Macau, China, June 18, 2017 – Day 1B of the APT Main Event has been bagged and tagged!

After eight rounds of sixty minutes each, the final heat of the main concluded and what remained were 49 players out of the 74 that signed up. Finishing at the top of the heap was China’s Yang Song with 241,300 in chips. Yang skyrocketed to the leader’s seat midway through the last level after shipping in all of a player’s chips. While we didn’t see the action, we heard a loud “whoaaa” so we went to find out what happened.

Main Event Day 1B Chip Leader, Yang Song

According to another player at the table, Yang was on the button and raised to 2500 with blinds at 500-1000. The big blind player three-bet to 8500 and Yang called. On a rainbow flop of A-J-5, big blind bet 7500, Yang raised to 25k, and was called. On the turn was a rag card. Big blind checked to the aggressive Yang who fired out a 35k bet and big blind called. On the river, a 10 card dropped; big blind checked, Yang shoved, and bb called for all his chips. Yang showed his K-Q broadway straight and that’s when the “roar of shock” erupted.