APT Taiwan II 2019 Main Event


Country defending champion Cliff Chow banks a big one

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

A short stack shoved (29.5k), Cliff Chow raised to 60k, Huang Yi Qing jammed his big stack, Chow with the fast call for three-way showdown.

Short stack A K
Chow Q Q
Huang A K

The board ran dry 9 10 3 Q 3 for a scoop to Chow to 300k. Huang dropped to 105k.


Chan Lok Ming gets some back from Kim Dong Yeol

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

In an earlier hand, Chan Lok Ming paid a double up to Kim Dong Yeol. This brought his stack down to around 100k. He gained some of it back in a later hand against Kim. Action saw 33k in the middle preflop and the spread A 5 2. Kim bet 12.5k, button Chan called. On the turn 6, another 11.5k bet from Kim, Chan raised to 37k, Kim tanked and used his last time bank. As the clock ran down to the final seconds, Kim folded.


Graeme Siow with a good call, exposes Chang Yu Chung’s bluff

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 4000

From cutoff, Graeme Siow raised to 7k, bb Chang Y Chung called. At the flop J 3 J, Chang checked, Siow c-bet 6k, Chang raised to 13k, Siow called. On the turn 10, no bets arrived and the river came 4. Chang fired 17k, Siow tank-called. Chang opened K 2 bluff, Siow won the pot with 10 8 pair.


Graeme Siow vs Ho Bao Qiang

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

From late position Graeme Siow raised to 6500, button Ho Bao Qiang called. On the flop A 2 8, Siow bet 5k, Qiang raised to 12k, Siow called. On the turn 7 and river K, no bets landed, Siow showed 5 2 bottom pair, Qiang won it with A 8 two pair.


Wilson Lim lands a big boost to 268k

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Utg Jinho Hong raised to 6500, sb Chen Choung Yeh and bb Wilson Lim called. At the flop J Q 5 Chen bet 16.5k, Lim raised to 51k, Hong folded, Chen jammed, snapped by Lim.

Chen Q J top two pair
Lim A Q top pair nut flush draw

The turn 7 granted the flush and with the river 8, Lim doubled up to 268k. Chen dropped to 47k.


He Zong Chi takes the lead

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Jinho Hong has just lost the chip lead. Our new leader is He Zong Chi sitting at table 8 with 520k. One of the pots he shipped was the bust of Anthony Abram. On a board K 5 10 5 and 50k in the middle, utg Abram checked, cutoff Ma Chun Yu checked, button He bet 32k. Abram called, Ma folded. On the river 8, Abram shoved and was snap called by He with 5 4. Abram mucked.


Foo Yong Cheong ships it with rockets

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

On a flop 3 Q 10, Foo Yong Cheong A A was up against a player’s K-Q top pair. When the turn and river fell 8 10, Foo shipped it to rise to 145k.


Shyh Chyn Lim wins two pots

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Passing by table 7 and we caught Shyh Chyn Lim pick up two separate pots. The first one already had a turn Q 5 2 9. Hong Woosuk checked then called Lim’s 15k bet. On the river 6, Lim fired 18.1k, Hong check-folded.

Several hands later, another winning pot for Lim. He limped from the button, joined by the small blind, then big blind Deng Deng Kai raised to 7400. Lim and sb called. At the flop 7 Q 8, sb checked, Deng c-bet 7300 Lim and sb called. On the turn 2, two checks to Lim who bet 24.6k, no callers. Lim at 150k.


Kristof Segers takes from the big guns

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

On a turn board 7 8 5 Q and 20k formed, bb Jinho Hong, utg Kristof Segers, and button Hung Sheng Lin checked. The river 8 was felted. Hong took a stab with a lowly 2500 bet, Segers called, Hung folded. Hong showed pockets sixes, Segers won the pot with Q-10.