Micro Main Event

Singapore's Dhanesh Chainani, who came fifth in Main Event, has put his name in the history books of the TWD 11,000 Micro Main Event after he defeated United Kingdom’s Gregory William Campbell in the final heads-up duel and won the top prize of TWD 1,154,984 (~$36,240) together with the lion trophy.

Chainani scored in the crucial hand with jack-four against king-eight from Campbell. Chainani sent Campbell to the payout desk for runner-up purse of TWD 714,000 (~$22,400) with a turned straight.

Final Table Results

Day 2 got underway with 90 players, and it was Englishman Percy Chao who led the pack with 859,000 chips on hand after Flight A & B yesterday, but he did not keep up the momentum. Chao ultimately busted in 16th place and banked TWD 52,000 (~$1,630) with his ace-ten, which wasn’t enough to compete with pocket 8♠ from Chao Kun Liao.

The final table set a high pace ffrom the get-go and sent Mamiya to the rail in ninth with a payday of TWD 95,000 (~$2,980). Mamiya’s king-five didn’t receive any help from the board against Patni’s ace-five which flopped an ace and removed one seat from the table.

After the first elimination at the table, action slowed down and the chips were continuously moved between stacks for quite some time. Eventually, Patni became the next casualty as he jammed pre-flop from under -the-gun with ace-jack, but the board ran out Chainani’s way who spiked an eight for one pair and sent Patni in eighth with TWD 120,000 (~$3,765) in his bag.

Same hole cards did not always end up with the same fate as Sirimueanphon encountered another ace-jack from Campbell, but the runout gave Campbell a straight, sending the queen-four from Sirimueanphon in 7th place together with TWD 176,000 (~$5,536).

Right after the blinds increased, Waki had no choice but to shove all-in with his last 200,000 with three-duce and ran into cowboys from Chainani who lassoed the small pot successfully with a clean board and showed Waki the way out for a purse of TWD 241,000 (~$7,560).

Huang carried his ace-deuce to compete with Campbell’s eight-five, but destiny was set as he flopped an ace for the top pair while Campbell was favored by the runout of ace-deuce-three-four for a straight. Huang banked TWD 310,000 (~$9,730) and walked towards the exit.

Yu was sent home in fourth as he shoved all in with a king on hand; however, Chainani managed another scalp with his pocket jacks and hooked up the pot as the board came clean. Yu returned home with a cash prize of TWD 391,000 (~$12,270).

Liao phad much hope after flopping a four with his deuce-four, but never thought that Chainani flopped an eight with his eight-six which even improved to trips on the turn. Liao was sent to the rail but surely pleased with a TWD 510,000 (~$16,000) payday.

The final heads-up started between Chainani and Campbell. Campbell went all in after flopping an eight with his king-eight, but the board already decided who should be crowned as the champion. Chainani held a suited jack-four and matched up with three cards on the board to finish his flush, sending Campbell in second for TWD 714,000 (~$22,462).

Congratulations to Chainani for walking away with the top prize of TWD 1,154,984 ($36,240)!

The APT Micro Main Event has ended with a new champion. A full recap of the event will follow shortly.

In one hand, the heads-up match between Dhanesh Chainani and Gregory Campbell ended. Campbell at the button completed and Chainani checked the blind to see a flop. All hell broke loose when the flop showed 7♦ 8♦ 2♣ .

Chainani check-raised Campbell by 2,500,000 after the Englishman shot out 400,000. Without batting an eyelash, Campbell verbally announed, "All In," and, with a 2:1 lead, the Singaporean made the call stating, "This is a gamble. Both players turned over their cards to show:

Campbell: K♠ 8♠

Chainani: J♦ 4♦

Campbell had spiked an eight on the board but Chainani was the favorite with 9 outs and as the poker gods would have it, The Singaporean got it one of them on the turn 6♦ , eliciting a wail of frustration from Campbell. the river Q♥ was displayed and the heads-up match finished with Campbell in 2nd place.

Chao Kun Liao raised to 700,000 and was called by Dhanesh Chainani.

