Main Event

With no improvement for Chu, he finishes in 9th place.

Hand #2: Gyu Won Jang opens 600,000 and wins the blinds and ante.

Hand #3: Manlok Chan opens 300,000 from hijack and big blind Ko Chia Hsiang pays up to see the flop K♠ J♥ 2♥ . Chan c-bets 250,000 and wins the pot that easy.

Hand #4: Chiehchi Liu ups it to 250,000, Justin Chu joins in, small blind Ko Chia Hsiang shoves 3,025,000 and takes it down unchallenged.

Hand #5: Chiehchi Liu raise preflop again, this time 300,000 and wins the blinds and ante.

Hand #6: Manlok Chan wins his third pot out of five that have been dealt with an uncalled raise preflop.

Hand #7: Chiehchi Liu get first walk of the day.

Hand #8: Manlok Chan also gets a walk.

Justin Chu open shoves his last 7 bb and sweats it when two players call. The board A♥ T♦ 5♣ J♣ 2♥ is checked down.

Chiehchi Liu is now the overwhelming chip leader after landing a massive pot defending his big blind. Hand opens with button Justin Chu raising 160,000, blinds call. Chu bets a larger 350,000 on the flop 8♦ 9♣ 2♠ , and only Liu continues to the turn 2♥ . Again Liu passes the betting to Chu who bets 600,000, this time Liu raises 1,600,000 and Chu calls. The river then comes 4♦ , another 1,600,000 bet by Liu is called by Chu.

Liu shows 3♥ 2♣ trips and ships it as Chu mucks.

From the big blind, Wei Le Tsai calls Justin Chu's min-raise then check-raises to 300,000 on a flop J♥ 3♦ 2♦ . Chu calls and they head to the turn 5♥ . Tsai continues firing with a 620,000 bet and still Chu sticks around. On the river 9♦ , Tsai announces all in, Chu calls, Tsai has air and goes bust on a bluff.

Facing a min-raise by button Justin Chu, big blind Pao Jung Huang three-bets all in. Chu doesn't bite. Huang shows his A♠ A♥ .

Justin Chu follows Hyunsik Jung in calling Cheng Wei Chun's preflop min-raise then all three check to the turn K♦ J♦ 4♠ T♠ . Chu leads 175,000, gets popped by Cheng to 500,000, Jang folds, Chu flats. The river 3♦ is checked down. Chu's J♣ T♥ two pair wins the pot.

Lam Yue Hin raises with K♣ Q♣ , and big blind Justin Chu defends to head to the flop A♥ 8♣ 9♣ . Lam fires 60,000 again, and Chu continues to stick around. While no bets were seen on the turn 6♣ , the river T♥ has Chu leading out the minimum only to get popped to 160,000. Chu calls then mucks to the flush.

Action folds around, small blind Justin Chu limps then calls big blind's 3000 raise. Both check the flop 2♥ 8♦ 8♥ , Chu leads out 6000 on the turn and big blind calls. When the river comes 5♦ , Chu goes all in for 36,300, this sends big blind tanking and eventually calls and shows A♠ A♦ . Rockets are no good with Chu turning over T♠ 8♠ trips.

Chu is fresh off his 3rd place finish at the recently concluded APPT Manila Main Event and is off to a good start for another deep one.