APT Incheon, South Korea 2023
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APT Main Event - KRW 1,300,000,000 GTD - Flight A (60 mins)

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Shoichiro Tamaki

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Yu Sheng Lin Leads $1,000,000 Guaranteed APT Incheon Main Event Flight A

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Yu Sheng Lin

After 10 one hour levels of play Taiwan's Yu Sheng Lin tops the APT Incheon - $1,000,000 Guaranteed - Main Event Flight A field. The first of four flights received a total of 223 entries and saw a total of 80 players bag for Day 2. Lin accumulated a total of 246,500 chips, which means he will bring over 150 big blinds into Day 2. Second in chips is China's Zhu Nan, who bagged 229,400 and the top 3 is completed by Adrian Boon Chye Chua from Singapore who gathered 223,000.

Lin's best performance at an APT event was a runner-up finish back in February 2019 during APT Taipei. Picking up his first win in a Main Event would be something Lin will be dreaming about starting tonight. Lin's total live tournament earnings are $94,164.

Defending APT Incheon Main Event champion Farhad Aghayev also made it to Day 2. After his first attempt went wrong, his second bullet hit the bullseye as Aghayev bagged an above-average stack of 147,800. The other APT Incheon Main Event winner that made it through is Dicky Siu Hang "Tricky Dicky" Tsang (136,200). The Hong Kong resident won the Mystery Bounty yesterday and will be a force to be reckoned with.

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Dicky Siu Hang "Tricky Dicky" Tsang

Other familiar faces that made it to Day 2 are Estonia's Taago Tamm (215,000), poker superstar Wai Kiat Lee (153,100), Natural8 Team Hot members Yu Chung Chang (147,100), Hua-Wei Lin (101,500), and Danny Tang (90,000).

Top-10 Stacks of Main Event Flight A

SeatNameCountryChip Count
1Yu Sheng LinTaiwan246,500
2Zhu NanChina229,400
3Adrian Boon Chye ChuaSingapore223,000
4Taago TammEstonia215,000
5Xiaohua FuChina205,700
6King Wai CheungHong Kong203,400
7Wayne Chi Wah LauCanada198,000
8Taiki UragamiJapan190,000
9Yunfeng SunChina177,800
10Tomochika KamiyaJapan175,700

Join us for Flight B tomorrow which will have slightly faster 45-minute levels and gets underway at 12pm local time.

This live reporting blog is brought to you by Life of Poker.

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Final 3 Hands of the Day

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The players in the Main Event Flight A are down to their final 3 hands.

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Nevan Chang Doubles in the Last Orbit

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There was a lot of commotion at Table 41 as a massive preflop all-in took place between Natural8 Team Hot member Nevan Chang and Xingbiao Zhu.

Chang showed A♥ K♠, while Zhu tabled A♦ Q♣.

The flop came 6♥ T♠ 5♠. There was not much to worry about for Chang still, but that all would change when the Q♠ came off on the turn. The table and rail went crazy with excitement as Chang now behind had to hit any king, jack, or spade to win the hand.

A 3♠ on the river made Nevan Chang do a little happy dance while he raked in a massive pot. Zhu was left behind with only 7,000.

In the next hand, Zhu tripled up to 23,500.

NameChip Counts
Nevan Chang157,000
Xingbiao Zhu23,500
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Yamamoto Pushes Zhang of the Better Hand

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When we arrived at Table 33 we saw Yang Zhang lead into Kazuo Yamamoto for 21,000 on a board of 9♦ K♦ J♥ 7♦ 3♣. The Chinese kept 30,000 behind and was put to the ultimate test by Yamamoto when he jammed over Zhang's bet all-in for 80,000.

Zhang angrily mumbled to himself before he mucked his cards. Yamamoto showed Zhang A♦ T♣ for ace high! What a bluff by the Japanese. Zhang furious with himself shaked his head and kept on mumbling.

An orbit later we saw Yang Zhang standing up from his table as he busted out.

NameChip Counts
Kazuo Yamamoto116,000
Yang Zhang0
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Natural8 Power Couple Still In It To Win It

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Natural8 Team Hot WinPokerCouple (Nevan Chang & Wei Wei) are both still going strong in the Main Event Flight A. Nevan Chang is right now sitting on 73,500 while his partner Wei Wei is sitting on 87,000. During the last APT stop in Da Nang, Nevan Chang made the Main Event's final table. Ultimately, Chang would finish in 4th place, winning just over $56,000.

NameChip Counts
Hua-Wei "Wei Wei" Lin87,000
Yu-Chung "Nevan" Chang73,500
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Last Level of Flight A

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We just entered the last level of the day. One more 60-minute level before the players can bag up their chips.

Registration is still open, but this first out of four flights has received 223 entries.

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Captain Sparrow Cheung Sends Shenghao Wu to the Rail

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On our way back to the media area we saw action brewing at Table 39 between Sparrow Cheung and Shenghao Wu. On a board of 5♥ 5♦ 2♠ J♣ Cheung fired 6,500 into Wu. The Chinese didn't buy "Captain Sparrow's" story and jammed all in for 34,600.

Cheung tanked for a good 2 minutes before making the call with K♠ J♥. Wu stood up from his chair before he revealed 8♥ 8♠. The river bricked out and we lost Wu just before we entered the last level of the day.

NameChip Counts
Sparrow Cheung130,000
Shenghao Wu0
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Wai Kiat Lee Doubles Against Farhad Aghayev

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We arrived at Table 40 when the board ran out 7♥ 6♥ 5♦ 7♣ T♣, from the big blind Farhad Aghayev put his opponent Wai Kiat Lee to the test by putting him all-in for his last 37,700. In the pot at that moment were already 32,000 chips.

Lee went deep into the tank, but after a minute and a half had passed, he threw in a big chunk of purple chips into the middle.

Aghayev tabled Q♥ 9♦ for queen-high, while Lee showed K♦ 5♠.

That was an impressive call by Lee. Their table partner Taago Tamm, used a Phil Hellmuth classic to show his appreciation, "Honey, they called me with king-five!"

Aghayev slides down the chip counts after losing this big pot.

NameChip Counts
Wai Kiat Lee96,000
Farhad Aghayev62,000
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Level 9: 218 Entries

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What a massive flight it has become. The Main Event Flight A is now sitting on 218 entries!

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5-Way Blind All-In

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We just heard a 5-way blind all-in occurred in the Main Event. It was initiated by Natural8 Ambassador Danny Tang who just busted the Superstar Challenge. His close friend Wai Kiat Lee also joined the action.

When asked about who won the hand they both couldn't remember. "Look for the guy that has 200,000", is what Lee told us. Unfortunately, several players are already sitting on 200,000, so our mystery 5-way blind all-in player has not yet been revealed.

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