Main Event

A total of 439 entries (349 uniques) flocked to Flight B of the TWD 65,000,000 APT Main Event with Chee Yong Sim from Malaysia bagging the most with 308,400 chips at the end of the day. A total of 181 players are moving into the next phase, which brings the running total of 338 entries moving into Day 2.

Following Sim in chip lead is Ryan Shyun Yuan Kim from Singapore with 298,500 chips and Sim’s compatriot Jeremy Chan with 270,300 chips.

Isaac Phua from Malaysia, who won the APT Mystery Bounty Hunter yesterday has also made it into Day 2 and will be hoping to bring home his 2nd APT Title and APT Lion Trophy. Another player who may want to add another APT Title under his belt is Jereld Sam from Singapore. Both men have healthy stacks and have the skills to make it to the top.

Other notables are Chi Jen Chen from Taiwan, Tsz Kit Chau from Hong Kong, Youtuber I-Chun Chiu and Andy Chan from Hong Kong.

These players will be battling it out with the survivors of all opening flights in Day 2 to have a piece of the TWD 65,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Here's the list of the Top 10 players moving into Day 2 from Flight B

You can view a full list of the Main Event Flight B survivors HERE

Join us for Flight C at 11:00am and Flight D at 6:30pm tomorrow, which will have slightly shorter 45-minute levels.

Flight B is done! Players who survived the day are bagging their chips as we speak. We will provide a full recap of the day shortly.

Chunlung Wong limped in from the small blind, and Hun Te Le raised to 4,500. Wong then shoved all in for 46,000 and was snap-called by Le.

Hun Te Le 9♣ 9♦ Chunlung Wong A♠ Q♦

The board ran out 2♣ A♥ 5♦ Q♦ 3♣ , pairing with Wong’s ace-queen for two pair against the pocket nines of Le, and Wong scored a double-up.

We picked up on very aggressive action on the turn between Yoshihiko Hirano at big blind and Yita Choong at middle position with a board that showed 7♠ 7♦ 6♥ T♥ . Hirano check-raised Choong to 21,000 after the latter bet 7,700 into the pot.

Choong looked at Hirano as if trying to read his mind then made the call. The river K♣ got a bet of 20,000 from Hirano. Choong tanked and, shook his head numerous times before finally folding his hand.

It was very evident that it was a very hard fold for Choong and that he was second guessing his decision. The dealer pushed the chips towards Hirano and before Hirano surrendered his cards, he was kind enough to show Choong one card - 7♥

We are at the last 7 hands before the day ends.

Tsz Kit Chau limped in from the small blind and Keshu Peng checked through from the big blind.

Chau bet 2,000 on the flop of 4♣ 3♣ 8♥ before Peng snap-folded.

Ruizi Lin opened by raising to 2,800 at mid-position and got called by Sho Katsura. Ryoji Nigishi at the button three-bet to 8,500 just to be followed by an all-in shove from Chen Jung Liu at the button. The blinds folded to Lin who asked for a count from the dealer. After considering his options he decided to fold. Katsura folded as well.

Nigishi, however, made the call to show K♠ K♦ versus A♣ A♥ The dealer dealt 6♦ 8♦ 6♠ 5♠ Q♥ and pushed the chips Liu.

Nicolas Burgevin opened to 4,000 on the button, and Obarra Sohei called from the big blind.

Burgevin bet 2,500 on the flop of K♦ T♣ 5♠ which Sohei snap-folded.

Tsubasa Miyazaki raised to 2,500 on the button and was called by Chao Ting Cheng from the small blind.

Miyazaki fired 2,500 on the paired K♦ K♥ 9♣ flop, and Cheng raised to 4,500 which made Miyazaki fold at the end.

Dealers remain alert attending to the game nearing the end of the day.

Po Jiu Chen limped into a pot with Ferdinand Lu and DongJae Kim in small blind. Wai Kin Wong at big blind wanted to see a flop as well so he just checked.

The flop everyone wanted to see came doen 8♣ 9♥ Q♥ The blinds checked to Chen who opened for 3,000. Both Lu and Kim folded but Wong decided raise the bet triple. Chen called.

Checked over on the turn 2♣ , Chen shot 12,000 into the pot just to be called by Wong again. on the J♦ river, Wong bet 30,000 which made Chen tank. In the end he folded open face showing 8♦ :9: for a two-pair on the flop.

Su Lung Yeh opened to 2,500 on the button, and Pimpat Vajarasevee called from the small blind.

Both checked through the runout of 3♥ J♥ 7♠ T♣ until an 8♣ fell on the river which Vajarasevee bet 3,500, making Yeh fold.

