APT Taipei 2023

Mystery Bounty Hunter - TWD 3,000,000 GTD - Sponsored by Natural8 - Flight B

SUKHUM KIWANONT

CIERCO ANTHONY

HO BAO QIANG

LEE CHIEN-TE

HU YU-TANG

FU KA CHUN

POSRI PITIPONG

KATAOKA TOSHIO

SEOK JAEMOON

CHEN CHIH YANG

VED KARTIK MAHESH

LIN CHEN AN

LI NIEN-HENG

KIM NAMHYUNG

TE YONG SONG

KABAKI MARIE

HSIAO MING CHANG

WANG REN

LIN CHIH-HSIEN

HSUEH HSIANG HUNG

TSANG CHAK LAM

SONG JUNYEOB

WANG JACKY

LAM WAI LUN WILLIAM

LI SU CHI-KWON

SHIMIZU MASAFUMI

HUNG HSIN YU

SHIN JAE WOOK

HSU MING YOU

KOH ADRIAN

LEUNG KA SHING

LIN HUAWEI

SAKAKIBARA KOSEI

WANG YI-SHENG

KO CHIA HSIANG

LIN TING YAO

WU  HUNG-LING

CHEN YU CHUN

SANCHEZ FRANCISCO

HO WILFRED ANTHONY

HSU MU PAI

LECH MICHAEL ANDREW

LIU JIA-SONG

PING TSUNG LIU

LEE KUANG-HUNG

NAKANO KOTA

TANG SENG LEI

HUANG CHUNG WEI

LIU BO-JUN

HUANG ZI YOO

LI DAI-YU

GRIFFIN  MASON

TOH ALVIN

SMITH JULIAN STEPHEN

FANG POWEN

CHEN SHENG WEN

CHEN CHI JEN

OKANA NANAMI

MING HUI LI

LIU YU HUNG

YANG CHI-MING

KOTAKE RYO

FENG ZHAO

NGUYEN THANH PHAT

CHU CHI-JEN

PENG CHENG WEI

KAO JUI-TSE

OZA YUKINA

CHENG YI HO

TSAI CHENG-FENG

IP YAN KAY PHILEMON

LAM PAK CHUEN BURTON

LIU WEI-CHEN

TAY KENNIE

LIU CHEN-YI

BOTHRA DEEPAK

WIDJAYA ANTON

TU CHIA-HUI

HUANG ZHENG-YU

CHEN KUAN YU

LIM RICHARD CHEE CHEN

HUANG HSIN-MIN

GEBOW RYAN

YAN TAK CHUNG

YUKIO SHIMOGAMA

WANG YU TANG

SHIH YANG HSIN

VOIGT MAX

PENG YI WEI

HO SHEN SYU

NAKAMURA NANA

RICHARDS CHRISTOPHER BRIAN

LEE CHUN KIT

CHEN JYUN-MING

CHIU I-CHUN

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_Bao Qiang Ho_

**Bao Qiang Ho** leads the way in Flight B of the **Mystery Bounty Hunter - Sponsored by Natural8** with a stack of 694,000 chips. A total of **289 entries** (240 unique) were recorded meaning that just 41 players would advance into Day 2 and join the 54 qualifiers from Flight A. 

Ho had a big stack from the mid-way stage and kept applying pressure to his opponents to finish on top of the Flight and also come through as overall chip leader. The Singaporean player already has an APT title to his name, emerging victorious in a High Roller event in Taipei four years ago. 

**Jae Wook Shin** bagged up 514,000 chips as he works his way toward another APT final table. Shin's stack skyrocketed after getting a double up when his jack-ten rivered a straight against the ace-king of **Po-Yu Chan** during level seventeen. Shin would also go on to eliminate **Chen Yu Sung** when his ace-five held against the queen-nine of Sung. 

**William Lam** also bagged up a decent-sized stack of 319,000. Lam won the Turbo event last night and was the first-ever player to receive one of the new-look APT trophies, which he proudly displayed next to his stack during the latter stages of play today. 

Other notables to make it through were **Anthony Cierco** (272,000), **Ryo Kotake** (233,000), **Masafumi Shimizu** (157,000), **Nanami Okana** (147,000), and **Deepak Bothra** (138,000).

