Dave “Spade: Erquiaga, who is second in chips, tangled with Kim Jun Hee00third in chips on the opening hand.
Erquiaga raised UTG and got called.
Flop: K♣ K♠ 9?
Erquiaga bets, Kim calls.
Turn 4♦
Erquiaga bets, Kim calls.
River: 6♥
Erquiaga checks. Kim bets galf pot. Erquiaga tanks then folds.
Kim shows 6♦ and laughs.
It has begun…
Here’s how we start the APT Championship Finale:
Seat 1 – Duroy Gopez (PHI) 4,540,000 Seat 2 – Kunal Patni (IND) 435,000 Seat 3 – Kim Jun Hee (KOR) 1,740,000 Seat 4 – Wen Fang Po (TPE) 635,000 Seat 5 – Mike Takayama (PHI) 715,000 Seat 6 – William Teoh (MAS) 605,000 Seat 7 – David Erquiaga (PHI) 2,790,000 Seat 8 – Chang Jae Lee (KOR) 635,000
Everyone is now guaranteed PhP533,400.00 (US$9,356.00).