Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Three Fours Good for Lin
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Celina Lin is creeping back towards her starting stack after turning trips fours.
Alex Ward opened to 500 from mid position and was called by a player in the cutoff and the Team PokerStars Pro on the button. The flop fanned 
and the action checked to the cutoff who bet 800. Lin was the only caller to the 
turn where she raised her opponent's 1,200 bet up to 3,300. Call. The river was the 
and she managed to get another 5,000 called before she opened 
. Her opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,500
3,100
|
3,100 |
Kuo Down
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Shorlty after being left short, Kitty Kuo was seen exiting the poker room after her bust. She tweeted after her big hand that she would need some magic, but was unable to find any. Shortly after that tweet she shared her bust out hand.
I lose flush vs flush, qq vs ak so I am out the main event, I don't feel sad, just feel so unlucky there, hot pot laterFollow @kittykuopoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Six Pros in a Row
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Tip. If you're buying in late to Day 1B, avoid Table 7.
Kevin Song busted to John Juanda recently and his seat was taken by Italian pro Dario Sanmartino, one of the best Italian players right now. He's sat right in the middle of six pros, all sat in a row from seat one to six. Here's how they line up and their career winnings in USD:
Seat 1. Sunny Jung (Korea) $1,306,307
Seat 2. Russell Thomas (USA) $3,392,307
Seat 3. Anton Astapau (Belarus) $825,760
Seat 4. Dario Sammartino (Itlay) $2,701,415
Seat 5. John Juanda (Indonesia) $17,250,677
Seat 6. Steve O'Dwyer (USA) $10,824,802
Astapau and Sammartino tangled in a battle of the blinds.
The board (at the turn) read 
and Astapau led for 700 and called when Sammartino raised to 1,400. The board completed with the 
and Astapau led for just 200. Sammartino stared at him for a while and then raised to 1,500. Astapau called but mucked upon seeing the Italian's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
||
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
28,300
28,300
|
28,300 |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
Kitty Kuo on Fumes
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Kitty Kuo is now at 8,000 chips after she lost a big pot. She made a flush, but her opponent had a better one and left her with less than one third of the starting stack.
Kuo is first on Taiwan's all time money list with over $800,000 in lifetime earnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
|
|
||
Updated Counts
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
36,000 | |
|
||
|
33,800
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
32,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
|
||
|
30,700
30,700
|
30,700 |
|
||
|
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
|
||
|
28,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
28,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
28,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
|
||
|
27,700
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
|
||
|
27,600
27,600
|
27,600 |
|
|
||
|
24,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
||
|
|
22,400
22,400
|
22,400 |
|
21,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
19,600
-10,400
|
-10,400 |
|
|
||
|
19,225
-10,775
|
-10,775 |
|
|
||
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Break Time
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Ten-minute break for one and all.
Juanda's Life Boat
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
John Juanda just rivered a full house to shoot up the leaderboard and eliminated Kevin Song.
Anton Astapau opened for 600 preflop and Juanda made it 1,750. Song called from the big blind and Astapau folded. The flop was 
and Song checked to Juanda who bet 2,250. Song called and the two players saw the 
hit the turn. Song led out for 5,000 and Juanda raised to 15,000. Song then shoved all in and Juanda reluctantly called, showing a set of nines 
. Song had a straight and a flush redraw with . The 
on the river paired the board and saved Juanda from being short stacked just before the first break of the day. Juanda had Song covered and Song was the sixth player eliminated today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,400 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Latz Among Five Early Fallers
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
As the end of the second level of the day approaches, five players have already busted. The last to fall was Austrian Hendrik Latz after he ran a set into the straight of Hsien Kui Yang.
Those two and Jordan Westmorland had made it to the turn with almost 9,000 chips in the middle. All three checked and the board rested as 
. Yang led for 3,200 from the small blind before Latz moved all in for 9,875 from the hijack. Westmorland folded from the button and Yang called with 
for a wheel, beating out Latz and his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |