HomeThe Asian Poker Tour Finale Macau 2016 lights up the poker room of the Crystal Palace in Casino Lisboa with 48 players returning for Day 3 of the Main Event. Also filling up the tables are two side events, the Monster Stack and the Deep Stack Turbo 2 event.
Main Event Day 3
The highlight tournament of the festival began four days ago and after two entry flights, it recorded 273 entries, the highest turnout for an APT Main Event this year. This brought the prize pool to a whopping HKD2,620,800 with first place earning the lion share of HKD647,300.
Entering Day 3 with the largest stack is India’s Praveen Dwarkanath with 761,000 in chips followed by China’s Lu Yunye in the second spot with 653,000 and another Chinese player, Chen Xiu, running third with 570,000 chips.
Unlike the previous day’s eight round competition, today will see them play down to the Final Table of Eight. The money round begins at 36 places. Out of the 70 players that availed of the Main Event Bubble Protection, only 9 of them are still in the running for the championship title.
Side Events on Deck
While the Main Event is running, two side events will also share the floor. The first one is the Monster Stack event with an entry fee of HKD8,800. This is one of the most highly attended events with players enjoying a very deep stack combined with thirty minute blinds. This event is scheduled to run for two days. Cards are in the air at 2pm.
The next event is the Deep Stack Turbo 2 event which begins at 6pm. Buy-in is HKD1,100.
For more information on the events, head to the APT Finale Macau 2016 event page.
Feng Hao wins the No Limit Hold’em 2 event
No Limit Hold’em 2 Champion, Feng Hao
The No Limit Hold’em 2 event attracted a field of 48 players for a prize pool of HKD186,200. While there were many big hitters in the field, only a few of them reached the money. Finishing in 5th place was Kai Paulsen followed by Benjamin Wong in 4th place. Wong was eliminated by Zheng Jinhai who later railed Karl Peter Wittman in 3rd place. Despite this, he wasn’t able to seal the win with Feng Hao putting up quite a challenge. Hao eventually railed Zheng in 2nd place with 6♥ 6♦ landing a straight on a board that ran 3♣ 10♦ 4♦ 7♥ 5♥.
Payouts
1st Feng Hao – HKD74,500
2nd Zhang Jinhai – HKD46,600
3rd Karl Peter Wittman – HKD27,900
4th Benjamin Wong – HKD20,500
5th Kai Paulsen – HKD16,800
USA’s Lavar Watkins takes down the Deep Stack Turbo 1
Deep Stack Turbo 1 Champion, Lavar Watkins
USA’s Lavar Watkins finally bagged a trophy at the festival having made the money twice in previous side events. Watkins outlasted a field of 88 players to earn HKD20,400. During the heads up round against Hyung Moonjin, Watkins had a dominating chip lead but after Hyung landed three consecutive double ups, it was time to tighten it up and put the stop on Hyung. Two hands later, the final hand was dealt. Watkins with A♠ K♦ and Hyung with 10♥ 6♦ on a board that ran 3♦ 5♣ Q♥ 4♥ J♠.
Payouts – HKD85,400 prize pool
1st Lavar Watkins – HKD20,400 (deal made)
2nd Hyung Moonjin – HKD16,900 (deal made)
3rd Zhixiong Tan – HKD10,300
4th Nobuyuki Okada – HKD7,900
5th Weng Hong Chan – HKD6,800
6th Sinwoo Kim – HKD5,800
7th Graeme Siow – HKD5,100
8th Jaekyu Jung – HKD4,500
9th Li Wang – HKD4,000
10th Dilijiang A – HKD3,700
