♥ K♦ no bets landed. Kong showed A♣ J♦ but Chargualaf had better A♦ K♣ trips to claim the pot. Chargualaf now at 2.1M.
Iori Yogo opened to 125k, Byungwook Ayn called. The flop came 3♣ 4♠ Q♥. Both players checked. On the turn 10♦, Yogo slid out 200k, Ahn called. The river 3♦, Yogo fired 350k, Ahn called. Yogo showed A♦ Q♣, Ahn mucked, Yogo scooped up the huge pot to rise to 3.25M. Ahn down to 1.95M.
Estimated chip counts of the final 10 players. Total chips in play 15,732,800. Average stack 1,573,280.
Inaki Santos: 1.040M
Lin Wen Hong: 1.540M
Siyoung Lee: 1.050M
Li Rongshan: 620k
Joshua Chargualaf: 1.885M
Iori Yogo: 2.575M
Ken Foo Hsien Loong: 1.055M
Kong Seung Su: 1M
Gyeong Byeong Lee: 2.195M
Byungwook Ahn: 2.860M
Soo Jo Kim has been eliminated in 11th place. Delivering the axe was Gyeong Byeong Lee. Both players are decorated APT Main Event champions hunting their second major tour title.
For a good part of the final two tables, Kim’s stack seesawed. With 11 remaining, he proceeded to lose two pots to send him out of the running. First hand, Kim raised to 85k, Lee called from the big blind. At the flop 9♣ Q♦ K♥, Lee checked, Kim c-bet 95k, Lee raised to 500k, Kim folded. Kim down to 350k.
Next hand, Kim was all in, Lee called. Kim A♠ 2♣, Lee 4♥ 4♦, the board bricked. Lee shipped it and climbed to 2M.
We are down to the unofficial final table of 10 players.
Byungwook Ahn has just sent Chen Yazhou out of the running in 12th place. Ahn opened for 90k, Siyoung Lee called, Yazhou jammed, Ahn shoved behind, Lee folded.
Yazhou A♥ J♣
Ahn K♣ K♦
The board ran Q♠ Q♦ 4♦ 6♠ 9♣. Ahn now up to 2.6M. We are down to 11 players. One more to reach the unofficial final table of 10 players.