APT Taiwan 2019 Main Event


Natalie Teh wins the war

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

Utg Natalie Teh raised to 1600, called by two players until it landed on Zong Chi He who three-bet to 6600. Action moved back to Teh, she jammed her 23k stack. No callers.


Kitty Kuo’s bluff exposed

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

Kitty Kuo

Kitty Kuo raised to 1800, called by the big blinds I Cheng Lin. At the flop 2 9 K, Lin checked, Kuo c-bet 1k, called by Lin. On the 10 turn, checked by both. The river 5 saw Lin check, Kuo fired 3k, Lin tanked then called. Kuo showed A 8 bluff, Lin won with J 10 pair. No one had a spade for a flush.


Chun Kin Fai rails one

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

There have been a significant number of bust outs already, this was one of them. Pretty standard, Song Byung Nwa with A Q, Chun Kin Fai “Keanu” with A A. The board ran 8 8 Q J 6. Chun climbs to 87k.


Kicker plays for Kim Hak Do

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

Action began with Kim Hak Do raising to 2100, called by bb Yuki Miyakura. At the flop A 10 4, Miyakura checked, Kim c-bet 3100, called by Miyakura. The turn 5 and river 3 saw no bets. Miyakura showed Q 10 but didn’t claim the pot with Kim holding K 10 higher kicker.


Le Chen Tsai delivers a double KO

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

Three-way all in…

Chiu Tzu Cheng A K
Jung Seung Mook J J
Le Chen Tsai A A

The board ran 5 4 10 to give hope to Cheng, but with the next two cards 2 and 2, it was a double knockout with Tsai powered by the bigger arsenal. Tsai now at 160k.


Lim Yohwan vs Philip Wang

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

The top two chip leaders of Day 1C, Lim Yohwan and Philip Wang are seated at the same table and both found themselves involved in a pot. Yohwan raised to 1700, bb Wang defended. At the flop 5 A 4, both checked. On the Q turn, Wang checked, Yohwan bet 2k, Wang raised to 5500, Yohwan called. On the 3 river Wang led for 8k and after seconds of deliberation, Yohwan called. Wang showed 5 5 set and won the pot.


Jin Tian rails one then falls

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

Jin Tian

On the previous level, Jin Tian enjoyed a boost in chips by railing a player with her 7 7 improving to a flush to bet A Q on a board of A 8 Q 6 K.

Twenty minutes into the new level, the freezeout stage, the board was 2 10 Q 9 K. Guofeng Hoe all in, Jin called for her tournament life. Hoe opened 10 10 full house. Jin had the K J straight.


Registration closed!

Level: 10 Blinds: 400-800 Ante: 800

That’s it! Registration for the Main Event is closed! According to the screens we are at 505 entries. We will have the official tally for you with the prize pool and payouts as soon as the TD has that up on the screens. It is a full house here with all 27 tables full and alternates lined up to get in.

The freezeout stage begins now. Good luck to all! Live updates running right here.


Day 2 begins!

Level: 9 Blinds: 300-600 Ante: 600

Shuffle up and deal! Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the Main Event. 246 players advanced from the combined starting days. Registration is still open until the end of this level. Official prize pool will be up as soon as it is up on the screens. As of now it is in the vicinity of TWD 13 Million.

Good luck to all the players! Live updates starting Level 10.