2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

ACOP Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
4,352,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
19,800,000 HKD
Entries
203
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Ace-high Double for Kampanatsanyakorn

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in for 34,500 and Chenxiang Miao made the call from the big blind.

Kampanatsanyakorn: {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Miao: {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Kampanatsanyakorn doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Chenxiang Miao
Chenxiang Miao
325,000
-43,000
-43,000
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn th
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
81,000
42,500
42,500

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First Hand to Sunny

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

In the first hand of the day, Sunny Hyung Sun Jung put in a raise and took down the blinds and antes. Most of the stacks are extremely deep for final table play, so we expect this to characterize play here in the early goings.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Seat 9: Yifan "Alvan" Zheng (China) - 1,513,500 chips

Yifan Zheng
Yifan Zheng

Yifan "Alvan" Zheng enters the final table as the overnight chip leader with just over 1.5 million in chips. The 25-year old from Guangzhou in China works in the computer industry and learned how to play poker just three years ago when he studied in the United Kingdom.

Alvan considers himself a tournament player and had his first career victory in the HK$20,000 No Limit Holdem event during the Macau Poker Cup in April for a HK$717,100 score. Alvan is currently ranked #29 on the Asia Player of the Year leader board but a win in the ACOP Main Event would give him enough points to overtake current # 1 Jian Yang.

*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

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Seat 8: Chane Kampanatsanyakorn (Thailand) - 38,500 chips

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn is a blogger's worst nightmare, but the biggest name on the final table only has a tick over six big blinds to work with as the severe short stack of the remaining nine players.

Chane is a 33-year from Bangkok in Thailand and has had a fantastic year, with a runner-up result at the APPT in Seoul to compliment deep runs at the WSOP APAC and APPT Melbourne.

When not playing poker, Chane enjoys getting outside for a game of tennis or golf, and he says that's he's really enjoyed the quality structure of this ACOP Main Event.

*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

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Seat 7: Yat Wai Cheng (Hong Kong) - 1,080,000 chips

Yat Wai Cheng
Yat Wai Cheng

Yat Wai Cheng is a 36-year old poker player from Hong Kong with five years experience in the game.
Our Googling couldn't uncover any tournament record to speak of, despite his bio sheet mentioning a WSOP Circuit event. However he did mention his usual game is the HK$100/200 or HK$300/600 cash game tables, so at those stakes, Yat Wai must be the real deal.

Yat Wai will enter the final table well-placed as the second largest chip stack, so we might know a little more about him by the time this final table is said and done.

*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

Seat 6: Chenxiang Miao (China) - 368,000 chips

Chenxiang Miao
Chenxiang Miao

Chenxiang Miao first sprung to our attention on Day 2 when his pocket tens flopped a set to crack both pocket aces and pocket kings, and from that moment on, he hasn't looked like missing this ACOP Main Event final table.

Chenxiang is a 31-year old business owner with five years experience in the game after first trying it out on a visit to Sydney, Australia. He must've picked up a few things, as Chenxiang recently collected the High Roller title at the August edition of the Macau Poker Cup which was good for HK$501,200 in prize money.

In his spare time, Chenxiang likes food, golf and travelling all around the world. Perhaps a big result here in the ACOP Main Event will see him become a regular on the Asia poker circuit.

*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

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