ACOP Main Event
Day 3 Started
ACOP Main Event
Day 3 Started
Welcome back to the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event. What began with 203 players earlier this week is down to the final 72 players, 25 of which will make the money. There’s a good chance the tournament reaches that point here on Day 3.
The man best positioned to run deep here at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams is Kevin Schulz, who finished as the chip leader last night with 311,600. Schulz vaulted into the chip lead in the last level of the night thanks to two hands. In the first, he flopped a set of deuces to win a massive pot worth more than 200,000. Then, about ten minutes later, he flopped another set of deuces to eliminate 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb.
While his sizable chip advantage gives him a good chance of making the money, Schulz will have some tough competition to contend with including Jonathan Depa (254,200), Tore Lukashaugen (157,600), Day 1 chip leader Keith Ferrera (122,800), David Ewing (100,600), Keith Gipson (78,500), Jan Bendik (78,300), Tom "hitthehole" Middleton (45,100), Mervin Chan (37,300), and Michael Tureniec (22,300). In addition, Eugene Katchalov, Randy Lew and Naoya Kihara of Team PokerStars will return to action.
Cards will be back in the air at 3 p.m. local. The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to bring you live updates from PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams. Stay tuned for those, but in the meantime check out Sarah Grant’s entertaining interview with Kitty Kuo (who fell late on Day 2):
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | 1 | Peter Ping San Chan | Hong Kong | 174700 |
1 | 2 | Cesergei Kostin | Russia | 25800 |
1 | 3 | Yibo Zhou | China | 48800 |
1 | 4 | Keith Ferrera | USA | 122800 |
1 | 5 | Stephane Blouin | Canada | 32400 |
1 | 6 | Edison Nguyen | Australia | 46300 |
1 | 7 | Akira Ohyama | Japan | 70100 |
1 | 8 | Ryan Pignatelli | Canada | 53100 |
2 | 1 | Yat Wai Cheng | Hong Kong | 158000 |
2 | 2 | John Hoang | Vietnam | 20900 |
2 | 3 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 48900 |
2 | 4 | Charles Wai Keung Wong | Hong Kong | 17800 |
2 | 5 | Raiden Kan | Hong Kong | 33600 |
2 | 6 | Taylor Mc Farland | USA | 45300 |
2 | 7 | Randy Lew | USA | 20800 |
2 | 8 | Kevin Schulz | USA | 311600 |
3 | 1 | Chongxian Yang | China | 60800 |
3 | 2 | Keith William Gipson | USA | 78500 |
3 | 3 | Aidan Tam | Canada | 184000 |
3 | 4 | Ro Woong Park | Korea | 33700 |
3 | 5 | Jan Julius Petzholdt | Germany | 108100 |
3 | 6 | Andy Ying Kit Chan | Hong Kong | 90600 |
3 | 7 | Andrew Kinwai Lam | UK | 144900 |
3 | 8 | Satrya Teja | Indonesia | 123400 |
4 | 1 | Billy Argyros | Australia | 19600 |
4 | 2 | Hao Tian | China | 71400 |
4 | 3 | Liang Shi | China | 135100 |
4 | 4 | Chenxiang Miao | China | 162400 |
4 | 5 | Mervin Chan | Malaysia | 37300 |
4 | 6 | Cheryl Xiao Peng | Canada | 107900 |
4 | 7 | Chunlei Zhou | China | 46200 |
4 | 8 | Dennis Huntly | Australia | 42300 |
5 | 1 | Sunny Hyung Sun Jung | Korea | 151200 |
5 | 2 | Ioannis Apostolidis | Greece | 84200 |
5 | 3 | Tore Lukashaugen | Norway | 157000 |
5 | 4 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 39600 |
5 | 5 | Andrew Gaw | Philippines | 11300 |
5 | 6 | Aaron Gustavson | USA | 61300 |
5 | 7 | Jan Bendik | Slovenia | 78300 |
5 | 8 | David Martirosyan | Russia | 35000 |
9 | 1 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 22300 |
9 | 2 | Yoshitaka Okawa | Japan | 194400 |
9 | 3 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 38800 |
9 | 4 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 46100 |
9 | 5 | Ling Tong | China | 117100 |
9 | 6 | Ted Wang | China | 78700 |
9 | 7 | Tyrone Kwong Lun Liu | Australia | 44600 |
9 | 8 | Yuanji Dai | China | 53000 |
10 | 1 | David Ewing | Australia | 100600 |
10 | 2 | Yifan Zheng | China | 128400 |
10 | 3 | Jim Sue Pan | Netherlands | 43300 |
10 | 4 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 186100 |
