APT High Roller (110,000 TWD)

Hand 18 Yi Chieh Tseng limped for 160,000 from under the gun, and Wang Kaifan called from early position. Yung Bing Chu, in the cutoff, raised to 600,000. Trung Nguyen, in the small blind, shoved for 5,300,000. Wang and Chu folded, but Tseng called. They revealed their cards:

Yi Chieh Tseng: A♣ Q♦

Trung Nguyen: A♦ K♥

The flop came 3♥ 2♥ K♠ , putting Tseng on the brink, needing runner-runner to survive.

The 2♦ turn and T♦ river offered no help. Tseng exited in 9th place, heading to the payout desk for a TWD 746,500 (~USD 24,400) prize.

Hand 10 Kaifang Wang raised to 325,000 from under the gun with A♣ 5♣ and won the pot.

Hand 11 Yi Chieh Tseng limped in from the small blind wtih J♣ 3♣ and Kaifan Wang raised to 500,000 in the big blind with 9♠ 9♥ . Tseng called.

On the monotone flop of 7♠ T♠ 4♠ , it went check-check.

The board-pairing T♣ hit on the turn, and it was another check round.

The river showed a K♦ and both checked to a free showedown. Wang collected the pot.

Hand 12 Tseng limped in on the button wit 4♣ 3♠ and Kok Wei Teoh checked over from the big blind with 8♦ 2♣ .

On the flop of K♥ J♥ 3♥ , it went check-check.

The 2♠ hit on the turn, it was another check round.

The 8♠ landed on the river, where Teoh bet 350,000. Tseng folded.

Hand 13 Teoh limped in from the small blind with 9♣ 3♣ and Abraham Ceesvin shoved from the big blind with 7♥ 7♣ to collect the pot.

Hand 14 Ceesvin limped in from the small blind with Q♦ 6♠ and Alex Wice raised from the big blind with 8♦ 2♥ , which Ceesvin snap-folded.

Hand 6 Trung Nguyen raises to 240,000 in early position, and gets a walk.

Hand 7 Chieh Tseng calls 120,000 with A♣ 2♣ , Chu Yung Bing called also, with J♦ 8♦ . Yun Sung Jin checked in the big blind.

The flop fell: 7♦ 8♥ T♥ and was checked through.

A 9♣ turn, saw Bing put in a 300,000 bet, which was enough to gets it done - Jin and Tseng both folded.

Hand 8 Action folds round to Yun Sung Jin with J♦ 9♦ , who uses a time bank, before limping in for 60,000. Trung Nguyen checked from the big blind.

A flop of 3♣ 6♣ 2♦ , had Jin checking his option to Nguyen who bet out 150,000, Jin lets it go.

Hand 9 Tseng calls under the gun 120,000 7♠ 6♠ . Wang +1 raises to 300,000. Tseng three-bet to 600,000. Wang calls.

Flop K♥ 9♣ 3♣ . Tseng bets 1,000,000. Wang uses a time bank then makes the call. Turn 3♥ . Tseng all-ins Wang to 2,000,000. Wang calls. River 9♥ , double up for Wang.

There will now be one hour break before the final nine players return for the final table.

The level will resume at Level 27 (60,000/120,000 and a 120,000 big blind ante).

Yeow Chung Chong raised to 200,000 from early position, and Yi Chieh Tseng three-bet to 500,000 from the small blind. Chong called, and they went heads-up to the flop.

The dealer revealed 6♦ Q♠ 7♠ . Tseng bet 500,000, and Chong, with top pair, called.

Both checked the J♥ turn, giving Tseng a straight draw. On the T♦ river, Tseng shoved all-in. Chong, after burning two time banks, called, only to see Tseng’s A♦ K♣ nut straight crush his A♠ Q♦ top pair.

Chong grabbed his belongings and went to the payout desk for his TWD 473,000 (~USD 15,460).

Adrian Chua raised to 75,000 from under the gun, finding callers in Kim Wah Chiu on the button and Yi Chieh Tseng in the big blind, heading three-way to the flop.

The dealer revealed the J♠ A♦ 7♦ flop. Tseng checked, Chua bet 50,000, Chiu called, and Tseng raised to 100,000. Only Chua called.

Action slowed as both players checked the 8♥ turn and A♣ river.

Tseng tabled T♠ 8♦ for a turned middle pair, catching Chua off guard as he mucked his hand.

"Eights..." Chua said in disbelief.

Tetsuya Fujiwara raised to 100,000 from the lojack, with Yi Chieh Tseng calling from middle position.

Action stayed cautious, both players checking through the 9♥ 4♣ 7♠ 6♠ T♣ board.

Tseng flipped over 6♣ 5♣ for middle pair, and Fujiwara mucked.