2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
5,885,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
24,206,000 HKD
Entries
260
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Former WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem Sits Down

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

While six players are battling for this year's WSOP Main Event Championship, a former WSOP ME Champ is looking to add to his resume in Macau. Joe Hachem took his seat not too long ago right next to Andy Andrejevic.

Hachem joins a table with Yuguang Li, who is 4th in the APOY rankings this year and won two events the last time he was in Macau. Naoya Kihara and Vladimir Troyanovskiy are also at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
29,700
29,700
29,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andy AndrejevicJoe HachemNaoya KiharaVladimir TroyanovskiyYuguang Li

Some Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
48,000
18,000
18,000
Patrick Mahoney us
Patrick Mahoney
42,000
12,000
12,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
41,200
8,500
8,500
Tore Lukashaugen no
Tore Lukashaugen
39,000
9,000
9,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
37,600
3,100
3,100
WSOP 4X Winner
Juicy Sixiao Li
Juicy Sixiao Li
37,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
35,000
5,000
5,000
Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
32,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
31,500
1,500
1,500
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Ronald Yu
Ronald Yu
31,400
-1,500
-1,500
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
31,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
24,400
-5,600
-5,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
22,750
-7,250
-7,250
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Bjorn Li au
Bjorn Li
21,000
-4,000
-4,000

Defending Champion Le Jossec On the Ropes

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Gabriel Le Jossec, the ACOP Main Event defending champion has about half of his starting stack. Andy Andrejevic has been hovering around 18,000 for the last level and his table mates Ronald Yu and Yuguang Li are both over the starting stack.

Erik Seidel is just under the starting stack with 101 players remaining of the 102 entries today.

Player Chips Progress
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
42,300
-1,900
-1,900
Yuguang Li
Yuguang Li
35,600
5,600
5,600
Ronald Yu
Ronald Yu
32,900
-2,600
-2,600
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
29,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Andy Andrejevic us
Andy Andrejevic
18,600
600
600
Gabriel Le Jossec ca
Gabriel Le Jossec
14,600
-11,400
-11,400

Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Wins High Roller and HK$4,890,600 (USD$652,080)

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Stanley Choi & Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
Stanley Choi & Phanlert Sukonthachartnant

The final day of the High Roller Event was wrapped up in record time today as Thai player Phanlert Sukonthachartnant took the coveted title and HK$4,890,600.

After less than three hours of play, Sukonthachartnant defeated Stanley Choi to finish eight spots higher than he did in the same tournament last year. The full results were:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCountryPrize (HKD)Prize (USD 
1PhanlertSukonthachartnantThailand$4,890,600$652,080 
2StanleyChoiHong Kong$3,112,000$414,933 
3ZuoWangChina$2,074,000$276,533 
4AntonAstapauBelarus$1,630,000$217,333 
5DenisovAleksandarRussia$1,185,000$158,000 
6StevanChewAustralia$1,037,000$138,267 
7FedorHolzGermany$889,000$118,533 

Tags: Phanlert SukonthachartnantStanley Choi

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Andrejevic Looking to Capitalize

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Andy Andrejevic
Andy Andrejevic

Andjelko "Andy" Andrejevic has a little under $800,000 USD in live cashes. Almost half of his lifetime earnings came in September 2015 when he had a third, fourth, and seventh place finish for over $360,000. His most recent cash was his third place finish at the WPT Main Event at Maryland Live. Just five days earlier he finished seventh in the WPT Borgata Championship.

Andrejevic has nine top eight finishes and a breakthrough here would earn him his biggest live cash on top of his first live tournament win.

Tags: Andy Andrejevic

Addamo Shoves the Turn

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

There was a raise preflop and three players saw the flop, but by the turn it was heads up and Michael Addamo shoved for 25,000.

The flop was {7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Hearts} and two players checked to Addamo who bet 4,500. He got one caller. The turn was the {6-Spades} and the action checked to Addamo again. This time Addamo shoved all in for 25,000, putting the pressure on his opponent. His opponent folded and was left with a little over 20,000 following the hand. Meanwhile, Addamo got back over the starting stack and is sitting at 34,500.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
34,500
34,500
34,500
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Michael Addamo

Troyanovskiy's Pressure Too Much for Andrejevic

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

Vladimir Troyanovskiy bet the flop, turn, and river to win a pot against Andy Andrejevic.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Troyanovskiy bet 1,200. Andrejevic called. The turn was the {q-Clubs} and Troyanovskiy bet again, this time making it 2,600 to go. Andrejevic took a little over a minute to decide on a call. The river was the {k-Diamonds} and it was more of the same from Troyanovskiy, who bet 6,650 into the roughly 9,600 pot. Andrejevic didn't take too long to decide to muck his hand and give the pot to Troyanovskiy.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
32,700
2,700
2,700
Andy Andrejevic us
Andy Andrejevic
18,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Andy AndrejevicVladimir Troyanovskiy