2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day: 1
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

Nitsche Uses Aggression Against Ogura

From middle position, Dominik Nitsche raised to 525. Takashi Ogura reraised from the hijack seat to 1,425, and action folded back to Nitsche. He called to take the {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop.

On the flop, Nitsche checked, and Ogura bet 1,800. Nitsche check-raised to 5,200, and Ogura made the call.

The turn was the {Q-Spades}, and Nitsche fired 7,700. After a few moments, Ogura folded, and Nitsche won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
40,000 7,000
Takashi Ogura
Takashi Ogura
28,300

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The Master is Here!

Johnny Chan, who's also know as The Master, is here. He just signed up and is the 184th player in the Main Event.

Chan made the final table in the Warm Up event last night and cashed US $37,372 for his seventh place finish. Over the course of his illustrious career Chan has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets and over $8.5 million in total earnings. Let's take another look at his legendary victory over Erik Seidel in the 1988 WSOP Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
30,000

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Some More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Victorino Torres mp
Victorino Torres
60,000 30,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 13,000
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
44,000 25,000
Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
40,000 5,000
Jimmy Pan
Jimmy Pan
40,000
Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 -2,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
34,000 -2,000
Bjorn Li au
Bjorn Li
33,000 15,000
Mike Watson
Mike Watson
33,000 4,500
Timothy Finne us
Timothy Finne
33,000 10,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
32,000 -14,000
Aaron Benton au
Aaron Benton
32,000 7,000
Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
30,000 2,000
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
29,000 -2,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
28,000 -8,000
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
27,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
26,000 -5,000
Gijs Verheijen
Gijs Verheijen
26,000 -3,000
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
25,000 -3,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
24,000 4,000
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
23,000 -1,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
14,000 -18,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
12,000 4,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Rubie Climbing After Two Pair

From early position, a player raised to 500, and then action folded to Brandon Rubie in the hijack seat. He reraised to 1,325, and play folded back to the original raiser. He called, and the flop came down {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}{J-Spades}. The first player checked, Rubie bet 1,400, and his opponent called.

The turn brought the {3-Clubs}, and action checked to Rubie again. He fired 2,200, and his opponent made the call.

The river was the {9-Clubs}, and another bet came from Rubie after his opponent passed the action to him. Rubie fired 6,800, and his opponent called. Rubie showed the {A-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and threes, and was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
46,000 16,000

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Chouity Firing Away Into Marvenek

Michael Marvenek check-called a bet on the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} flop from Nicolas Chouity before seeing the {4-Hearts} land on the turn. Marvenek checked again, and Chouity fired 1,425. Marvenek made the call.

The river completed the board when the {10-Clubs} landed, and Marvenek checked. Chouity fired 5,600, and Marvenek gave it up.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
31,000 3,000
Michael Marvenek
Michael Marvenek
24,000 -6,000

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Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000 14,000
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
50,000 20,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
44,000 12,000
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
40,000 2,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
36,000 7,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
34,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000 -4,000
Danny Wong us
Danny Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
32,000 -10,000
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
29,000 -500
Nicholas Chouity
Nicholas Chouity
28,000 -2,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
26,000 6,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
22,000 8,600
Marc Convey gb
Marc Convey
13,500 -6,000
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
11,000 -17,000

Back to Basic

Brendon Rubie was knocked down to around 10,000 chips early on, but he managed to fight his way back up.

Rubie saw a {Q-}{J-}{8-} flop with two spades holding {9-Spades}{6-Spades}, and his check-raise was called. On the turn a {7-} showed up adding extra outs to Rubie's hand. He moved all in for right around 9,000 chips and his opponent called with {Q-}{10-}.

Rubie was in bad shape, but the river brought a {5-} giving him a straight. The young Aussie pro doubled up, and is back up to the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
30,000 15,000

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