HomeWith the fall of Carlos Chang, the final three players bagged up. They will return on Saturday, March 14 at 3pm for to fight for the title and the first place cash. Live stream begins at 330pm at APT Twitch.
David Hsing Hsiung Tai – 723,000
Wilson Lim – 365,000
Tai Yu You Ci – 362,000
All three players will be hunting down their first major APT title. Tai holds a commanding lead with half the chips in play at his disposal. When action resumes, blinds continue at 4k-8k ante 8k with 47:13 left in the clock.
Chips in play: 1,450,000
Average stack: 483,333
Payouts
1st TW$ 721,500
2nd TW$ 354,400
3rd TW$ 189,900
That’s it! The bubble has burst! It took over an hour to get there with David Hsing Hsiung Tai knocking out APT decorated champion Carlos Chang out. Before the hand, Chang was by far the most aggressive of the final four though his losses outweighed his wins. This kept him at bottom rank. His final hand arrived 12 minutes into the new round.
From the button, Chang shoved with A♥ 7♦, bb David Hsing Hsiung Tai put him at risk with 10♥ 10♦, the board was 10♣ 6♦ 6♣ Q♣ 9♠ full house to Tai.
Shortest stacked player Carlos Chang has more fighting power now having just shipped a double up off the leader David Hsing Hsiung Tai. From utg, Tai opened to 14k, Chang three-bet to 116k, Tai called. At the flop 10♠ 9♠ 3♦, it was all in.
Chang 7♣ 7♠
Tai A♦ 8♣
The turn 9♣ and river Q♣ were blanks for Tai. Chang douled up to 257k, Tai dropped to 550k.
4 players remaining… it’s bubble time
Chips in play: 1,450,000
Average stack: 362,500
Carlos Chang 125k
David Tai 686k (chip leader)
Tsai Yu You Ci 299k
Wilson Lim 335k
Alex Lee has just fallen out of the running with David Hsing Hsiung Tai getting lucky. Tai raised to 11k, Lee three-bet to 37.5k, Tai jammed, Lee snap-called for his tournament life.
Lee A♦ Q♦
Tai A♣ 6♥
Though Lee was ahead, when the flop came 6♠ 9♦ 4♣, Tai overtook with a pair, and with the turn J♥ and river 4♥ it was the end of the line for Lee.
Wilson Lim is no longer the shortest stack here. After shoving numerous times without a call, he has risen to 338k. His latest one saw Alex Lee raise to 12k, Lim called, Carlos Chang called, David Tai three-bet to 65k. After Lee folded, Lim shoved, fold fold.
After losing to David Tai, Alex Lee proceeded to lose a pot on a check-raise by Tsai Yu You Ci on the flop of a board 10♥ 5♥ 8♣. Lee folded and gave up another stack of chips. However, on the next hand, he recovered with a double up through Tai to go back up to 233k.
Lee A♦ J♥
Tai A♥ 6♦
Board 5♣ 9♠ 10♦ J♣ 2♠
Big pot taken down here by the leader David Hsing Hsiung Tai. He opened from utg with a raise to 12k, button Alex Lee three-bet to 33k, Tai called. At the flop and turn 2♣ Q♥ 5♦, Lee fired 23k and 63k, Tai check-called both. The river 10♣, it was check check. Tai showed A♥ J♦ straight spiked on the river, Lee mucked. Tai up to 680k, Lee down to 146k.
Carlos Chang raised to 10k, found two callers in David Tai and sb Tsai Yu You Ci, then big blind Alex Lee put the heat on with a shove. Chang and Tai folded but Tsai tanked. He used one time bank and nearly second then found the courage to call before time expired.
Tsai A♣ K♥
Lee A♦ 9♦
The board ran 6♣ Q♣ 2♦ 7♦ 10♠ for a double up to 309k. Lee dropped to 256k.