Main Event Day 2 | PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

05-24-2014 00:10 UTC+8

Daniel Demicki Destroys Day 2 Field

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Day 2 of the PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau is in the books. The day began with 206 players and only 51 are making their way to Day 3. After starting the day with just 61,500, Daniel Demicki emerged as the chip leader with 585,000. Not far behind is Jiajun Liu, who led for most of the day. He ended with 577,000. Hao Tian, last year’s seventh-place finisher, rounds out the top three with 481,500.

There is plenty of talent heading into Day 3 and we expect some great play tomorrow as the fight for the trophy and the first-place prize of HK$2,776,000 (about $360,000) continues. Still in the running are Michael Kanaan (392,500), Billy “The Croc” Argyros (253,000), Christian Haggart (222,500) and J.J. Liu (89,000).

Eliminations came fast and furious from the very beginning and maintained a steady pace throughout the day. Most everyone was surprised when the tournament reached the money with just 45 minutes left to play, and it was Frangky Tegoeh who finished in 61st place, one off the money.

Unfortunately, it was an early day for the remaining Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang, Celina Lin and Raymond Wu, who all busted within an hour of each other. Some of the others to hit the rail without a paycheck were start-of-day chip leader Bo “Box” Xie, Iori Yogo, Sparrow Cheung, Raiden Kan, Victorino Torres, Daniel Laidlaw, Nick Wong, Ivan Zalac, Kitty Kuo and Bobbe Suri.

Play is schedule to resume tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time, when we will be playing down to a final table. Make sure and join PokerNews as we bring you all the action as it happens live.

Until then, good night from Macau.

Tags: Billy Argyros Bo "Box" Xie Bobbe Suri Bryan Huang Celina Lin Christian Haggart Daniel Laidlaw Frangky Tegoeh Hao Tian Iori Yogo Ivan Zalac J.J. Liu JiaJun Liu Ki Nicole Wong Kitty Kuo Michael Kanaan Nick Wong Raiden Kan Raymond Wu Sparrow Cheung Victorino Torres

05-24-2014 00:08 UTC+8

Day 3 Seat Draw

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	1	Henry Szmelcer	54,500
1	2	Tsuyoshi Ishibashi	63,500
1	3	Linh Tran	205,500
1	4	Amit Ajwani	42,000
1	5	Boyat Manish	233,500
1	6	Steven Yibo Zhou	49,000
1	7	Guanqun Gu	322,500
1	8	Kai Yat Fam	182,000
1	9	Girish Vijay Shahane	63,000

2	1	Xiongzhen Wu	57,500
2	2	Jianyu Chen	100,000
2	3	Michael Kanaan	392,500
2	4	Carlos Kuo Chang	70,500
2	5	Qu Liu	186,000
2	7	Seyed Borghei	126,000
2	8	JJ Liu	89,000
2	9	John Quoc Tuan Hoang	284,500

3	1	Jean Marie Peyron	245,500
3	2	Yosuke Moriyama	153,000
3	3	Antonio Domingues de Silva Martins	60,000
3	4	Sailesh Verma	71,500
3	5	Neo Li Han Chen	117,000
3	6	Joonhee Yea	13,500
3	7	Xudong Li	132,000
3	8	Christian Haggart	222,500
3	9	Shu Xu	184,500

4	2	Andre Cyril	228,000
4	3	Shengqing Zhu	179,000
4	4	Jiajun Liu	577,000
4	5	Maurice Wee Teck Tan	191,000
4	6	Billy "The Croc" Argyros	253,000
4	7	Ryan Mingho Yum	120,500
4	8	Fabien Parisel	237,000
4	9	Peter Chan	234,000

5	1	Yat Wai Cheng	129,000
5	2	Emi Hibuse	90,500
5	3	Henrik Tollefsen	99,500
5	4	Dawid Mysieics	125,000
5	5	Feng Wen Chen	311,500
5	6	Daniel Demicki	585,000
5	7	Hongxing Yu	147,000
5	8	Haisheng Ma	265,500
5	9	Hao Tian	481,500

6	1	Thomas Mcgarrity	324,500
6	2	Xue Qian Wu	396,500
6	3	Dhanesh Vija Chainani	335,500
6	5	Kitson Kho	91,000
6	6	Hon Cheong Lee	42,500
6	7	Soo Jo Kim	217,500
6	8	Victor Chong	99,000
6	9	Yen Han Chen	340,500

05-23-2014 23:58 UTC+8

Official End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Demicki	585,000 265,000	265,000
Jiajun Liu	577,000 32,000	32,000
Hao Tian	481,500 244,500	244,500
Xue Qian Wu	396,500 61,500	61,500
Michael Kanaan	392,500 17,500	17,500
Yen Han Chen	340,500 289,200	289,200
Dhanesh Vija Chainani	335,500 60,500	60,500
Thomas Mcgarrity	324,500 238,800	238,800
Guanqun Gu	322,500 272,200	272,200
Feng Wen Chen	311,500 254,600	254,600
John Quoc Tuan Hoang	284,500 248,700	248,700
Haisheng Ma	265,500 100,500	100,500
Billy "The Croc" Argyros	253,000 58,000	58,000
Jean Marie Peyron	245,500 191,500	191,500
Fabien Parisel	237,000 5,000	5,000
Peter Chan	234,000 -21,000	-21,000
Boyat Manish	233,500 195,400	195,400
Andre Cyril	228,000 -67,000	-67,000
Christian Haggart	222,500 90,500	90,500
Soo Jo Kim	217,500 178,200	178,200
Linh Tran	205,500 -2,500	-2,500
Maurice Wee Teck Tan	191,000 141,000	141,000
Qu Liu	186,000 139,800	139,800
Shu Xu	184,500 115,100	115,100
Kai Yat Fam	182,000 83,700	83,700

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05-23-2014 22:59 UTC+8

First Eliminations in the Money

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Hoyez	Busted
Franco Cultreri	Busted
Yoichi Fujiya	Busted
Ki Nicole Wong	Busted

05-23-2014 22:59 UTC+8

Zheng Falls

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We arrived at the table just as Alvan Zheng committed the last of his chips into the middle. Christian Haggart called him off and both players tabled their cards.

Zheng:
Haggart:

Zheng was in great shape to double up, but unfortunately the board ran out giving Haggart two pair and the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvan Zheng	Busted

Tags: Alvan Zheng Christian Haggart

05-23-2014 22:57 UTC+8

6 More Hands

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and JiaJun Liu pulled the card indicating 6 more hands of play until the players can bag their chips for the day.

05-23-2014 22:49 UTC+8

Tollefsen Flushes Ishibashi

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We arrived at the table just as Henrik Tollefsen moved all in for his last 23,500 in chip. Tsuyoshi Ishibashi was on the button and raised it up to 50,000, forcing both blinds to fold.

Tollefsen:
Ishibashi:

The board ran out to give Tollefsen running hearts for a flush. The timely double send him up to 57,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Tollefsen	57,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Henrik Tollefsen Tsuyoshi Ishibashi

05-23-2014 22:41 UTC+8

Haggart Doubles Through Wong

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ki Nicole Wong moved all in and Christian Haggart called with less. Wong tabled and Haggart held . Haggart won the race when the board ran out . After paying off Haggart, Wong was left with just 4,000.