Both saw the flop run out 4♣ 3♣ 8♠ which Liao bet 550,000, and Chainani raised to 1,600,000. This didn’t deter Liao from shoving all in.

Dhanesh Chainani 8♣ 6♣

Chao Kun Liao 2♥ 4♦

The board dealt 4♣ 3♣ 8♠ 8♦ K♦ , improving Chainani to unstoppable trips and showing Liao the way of payout desk for TWD 510,000 (~$16,000).

Chao Kun Liao raised to 600,000 on the button, and Gregory Campbell called from the big blind.

Both read the paired flop of 7♥ T♥ 7♠ and checked through to see the J♠ turn card which Campbell check-folded after Liao bet 450,000.

Dhanesh Chainani limped in from the small blind, and Mao-Lun Yu shoved all in from the big blind for around 4,250,000.

Dhanesh Chainani J♣ J♠

Mao-Lun Yu K♥ 6♣

The board spread 6♠ 7♠ 8♦ 3♣ T♥ , giving Yu a pair of sixes, but it’s still not enough against the hooks from Chainani. Yu was sent to the rail in 4th for TWD 391,000 (~$12,270).

Right after the elimination for 6th place, the next hand just announced the 5th place.

You Huang Cian shoved all in from the cutoff for his last 25,000 and was called by Gregory Campbell from the small blind.

You Huang Cian A♥ 2♠

Gregory Campbell 8♣ 5♥

The runout rolled off A♣ 2♥ 3♣ 4♠ Q♦ , improving Campbell to a straight. Cian was eliminated in 5th place for TWD 310,000 (~$9,730).

Yasuhiro Waki shoved all in for 200,000 from the small blind and was called by Dhanesh Chainani.

Yasuhiro Waki 3h 2d

Dhanesh Chainani Ks Kc

The board ran out 7s 9d 2s 5h 4♥ , meaning Chainani’s cowboys lassoed the pot and sent Waki to the rail in 6th place for the payout of TWD 241,000 (~$7,560).

Tirajad Sirimueanphon under-the-gun was all-in just putting in the blinds at the big blind position. Gregory Campbell opened for 600,000 to isolate Sirimueanphon and have a chance to eliminate for 1 pay jump to happen.

All the other players got out of the way and the players in the hand tabled their hand.

Sirimueanphon Q♠ 4♥

Campbell A♣ J♠

The board ran 2♠ Q♣ T♠ K♣ 9♣ giving Campbell a broadway straight and making Sirimueanphon exit the stage.

You Huang Cian had one 100,000-chip left and in middle position threw the chip in the middle of the felt all-in, not even matching the big blind bet. Button Gregory Campbell limped and Dhanesh Chainani at big blind checked his blind.

At the river of the board ran 4♣ J♠ A♦ 7♣ 7♠ , Campbell bet 250,000 pushing Chainani out of the hand.

Cian showed J♥ 7♥ catching a full house and tripling up in the process. Campbell showed his hand K♠ 7♦ for trips at the river explaining to Chainani why he bet.

Players are on a 15-minute break.

You Huang Cian jammed all-in from mid-position to be called by big stack Gregory Campbell on the button with 6♣ 6♥

With A♠ 6♦, Cian got the Ace that he needed when the dealer spread a flop of 8♣ 3♦ A♣ With one of Campbell's outs with Cian, there was almost no hope to get a set to eliminate Cian. Cian scopped his chips after the K♦ turn and K♣ river was dealt.

Kunal Patni was all in from under the gun for 985,000 and was called by Dhanesh Chainani from the big blind.

Dhanesh Chainani Q♦ 8♣

Kunal Patni A♠ J♦

The board put out 8♦ 6♣ 3♥ 2♠ T♠ , giving Chainani a pair of eights and sending Patni to the rail in 8th place for TWD 120,000 (~$3,765).

Action folded to the button, Chao Kun Liao opeend for 320,000 just to get a shove-all-in reaction from Dhanesh Chainani at small blind which was snap jammed by Kunal Patni. Laio got out of the hand immediately.

