HomeHailong Huang is clearly staging a run to get back in contention. He picked up the first hand of the day, followed it up with another small pot, then just moments ago, he earned another one to bring him up to 100K in chips.
The hand saw Huang raise to 5200 and was called by both Liu Yi and Sam Ng. On the flop 4♥ 6♠ Q♦, Huang bet 10k and was called by both opponents. On the 10♠ turn, action checked to Yi who fired out 25k. Ng opted to give up his stake for the pot but Huang moved all in for a total of 50.5k. Yi folded and Huang shipped it in.
After three deals went by and small pots were claimed by three different players, the next hand saw Mitsuru Sano pick up the first big pot. The action kicked off with Aik Chuan raising to 5200 which Liu Yi called. Action next was Sano on the small blind who raised to 16K. Initial raised Chuan opted to fold up but Yi tossed in the quick-call.
At the flop of Q♦ 2♥ 9♥, Sano led for 18k and that was it. He won the pot with a fold from Yi.
The first hand of the Final Day has been dealt and three players were missing from the action. Still, it began with Liu Yi raising to 5K, and when action folded to the big blind Hailong Huang, he moved all in. Yi folded and Huang picked up the first pot of the table.
Welcome to the Final Day of the APT Main Event!
After three days of action, we are down the the final 8 players here at the DNA Star Vegas in Poipet, Cambodia. The Main Event will kick off at 1pm for the last battle to the championship title. The past days saw Malaysia’s Choong Kian Weng top Day 1A and Hong Kong’s Alan King Lun Lau ahead in Day 1B.
At yesterday’s Day 2, the 27 remaining players from the combined starting flights returned to the felt. After a tough battle to the final 8, many notables fell including past APT Main Event champions Linh Tran and Weng. For Lau, he navigated his way into the unofficial final table of ten but was booted out of the running by today’s entering chip leader Aik Chuan from Malaysia.
Also in the lineup is one of the hottest running players at the series, China’s Hailong Huang. Huang currently leads the APT Player of the Series race with two titles and 4 cashes. For today, his stack will need a major pick up to be in contention against the leaders. Japanese pro Tetsuya Tsuchikawa is also in the mix. He opened the series up by bagging the Welcome Event. After all his years in the APT circuit, he is still on the hunt for that first APT Main Event championship title.
Today the final 8 players will resume at Level 14; blinds are at 1000-2000 ante 300 with just over 17 minutes left in the round. The average stack is 156,263. Only five players will reach the money round with the first payout at USD 4,370 while the eventual winner will pocket USD 19,380.
Here are the Final 8 players by table seat:
Seat 1: Hailong Huang – 65,400
Seat 2: Paphawin Laodee – 75,000
Seat 3: Liu Yi – 307,000
Seat 4: Mitsuru Sano – 137,100
Seat 5: Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – 93,900
Seat 6: Sam Ng – 143,600
Seat 7: Daniel Tan – 42,400
Seat 8: Aik Chuan – 384,800 (chip leader)
We will have live updates for you throughout the day so you can keep tabs on all the action right here.
With that said, see you here at 1pm for the first deal of the day!