HomeThe last APT Main Event title-holder has just departed. Soo Jo Kim all in with pocket threes but Ankit Wadhawan had better with pocket jacks. The board offered no help to Kim. He exited in 42nd place.
Song Daewoong had it all in with A♥ K♦ that dominated Hwang Seongil’s A♦ 6♦. The board seemed to be good to Song running Q♦ 2♠ A♠ A♣ but when the river felted 6♣ it was a full house for Hwang to finish Song in 43rd place. Hwang up to 547k.
Back-to-back hands for Madhav Gupta sent his stack down a bit then up a bit. He first doubled up Go Mori who pushed on the turn board 5♦ J♦ 3♠ A♠. Mori had A♥ 5♥ two pair, Gupta A♣ K♦ top pair. The river was 10♥. Mori rose to 239k. Gupta down to 368k.
Next hand, Taeho Lee went all in with Q♠ 9♦, Gupta called with A♠ A♦, no help came for Lee. Gupta went up to 440k. Lee out in 44th place.
We only caught the action as the dealer was counting out the double up. Bb Ashish Munot had 10♠ 8♠ and utg+1 Taeho Lee A♠ J♠. The board was 6♦ 10♦ 5♠ 4♠ 4♦ and around 150k in the middle. Munot up to 330k, Lee dropped to 58k.
We didn’t have to wait long for the bubble to burst. After Charles Lesmana exited, there was an all in at a separate table. Nguyen Thi Bao An with A♣ K♣, Akshay Nasa ahead with K♦ K♥. The board ran clean Q♣ 10♦ 8♥ Q♥ 9♦ and just like that, everyone was in the money. Nasa up to 670k.
Sofia Lovgren is crushing table 2 at the moment. She just sent Charles Lesmana packing up at the start of this level. From cutoff, she raised, button Lesmaana called. At the flop Q♠ A♦, Lovgren c-bet, Lesmana called. On the turn 4♠, Lovgren sent out 22k, Lesmana raised to 74k, was called. Then the river 3♥, Lovgren checked, Lesmana jammmed, snap-called by Lovgren.
Lesmana 10♠ 8♠ flush
Lovgren A♠ K♠ nut flush
Lovgren zoomed to 870k and is currently the chip leader.
46 remaining
Chips in play: 10,900,000
Average stack: 240,000
ITM: 44 places
Chip leaders
Huynh Duc Tai 685k
Sofia Lovgren 623k
Vincent Chauve 600k
Hwang Seong il 500k
Madhav Gupta 455k
Akshay Nasa 430k
Choi Eng Loong continued to make waves at the table but this time it was against the tide. His large stack has now been brought down to average of after doubling up two players, Jaesh Balachandran and Madhav Gupta.
Against Balachandran, it was pocket jacks held against pocket jacks. Balachandran boosted to 369k.
Against Gupta, Loong raised 15k from the button, Gupta three-bet to 62k from the big blind. At the flop A♥ 2♠ 10♥, Gupta shoved and Loong called. Gupta with A♦ Q♦, Loong A♠ J♥, the turn 7♥ and river Q♣ secured the win for Gupta to bring him up to 455k. Loong down to 261k.
Bubble round is near….. only 44 get paid and right now 46 are seated. Recent busts were Nahid Yayacui, Jie Zhang, Josh McCully, and Chan Ku Ming.
For the latter Ming, he fell to James Chavanarojrit with pocket jacks dominated throughout by pocket kings. Chavanarojrit up to 320k.