HomeWhile APT Finale Taiwan 2019 was running its second heat of the Championships Event, riding along the side were a couple of turbo events. The sponsored WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo was claimed by Canada’s Peter Chien and the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo went to Korea’s Woo Jong Ha. We’ve got the highlights for you below. Additionally, everyone that cashed were given points towards the APT Player of the Series race. View the standings below.
APT Finale Taiwan 2019 Event Results
Peter Chien wins first Asian title at WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo
74 hit the felt running in full throttle at the WeLoveSport Super Deep Stack Turbo. Each one put up the NT$ 7,700 buy-in in hopes of earning the largest piece of the NT$ 502,500 prize pool. When it reached the bubble round, it stayed on rapid pace with the money reached in just two hands.
On a flop 4♦ 4♣ 7♦ 6♣, one player risked it all with A♥ 7♣ top pair only to feel the hurt upon seeing Ben Lai‘s J♥. The river J♦ further improved Lai to a boat. Lai eventually fell in 10th place to miss the final table by one spot.
Ben Lai
Action resumed with players tumbling in succession. At seven-handed Yank Kyung Suk won a three-way with A♠ A♥ set over K♣ Q♣ and 10♦ 9♦. He jumped ahead with 6 remaining. At this point, Peter Chien went on a rush knocking out Kelvin Beattie (6th), Zhou Yueyang (4th), and Yang in 3rd place with 10♦ 10♥ holding against A-3 offsuit. Chien faced Po Cheng Yan at heads up.
After several hands, Po edged Chien then crashed on a showdown with 10♦ 10♠ outdrawn by A♦ K♠ when an ace showed up on the river. This severely crippled Po to soon send him out in 2nd place immediately after. Chien shipped the NT$ 139,100 (~US$ 4,500) first prize and his first-ever title on Asian soil.
Payouts
1st Peter Chien – Canada – NT$ 139,100
2nd Po Cheng Yang – Taiwan – NT$ 92,800
3rd Yang Kyung Suk – Korea – NT$ 64,500
4th Zhou Yueyang – China – NT$ 46,600
5th Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu – Hong Kong – NT$ 34,900
6th Kelvin Beattie – Japan – NT$ 26,900
7th Nguyen Van Dai – Vietnam – NT$ 21,400
8th Kong Seong Su – Korea – NT$ 17,400
9th Kai Paulsen – Norway – NT$ 14,500
10th Ben Lai – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 12,100
11th Mark Gruendemann – Ireland – NT$ 12,100
12th Delfino Ty – Philippines – NT$ 10,100
13th Ya Shu Yang – Taiwan – NT$ 10,100
Woo Jong Ha wins the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo
The NT$ 5,500 buy-in Deep Stack Hyper Turbo saw 53 gear up for the expected fast action and the NT$ 257,000 pot as the target. The bubble came in a flash with 10 remaining. Korea’s Woo Jong Ha delivered the blow to a fellow countryman then maneuvered his way to heads up against UK’s Ken Burke. Though the Englishman had the edge, Woo grinded him down until the last hand was tabled. Woo A♦ K♠, Burke A♠ 10♦, the board ran Q♦ 3♣ 7♠ K♣ 8♥.
Payouts
1st Woo Jong Ha- Korea – NT$ 78,100
2nd Ken Burke – UK – NT$ 52,100
3rd Kenji Hata – Japan – NT$ 36,200
4th He Kong Ip – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 26,100
5th Chou Chun An – Taiwan – NT$ 19,500
6th Chi Bun Wu – Hong Kong SAR – NT$ 15,100
7th Rauchbach Yoav – Israel – NT$ 12,000
8th Chin Te Lai – Taiwan – NT$ 9,800
9th Ben Andrews – UK – NT$ 8,100