Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
24,206,000 HKD
Entries
260
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Zhengye Yao Leads ACOP after Day 1A; Seidel Not Far Behind
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Andy Andrejevic has had three six-figure scores in the last couple of months and he has brought that good form to Asia as, after seven levels of play, he nearly ended Day 1a of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 HK$100,000 ACOP Main Event as the chip leader on 136,200. However, he was pipped for the lead by Zhengye Yao, who on the very last hand of the night after he busted Jonathan Karamalikis.
Apparently, Karamalikis got his chips in on the turn with pocket queens versus Yao and his pocket tens. A magic ten appeared on the river though to make him a set to see him snatch the lead and send the Australian poker star to the rail in nasty fashion. Yao, whose iggest career achievement was a third-place finish in a side event at the Macau Poker Cup earlier this year worth HK$419,000 (~US$54,000), ended the day on 136,500 to lead by just 300 chips.
The early omens were good for Andrejevic after he busted defending champion Gabriel Le Jessoc. He flopped a straight versus Le Jessoc who got his chips with top pair and a flush draw only to brick the turn and river. He also knocked out another player around that time when he flopped a set and he also took a healthy pot off Ronald Yu late on after hitting another set.
Other players taking big stacks through to Day 2 include: Erik Seidel (130,400), Patrick Mahoney (79,900), Tony Yat Wai Cheng (100,300), Li Yuguang (115,200), Andrew Hinrichsen (86,000) and Ryan Yum (105,100). The full list can be seen below.
Players who hit the rail along with Karamalikis include PokerStars' Naoya Kihara and Chen An Lin; Mustapha Kanit, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Fedor Holz, Tore Lukashaugen and Stephen Chidwick.
Kihara would hand his chips to former Macau Poker Cup winner Yuguang Li after Kihara's ace-king for top pair, top kicker was unable to better Li's flopped two pair.
A total of 63 players made it through from the 110 starters and they'll be back at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for Day 2. Tomorrow is all about Day 1b and cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time for another seven levels of play. The field will be a lot bigger and packed full of stars so be sure to join the PokerNews reporting team back here then.
While you wait, check out this video with a tour on all things Cotai:
End of Day 1A Chip Counts (full)
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
136,500 | 136,500 |
|
136,200 | -6,800 |
|
130,400 | 7,800 |
|
115,200 | 48,000 |
|
105,100 | 12,600 |
|
101,600 | 101,600 |
|
100,300 | 9,300 |
|
|
87,300 | 87,300 |
|
86,000 | 1,000 |
|
78,000 | 20,000 |
|
76,400 | 1,400 |
|
75,800 | 75,800 |
|
74,900 | -15,100 |
|
68,000 | 68,000 |
|
65,100 | 65,100 |
|
|
64,000 | 64,000 |
|
63,100 | -4,500 |
|
|
62,600 | 62,600 |
|
|
62,200 | 62,200 |
|
59,500 | 500 |
|
59,000 | 59,000 |
|
57,000 | 57,000 |
|
54,400 | 2,400 |
|
|
53,900 | 53,900 |
|
53,400 | -800 |
Done for the Day
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Day 1a is done and the players have bagged for Day 2 on Wednesday. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and the chip counts.
Liu's C-bet Takes it Down
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Jiaxiu Liu raised from early position to 1,300. The next player in reraised to 3,700 from the hijack. The player in the big blind called 3,700 and the action was back on Liu. He four bet to 9,300. The three-bettor folded and the big blind called. The flop was 
and the big blind checked. Liu bet 5,500 and the big blind quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,200 |
Andrejevic Sets Yu Up
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Andy Andrejevic got another boost to his chip stack and is now sitting among the leaders once again. He was heads up with Ronald Yu and the board of 
. Andrejevic's river bet was enough to put Yu at risk should he call. Yu did call and was eliminated from the tournament when Andrejevic turned over 
. Yu mucked, but the dealer had to show the hand since both players were all in. Yu had 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
143,000 | 59,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Last Six Hands
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
The tournament clock has been paused with 16 minutes left on the clock and each table will play six more hands before play concludes.
Chen Chen. Pete Doubles
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
PokerStars sponsored player Pete Chen has scored a late double up to raise his chances of making Day 2.
He three-bet all in for 13,775 after Yuliyan Kolev opened 1,500. Kolev called and the cards were flipped up.
Chen: 
Kolev: 
The board ran 
to make Chen a pair of aces on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000 | 1,000 |
|
5,500 | -30,500 |
Hinrichsen Gives Some Back
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Andrew Hinrichsen lost a pot but is still cruising with a stack well above the current 46k average.
He was in the big blind and called an under the raise before he led for 1,400 on a 
flop. His opponent called and then bet 4,800 and 6,800 on the 
turn and river when the Australian checked twice. Hinrichsen called both bets but mucked upon seeing his opponent's 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | -7,000 |
Gu Enough
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
A player raised from middle position to 1,200 and the player on the button reraised to 2,600 before the action fell to Huidong Gu in the big blind. He called and the original raiser folded. The flop was 
and Gu checked. The button bet 3,300 and Gu check-raised to 9,300. His opponent tanked for a minute or two before another player called for the clock. Before the floor got down to thirty seconds, the player folded and Gu won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,600 |