HomeMain Event Day 1A survivors, David Tai Hsing Hsiung and Luke Kuang Hung Lee, used their one-day break to get in more practice at the lone side event offered today at APT Taiwan 2020. They were one of 46 entries of the No Limit Hold’em Single Day. After seven hours of play, Tai edged Lee at heads up to capture the title and the TW$ 98,200 (~US$ 3,300) first prize.
Buy-in: TW$ 7,700 (~US$ 260)
Entries: 46
Prize pool: TW$ 312,300 (~US$ 10,400)
Payouts
1st David Tai Hsing Hsiung – Taiwan – TW$ 98,200
2nd Kuang Hung “Luke” Lee – Taiwan – TW$ 65,300
3rd Kuo Chen Hung – Taiwan – TW$ 45,400
4th Chih Ying Liang – Taiwan – TW$ 32,800
5th Po Cheng Yang – Taiwan – TW$ 24,500
6th Anthony Hope – Australia – TW$ 18,900
7th Pete Yen Han Chen – Taiwan – TW$ 15,000
8th Su Wei Yu – Taiwan – TW$ 12,200
Leading up to the final table of nine players, Kuang Hung Lee stacked it in after cracking a player’s pocket aces. On a board 4♠ 10♥ A♣ Q♣, Lee called a player’s check-shove. Lee had K♦ J♠ straight against A♦ A♥, the river 2♥ saw no improvement for the aces awarding Lee the pot for the chip lead. The final table was formed and it was bubble time with only 8 guaranteed to profit.
It didn’t take long for the bubble to burst. On a flop J♦ 10♦ 8♦ and a raised pot built preflop, Lee check-raised all in, his opponent tanked then called with A♦ Q♣. Lee had 9♥ 9♣. The turn 2♣ and river 7♣ failed to produce the numerous outs needed to overtake. The bubble round was over and Lee had a massive stack before him.
Money at hand, Chih Ying Liang Q♦ Q♥ railed Su Wei Yu A♦ A♣ when a queen graced the board. Liang proceeded to lose chips to Kuo Chen Hung paying out a double up. Lee shipped in more ammo by outdrawing Pete Yen Han Chen with A♥ 10♥ finding an ace on the turn to burn pocket queens. Gaining momentum was Tai Hsing Hsiung eliminating Anthony Hope (6th place) and Po Cheng Yang (5th place). Lee claimed all of Liang’s chips and it was down to three players.
The three-handed round took some time to crack. Tai won a majority of the pots to overtake Lee for the chip lead. Tai eliminated Hung with K♠ 3♦ flush over K♣ 9♥ on a board 6♦ 3♥ 9♦ A♦ 5♦. Heads up followed with Tai ahead in the count.
Tai began to pull away then out-kicked Lee to drag in a sizable pot. With blinds at 4k-8k ante 8k, the hand opened with Lee limp-calling Tai’s 24k raise. At the flop 8♣ 5♥ 9♦, Tai bet 25k, Lee called. On the turn 8♠, Tai check-called a 43k bet. On the river 2♥, Tai slid out 35k, Lee called. Tai showed K♠ 9♥, Lee mucked while showing only one card 9♠. The next hand was the last. Tai with 5♣ 5♠, Lee A♣ J♥, the board was 7♥ 8♠ 4♠ 3♠ 3♣.
APT Player of the Series
After six side events completed, Vincent Huang continues to hold the top spot in the APT Player of the Series race. You can a view the standings via the link below.
APT Player of the Series leaderboard
The player with the highest number of points accrued at the end of the twelve-day series wins the festival’s Player of the Series title along with the APT POS Trophy, APT POS Ring, a Meistr watch, and US$ 800. For 2nd and 3rd placers, an APT POS Trophy each and US$ 100.