10 | 5 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 91700 |
10 | 6 | Edward Chun Ho Yam | Hong Kong | 179700 |
10 | 7 | Terry Fan | Chinese Taipei | 98100 |
10 | 8 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 149200 |
11 | 1 | Yujung Choi | Korea | 43800 |
11 | 2 | Ilya Krupin | Russia | 66000 |
11 | 3 | Jack Salter | UK | 29100 |
11 | 4 | Yang Xi | China | 105500 |
11 | 5 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 60000 |
11 | 6 | Jinhua Li | China | 97700 |
11 | 7 | Tom Middleton | UK | 45100 |
11 | 8 | Jonathan Depa | USA | 254200 |
12 | 1 | Anton Astapau | Belarus | 51800 |
12 | 2 | Anson Yan Shing Tsang | Hong Kong | 63100 |
12 | 3 | Hung-Sheng Lin | Chinese Taipei | 77600 |
12 | 4 | Kai Sheng Yang | Chinese Taipei | 75900 |
12 | 5 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 86700 |
12 | 6 | Jun Hu | China | 19400 |
12 | 7 | Eugene Katchalov | USA | 83600 |
12 | 8 | Darian Tan | Malaysia | 70200 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Cards are in the air here on Day 3. The plan for the day is to play six 90-minute levels, which means we'll come awfully close to making the money.
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!
Date | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
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October 30, 2013 | $2,000 | 36 | $62,856 |
Place | Players | Country | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD) |
1st | Ye han Chen & Hung Chang Lin | Chinese Taipei | $25,100 | $3,239 |
2nd | Jason Vipulanathan & Alexey Smirnov | Australia & Russia | $15,100 | $1,948 |
3rd | Lijun Chen & Houyi Huang | China | $10,100 | $1,303 |
4th | Minh Truong Thang & Trung Tran | Australia | $7,500 | $968 |
5th | Rezaei Mani & Elham Gholipour | India | $5,056 | $652 |
Tom Middleton opened with a raise to 2,500 only to have Jonathan Depa three-bet the hi-jack next to act to 6,100.
Once the action passed back to Middleton, he four-bet to 11,500 and Depa released his hand.
Billy Argyros opened to 2,800 from middle position only to have Chenxiang Miao make the call on the button before Cheryl Peng three-bet to 7,200 from the big blind.
With the action back on Argyros, he moved all in for 21,100 to force Miao's cards into the muck before Peng made the call.
Peng:
Argyros:
The board ran out and Argyros doubled through to 45,000 while Peng slipped to 105,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cheryl Peng |
105,000
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
Billy Argyros |
45,000
25,400
|
25,400 |
Yuanji Dai opened for 2,600 from early position only to have Michael Tureniec three-bet to 5,800 from middle position. Action folded back to Dai, he called, and the flop came down . Dai was first to act and checked, which inspired Tureniec to bet 4,400. Dai then sprung to life with a check-raise to 10,400, and Tureniec moved all in for 20,500 total. Dai called and discovered he was in dire straits.
Tureniec:
Dai:
The turn was of no consequence, and all Tureniec needed to do was dodge a seven on the river to stay alive. "Seven," Dai requested, and right on cue the dealer burned and put out the .
"Wow," another player at the table said. Tureniec's face dropped a bit, but he remained silent. He slowly took off his sunglasses, packed them up, and then took his leave as the first elimination of Day 3.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yuanji Dai
|
75,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Michael Tureniec | Busted | |
|
Ioannis Apostolidis opened with a raise only to have Tore Lukashaugen three-bet the small blind to 10,600. Apostolidis called, and when greeted with a 7,000-chip bet on the flop, he raised it to 15,500.
Lukashaugen called before both players checked the and on the turn and river.
Apostolidis tabled his but it would be Lukashaugen's that would see him capture the pot to move to 176,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tore Lukashaugen |
176,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Ioannis Apostolidis |
57,000
-27,200
|
-27,200 |