APT National Cup - Flight C - Plays to 5%, ITM 14% (15 Mins) - TWD 15,000,000 GTD

Chih Wei Fan

Flight C of the TWD 10,000 APT National Cup has come to a close with 35 players making the money and only 14 players from the original 236 entries (189 unique) making it through to Day 2 on Saturday 2nd March. They will join the 24 players who made it through Flight B, and the 29 who made it through Flight A yesterday.

Bagging up the chip lead from today was Taiwan's own Chih Wei Fan, who accumulated a whopping 1,050,000 chips. He made the APT Main Event final table here last year where he finished 7th after an epic blow-up against Thailand's Punnat Punsri.

Going through as the second-biggest stack was Lin Kuan Yu who was just short of the one-million chips mark with 978,000 in chips.

Flight C generated a prize pool of TWD 2,037,388 (~$64,415) and paid out TWD 420,000 (~$13,280) of that, which was awarded to places 15 through 35. Which leaves TWD 1,617,388 (~$51,140) in prize money that will be carried over to the final day.

Yuji Watanabe

Yuji Watanabe bagged up the third-biggest stack with 885,000 chips. Yesterday he took down Event #2: PL Omaha High - 5 Card - 8 Max, for TWD 126,219, and was the first player to win a trophy at the 2024 edition of APT Taipei.

Other notables to make it through were TaoWei Chang (568,000), Yan Qin Yang (311,000), Josei Kamei (270,000), Yuhsiu Chou(234,000), and short-stacked Lun Wei Chang (161,000).

The top ten stacks can be found below.

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Katuhisa Watanabe was the short stack on the bubble, in this hand he started under-the-gun and decided this was the time to commit his last 105,000 into the middle. Next to act was Che Lun Liu who made the call, after all the other players folded the cards were revealed.

Watanabe K♥ J♦

Liu 7♥ 7♠

The flop came A♥ 3♠ Q♥ giving Watanabe a straight draw to go with his overcards. The turn was the 4♦, but the river was the T♣ completing the straight for Watanabe and doubling him up, much to the dismay of all the remaining players.

15 players remain; after one more elimination, the players will bag up their chips and come back on Saturday for Day 2.

As Day 2 approached Che Lun Liu opened to 40,000 from the hijack. When it folded to Fu Bang Huang in the big blind he 3-bet to 120,000. Liu then used two timebank chips before announcing all-in for around 400,000. Huang made the call

Liu A♦ A♣

Huang K♠ K♣

Huang was on the wrong end of a horrible cooler, and when the board ran out 3♠ 9♣ 6♠ 4♥ 5♥ he headed for the cashier's desk. Liu on the other hand added to his already enormous chip stack.

_ Chim Ngai Yeung Edmond_

Slow playing your hand in the late stage of the tournament is never easy, with seven more players left on Day 2.

The action started with Lee Wen Liang raising from the Low Jack of 50,000, and the player from Hong Kong Chim Ngai Yeung Edmond flat called the raise with only 160,000 chips remaining of his stacks.

Action folded around, and we are heads up to the flop of 5♣ K♠ 5♦, Lee decided to check and a quick check back by Yeung.

The 9♦ came to the turn, Lee fired out a huge size bet of 70,000. Yeung did not go anywhere and put in the call with only 90,000 chips behind.

The river was the A♦, and a quick shove by Lee put Yeung all in to call but unfortunately got snapped by Yeung because yeung showed the monster hand 9♠ 9♥ turning the set on the turn.

Lee A♥ 2♣ with pair of Aces.

Cheng Liang Liu shoved all in for about 175,00 from early position. When it folded round to Yuhsiu Chou in the big blind he slowly peeled back his cards before smiling and calling for all of his 100,000 chips.

Chou A♦ K♣

Liu A♣ Q♣

The flop came Q♦ 6♠ 2♣ which spelt disaster for Chou, a board-pairing 2♥ on the turn meant only a rivered king would keep him alive, it wasn't supposed to be though as the 9♠ came on the river, much to the amusement of Liu who moves closer to Day 2

Kuan Yu Lin is the biggest stack left in the field with around 650,000 chips. In this hand he shoved preflop from the button. After the small blind folded, Xiao Yi Loo called for his last 70,000 from the big blind.

Loo K♣ 9♣

Lin T♥ 2♥

Lin put his faith in the famous Doyle Brunson hand, which seemed to work as the flop came J♦ T♦ T♣ giving him trips. The turn was the 6♦ and the river the 6♥ upgrading him to a full-house. With that, Loo headed to the cashier's desk, and Lin moved over the 700,000 chip mark.

On a board of K♣ Q♥ J♦ 5♠ Sheng Chang Lu had bet 37,000. Yuki Watanabe of Japan made the fold, but TaoWei Chang called to see a river.

The river was the 8♦ which saw both Chang and Lu check. Chang showed queen-nine for second pair, but it was second best to the K♠ T♠ for top pair of Lu.

With just 35 players remaining the bubble has burst. Play will end for the day when 14 players remain.

Josei Kamei

Pui Lam Yau open jammed all-in from early position for around 80,000 chips. Sitting to his direct left was Josei Kamei of Japan, who made the call to put him at risk.

Yau 4♥ 4♦

Kamei 9♥ 9♠

The board ran out clean for the pocket nines of Kamei as it came T♣ 7♣ 8♠ K♠ A♦. Yau was sent to the rail, whereas Kamei became one of the biggest stacks in the room.