HomeThat’s it! Three starting days of the APT Finale Taiwan 2019 – MAIN EVENT – completed! Day 1C at partner / host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association brought in 142 to become the largest of all the the entry heats. After 9 rounds of action running 60 minutes each, only 63 had chips to bag. Canada’s Peter Chien rose above the competitors with his 162,300 stack. Chien will enter Day 2 as overall chip leader.
Peter Chien
A long list of notable pros also through to Day 2 with one APT decorated champion Soo Jo Kim. Kim bagged up 11,500 which means he will have to work double time to get his stack in contention with the current leaders.
You can view the full list of Day 2 qualifiers by rank and by table plus by starting days via the link below.
Day 1A: 49 advanced out of 83 entries
Dayy 1B: 30 advanced out of 70 entries
Day 1C: 63 advanced out of 142 entries
Total entries: 295
Day 2 qualifiers: 142 players
Total chips in play: 7,375,000
Average stack: 51,936
All starting day survivors merge for Day 2 happening on Monday, December 2. Cards in the air at 1pm. Late registration is open for one hour, to close at the start of Level 11. Buy-in is NT$ 33,000. We will have the official prize pool once registration closes.
For late-entry players:
Starting stack: 25,000
Opening blinds: 400 – 800 ante 800 (Level 10)
Level duration: increases every 60 minutes
Registration: closes at the start of Level 11
Day 1C list of survivors
| Peter Chien | Canada | 162,300 |
| Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 145,300 |
| Max Benjamin Menzel | Germany | 131,500 |
| Co Chung Chuen | Hong Kong | 130,000 |
| Lok Gino | Hong Kong | 124,000 |
| Hsu Ming Kai | Taiwan | 121,400 |
| Jeff Davis | United States | 119,500 |
| Selim Oulmekki | France | 116,700 |
| Chia-Yun-Wu | Taiwan | 116,000 |
| Zhang Zhi Peng | Singapore | 110,000 |
| Chin Te Lai | Taiwan | 104,100 |
| Chu Chi Jen | Taiwan | 94,800 |
| En Hao Chan | Taiwan | 93,600 |
| Lo, Kuen Wai Jeffrey | Hong Kong | 86,600 |
| Chen Chih Yen (Victor) | Taiwan | 85,500 |
| Hsiao Yun Yang | Taiwan | 83,600 |
| Chfung King Waz | Hong Kong | 82,200 |
| Netnapit Muksaten | Thailand | 76,200 |
| Byong Nam Kim | Korea | 76,000 |
| Lau King Sing | Hong Kong | 64,100 |
| Kwok Ting Shum | Hong Kong | 63,400 |
| Wei Bo Ye | Taiwan | 61,800 |
| Kenny Burke | United Kingdom | 59,300 |
| Yu Nozoki | Japan | 57,500 |
| Kazuya Kojima | Japan | 54,100 |
| Kelvin Beattie | Japan | 52,700 |
| Lau King Lun Alan | Hong Kong | 52,500 |
| Park Ju Yuk | Korea | 51,200 |
| Park Sung Chong | Korea | 50,500 |
| Takashi Matsushi | Japan | 50,200 |
| Chiu-Jen-Chun | Taiwan | 49,000 |
| Wei Chu Wang | Taiwan | 46,500 |
| Wei En Shih | Taiwan | 46,300 |
| Kim Gyu Tae | Korea | 45,400 |
| Aaron Lam Weiming | Singapore | 40,800 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Hong Kong | 39,100 |
| Naohito Tamaya | Japan | 38,800 |
| Yip Kwok Chun | Hong Kong | 38,700 |
| Ji Youong Kim | Korea | 35,400 |
| Lee Chun Yat | Hong Kong | 33,400 |
| Philemon Ip | Hong Kong | 31,100 |
| Yan Shu Leung | Hong Kong | 31,000 |
| Kwok Luen Hei | Hong Kong | 29,900 |
| Ori Kossonogi | Israel | 29,400 |
| Chuang Po-Hao | Taiwan | 26,900 |
| Wang Fu Keong | Macau | 26,100 |
| Lo Wai Nok | Hong Kong | 23,800 |
| Chinnarot Sampquteep | Thailand | 22,800 |
| Po Cheng Yang | Taiwan | 22,200 |
| Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | 22,100 |
| Chan Ying Kit | Hong Kong | 22,000 |
| Kuan-Chung Fang | Taiwan | 21,500 |
| Yik “Ray” Chiu | Hong Kong | 20,500 |
| Jin Pyeong Gyu | Korea | 19,100 |
| Kenny Shih | Taiwan | 18,300 |
| Nai Yuan Hu | Taiwan | 17,600 |
| Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 16,900 |
| Kong Seong Su | Korea | 16,900 |
| Im Sangguk | Korea | 16,000 |
| Pang Long Chun | Hong Kong | 15,400 |
| Eric Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 14,100 |
| Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 11,500 |
| (Samuel) Yueh Long Ngu | Australia | 9,500 |