APT Taiwan 2019 Main Event


Alex Lindop boots one

Level: 13 Blinds: 800-1600 Ante: 1600

Alex Lindop raised to 3200, sb Chen Dong and bb player called. On the flop 5 4 3, Chen checked, bb checked, Alex bet 4300, sb called, bb jammed around 22k. Lindop called, Chen got out of the way.

Lindop 7 7
All in player: A 6

Despite plenty of outs to help him, the turn 10 and river 4 were not any of them. The at risk player was eliminated. Lindop shipped it.


Chen Dong claims a good pot, up to 86k

Level: 13 Blinds: 800-1600 Ante: 1600

Alex Lindop raised to 3200, Chen Dong called from the big blind. At the flop 9 K 6, Chen checked, Lindop c-bet 15.7k, called by Chen. On the turn 7, same action, Chen check-called a 10.3k bet. Then on the river 5, Chen led for 31k, Lindop folded.


Liang Chih Ying bumps one

Level: 13 Blinds: 800-1600 Ante: 1600

Ping Wang shoved on his turn and almost stole the blinds and antes until the big blind Liang Chih Ying called. Wang A 8, Liang A J, the board ran A 4 10 A 6. Wang eliminated. Liang up to 124k.


Alan Lau cracks aces, storms to 360k

Level: 13 Blinds: 800-1600 Ante: 1600

Alan King Lun Lau banked a big pot taking all of Eiffel Liao’s chips. The hand began with Eiffel raising to 350 from cutoff, called by button Alan King Lun Lau and bb Tzai Wei Phua. At the flop 6 Q J, Phua checked, Eiffel c-bet 4700, Lau raised to 16k, Phua folded, called by Eiffel. The turn 6, Eiffel checked, Lau bet 29k, Eiffel shoved, called by Lau.

Eiffel A A
Lau K 6

The river 10 completed the board. Aces cracked, Eiffel out, Lau up to 360k.


Wang Shih Ciao with the five-bet shove

Level: 13 Blinds: 800-1600 Ante: 1600

Tzai Wei Phua raised to 3500, Wang Shih Ciao three-bete to 9k, Alan King Lun Lau four-bet to 20k, Phua folded, Wang shoved. No call, Wang shipped it.


Michael Kim Falcon vs Lee Kun Han

Level: 12 Blinds: 600-1200 Ante: 1200

Looks like Michael Kim Falcon has a big stack that may have possibly been snatched from Lee Kun Han. We caught a hand between theses two that saw Lee take some of them back. Action kicked off with a mid position player raising to 3200, called by cutoff Russell Thomas, button Lee, and sb Falcon.

At the flop K 3 2, Falcon led for 7500 and found only one caller in Lee. On the turn 8, Falcon sent out another 15k, Lee called. On the river 6, Falcon checked, Lee splashed 40k, Falcon quickly folded saying “I have nothing to call you with.” Lee showed 6 5 pair. Falcon down to 265k. He continues to hold the chip lead.


Chen Yu Hung boots one

Level: 12 Blinds: 600-1200 Ante: 1200

Catching the action at the end, shipping it all in was Chen Yu Hung with his A K fully dominating a player’s Q J on a board that ran Q 4 A 10 A.


Wang Wei Han doubles up with cowboys

Level: 12 Blinds: 600-1200 Ante: 1200

From cutoff, Wang Wei Han raised to 5k, sb player three-bet to 12k, Wang called. On the flop 3 8 J, sb led for 9k, called by Wang. On the 9 turn, sb checked, Wang bet a small 1200, sb jammed, and Wang called.

Wang K K
Player 10 10

The river 6 completed the board for a double up to Wang to 95k.


Russell Thomas doubles up through Jack Hu

Level: 12 Blinds: 600-1200 Ante: 1200

Russell Thomas may have been behind with his A J against Jack Hu’s A Q but the board turned that around as it ran 9 Q 6 J 8 for the nut flush. Thomas doubled up.