PokerNews predicted that the APT Taiwan Poker Basic Predominant Occasion’s attendance can be off the charts, and that prediction ran true with 1,991 entries and an enormous NT$86,011,200 ($2,724,460) prize pool created. Germany’s Rene von Reden was the final participant standing after the ultimate hand concluded, and he raked in NT$14,413,200 ($453,960), the most important prime prize ever awarded in Taiwan.
The APT Taiwan paid out the highest 295 finishers. Such luminaries as Asa Smith, Kannapong Thanarattrakul, Joseph Cheong, Lester Edoc, Joshua McCully, Punnat Punsri, and four-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche completed within the cash (Nitsche busted in twenty sixth) however fell in need of the ultimate desk.
APT Taipei Predominant Occasion Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Von Reden sat down on the remaining desk because the second-shortest stack however he doubled by Juinchi Hashimoto shortly after the ultimate desk started. Andy Chen fell by the wayside shortly after von Reden’s well timed double. Von Reden min-raised to 500,000 on the button however bought out of the way in which after Chen three-bet all-in from the small blind and Abraham Ceesvin known as from the large blind. Ceesvin confirmed ace-jack, Chen revealed the king-nine of diamonds, and a queen-high board despatched Chen to the rail.
Hashimoto crashed out virtually instantly Chen busted. Chih Wei Fan open-shoved from the small blind with nine-eight of spades, Hashimoto known as with pocket fives and misplaced to a flopped straight.
Seventh place went to Sio Lau Fats, who misplaced a coinflip with ace-jack towards the pocket sevens of Jae Wook Shin. Fats’s seat hadn’t gone chilly when Fan was relieved of his stack. He bought his chips into the center in nice form, his ace-king of golf equipment dominating the ace-three of von Reden, however a 3 on the flop was sufficient to finest Fan’s Huge Slick. One other excellent end result for Fan, who received the Celebrity Problem in Taipei for $272,084.
Dhanesh Chainani was the chip chief at first of the ultimate desk, the twenty second APT remaining desk of his profession. A battle of the blinds noticed Chainani all-in from the small blind with ace-eight towards the ace-nine of von Reden. Chainani flopped an eight, however von Reden turned a straight. A brick on the river later, and Chainani was gone.
Man Lok Chan misplaced a sizeable pot to von Reden and by no means totally recovered. His remaining motion of the APT Taipei Predominant Occasion was to name Abraham Ceesvin’s shove with ace-jack of diamonds and discovering himself in an honest spot towards eight-seven of diamonds. Nonetheless, an eight on the flop gave Ceesvin the benefit, and that pair of eights held to ship Chan residence.
Heads-up was decided quickly after, with Shin’s ace-ten shedding a coinflip towards the pocket eights of Ceesvin. An eight on the flop gave Ceesvin a set, and Shin was making his manner from the ultimate desk earlier than the flip landed on the felt.
Big 11-Day APT Manila Pageant Comes With Over $3 Million Assured
Ceesvin held a 49,000,000 to 30,000,000 chip lead over von Reden going into heads-up, with blinds at 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000a. First blood went to von Reden however Ceesvin received a few massive pots to forge a 2:1 lead for himself.
Von Reden flipped the competition on its head after appropriately calling Ceesvin’s all-in bluff. Though Ceesvin refused to put down quietly, he would in the end must make do with second place.
The ultimate hand noticed Ceesvin min-raise with king-six, and von Reden name with nine-deuce of diamonds. A seven-king-trey flop with two diamonds noticed von Reden check-call a half-pot guess. The three of diamonds improved von Reden to a flush, and he checked. Ceesvin fired a 4,500,000 guess, von Reden raised to 12,000,000, and immediately known as when Ceesvin moved all-in. Ceesvin had a 9 p.c probability to enhance to a full home, however the queen of diamonds river despatched him to the showers.
Von Reden bought his arms on the well-known lion APT trophy and the most important prime prize in Taiwanese poker historical past, the equal of $453,960.
Different APT Taipei Highlights
4 gamers are returning residence having added six-figure (in USD) prizes to their lifetime earnings.
Chih Wei Fan triumphed within the NT$800,000 Celebrity Problem and took residence the equal of $272,084.
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant is $183,482 richer, because of profitable the NT$300,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler, with Martin Sedlak banking $163,094 for his victory within the NT$110,000 Excessive Curler.
Hye Park received the NT$80,000 Zodiac occasion for a cool $149,565.
APT Taipei Poker Basic by the Numbers
The APT Taipei Poker Basic 2024 was a roaring success. Throughout the 11-day pageant, 2,776 distinctive gamers from 48 international locations and areas contributed 16,787 whole entries throughout 98 trophy occasions. The APT awarded NT$388.25 million, the equal of $12.18 million!
The success of this APT cease is an effective omen for the upcoming APT Manila 2024 pageant, which runs on the Metropolis of Goals Manila from October 28 by November 7.
Photographs courtesy of the APT
