APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024
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APT High Roller - Day 1 - TWD 11,000,000 GTD

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Niko Koop Leads Final 61 Players of the APT Taipei High Roller

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APT_TAIPEI(G)_E91 APT High Roller - Day 1_Chip Leader-50.JPG Niko Koop

The German Niko Koop is the chip leader of the TWD 110,000 APT High Roller. After a slow start inside the Chinese Majong League, the registrations kept pouring in, ending at a total of 275 entries (192 unique), creating a total prize pool of TWD 26,136,000 (~$809,500). This means the guaranteed prize pool of TWD 11,000,000 was more than doubled! The winner of this event will be taking home TWD 5,244,000 (~$164,850).

Of the 61 players that made it to Day 2, four players bagged over 1 million chips. Closely following Koop, who ended the day with 1,185,000 chips, is the Brazilian Sebastian Iargo with 1,174,000. Iargo will be in great contention to surpass his current career-high cash of USD 6,335 which he achieved earlier this series in Event #21 Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty.

APT-HRD1-H-72.JPG Sebastian Iargo

The podium was completed by Austrian's Daniel Robert Montagnolli with 1,156,000. It would be the first live title for the experienced professional.

Other notable names to make it to Day 2 are Stephen Song ( 990,000), Konstantin Held (786,000), Main Event 6th place finisher Chih Wei Fan (736,000), Punnat Punsri (596,000), and Rampage (203,000). ** Here are the top 10 chip counts after Day 1.**

Pos.NameCountry/RegionChips
1Niko KoopGermany1,185,000
2Sebastian IargoBrazil1,174,000
3Daniel Robert MontagnolliAustria1,156,000
4The NaingSingapore1,061,000
5Stephen Kyung Hyun SongUnited States990,000
6Rishi MehraIndia842,000
7Zhan Xi GuoTaiwan820,000
8Konstantin HeldGermany786,000
9Stanley Manfred WengUnited States741,000
10Chih Wei FanTaiwan736,000

APT Taipei High Roller - Payouts

PlacePrizePrize (USD)
15,244,000164,850
23,484,000109,525
32,548,00080,100
42,057,00064,665
51,613,00050,710
61,221,00038,385
7896,00028,170
8659,00020,720
9546,00017,165
10457,00014,365
11457,00014,365
12400,00012,575
13400,00012,575
14361,00011,350
15361,00011,350
16321,00010,090
17321,00010,090
18282,0008,865
19282,0008,865
20282,0008,865
21256,0008,050
22256,0008,050
23256,0008,050
24230,0007,230
25230,0007,230
26230,0007,230
27230,0007,230
28204,0006,410
29204,0006,410
30204,0006,410
31204,0006,410
32180,0005,660
33180,0005,660
34180,0005,660
35180,0005,660
36180,0005,660
37180,0005,660
38180,0005,660
39180,0005,660

Day 2 of the APT Taipei High Roller will continue at 11:15 AM local time inside the Asian Poker Arena. The final table will be live-streamed and can be seen through all social media channels of the Asian Poker Tour.

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Level 16: Blinds 5000-10000, 10000 ante

End of Day 1

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And that's it. We have reached the end of day 1 of the APT High Roler. 16 levels have been played and the remaining players are bagging their chips. A recap of the day will follow shortly.

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Level 16: Blinds 5000-10000, 10000 ante

Lim Chips Up Through Montagnolli

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Daniel Montagnolli

Daniel Montagnolli

Daniel Montagnolli raised to 20,000 from the cutoff only to be jammed by Yohwan Lim for 98,000 from the small blind. After thing for a while, Montagnolli folded.

NameChip Count
Daniel Montagnolli1,253,000
Yohwan Lim165,000
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Level 16: Blinds 5000-10000, 10000 ante

River Ace Stops Andersson

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Kunal Patni limped in from the small blind, and Mikael Andersson checked over from the big blind to take it into the streets.

A runout brought J♠ J♦ 3♥ 3♠ which they checked through until an A♥ landed on the river. Patni bet 35,000, making Andersson muck his hand.

NameChip Count
Mikael Andersson304,000
Kunal Patni150,000
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Level 15: Blinds 4000-8000, 8000 ante

Iargo Keeps the Momentum

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Sebastian Iargo

Sebastian Iargo

Sebastian Iargo limped in from the small blind which Dominik Nitsche checked from the big blind.

Both read a flop of 5♥ 2♦ 8♦ and checked through to see the turn.

After the 8♥ hit on the turn, Iargo bet 8,000 and was called by Nitsche to see a 4♠ river to which Iargo fired out 27,000, but Nitsche stuck around. Iargo tabled J♦ 8♣ for trips and scooped the pot through Nitsche. Iargo amassed over one million chips.

NameChip Count
Sebastian Iargo1,155,000
Dominik Nitsche160,000
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Level 16: Blinds 5000-10000, 10000 ante

Tough Day For Kunal Patni

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APT-HRD1-H-63.JPG Kunal Patni

This was not Kunal Patni's day. He was struggling all day to build up a stack. Combine it with two coolers, there is not much he could have done to survive the day. After running his KK into AA and AK earlier today, he just busted in the last level of the day with A♥ K♦ against Zhan Guo's A♠ A♣.

NameChip Count
Zhan Guo750,000
Kunal Patni0
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Level 15: Blinds 4000-8000, 8000 ante

Huang Fades a Jack

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China's Shu Leung Yau raised to 16,000 from middle position, and only his countrymate Mean-Feng Huang called from the big blind.

Both read a runout of 4♠ 9♦ 8♦ K♦ 3♦ and checked it through. Huang tabled Q♠ T♠ against the 7♥ 7♠ from Yau, meaning Yau scored the pot with his candy canes.

NameChip Count
Shu Leung Yau518,000
Mean-Feng Huang297,000
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Level 15: Blinds 4000-8000, 8000 ante

Jeremy Min To Live Another Day

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Kon Tang opened from early-position and Nuttapath Saisilp called on the button. Jeremy Min got dealt A♥ J♥ and jammed his 15 big-blinds. Kon Tang re-jammed, covering both players. Saisilp tanked, as it turned out he had pocket tens, but decided to get out of the way.

Tang was the favorite to bust out Min with A♦ K♥, but the A♠ J♣ 8♠ flop gave Min the lead which he could hold to double up and is now in great contention to make day 2.

NameChip Count
Jeremy Min280,000
Kon Tang110,000
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Level 15: Blinds 4000-8000, 8000 ante

Mehra Continues to Chip Up

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Rishi Mehra Rishi Mehra

After we posted a hand Mehra had to lay down a couple of minutes ago, this time he won chips back and continues his hot run in this tournament. Punnat Punsri opened from the cut-off and Rishi Mehra in the small-blind and Zhan Guo called along.

On the :Td 6♥ 3♦ flop Punsri made a small bet which both blinds called. Punsri continued to fire on the A♦ turn and only Mehra wanted to see a river. This brought another six, the 6♠ and Mehra took over the initiative and donked 60,000 into a pot of around 220,000. After using one time bank Punsri decided to let his hand go.

NameChip Count
Rishi Mehra720,000
Punnat Punsri350,000
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Level 14: Blinds 3000-6000, 6000 ante

Mehra Forced to Fold

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A flop ran 8♦ 3♦ A♥ with around 45,000 chips in the middle. Joey Weissman folded, and Rishi Mehra bet 7,000 which Stephane Serfati called on the button.

A K♣ landed on the turn Mehra check-folded after Stephane fired out 45,000.

NameChip Count
Rishi Mehra566,000
Stephane Serfati284,000
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