After just over six levels of play, the final table of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu Main Event has been set with Kim Gap Young holding onto the overnight chip lead for the second consecutive day!
Starting the day with thirty-five players, action was fast and furious as we quickly reached the money just after an hour of play. Although we hit a slight stall in action at several points, there were times when eliminations occurred at a frantic flurry.
Inwook Choi (27th), Andrew Hinrichsen (24th), Alexander Beeckx (15th), Paul Foltyn (13th), Roger Spets (12th), Ivan Tan (11th) and Nathaneel Seet (10th) all fell to the rail just shy of the final table of nine.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
BBs
Chip %
1
Richard En
Canada
198,000
16.5
4.4%
2
Jukka Juvonen
Finland
583,000
48.5
12.9%
3
Kim Gap Young
Korea
1,193,000
99.5
26.4%
4
Raymond Lapitan
Australia
158,000
13
3.5%
5
Fabiano Michael
Australia
231,000
19
5.1%
6
Daren Yoon
Malaysia
677,000
56.5
15%
7
Mikael Rosen
Sweden
670,000
56
14.8%
8
Young-shin Im
Korea
639,000
53
14.1%
9
Basilios Diakokomninos
USA
177,000
15
3.9%
After coming into the day with the chip lead, Kim Gap Young lost it at times to fellow Korean Young-shin Im and Jukka Juvonen before snatching it back with some aggressive play and late-session eliminations.
Daren Yoon (677,000), Mikael Rosen (670,000) and Im (639,000) are Young's closest rivals while Fabiano Michael (231,000) and Richard En (198,000) are also in contention as the final nine battle it out for the following payouts.
Place
Payout (PHP)
Payout (USD)
1st
PHP 5,810,000
$132,346
2nd
PHP 3,660,000
$83,371
3rd
PHP 2,045,000
$46,583
4th
PHP 1,560,000
$35,535
5th
PHP 1,290,000
$29,385
6th
PHP 1,025,000
$23,348
7th
PHP 805,000
$18,337
8th
PHP 645,000
$14,692
9th
PHP 485,480
$11,059
Make sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team tomorrow from 12:15 pm PHT where we will be providing the exclusive live coverage as we look to crown another champion here in beautiful Cebu, from the magic country of the Philippines!