HomeTAIPEI CITY, Taiwan – The Final 8 of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taiwan 2022 Main Event has been pruned to just five players remaining as everyone from this point on is now guaranteed NT$360,700.00 (US$11,323.00) as the action takes a much needed breather at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) here.
The livestream is still ongoing on the APT Twitch channel.
Hong Zhe Wang was the first to get waylaid practically at the onset of the resumption as his A♠ K♣ was called by Wu Hao Kai holding A♦ J♥.
The Flop came: Q♠ 6♠ 4♣ and then a K♥ hit the Turn giving Hong top pair but also building a backdoor Straight Draw for Wu.
Then the magic 10♦ arrived on the River and the Runner-Runner Straight sent Hong packing but richer by NT$180,100.00 (US$5,648.00) representing his biggest cash to date.
Hong Zhe Wang out in the 8th
Ironically, Wu was next to go about a level later when got short stacked and shoved 6♠ 6♦ UTG but youngster Zhan Shuo Guo woke up with A♣ K♦ and called.
Wu immediately lost the coinflip when the Flop read: A♥ 10♠ 5♣ and continued 5♣ J♥ ousting the Day 1A chip-leader but handing him NT$221,100.00 (US$6,933.00).
Wu Hao Kai eliominated in 7th place
Just prior to the first break of the day, Guan Syun Chen–the short-stack heading into the finale–chose the wrong time to 3-Bet Shove into a preflop pot that went Raise-Call when his all-in move with A♣ 7♣ was greeted by a call from the Zhan, the original raiser, with A♠ J♠.
The Flop went: K♥ 9♦ 6♥ but then a Sweat Card came on the turn in the 8♦, improving Guan from three outs initially to eleven outs on the Open-Ended Straight Draw that never came as the A♥ showed up on the River giving Zhan the win with Top Pair (better kicker) and sending Guan home with the biggest cash of his life in NT$278,400.00 (US$8,733.00) for his sixth place finish.
Guan Syun Chen busts out in 6th place but still gets the biggest cash of his life
Action has resumed with Zhan leading, having over 3 million in chips with Chien Fa Chou and erstwhile chip-leader Fang Po Wen not that far behind.