APT Taiwan II 2019 Championships Event

Around 55k was already in the pot and a board A♠ 5♦ 2♠ laid out. Simba jammed his 92.5k stack, Shojiro Izutsu tank-folded. Simba up to 150k.

On a flop K♠ 7♠ 3♦ and a pot over 30k in the middle, sb Jung Seung Mook checked, mp Seung Yeol Kim checked, Lim Chee Seng bet 8k. Jung called, Kim folded, the turn came Q♥. Jung checked again then called a 16k bet. On the river 9♠, Jung checked, Lim fired 55k, Jung called. Lim opened J♦ 10♣ for a straight on the river. He climbed to 228k, Jung dropped to 77k.

Yi Wei Peng 563k
Chen An Lin 330k
Ryuta Endo 305k
JC Sayo 284k
Hung Tu Wang 280k
Jin Hyo Yoo 280k
Jinho Hong 262k
Sheng-Chien Cheng 250k
Tommy Goh 230k
Hiung Yi Qing 200k

After taking a hard hit against Yi Wei Peng, Koji Takagi dropped down to starting stack. Despite several uncalled shoves, another losing bout sent his stack to 42k and once again, he sent it all out front. Chow Cliff three-bet to 84k, down round short stacked Zhang Yao also joined in for a three-way.

Zhng J♣ J♦
Takagi 6♦ 6♣
Cliff A♥ K♣

The board ran 6♠ 5♦ 2♦ A♠ K♠ for a set to Takagi, he tripled up to 135k, Chow took the side pot, Zhang busted.

On a board 3-9-4-Q, Lonris Yong bet 40k onto a big pot and JC Sayo called. On the river 4♣, Yong pushed sending Sayo tanking. Sayo found the courage to call and showed A♣ A♠ to defeat Yong’s 8-9 lower pair. Sayo doubled up to 290k.

Utg+2 Pete Chen raised to 5k, beside him Craig Edwards called, then Sparrow Cheung three-bet to 20k, back to Chen and Edwards, both called. On the flop K♣ J♠ 9♣, no bets. The turn K♦, check check followed by a 33k bet from Cheung. No callers. Cheung up to 210k.

Yi Wei Peng got involved in a huge pot against Koji Takagi that sent him soaring and Takagi back to starting stack. On a flop 8♥ 4♦ 4♦ and around 40k in the middle, big blind Takagi bet 20.5k, Peng called. On the turn 9♣, another 40k fired and called by Peng. On the river 3♥, Takagi shoved, Peng with the quick call.

Takagi Q♠ Q♣ overpair
Peng 8♦ 8♣ set

Peng shipped a double up to just 505k, Takagi dropped to 55k. Peng is now our chip leader here with 48 remaining. Average stack is 150,000.

Jin Hyo Yoo 305k
Hung Tu Wang 285k
Koji Takagi 265k
Chen An Lin 263k
Daniel Paul Nowok 255k
Yi Wei Peng 255k
Jinho Hong 233k
David Hsing Hsiung Tai 230k
Chow Cliff 227k
Hiung Yi Qing 200k
Tommy Goh 210k
Jung Seung Mook 194k
Ryuta Endo 188k
David Erquiaga 181k

Graeme Siow three-bet shoved his 38.5k stack with A♦ K♠ and initial raiser Tommy Goh called with A♥ Q♣. The board ran clean for a double up to Siow.