It was classic coin flip between Chainani's Big Slick A♦ K♥ versus Patni's J♦ J♥ from two of the more experienced players on the table. The dealer dealt 2♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♣ K♠ giving Chainani two-pair by the river.

Tirajad Sirimueanphong raised to 320,000 from under the gun which Chao Kun Liao called from the hijack.

Both saw the J♠ T♥ 2♥ flop, and Sirimueanphong check-folded after Liao bet 160,000.

A thrilling chop hand just played out between Dhanesh Chainani and Gregory Campbell.

Chainani shoved all in for 2,020,000 from early position, and Campbell called from the big blind to put Chainani at risk.

Dhanesh Chainani A♠ K♦

Gregory Campbell A♦ K♠

A clean board put out J♠ 3♥ Q♣ 7♣ T♥, meaning Chainani still stayed alive in the tournament.

With a board running 7♦ 8♦ 6♣ and around 2,000,000 chips in the middle, Tirajad Sirimueanphong shoved all in from the small blind for around 1,625,000 which Yasuhiro Waki made the call from the hijack.

Tirajad Sirimueanphong 9♣ 9♥

Yasuhiro Waki A♠ 8♠

Both saw a runout 2♠ 6♠ to which Waki flopped an eight but still not enough against the pocket nines from Sirimueanphong.

Chao Kun Liao opened for 250,000 at hi-jack to be called by Dhanesh Chainani and You Huang Cian. Flop came down 9♠ 8♣ T♥ and action passed to Chainani who shot out 500,000 making Cian fold but Liao called.

At the turn 3♥ Liao check-called the Singaporeans 875,000 bet. The river 6♠ was checked down by both players for Chainani to muck after Liao tabled 9♥ 8♥

Ruiko Mamiya jammed all-in from small blind when action was passed to her. Big Blind Kunal Patni snap called and both players tabled their cards to show K♣ 5♣ and A♦ 5♦ , respectively. The board unfurled 6♣ A♥ 3♦ 3♣ J♥ and with a spiked pair on the board, Patni eliminated Mamiya on the spot.

Tirajad Sirimueanphong raised 250,000 in mid-position and got called by Gregory Campbell at the button and Dhanesh Chainani in big blind.

Flop came down A♣ K♦ 8♠ and with action passed back tot he initial raiser, Sirimueanphong shot out another 300,000 to make the other players fold.

The final table has finally started and from the get-go action had begun. Tirajad Sirimueanphong opened at cut-off with 250,000 to be called by the big blind Gregory Campbell.

Campbell check-called the flop K♣ J♦ 2♦ after Sirimueanphong bet 150,000. The turn 4♠ had the same reaction fro Campbell when Sirimueanphong fired 300,000. Both players checked the river 3♣ and Campbell tabled the winning hand K♥ 5♠ as Sirimueanphong mucked.

Player Chip Counts

Top 9 Payouts

Players are on 15-minute break to set up the final table

Peter Steiner shoved all in for around 500,000, and Dhanesh Chainani made the call.

Dhanesh Chainani A♠ 4♥

Peter Steiner K♣ Q♣

The clean board spread 6♥ 9♣ 7♣ 9♥ 7♦ , and Steiner got busted in 10th place for TWD 78,000 (~$2,450)

Peter Steiner was all in for around 200,000, and was called by Dhanesh Chainani.

Peter Steiner A♦ J♣

Dhanesh Chainani J♦ 3♠

The board delivered 5♦ 4♣ Q♥ Q♣ Q♠ , giving Steiner a much-needed double up.

Kunal Patni opened from under the gun which Gregory Campbell three-bet to 270,000 on the button, and Yasuhiro Waki cold four-bet to 700,000. This was followed by the folds from Patni and Campbell.

Joycelyn Lam shoved all in for around 830,000 from the big blind and was called by Chao Kun Liao on the button.

Joycelyn Lam K♦ K♣

Chao Kun Liao A♠ J♥

The board ran out 8♦ A♥ 8♥ 3♠ Q♣, improving Liao to a top pair and sending Lam to the rail for TWD 78,000 (~$2,450)

Dhanesh Chainani raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, and Tirajad Sirimueanphong three-bet to 550,000 from the small blind, forcing Chainani to fold.

