Macau, China, December 2016- From 48 players down to the Final 8!

The Asian Poker Tour Finale Macau 2016 wrapped up another exciting day at the Crystal Palace in Casino Lisboa with the Final 8 of the Main Event reached just minutes into the midnight hour. Hailing at the top with a dominating stack was China’s Lu Yunye with 4,390,000 in chips.

Main Event Final 8 Chip Leader, Lu Yunye

Day 3 began with India’s Praveen Dwarkanath leading the 48 player field. Yunye was running second in chips, and China’s Chen Xiu in third position. With only 36 places paid, bust outs came early which included the fall of notables Korea’s Lim Yo Hwan and Singapore’s Terminator T. For the Terminator, he came out swinging his bat hard as he’s done on the previous days. While he successfully eliminated a few players, his aggression took a bad turn with China’s Yifan Zheng grounding him out of the tournament without any pay. Click here for the hand history.