Side events latest winners: Azusa Maeda wins two! Ian Modder, Joo Hyun Park, & Mark Reyes,


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Another batch of Golden Lion trophies have left the awards table here at the inaugural APT Taiwan 2019 at Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association – CTP Club. Japan’s Azusa Maeda snatched up two of them, Ian Modder, Joo Hyun Park, and Mark Reyes claimed one each. Below are the latest victors and a brief overview of the event: 

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Azusa Maeda takes down two events

Japan’s Azusa Maeda is on fire at the series. Maeda became the first player to win two side events. His first triumph was at Event #7: No Limit Hold’em #1 where 157 runners put up the TWD 9,900 buy-in. This generated a healthy pot of TWD 1,370,600 with 27 shaving a portion. It was a two-day event. The lion’s share TWD 316,300 went to Maeda. Maeda is an APT regular, though he has been absent for a couple of years, this was his 5th career APT side event trophy. You can watch the final 8 roundup in APT Twitch. 

Top 8 payouts
1st Azusa Maeda – Japan – TWD 316,300 
2nd Kim Hak Do – Korea – TWD 210,900 
3rd Wu-Ho-Ru – Taiwan – TWD 146,600
4th Ben Lai – Hong Kong – TWD 105,900 
5th Hsu – Sheng Wang – Taiwan – TWD 79,200
6th Koji Takagi – Japan – TWD 61,100
7th Tiamhang Zhang – Canada – TWD 48,500 
8th Yik Yin Ray Chiu – Hong Kong – TWD 39,500

Maeda’s next victory was at Event #10: Pot Limit Omaha Hi. That event concluded very late in the evening. There were 99 signups at TWD 9,900 each. The TWD 864,300 prize pool was divvied up among the top 17 places. Maeda defeated Yeung Lok Kin at heads up to ship the TWD 223,800 first prize and his second APT Golden Lion trophy. With these two wins, he is now one of the front runners of the APT Player of the Series race. See standings via the link below. 

 
Ian Modder wins the High Rollers #1
 
Also finishing up past the midnight hour was Event #8: High Rollers #1. This was a two-day event. 89 runners ponied up the TWD 86,000 buy-in for a very juicy prize pool of TWD 6,906,400 (~USD 224,400). Only 15 players earned a piece of it. The title came down to a heated battle between Ian Modder and Marc Rivera.
 
 
In the end, it was Modder who prevailed. You can watch the final table action in APT Twitch. Modder shipped the TWD 1,845,700 first prize and his first APT Golden Lion. 
 
 
Top 8 Payouts
 1st Ian Modder –  Canada – TWD 1,845,700
2nd Marc Rivera – Philippines – TWD 1,230,500
3rd Yifan Zhang – China – TWD 855,400 
4th Michael Seymour – Australia – TWD 617,800
5th Luke Martinelli – Australia – TWD 462,000
6th David Wang – Australia – TWD 356,600 
7th Wei Cheng Yin – Taiwan – TWD 283,200
8th Wen Ling Gao – China – TWD 230,700
 
Mark Reyes wins the Short Deck (Shot Clock)
 
There were two Short Deck events offered at the series, both of them concluded on the same day. The first one was a two-day event with a shot clock. 63 runners ponied up for that at TWD 9,900 each for a pot of TWD 550,000. 11 players earned a cut.
 
Dominating the final table was Filipino Mark Reyes. Reyes faced off against China’s Xiaoshen Zheng for the title. Zheng put up a strong fight but ultimately, he still could not dent Reyes’s massive fortress.  Reyes won his first-ever APT Golden Lion trophy and his first-ever live tournament event. He earned TWD 158,800 for his victory. 
 
 
Top 8 payouts
1st Mark Reyes – Philippines – TWD 158,800  
2nd Xiaoshen Zheng – China – TWD 105,800
3rd Lau Heng Seng – Singapore – TWD 73,600
4th Yuki Hirita – Japan – TWD 53,100 
5th Christopher Miller – USA – TWD 39,700
6th Guoyu – China – TWD 30,700
7th Peng Hsin Hoi – Taiwan – TWD 24,400 
8th Tsing Chun HSiong – Taiwan – TWD 19,800 
 
Joo Hyun Park wins the Short deck High Rollers (Single Day)
 
The other Short Deck was for the heavy hitters with buy-in at TWD 54,000. There were 22 runners for this event for a prize pool of TWD 1,067,000. Joo Hyun Park stole the win crushing Graeme Siow‘s pocket kings at heads up with pocket queens turned set. He won the TWD 521,900 first prize. 
 
 
Payouts
1st Joo Hyun Park – Korea – TWD 521,900 
2nd Graeme Siow – Singapore – TWD 297,900
3rd Liu Yue – China – TWD 162,700
4th Chen Dong – China – TWD 102,500

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