We picked up on the action at the river with an extremely huge pot in the middle of the felt and three players engaged in the hand. On a board of T♦ J♥ 5♦ A♦ 9♥ , Gregory Campbell in small blind added 600,000 into the mountain of chips to be called by big blind Joycelyn Lam and Chao Kun Liao in cut-off.

The action evoked a shocked reaction from Kunal Patni who was also at the table. The players finally showed

Campbell 8♦ 4♦

Liao K♥ Q♣

After seeing the gentlemen's hand, Lam showed one card K♦ and mucked the other.

Yan Kay Philemon Ip opened 600,000 at cut-off to be shoved all-in by the button Mao-Lun Yu. After checking the tournament clock and the other table, Ip made the call to show A♦ 6♣ versus Yu's A♣ Q♣ .

Yu's Ace-high with the higher kicker won on the board of 8♥ 4♣ 2♦ 2♥ 5♦ knocking Ip out of the tournament.

Gregory Campbell opened under-the-gun all-in to be called by Dhaval Mudgal in middle position for his tournament life.

Campbell 7♣ 7♦

Mudgal A♥ Q♦

Campbell's hockey sticks held on a board of 6♠ 4♣ 5♣ 2♥ K♠ eliminating Mudgal in the process.

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Kunal Patni raised to 160,000 which Chao Kun Liao called, and Jo Chen Fang shoved all in for 960,000. Patni got out of the way, but Liao made the call to put Fang at risk.

Jo Chen Fang A♦ 9♦

Chao Kun Liao K♠ Q♣

The board fanned out Q♦ 4♠ 5♣ 5♦ Q♠ , improving Liao to a full house and sending Fang to the rail for TWD 58,000 (~$1,820).

We arrived at the table with two players all-in, namely, at-risk player Hao Che Cheng and Yan Kay Philemon Ip, with 8♠ 4♣ and A♣ K♣ , respectively. The board showed J♠ A♥ T♠ 8♥ 9♣ .

With an Ace-pair spiked on the flop Ip felted Cheng for his tournament life.

Jo Chen Fang raised to 260,000 from middle position, and Kunal Patni called from the small blind.

Both read the 8♣ 3♥ 9♦ flop and check though.

An 8♦ hit on the turn which Patni bet 100,000, and Fan called to see the 4♠ river. Patni fired out 280,000 this time, making Fang fold her hand.

Action passed to the small blind after Chao Kun Liao opened in middle position for 160,000, Percy Chao jammed all-in for his tournament life to be called by the initial raiser.

Liao 8♠ 8♣

Chao A♣ T♣

Liao's caught a boat a board of 5♥ 5♠ 7♠ 7♥ 5♣ eliminating Chao in 16th place.

Hao Che Cheng was all in on the button, and Yasuhiro Waki called from under the gun.

Hao Che Cheng J♠ J♥

Yasuhiro Waki 9♦ 9♠

The board put out 4♣ K♣ T♦ 8♠ 5♠ , sending Waki out of the field.

Hao Che Cheng shoved all in on the button and was called by Chao Kun Liao from the big blind.

Hao Che Cheng A♣ 9♦

Chao Kun Liao T♠ 7♠

The board ran out 3♦ A♥ 9♣ 4♦ 5♠ which improved Cheng to two pair and kept him alive.

Going back to Table 16, found Kunal Patni all-in pre-flop with the other lady on the table Jo Chen Fang. Patni was up against Fang's A♦ 9♣ with his Big Slick A♥ K♦ .

The dealer dealt a board 2♣ T♦ 6♥ 6♠ 9♠ with Fang catching a pair on the board. A♠ Fang was scooping the chips, Patni jocundly said "I'm gunning for you now," evoking a sweet reply of "No please" from the lady.