The top ten stacks can be found below. 


|Pos	|Name | Country|		Chips|
| --- |---|---|---|
|1|	Bao Qiang Ho	|Singapore|	694,000|
|2|	Toshio Kataoka|		Japan	|529,000|
|3|	Jae Wook Shin	|	South Korea|	514,000|
|4|	Namhyung Kim|		South Korea|	426,000|
|5|	Ka Chun Fu|	Hong Kong|	408,000|
|6|	Chia Hsiang Ko|	Taiwan|388,000|
|7|	Yu Hung Liu |	Taiwan|338,000|
|8|	William Lam|	Hong Kong|	319,000|
|9|	Jaemoon Seok|South Korea|	309,000|
|10|	Wilfed Anthony Ho	|Australia|	297,000|

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Bao Quang Ho Tops Flight B of the Mystery Bounty Hunter 

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_Hsuan Yao Chen_

Well that didn't take long. 

Two players. Two tables. Two chances at popping this bubble. 

The first player at risk is Hsuan Yao Chen who shoved with his :Ac: :Ks: and was called by the :8h: :8c: of Wai Lun William Lam.

Chen needed to connect with the board in some way otherwise he would be our bubble boy, or at least one of them. 

As usual on the bubble, the table is swarmed with players, camera, and spectators all trying to catch a glimpse of the hand that could send the remaining players into the money. 

The dealer blasted through the flop, turn and river at lightning speed dealing a :9d: :5s: :Ts: :3c: :5d: board which gave Lam the pot and meant Chen was the unfortunate bubble boy. 

There was still another hand to play out as Deepak Bothra got his stack in with :As: :Qs: against the :Kh: :8d: of Kuan Yu Chen.

Bothra didn't have much of a sweat with the board running :Ac: :6d: :7h: :4s: :6c: and got a double up in the last hand of the night. 



Bubble Trouble

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_Yu Hung Liu_

Powen Fang and Yu Hung Liu got their stacks in the middle with Liu being the player at risk. 

Liu :Ad: :Jc: 
Fang :Ac: :Ks: 

Liu needed a lot of help and the :6c: :Kc: :Ts: flop gave his opponent top pair but did bring Liu more outs as now any queen would give him broadway. 

"Queen" shouted Liu.

As if by magic, a :Qs: fell on the turn giving Liu a huge lead in the hand. Fang now needed a jack to chop or else he would severely short-stacked. 

A :5c: completed the board and Liu got a huge double up to 340,000, leaving Fang with just 35,000 chips. 

Liu Gets There

Sin-Ren Chen stuck his last 21,000 in the middle and was called by Masafumi Shimizu. 

Chen :Jc: :2c: 
Shimizu :Qd: :Qs: 

No help would come for Chen as the board ran :2d: :Ac: :3d: :9d: :5s:.

Chen would finish in 43rd place meaning we are now hand-for-hand. 

Masafumi KO's One

Just 43 players remain but only 41 spots are available in Day 2. 

Players are on a break before they come back to burst this bubble. 

Two More Eliminations

Wai Lun William Lam, who earlier won the turbo event here at APT Taiwan, has just eliminated Taiwan's Chen. 

Chen shoved all in and was called by Lam.

Chen :Ad: :4c: 
Lam :7s: :7d: 

The board ran :3c: :6c: :Qc: :4d: :2h: and despite Chen flopping a flush draw and turning a pair, he couldn't find the outs he needed and was sent home. 

Lam has a stack of 230,000 now. 

Lam KO's Chen

Just 50 players remain and after confirmation, 41 players will make it into Day 2. 

Nine more eliminations to go...

Bubble Territory 

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_Jae Wook Shin_

Jae Wook Shin called the shove of Chen Yu Sung to put the Taiwanese player at risk.

Shin :Ah: :5h: 
Sung :Qh: :9h: 

The board ran clean for Shin coming :Jc: :Js: :3c: :Jh: :Th: which sent Sung home. 

Shin now sits with 460,000 chips. 

Shin Knocking them Down

We didn't see the action but just saw a pile of chips being pushed in the direction of South Korea's Jae Wook Shin.

On a board reading :8c: :Ah: :Ts: :Kh: :Qc: Shin had the nuts with :Jh: :Th: against Po-Yu Chan's :Ac: :Kc:. 

The money went in somewhere but what matter is Shin is stacking up 400,000.

Chan wants the chips recounted as he doesn't believe that Shin has him covered - but he does. Chan out. 

Huge Pot for Shin

Hsuan Yao Chen got his stack all in against America's Francisco Sanchez.

Chen :Ah: :8h: 
Sanchez :Kh: :Qd: 

Chen was at risk and in trouble on the :Jd: :Qc: :6s: flop.

Sanchez improved to two pair when the :Kd: fell on the turn but that actually gave Chen more outs as now he needed one of the four remaining tens to scoop the pot. 

Lady luck would be on the side of Chen as the :Tc: completed the board giving him an unbeatable straight and the pot. 

River Helps Chen