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James Jagger leads FT in APT Taiwan Main Event

One of the biggest poker events happening in the Asian region is the 2019 Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taiwan. The series is underway at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) in Taipei, Taiwan since 20^th February. It will be done by 3^rd March, and some tournaments are done already, like the 1^st Single-Day HR, Super High Rollers, Dream Maker, Kitty Kuo Special Event, etc.

The highlight of the series is the TWD 33k Main Event which saw Day 3 in the books yesterday. The tournament attracted 523 entries in total from all three starting flights. Day 3 was played among 92 survivors from all the flights and the field eventually whittled down to the Final Table of 9.

Leading the pack is James Jagger who bagged 2,820,000 chips at the end of the day. He holds an overwhelming chip lead. Behind him are Chow Cliff and Co Chung Chuen at 2^nd with 2,095,000 chips each. Li Min Jie, Day 1A chip leader, is also in the mix at 6^th with 1,110,000 chips.

Chip leader Jagger has just a little over $10k in live cashes till now and all of them are from England, his home country. He is a lesser known player but having a chip lead in such a prestigious event shows what skills he is packing. He has accumulated a good chip lead on the FT and will prove to be a tough competitor. He has a decent chance of winning the tournament from here.

The day began with TWD 15,219,300 (~INR 3.51 Crores) in prize money. The bubble burst about 7 hours into the day. 2018 APT Finale SHR winner and Thai pro Phachara Wongwichit became the bubble boy, succumbing to Alan King Lun Lau’s Kings against his Ace-high after the board ran dry. From then on, players got eliminated quickly, the field whittling down to 36. USA’s Russell Thomas and Japan’s Go Mori (winner of 2019 APT Tokyo Kickoff event) fell soon after at 36^th and 33^rd respectively.

Lim Yohwan busted soon after at 17^th. The final bust happened with Jacky Wong getting eliminated at 10^th place by Cliff’s Aces beating his Kings. Some notables to fall on the day were UK’s Alex Lindop, South Korea’s SJ Kim and Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung.

Final Table Chip Counts:

1. James Jagger – 2,820,000
2. Chow Cliff – 2,095,000
3. Co Chung Chuen – 2,095,000
4. Wan Wei Han – 1,315,000
5. Lo Hung Luek Matthaus – 1,155,000
6. Li Min Jie – 1,110,000
7. Kwon Chung Kong – 940,000
8. Alan King Lun Lau – 870,000
9. Jeonggyu Cho – 700,000

The FT of 9 will begin play today at 2.30 pm local time and will be live streamed on APT Twitch channel. TWD 3,146,200 (~INR 72.67 Lakhs) is up for grabs for the champion. Stay tuned to GutshotMagazine.com for complete results of the APT Taiwan Main Event and other such events happening around the world.

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