We catch the action with Joycelyn Lam with a bet of 200,000 on a raised pot and Percy Chao considering his action on a flop of 7♠ 2♦ 2♠ . Chao finally made the call to see a turn of Q♦ which both players checked. The river 3♣ made Lam shoot out 300,000 and got a two-time bank card reaction from Chao. Chao eventually folded and Lam scooped the pot.

Kunal Patni on the table had to ask Lam what she had. The lady from Hong Kong answered that she had pocket Twos. Patni goes, "Really? I folded a two." Lam replied, "Not possible" with a smile.

Kunal Patni raised to 100,000 on the button, and Jo Chen Fang called from the big blind.

Both read the 4♠ K♣ K♦ flop which Fang checked the action to Patni who bet 60,000. Fang then raised to 140,000 and was called by Patni.

The Q♣ hit on the turn, and they checked through to see the K♠ river that Fang check-called after Patni fired 175,000 chips.

Kunal Patni A♥ A♣

Jo Chen Fang A♦ 9♠

Patni tabled the bullets for an unbeatable full house against the ace-nine from Fang who bet for a bluff.

With a flop of 8♦ A♦ 7♥ putting out and 120,000 chips in the middle, both Kunal Patni from the small blind and Dhaval Mudgal from the big blind checked through.

A board-pairing 7♠ fell on the turn which Patni bet 50,000 and forced Mudgal to fold quickly.

After Tirajad Sirimueanphong from Thailand opened under-the-gun for 80,000, Elliot Yip at the button shoved most of his chips, leaving behind on 5,000-chip behind, after action was folded to him. Sirimueanphong called and checked after seeing the flop of 9♥ Q♠ A♠ . Yip threw in his last chip which was easily called by the Thai player.

Yip A♣ J♥

Sirimueanphong A♦ 9♦

With Sirimueanphong catching a two-pair on the board, Yip was hoping to see a Jack on the turn or river. The turn T♦ gave him a gut-shot straight draw but the river didn't give him the out that he wanted with a 5♦ .

We picked up the action on the turn with an already huge pot in the middle of felt, with Kunal Patni with a bet of 75,000 and Jo Chen Fang lost in thought staring at a board of A♦ J♠ 4♥ J♥ .

She finally made the call to see 3♥ river which made Patni push out a strong 170,000 bet, with a heavy heart Fang folded.

Dhanesh Chainani raised to 80,000 from the hijack, and Hsuan-Yu Lai re-raised to 270,000 from the big blind. After thinking for a while, Chainani decided to fold.

Wai Hang Wong opened to 80,000 from under the gun, and Jocelyn Lam called from the big blind.

Both saw a flop of 8♦ 7♥ T♦ spread, and Lam checked the action to Wong who bet 80,000. This didn’t deter Lam from firing out 200,000, which forced Wong to fold.

With the board running 6♣ Q♠ 3♦ and around 225,000 chips in the middle, Gregory Campbell from the big blind checked the action to Soowon Lee who bet 65,000 on the button, forcing Campbell to muck his hand.

Players are on a 15-minute break.

With only five tables left Kei Wing Ng was hoping for a double up when he picked up A♦ Q♦ in the hole. Jamming all-in for his tournament life, the player directly to his left, Chien Chiang Huang asked the dealer how much the at-risk player was all-in for.

After checking his own stack he called, waited for the rest of the players action, who all got out of the way, before he threw his cards face open showing the best hole cards in the game, A♠ A♥ . The young player stood up, ready to leave as he tabled his hands

The dealer flopped 2♠ 6♦ A♣ giving Huang a set and evoking from the players on the table a very audible "Awww" of sympathy for Ng. The J♦ gave Ng a nut flush draw this time eliciting a loud "Ahhhh" of hope and excitement from his peers. And with the 7♥ river, Ng made his exit to the background sound of another "Aww" from the table.

When we got to the table Yuan Ting Tsai was deep in thought facing an all-in shove from the player directly to his left Yasuhiro Waki sitting motionless as he waits for Tsai's decision. Finally Tsai made the call and with a grunt of frustration, tabled his own A♠ T♥ against Waki's Q♦ Q♣

The board rolled out 5♥ 3♣ 3♦ K♦ 7♦ without an Ace in sight pushing Tsai towards the exit.

