APT Main Event - Flight D (30/45 Mins) - TWD 65,000,000 GTD

Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen wasn’t backing down after three-betting Andrew Hoon's lo-jack open, especially when Hoon four-bet back at him! Nguyen made the call, and with 40,000 already in the middle, the flop rolled out 5♥ A♦ K♠. Both players decided to take a free look at the turn, which came 7♣.

Now, Hoon, in position, fired 10,000, and Nguyen made the call. The river brought no fireworks with both players checking. Nguyen showed an ace with a higher kicker from the small blind to scoop the pot.

Shelley McDermott busted out after a wild three-way action in a four-bet pot. With 72,000 already in the middle, the flop came down 2♣ 6♣ J♦, and Shin Jae Wook threw in a 25,000 bet, which McDermott called.

On the turn, when checked to, Wook then jammed for about 75,000. Holding K♦ K♥, McDermott snap-called, only to see Wook proudly flip over A♣ A♥. The rockets held strong, and the 3♠ river sent McDermott packing.

Another rough exit courtesy of the dreaded aces!

Ni Yu Ze found himself all in on a Q♠ T♦ 3♥ flop, sitting pretty with K♠ K♥. Things were looking good until Yip Man Hoi raised all in, showing off a flopped set of T♥ T♠.

The turn and river, however, brought no miracles for Ze, and he busts out of the tournament.

The players are on their last break of the day. After a 15 minute refresh, they will play three more 45-minute levels.

Leung Tsui decided to take a stand, four-bet jamming over Hsiang Ko’s small blind three-bet. Ko made the call with A♣ Q♦, only to see he was up against Leung’s A♦ K♠—dominated city.

The board bricked out, and Big Slick held strong for Leung, who doubled up in a massive 70 big blind pot. Tough break for Ko, but sometimes, Ace-Queen just doesn't cut it!

Anton Widjaya

Ni Yu Ze opened the button, and Anton Widjaya called from the big blind. The flop came down 4♦ J♦ T♥, and after checking, Widjaya called a 1,500 bet.

Things slowed down on the T♠ turn, with both players checking. But on the river, the 2♥, Widjaya led small for 2,000, and Yu Ze snap-called.

Widjaya proudly flipped over his 8♣ 4♣, scooping the pot with bottom pair! You’ve gotta love a bit of thin value.

Gary Thompson

Gary Thompson just took a brutal beat at the hands of Liao Chongwei. After both players checked the 2♠ T♥ 6♣ flop, the action heated up on the 7♥ turn. Chongwei decided to three-bet jam with his K♥ T♣, and Thompson called with his 6♠ 7♠, sitting pretty with two pair.

But poker can be cruel. The 2♦ river counterfeited Thompson’s two pair, giving Chongwei the winning hand with a higher two pair (tens and twos). Thompson, unfortunately, hit the rail in classic bad beat fashion.

Pakwarin Teerawatpattana limped from early-position and Chun Yu Chen next to her put out an isolation raise. Heads-up to the flop A♥ K♥ 7♣ they went.

Teerawatpattana checked and Chen bet half pot, which the Thai called. She checked again the 4♦ turn and Chen went all-in for around twenty big-blinds which Teerawatpattana called with a monster draw 5♥ 3♥. Chen showed A♦ Q♠ and had to fade, what felt like, half the deck on the river. Unfortunately, for him the river 6♣ gave Teerawatpattana a straight and busted Chen.

Shelley McDermott

Wei Li Hsu found himself all-in with his tournament life at risk, holding A♥ T♦ against Shelley McDermott's J♣ J♥. It was a classic flip, but unfortunately for Hsu, his ace never appeared.

McDermott's jacks held strong, sending Hsu and his remaining 12,000 chips to the rail. Better luck next time!

Kevin Choi

Kevin Choi might be a seasoned poker pro, but that didn’t stop the other players from taking shots at him today. He just got three-bet in back-to-back hands, and it didn’t go his way in either one.

In the first hand, Choi opened from the button, but Seiji Kikuoka in the small blind wasn’t having it and raised him. The flop came down Js 8h 6c, and Kikuoka led out with a bet that Choi called. He also stuck around for another bet on the 2d turn. When the river brought the 6s, Kikuoka threw out a small block bet, and Choi called, only to find out he was up against Kikuoka's Ks Jc.

In the very next hand, Choi opened from the cut-off, but Chih-Wei Chen in the small blind struck again with another three-bet. The flop showed Kc 7c 2h, and Chen continued his aggression with a bet. Choi called, but when Chen fired again on the 6d turn, Choi decided to fold.