Stevan Chew, who cashed in the High Roller earlier this week for HK$1,037,000, has dropped down to 31,400 after folding to a river shove form Andy Chan.
He opened to 2,800 from under the gun and Chan defended his big blind to see a flop appear. Chan check-called 3,000 before leading out for 3,000 on the river. Chew called and the river came as the . Chan wasted little time in moving all in for 33,700. Chew gave it a good deal of thought before admitting defeat with a fold.
No too long ago, Daniel Neilson and Yan Li both had 101,000 chips. This is no limit poker though so one is never far from busting. Unfortunately for these two players, that was the case as they have been confirmed as out of the Main Event.
Here is a breakdown of APOY Points to be awarded to the Top 10 finishers in the ACOP Main Event.
ACOP Finish
Points Awarded
ACOP Finish
Points Awarded
1
3383
6
1128
2
2820
7
987
3
2256
8
846
4
1692
9
705
5
1410
10
564
Yat Wai Cheng is currently leading in the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. A win would take him from 19th in the Asia Player of the Year Rankings to the top spot, with only two events to go.
Sparrow Cheung, Yuguang Li, and Ka Cheong Wong are all also within striking distance. If any of these players wins the Main Event, they would have enough points to overtake the current leader, Alan King Lun Lau. Of course, with so many of them still alive, the positions could shift dramatically should they all make deep runs.
Erik Seidel has dropped a little after playing off Sergey Lebedev in a button versus big blind confrontation.
The latter raised to 3,200 from the button and Seidel defended his big blind to see a flop appear. Both players checked to the turn where Seidel led for 4,000. Call. The board completed with the and Seidel check-called 5,500 but mucked when his Russian opponent opened .
Pocket kings have dropped by to save David Douglas for the second time today, although - for a moment - it looked as if he was heading out the door.
After a raise and call in front of him, he moved all in for 16,500 with and was called by one opponent who opened .
"Ace!" shouted one table mate who was ideally positioned to see that the window card was the . Then the table erupted when the rest of the flop came to give Douglas' opponent trips aces. The Brit was joining in the revelry which was audible to the whole room and then to the whole casino when the turn came as the to make Douglas a full house. The river was the and Douglas, along with the rest of the table, settled back into their seats.
Michael Addamo played a hand that started before the last break of the day and his river bet sent his opponent into the tank. His opponent finally called after the final seconds of the 10-minute break ticked off.
The board read and Addamo's bet of 31,700 sat in front of him. The players around the table were anxious to see the result of the hand that took almost the entire break.
Addamo's opponent shuffled his chips back and forth and finally stopped to stare at Addamo. He seemed on the verge of calling, but then he began to shuffle his chips again. By this time, several of the players returning from the break were standing around the table. Eventually, the player put half his remaining stack into the pot for the call.
After a second or two Addamo asked the dealer, "call?" The dealer confirmed and Addamo turned over . Which was good to win the hand with two pair. His opponent mucked reluctantly, and it seemed as though the on the river had snatched the pot away from him.
Takuya Suzuki was dangerously short and needed a double up otherwise this last level of the night would be his last of the tournament.
He three-bet all in for 21,700 with and his raising opponent made the call with . The board ran a blank . Double up secured but he's still in the danger zone.
flop appear. Chan check-called 3,000 before leading out for 3,000 on the 
river. Chew called and the river came as the 
. Chan wasted little time in moving all in for 33,700. Chew gave it a good deal of thought before admitting defeat with a fold.
flop appear. Both players checked to the 
turn where Seidel led for 4,000. Call. The board completed with the 
and Seidel check-called 5,500 but mucked when his Russian opponent opened 
.
and was called by one opponent who opened 
.
. Then the table erupted when the rest of the flop came 
to give Douglas' opponent trips aces. The Brit was joining in the revelry which was audible to the whole room and then to the whole casino when the turn came as the 
to make Douglas a full house. The river was the 
and Douglas, along with the rest of the table, settled back into their seats.
. Which was good to win the hand with two pair. His opponent mucked reluctantly, and it seemed as though the 
and his raising opponent made the call with 
. Double up secured but he's still in the danger zone.