Joycelyn Lam opened to 200,000, and Hua-Wei Lin shoved all in with her last 115,000 chips, putting herself at risk.

Joycelyn Lam A♥ K♠

Hua-Wei Lin A♣ Q♠

The board put out 9♥ A♦ 6♦ J♠ 2♣ , sending Lin out to the exit as Lam held a king.

Joycelyn Lam raised to 140,000 from the hijack and was called by Keiichiro Kato from under the big blind with showing one card A♦ , which made Lam snap-fold.

We got to the table catching a three-way all-in between Peter Steiner in middle position, Hoi Fung Li and Randall Lee both in late position.

Li: K♦ 6♦

Lee: A♠ Q♦

Steiner: 6♣ 5♣

All three players saw the board unfurl into 8♣ J♠ K♥ A♣ 9♥ with Li spiking an Ace on the turn and leaving the other two players in the cold. Li scooped the huge pot happily, with Steiner disappointed and Lee with just one big blind left.

We arrive at the table with Taewan Kim all-in for his tournament life holding 4♥ 4♠ against Chang Hau Huang's A♦ K♠ for classic coin flip on a board of K♥ 2♥ A♣ 3♠ 8♠ giving Huang a two-pair on the flop and knocking Kim out of the tournament.

Gwendal Thepot was all in on the button for his last 100,000 chips and was called by Stefan Bratanov from the small blind.

Gwendal Thepot A♥ K♥

Stefan Bratanov A♦ T♠

A runout showed 3♠ 7♥ K♠ 8♦ T♥ , making Thepot stay alive in the tournament.

Ting Pong Cheung was all in from the cutoff for his last 220,000 chips and was called by Siripong Khamklang from the big blind.

Ting Pong Cheung A♥ T♠

Siripong Khamklang 9♣ 9♥

A runout showed 7♠ 8♠ 6♥ 7♦ K♥ , sending Cheung for an early shower.

James Tian was all in from the small blind for around 365,000, and Jia Wei Wu called from the big blind.

James Tian A♦ 2♦

Jia Wei Wu 8♥ 8♦

The runout came T♥ 3♥ 4♦ Q♥ 2♥ , securing the pot for Wu with his snowmen and leaving Tian short-stacked with his ace-high.

Tzu Yi Yang was all in for around 460,000 from the small blind, and Stefan Bratanov called from the big blind.

Tzu Yi Yang A♥ T♠

Stefan Bratanov 9♣ 9♥

The board delivered 7♠ 8♠ 6♥ 7♦ K♥ , improving Bratanov’s pocket nines to two pair against the ace-ten for ace-high.

Takahito Oikawa shoved all in from under the gun and was called by Siripong Khamklang from the big blind.

Takahito Oikawa A♠ Q♣

Siripong Khamklang J♠ J♦

The clean board ran out T♥ 3♠ T♣ T♠ 2♦ , Oikawa scooped the pot with his kicker queen.

Shuffle up and deal has been announced and the cards are in the air for the final day of Micro Main Event.

Good morning from Taipei for the last day of the 2024 APT Taipei Poker Classic!

The final day of TWD 11,000 Micro Main Event will step on the stage from 11:15 am local time. Players will play through 21 levels and begin with blinds at 6,000/12,000 with a big blind ante. The clock will be set at 30 minutes except for the first level which will last 8 minutes only.

A total of 635 (393 unique) were recorded and that generated a prize pool of TWD 5,967,984 (~USD 187,260) including a top prize of TWD 1,154,984 (~$36,240).

After Day 1, 90 players managed to get a spot in the money and will continue to play for a higher prize today.

Everyone is chasing after United Kingdom’s Percy Chao (859,000), Taiwan’s Mao-Lun Yu (840,000), and 2023 APT Hanoi Hyper Turbo 8-Max Champion India’s Kunal Patni (811,000).

A full seat draw with chip counts can be found by clicking here.

Payout information can also be found by clicking here.

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