2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
106
Prize
3,547,500 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,305,200 HKD
Entries
184
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

PokerStars Mobile Lounge

Level 23 : 9,000/18,000, 2,000 ante

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Tsugunari Toma Eliminated in 6th Place (HKD$952,000)

Tsugunari Toma - 6th Place
Tsugunari Toma - 6th Place

Tsugunari Toma was knocked down to just 34,000 chips when he moved all in from the small blind. Ying Kit Chan quickly called creating another showdown.

Tsugunari Toma: {K-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Ying Kit Chan: {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Toma was knocked out in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Ying Kit Chan hk
Ying Kit Chan
625,000 25,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
Busted

Tags: Tsugunari TomaYing Kit Chan

A New Game

Alan Sass opened with a raise to 40,000 from the hijack seat, and Tsugunari Toma made the call from the big blind. After calling the 40,000, Toma had just 55,000 in chips behind.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, and Toma checked. Sass announced that he was all in, and Toma went into the tank. After a minute or two, Toma folded, and Sass won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sass me
Alan Sass
725,000 50,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
55,000 -45,000

Tags: Tsugunari TomaAlan Sass

Ace On The River Keeps Sass Alive

Tsugunari Toma raised from the button to 40,000 and Alan Sass proceeded to move all in from the big blind. Sass' shove was vor 327,000 and Toma snap-called.

Alan Sass: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Tsugunari Toma: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, and the lucky ace on the river kept Sass alive. Toma looked devastated as was knocked down to just 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sass me
Alan Sass
675,000 348,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
100,000 -327,000

Tags: Alan SassTsugunari Toma

Andrew Hinrichsen Eliminated in 7th Place (HKD$779,000)

Andrew Hinrichsen - 7th Place
Andrew Hinrichsen - 7th Place

Xing Zhou opened with a raise to 40,000 from early position, then action folded to World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen in the big blind. He reraised all in for 294,000. After getting a count and taking a minute, Zhou called.

Zhou called with the {J-Spades}{10-Spades} and was up against the {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for the at-risk Hinrichsen.

Chants of "Spade, spade, spade!" and "Jack! Ten! Jack! Ten!" rang out from the spectators, before the dealer ran out the {K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. Zhou had missed so far, but the {J-Clubs} gave him the lead on the turn.

Zhou began to celebrate a little, but the river was still to come. After the {4-Hearts} landed on the river, Zhou hoisted his hands over his hand in triumph as he eliminated Hinrichsen from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Xing Zhou cn
Xing Zhou
3,650,000 300,000
Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Xing ZhouAndrew Hinrichsen

Tom Alner Eliminated in 8th Place (HKD$606,000)

Tom Alner - 8th Place
Tom Alner - 8th Place

There's no stopping Xing Zhou today! He just knocked out Tom Alner and added some more chips to his impressive chip lead. Alner just moved all in from the button for 278,000 and Zhou called from the big blind after about a minute.

Xing Zhou: {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Tom Alner: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The flop brought out {6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and the crowd erupted. Zhou had picked up a straight draw and everyone was rooting for the chip leader to win. The turn brought the {Q-Diamonds} and Alner's friends kept rooting for the board to pair. Unfortunately the river brought the {8-Hearts} and Zhou completed his straight.

Alner was crushed while some of the remaining players cheered loudly as they just moved up a spot on payouts. Just seven remain with Zhou firmly in control of this final table.

Player Chips Progress
Xing Zhou cn
Xing Zhou
3,350,000 216,000
Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
Busted

Tags: Tom AlnerXing Zhou

Ace King vs Ace King

Level 23 : 9,000/18,000, 2,000 ante

Andrew Hinrichsen just ended up all in preflop against the overwhelming chip leader Xing Zhou.

Andrew Hinrichsen: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}
Xing Zhou: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

"You wanna chop right now?" Hinrichsen smiled at Zhou who didn't respond.

The flop brought out {A-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and all of a sudden the Aussie had a good chance to double up. On the turn the {2-Spades} hit, and the river completed the board with the {4-Spades}. No luck for Hinrichsen who remains to be one of the short stacks.

Tags: Andrew HinrichsenXing Zhou

Level: 23

Blinds: 9,000/18,000

Ante: 2,000