Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Prize Pool
24,235,200 HKD
Level
19
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000
ACOP Super High Roller Final Table; Can Dwyer Retain Title?
One year and two weeks ago, exactly. That was the day that Steve O'Dwyer took down this very event for HK$14,050,000. Today, the American has an amazing chance to do the incredible and retain his title with back-to-back wins.
The Season 8 APPT ACOP Super High Roller final table was star-studded, and this year it may be even more so, making O'Dywer's task that much more difficult. He'll head into play with just over 6 million chips, good for the second spot.
Andy Andrejevic leads the way with 6.255 million, and both he and O'Dwyer will be joined by John Juanda (5.11 million), Anton Astapau (3.95 million), Bryn Kenney (2.39 million), and Erik Seidel (1.8 million).
See, we told you it was going to be tough for him.
The six players above have cashed for a staggering total of $61,793,872. There's plenty more hard cash to be won today, too, and all six players are now in the money after Phanlert Sukonthachartnant bubbled late last evening.
What will they be playing for? Let's see.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | HK$8,725,000 |
| 2nd | HK$5,574,000 |
| 3rd | HK$3,635,000 |
| 4th | HK$2,666,000 |
| 5th | HK$1,939,000 |
| 6th | HK$1,696,200 |
Play is due to start at 2:30 p.m local time, but there may be a slight delay to proceedings starting.
Level: 15
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Cards are in the air.
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Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
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Play Resumes, Juanda and Kenney Kick Off the Action
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
The action folded to John Juanda who limped the small blind. Bryn Kenney checked his option. Both players checked the board all the way down to the river. The board read 
and Juanda checked to Kenney, who bet 155,000. Juanda called and Kenney mucked his hand without showing.
Juanda showed 
for queen high.
Two hands later, Juanda raised from the cutoff and Kenney shoved all in for just over two million. Juanda eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,255,000 | |
|
6,010,000 | |
|
5,110,000 | |
|
3,950,000 | |
|
2,390,000 | |
|
1,800,000 |
All A's
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anton Astapau and Andy Andrejevic played the biggest pot so far, in the early moments of the Super High-Roller final table.
Astapau opened from the button for 200,000 and Andrejevic called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Andrejevic checked. Astapau bet 200,000 and Andrejevic check-raised to 675,000. Astapau didn't move for almost a minute, his eyes were bouncing from his stack to Andrejevic's and to the flop, eventually he called.
The turn was the and Andrejevic led out for 1,175,000. Astapau called and the two players saw the 
hit the river. Both players checked and Andrejevic took down the pot with 
for a flopped two pair. The river ten counterfeited his original two pair, but it was still good to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,200,000 | 1,945,000 |
|
|
2,001,000 | -1,949,000 |
Seidel Gets Shoved On, Down to Ten Bigs
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Erik Seidel's stack has shrunk down to around one million after Anton Astapau set him in on the river.
Seidel opened to 225,000 from under the gun and Astapau peeled from the big blind to see an 
flop where both players checked. The board ran out 
with Astapau betting 325,000 and all in on each street. Seidel called the turn bet but gave up quickly on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,750,000 | 749,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | -800,000 |
Kenney Doubles Through O'Dwyer
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
In the history of the APPT no player has ever won two "Spadies" - ACOP Title Events. Steve O'Dwyer can break that record today but the task has become harder after he doubled up Bryn Kenney.
O'Dwyer opened to 210,000 before Kenney three-bet to 535,000. O'Dwyer shoved and Kenney snap called all in for 2,635,000.
O'Dwyer: 
Kenney: 
The board ran 
to see Kenney's hand hold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000 | 2,910,000 |
|
|
3,100,000 | -2,910,000 |
Erik Seidel Eliminated in 6th Place (HKD$1,696,200)
Level 15
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anton Astapau was responsible for leaving Erik Seidel with a short stack and he was the one who finished him off.
After shoving on the previous two hands, and getting both all in bets through, Seidel shoved a third time. The action folded to Anton Astapau in the big blind and he took a moment to get a count. After the dealer counted Seidel's chips, it was less than one million to call. Astapau called and saw that he was ahead.
Astapau held 
against the 
of Seidel. The board ran out 
eliminating Seidel in 6th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,750,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
Busted |