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Chi Hung Lam opened to 2,000 from middle position which was called by Chik Fatt Chan from the cutoff and Jiannan Lin from the big blind.

Lam check-folded on the 4♠ 6♠ 2♣ flop after Chan fired 3,300 and got check-called by Lin.

Both players saw a Q♥ fall on the turn and checked through to see the A♠ river that Lin fired a barrel of 10,200, and Chan called.

After Lin tabled 9♠ 3♠ for a rivered flush, Chan mucked his hand and relinquished the pot.

We arrived just in time to see action folded to Kazumasa Higuma at the button who raised the pot to 10,000. Hao Wang at small blind jammed his chips in. Big Blind got out of the way and Higuma made the call to find Wang holding cowboys K♣ K♥ against his A♥ K♦

Flop came down to 9♣ Q♦ T♥ and both players just quietly waited for the rest of the board to unfurl. The turn was a 6♠ and with only 15% chance to win Higuma started counting his chips to match those of Wang when the river J♣ came out.

Higuma couldn't believe it. The first thing he was was "Wow!" He apologized to Wang as Wang left, then he thanked the dealer profusely, and still in a state of shock continued shaking his head saying "Wow" while the next hand was being dealt.

Yusuke Kotake shoved all in preflop for around 42,000 from the button and was called by Adom Issahakian from middle position with his last 23,000 chips.

Yusuke Kotake A♦ K♣

Adom Issahakian A♣ A♠

The board rolled off 4♦ 5♥ 4♦ Q♥ 3♥ , making the big slick of Kotake fail to collect one knockout of Issahakian who received a much-needed double up.

It was always all smiles on Table #10 with players being chatty with each other but there were no smiles for Cheng Tzu Lai when he got busted out by Yi Shing Yiu where the former jammed his chips in early position pre-flop.

We arrived at the table when the cards were tabled and the board was dealt but according to Yiu he raised to isolate so that he could be heads-up Lai.

In any case, Lai had Yiu dominated pre-flop with A♦ Q♣ versus Yiu's A♣ J♣ but the flop of J♦ 6♥ K♣ put Yiu with a 70% chance of winning the hand. The 3♥ turn and 6♣ river didn't help Lai at all.

But before Lai left, Yiu did tap the table to show it was a good game.

Shotaro Mitsuishi called with his last 12,100 on the flop of 3♥ Q♥ J♠ after Slaven Popov bet around 17,000 chips.

Shotaro Mitsuishi A♠ K♣

Slaven Popov A♦ J♥

Mitsuishi picked up a straight draw but didn’t receive any help as a 5♥ showed on the turn and the 6♥ slid on the river, meaning Popov scooped the pot with a pair of jacks.

With a paired flop spreading K♣ 5♥ 5♠ and 4,300-chip pot, Fung Kong bet 5,500 on the button and was called by Supakit Anukoolpitaknil from the small blind.

The A♣ fell on the turn, and Anukoolpitaknil check-called after Fung fired out 5,500. Fung slowed down on the J♥ river and checked it to Anukoolpitaknil who also checked after thinking for a while.

Fung tabled K♥ 9♣ for pairing a king, and Anukoolpitaknil mucked his cards.

We arrived at the table with Yita Choong and YunFang Yan heads-up on a raised pot pre-flop. Dealer dealt J♦ 3♦ 4♥ . Yan in mid-position allowed Choong to lead out with 3,500 which he called. On the turn of 4♠ the same happened but this time Choong bet 6,000 into the pot and got called.

On the river of 8♣ Yan decided to take the lead with 16,000. Choong tanked, with only less than the starting stack behind. Eventually, Choong folded. Yan made sure Choong knew he was bluffed out of a pot which he probably could have won, but we will never know.

Apoon Siriviriy limped in from the small blind and Tsubasa Miyazaki checked from the big blind.

Both players kept the slow pace and checked through the runout of 3♦ 4♥ T♥ 9♣ until the 7♦ landed on the river which Siriviriy bet 1,500, and Miyazaki folded.

A flop running out 2♠ 4♥ K♥ and totaling 5,000 chips in the middle, both Nicolas Romain Burgevin from the big blind and Hogyun Kang from the hijack checked through.

A T♦ hit on the turn, and Burgevin check-called after Kang bet 5,200 to see the 7♥ river which Kang bet 3,000, forcing Burgevin to muck his hand.

Taku Kubota raised 1,300 from early position, and Juhyung Son and Doongmin Jang called from the button and the big blind.

Three players saw the 4♠ K♠ 3♠ flop spread, and Jang checked over to Son who bet 1,300. Jang folded, and Kubota stuck around.

