ACOP Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
ACOP Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Satrya Teja Tops Day 1b; Defending Champion Zhou in the Hunt
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Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Day 1b of the 2013 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event kicked off at PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams with 110 hopefuls looking to join the 77 Day 1a survivors on Wednesday for Day 2.
The HK$100,000 (approximately $12,900) buy-in and whopping prizepool guarantee attracted from all across the world as Brandon Meyers, Keith Gipson, Joel Micka, Michael Tureniec, David Vamplew, Praz Bansi and Tom Middleton joined the likes of Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin, Raymond Wu and Randy Lew, Macau veterans Kitty Kuo, Hung-Sheng Lin, Yu Kurita, Akira Ohyama and Roger Spets as well as reigning champion Xing Zhou.
The Team PokerStars Pros would all endure the tournament in different ways as Lew chipped up early and never looked back as he finished the day with 44,900. Early Lew cold four-bet 
and got two streets of value on a 
board before flopping a set of tens on Tureniec. For Lin she would be put to a potentially tournament ending decision early and then hover around average for the majority of play before bagging 15,425. Wu on the other hand had the worse of all three Team Pros as he was log-jammed on a tough table that featured Vamplew and Aussie Millions Champion Lee Nelson. Wu’s day came to an end after committing all in holding 
on a 
flop but unfortunately ran into Liang Shi’s 
.
Speaking of Aussie Millions Champions, there would be three of them in the field as Nelson arrived late before ending with 36,850 as Mervin Chan quietly built his stack to 44,600 by days end. Oliver Speidel however wouldn’t be so fortunate as he lost a big pot after bet-folding the river only to run his 
into 
all in preflop, and once the 
was spread he was sent to the rail.
Joining Speidel on the rail throughout the day included Ivan Zalac, Raj Ramakrishnan, Micka and Meyers. However Day 1b would belong to Satrya Teja who bagged an impressive 83,300 in chips to top the 89 players surviving into Day 2. Also sneaking in were Praz Bansi (80,100), Kunimiro Kojo (77,350), Xing Zhou (62,350), Michael Tureniec (53,700), LuLu Tang (54,000), Yu Kurita (52,525), Tom Grigg (40,425), Billy Argyros (39,925), Kitty Kuo (38,850) and Devan Tang (18,225).
Day 2 will see 166 players return to the felt at 5:00 p.m. local time with the PokerNews Live Reporting team providing all the live updates from PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams. But until then … there is a player party to attend! In the meantime, check out Sarah Grant's guided tour of Macau:
Official End-of-Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,300 | 3,300 |
|
79,950 | 4,950 |
|
78,900 | |
|
|
77,350 | |
|
75,000 | |
|
|
70,475 | 40,475 |
|
70,025 | |
|
69,475 | |
|
69,150 | 24,150 |
|
|
63,450 | |
|
|
62,350 | |
|
|
61,675 | |
|
61,475 | |
|
|
59,525 | |
|
|
55,800 | |
|
53,700 | 6,700 |
|
52,525 | -4,475 |
|
|
51,025 | |
|
49,375 | |
|
|
47,050 | |
|
46,475 | |
|
44,900 | -13,100 |
|
44,600 | 2,600 |
|
|
44,225 | |
|
|
43,675 |
Prize Pool & Payout Information
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
The numbers are in. The 2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker has drawn 203 players and created a prize pool of HKD $19.8m. The top 25 will make the money, with a min cash being HKD $198,000. The eventual winner will take home HKD $4,752,000.
| Place | Prize (HKD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $4,752,000 |
| 2 | $3,267,000 |
| 3 | $1,980,000 |
| 4 | $1,485,000 |
| 5 | $1,188,000 |
| 6 | $990,000 |
| 7 | $792,000 |
| 8 | $594,000 |
| 9 | $495,000 |
| 10 | $396,000 |
| 11-13 | $346,500 |
| 14-16 | $297,000 |
| 17-19 | $247,500 |
| 20-25 | $198,000 |
Five More Hands
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to catch any last-minute action and to compile a list of notable counts. Stay tuned for both of those as well as a full recap of the Day 1b action.
Meyers Succumbs
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
We missed the hand, but Brandon Meyers has been eliminated here in the closing stages of Level 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Set of Sixes for Teja
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
With around 35,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Satrya Teja bet out a hefty 11,700 and put the pressure on his opponent in the hijack. Eventually a called was made, and Teja excitedly announced, "Set." He than tabled the 
. It was good as the hijack mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 |
2013 ACOP Main Event - Country List
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
| Australia | 29 |
| China | 29 |
| Hong Kong | 22 |
| USA | 17 |
| UK | 16 |
| Russia | 12 |
| Canada | 10 |
| Japan | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei | 9 |
| Korea | 7 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
| Norway | 4 |
| India | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Philippines | 2 |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Vietnam | 2 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Iran | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Montenegro | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
Zalac Out
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Ivan Zalac has just approached the PokerNews blogging desk to detail us his elimination.
Zalac found himself all in with against an opponent's 
, and unfortunately for the Australian and ace would drop to send Zalac to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Zhou Blows Up the Mooney
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Defending champ Xing Zhou opened for 700 from middle position and was met by an all-in three-bet to 4,025 by Geoffrey Mooney in the hijack. Action folded back around to Zhou and he made a quick call.
Zhou: 
Mooney: 
Mooney seemed to know his time had come, but he waited patiently for the flop, which came down a dry 
. The turn was a good card for Mooney as he picked up a flush draw, but he was left wanting as the blanked on the river. Both player had made a pair of aces, but Zhou's kicker gave him the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 5,000 |
|
Busted |