Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
ACOP Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
19,800,000 HKD
Entries
203
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
More Photos of the Day 1a Field
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Wong Flushed on the River
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Ken Wong opened to 500 under the gun and two players made the call to see a 
flop fall.
Wong continued for 700 and only the big blind made the call as the 
landed on the turn and Wong fired for 1,700.
The big blind called for a third time, and as the dealer delivered the 
on the river both players checked with the big blind revealing his 
for the nut flush.
Wong mucked and slipped to 18,350 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,350
-11,650
|
-11,650 |
Guerin Crippled
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Australian Didier Guerin is currently grinding the short stack after losing a monster pot.
Guerin and his 
played a pot on a 
with two hearts against an opponent that held .
Unfortunately for Guerin he couldn't find a fourth eight and was left with just 20-odd big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
Lamb Pushes Hong Off a Hand
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With 9,000 or so in the pot and a board reading 
, Ryan Hong checked from the cutoff and Ben Lamb, the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, put out a bet of 3,400 from the button. Hong made the call and then checked the 
river.
Lamb kept the pressure on with a bet of 8,500, which sent Hong deep into the tank. After several minutes had ticked by, Hong put his hand on his cards and slowly slid them to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
20,800
|
20,800 |
|
||
|
23,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Alner Arrives
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The UK's Tom Alner has just taken a seat here on Day 1a.
Not only did Alner recently take 7th in the ACOP Warm-Up, but he also won the Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon in August as well as final tabling this very event last year.
Alner is in a rich grain of form over the last 12 months and will be looking to continue that form that has seen him become a household name in Macau tournaments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Hong Five-Bets
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Following a raise to 500, Ryan Hong three-bet the button to 1,200 only to have Craig Cockburn four-bet the big blind to 3,000.
Once the action passed back to Hong, he pushed out an assortment of chips amounting to a five-bet of 6,800.
Cockburn thought momentarily before releasing his hand to slip to 21,000 as Hong chipped up over his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | |
|
21,000
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
Zhang Captures $1,000,000 Guarantee Deepstack Championship
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The ACOP has been playing out for the better part of the week, and we thought it'd be worthwhile to bring you the results from some of the preliminary events. Enjoy!
Event 2: Deepstack Championship ($1,000,000 Guarantee)
| Date | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool (HKD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 19-21, 2013 | $11,000 | 177 | $1,716,900 |
| *Place | Player | Country | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD)* | |
| 1st | Thomas Zhang | UK | $420,600 | $54,271 | |
| 2nd | Peter Wai Yan Chu | Hong Kong | $283,300 | $36,555 | |
| 3rd | Makoto Yoshimichi | Japan | $180,300 | $23,265 | |
| 4th | Julian Hasse | Germany | $145,900 | $18,826 | |
| 5th | Kai Sheng Yang | Chinese Taipei | $115,900 | $14,955 | |
| 6th | Claudia Un Jung Yum | Korea | $94,400 | $12,181 | |
| 7th | Yibo Zhou | China | $77,300 | $9,974 | |
| 8th | Ryan Nan Yu | China | $60,100 | $7,755 |
Big Pot for Barer
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With 1,600 in the pot and a board reading 
, the big blind checked and Seng Unh bet 900 from middle position. Ami Barer then raised to 2,400 from the button, the big blind folded, and Unh made the call.
The 
turn saw Unh check-call a bet of 3,400, and then the 
completed the board on the river. Unh checked for a second time, and Barer put out a big bet of 11,400. Unh thought for a few moments before calling with the , but it was no good as Barer rolled over the 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
||
|
|
22,000 | |
Lamb's Bluff Picked Off
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Both Ben Lamb in the cutoff and a player from middle position committed 1,200 preflop to see a 
flop fall.
Lamb continued for 1,000 with his opponent check-calling as the landed on the turn. Both players checked and the river fell the 
with Lamb betting out 3,700 once his opponent checked.
Taking close to a minute, Lamb's opponent would make the call tabling his 
to best Lamb's 
as the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year slipped back to his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,200
-3,800
|
-3,800 |
|
|
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