With the 4♣ sliding on the turn, Kubota check-called after Son bet 2,800. A 5♣ jumped on the river which Kubota checked, but Son fired a bet of 8,000 chips only to be jammed by Kubota, and Son snap-called.

Taku Kubota K♥ 5♠

Juhyung Son A♦ 3♦

Kubota paired a king to send Son, who only paired a three with the board, out of the tournament.

We arrived at the table on the with 2 super short stacked players all-in, namely Nguyen Quang Huy and Jeong Yeol Yu. Yu held T♦ 9♣ against Huy's A♣ T♠ . Huy was ahead with Ace-high and an Ace flush draw. The river 9♥ evoked a shout of glee from Yu who had thought he was done for the day when he saw Huy's hand.

He scooped his chips happily, gave us a smile and eagerly provided his name. We try accommodate.

It's still all smiles from the friendliest staff in poker at the 2nd flight of the APT Main Event.

Leo Kam raised 1,200 from the hijack, and Weng Chih Chan and Franceso Dastici stuck around from the small blind and the big blind respectively.

They saw a flop of 3♥ 3♦ 8♥ roll off and checked through to see the 2♠ tun which Chan bet 1,600 which Dastici and Kam folded.

Minhyeok Kong limped in from the small blind and Takuya Morita checked to take it to the streets from big blind.

Both players saw a flop of A♣ 7♣ 3♥ and checked through to see the 8♥ turn which Kong bet 500, and Morita called. The 9♠ fell on the river, and they checked.

After Kong tabled J♠ 8♦ , Morita snap-folded, but still sitting comfortably with over 100,000 chips in his stack.

The very next hand, Somasekhar Sanampuri opened action by going all-in at late position to be called by the button Che Jui Chang who held A♦ 6♦ against his Q♠ Q♥ . The dealer flopped a board of 2♣ J♠ K♣ K♠ T♣ letting Sanampuri survive enough to play another hand.

We arrived at the table with Hirata Ryota and Somasekhar Sanampuri in an all-in situation. Ryota, at risk, held A♦ A♣ versus Sanampuri's J♠ J♣ on a board of T♥ 2♣ 2♥ T♣ Q♦

A♠ the dealer pushed the chips to Ryota, Sanampuri started leaving to be called back as he covered Ryota by 4,600.

Vietnamese Highroller Quang Huy Nguyen, former APT Last Chance Highroller Champion, with numerous titles under his belt was seen playing Flight B of the APT Main Event beside Kunal Patni who has made a re-entry after being eliminated earlier in the day.

On 4♣ 3♥ J♦ flop and around 28,000-chip bet in the pot, Thailand’s Supakit Anukoolpitaknil fired a barrel of 22,000, making Cheng Tzu Lai muck his hand.

With the board running 6♦ 8♥ 9♥ 2♦ and around 3,000 chips in the pot, Lee Kety bet 1,200 from the big blind and Timothy James White from middle position.

The A♦ hit on the river which Kety check-folded after White bet 3,200.

Stephen Lai from cut-off three-bet to 2,400 after Sebastian Iargo opened action by raising to 1,000. Both the button and small blind folded to big blind Shao-Kang Chien who made the call. Action went back to Iargo who decided to four-bet with 8,500 which Lai called. Chien didn't want to take any more heat folded.

Flop came down to K♣ A♣ 8♥ . Iargo continued aggression with a 7,000 bet and Lai once again called. The 9♠ turn made Iargo jam all-in. Lai, puzzled, thought and tanked for quite some time, looking at the clock and Iargo alternately. A few minutes passed and with what seemed to be a look of resignation, called the all-in.

Iargo showed J♦ 9♦ for a pair on the turn while Lai turned over Q♥ Q♣ . The river was a 2♣ and the dealer pushed the chips towards Lai as Iargo left the table.

A♠ Lai was fixing his chips, the other players were teasing him and he defended himself saying, "It wasn't a - Oh fuck it decision. It just didn't make sense. It really didn't."

Tournament Director Winda Lai walking the floor to make sure all players enjoy a smooth experience at Flight B of the APT Main Event.

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Left with a short stack from the previous hand, Kunal Patni shoved all-in at big blind with only Adalsteinn Petur Karlsson in mid-position left in the hand. Karlsson made the call to show A♦ 7♦ against Patni's K♣ 9♣

The dealer dealt a board of 7♣ 2♦ A♥ T♥ 2♠ giving Karlsson a two-pair on the flop and much needed chips to last the day.

Chi Ho Yeung limped in from middle position which Chao-Sheng Lin and Chih-Han Lin called from the button and the small blind respectively. Cheng Tzu Lai checked from the big blind.

All players kept the slow pace and checked through the 2♣ Q♠ A♦ flop.

