Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker
HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,305,200 HKD
Entries
184
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Break
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Play will resume in 10 minutes.
Chip Counts Final 13
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
805,000 | 90,000 |
|
688,000 | -77,000 |
|
628,000 | 28,000 |
|
580,000 | 100,000 |
|
526,000 | -69,000 |
|
497,000 | -33,000 |
|
490,000 | 125,000 |
|
456,000 | -34,000 |
|
325,500 | -24,500 |
|
170,000 | 5,000 |
|
140,000 | -50,000 |
|
133,500 | -26,500 |
|
124,000 | 11,000 |
Ping Lin Eliminated in 14th Place (HKD$259,500)
On the last hand before the break, action folded to Ping Lin in the small blind, and he raised all in for 27,500. Xing Zhou made the call from the big blind with the 
. Lin was all in with the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
, and that ended Lin's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Gary Lam Eliminated in 15th Place (HKD$259,500)
From under the gun plus one, Gary Lam raised all in for 59,500. Henry Wang made the call on the button and said, "If I double you up, it's my pleasure," as he put in the chips. Everyone else folded and the cards were on their backs.
Lam was all in and at risk with the . Wang held the 
.
On the flop, the 
rolled out and Wang's pair of jacks were in the lead. Lam did pick up an open-ended straight draw, so he was still very much in this.
The turn brought the 
, then the river completed the board with the . Both of those missed Lam and the original Day 1 chip leader was out the door in 15th place. Lam earned HKD$259,500 for his finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
765,000 | 131,000 |
|
Busted |
Alner Check-Shoves On Huynh
Tom Alner opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 12,500, and then Tri Huynh reraised from the button to 25,000. Action folded back to Alner, and he reraised to 48,500. Huynh wasted little time in making the call.
The dealer presented the two players with the 
flop, and Alner checked. Huynh fired 85,000 with just about 165,000 behind. Alner check-raised all in, and Huynh gave it up. Alner scooped the pot and moved to over 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
715,000 | 145,000 |
|
|
165,000 | -257,000 |
Paolo Compagno Eliminated in 16th Place (HKD$259,500)
Andrew Hinrichsen raised to 12,000 prelfop and Paolo Compagno defended his big blind. The flop came down 
and Compagno check-raised all in. Hinrichsen snap-called, and it was all but over for the Swiss player.
Andrew Hinrichsen: 
Paolo Compagno: 
The board ran out 
, and Compagno was done. Hinrichsen added some more chips to his growing stack as he bumps up to fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000 | 90,000 |
|
Busted |
Sass Chips Up with a Nice One
From early position, Mike Watson started this hand off with a raise to 13,000. He got called in four spots: Alan Sass from the hijack seat, Ying Kit Chan on the button, Henry Wang in the small blind, and Michael Kanaan in the big blind. That created a nice, five-way pot with nearly 75,000 chips already in the middle.
The flop came down 
, and the first two players checked. Watson bet 28,000, and Sass made the call. Chan, Wang and Kanaan all folded.
The turn was the 
, and Watson checked. Sass bet 44,000, and Watson made the call to see the river.
The dealer completed the board with the , and Watson checked to his opponent once again. Sass moved all in for approximately 140,000, and Watson quickly gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
634,000 | -14,000 |
|
|
600,000 | -14,000 |
|
|
595,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
480,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 150,000 |
Wang Pressures Lam
Henry Wang bet 15,000 on the 
board, but Gary Lam put in a raise to 40,000 in resistance. Wang took a minute, then called to see the 
land on the river. Wang took his time, tanking for a couple of long minutes. Then, he fired 103,000. Lam had just about 85,000 left and looked like he really didn't like his spot. He eventually folded, and Wang won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
648,000 | 48,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -90,000 |
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