A T♠ hit on the turn which Lin bet 1,000, and Lai made the call. Yeung folded. The K♦ slid on the river, and both players checked. Lai snap-folded after Lin tabled J♠ T♦ for an unbeatable straight.

We picked up the action with Kunal Patni under-the-gun raising to 700 and action passed over to Min Sung Lee at the button. Lee called to see a flop of 3♦ K♦ Q♣ .

Kunal checked and Lee bet 1,200 which Patni called. The turn of 7♠ was once again check-called by Patni when Lee bet 5,000. Finally, on the river of 2♥ Lee made a huge bet of 23,500 when action was once again passed to him. Kunal made the call and Lee showed 3♣ 3♠ for a set on the flop. Patni mucked was left short-stacked.

We arrived at the table with Kwun Wah Simon Ngan on big blind with a raise to 700, Seongbae Han all-in and action to Kei Wing Ng with Leo Gar Bon Kam at small blind also still in the hand. After a few minutes, Ng called the all-in while Ngan and Kam folded.

Cards were turned over to show Han with A♠ T♦ dominated by Ng's A♥ K♠ . The board ran 3♣ 4♠ J♣ 3♠ 6♦ . Han began to stand up when Ng stopped him to say he was covered.

En-Cheng Hung limped in from the small blind, and Hao-Shan Huang raised to 26,000 from the button. Adalsteinn Petur Karlsson from the big blind and Hung called.

Huang bet 25,000 on the flop of 9♠ 6♥ 2♣ and was called by Karlsson, which Hung mucked.

With a J♦ sliding on the turn, Huang checked-called after Karlsson fired 34,000 chips in the middle to see the A♠ river which both players checked. After Hung tabled 8♣ A♣, Karlsson folded quickly.

We picked up the action with Chaiwut Jungpongsakom raising 5,500 on a board of 5♠ 7♦ 8♦ 6♠ and action on Iris Wong who was thinking whether to call, raise or fold. She eventually called to see the river of 2♣ . Passing the action to Jungpongsakom at the dealer button, Jungpongsakom shot another 10,000 into the pot. With only 16,500 behind Wong took her time before folding the hand.

We caught the action with Hoi Fung Li all-in after a raise of 26,400 from Hung Chang Hsu and with Soo Ghee Lim on the button considering his options on a board of 2♥ 4♣ 5♦ 2♠ 2♣ . Lim finally folded his hand to give way to the initial raiser.

Hsu jammed his chips in the middle of the felt which made Li throw his hand open to show A♦ 3♦ for a straight on the flop. Hsu opened his hand to show J♠ J♦ for a full house on the river.

Early in the day, players were already building their stacks before most of the players came in. And that was exactly the case on Table 6 where Adalsteinn Petur Karlsson raised to 400 at big blind with 3 other players already in the hand. Puripat Mahaguna, En-Cheng Hung and Hao-Shan Huang called the raise.

Flop came down 5♠ Q♥ 7♠ and Karlsson fired another 400 which was called by Mahaguna in middle position. Hung and Huang folded letting the two battle it out further.

The turn of K♥ made Karlsson fire another 1,100 but was re-raised by Mahaguna with 3,000. Karlsson called. Karlsson passed the action to Mahaguna on the 8♠ river and the latter shot 12,000 into the pot. Karlsson thought long about the bet but eventually folded.

Kunal Patni of Natural8 is in the house starting early in APT Main Event Flight B.

Within the first 15 minutes of level 1, action happened at Table #10. Erans Shahams from Latvia woke up with K♠ K♦ in the hole.

Unfortunately for us, we picked up the action on the flop of 3♣ 6♥ J♣ with Shahams checking over action to Takuto Okawa, headsup. Takuto bet a hefty 3,800 which Shahams called.

Shahams check-called the 9♦ turn which Takuto bet 12,000 into. Shahams did exactly the same thing when Takuto jammed his chips all-in on the 6♦ river.

Although Shahams had big pockets, Takuto woke up today with a better one as he turned over A♣ A♦

Cards are in the air and play has started for the APT Main Event Flight B.

Flight B starts today and is the 2nd of the four opening flights for the APT Taipei Poker Classic Main Event.

The opening day yesterday, Flight A, had a total of 462 entries (341 uniques) fighting it out to make it to Day 2 but only 157 players were able to survive with Keigo Kubo on top of the pack with 420,600 chips.

Flight B starts at 11:00am today with blind levels set at 45 minutes. Late registration is open until 8:15pm tonight. So, make sure to come over to the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club and have your chance to get a piece of TWD 65,000,000 guaranteed prize pool for a buy-in of TWD50,000.