2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
The numbers are in. The 2013 Asia Championship of Poker HKD$250,000 High Roller attracted 34 players that accounted for nine rebuys. That had created a prize pool of HKD$10,216,800 that will be distributed to the top five players as follows:
| Place | Prize (HKD) |
|---|---|
| 1st | $4,086,700 |
| 2nd | $2,452,000 |
| 3rd | $1,634,700 |
| 4th | $1,226,000 |
| 5th | $817,400 |
David Vamplew got his last 155,000 or so all in preflop holding the ![]()
, but he was in bad shape against the ![]()
of Yu Liang. Vamplew's bets chance at staying alive was to catch an ace, but he was left wanting as the board ran out an uneventful ![]()
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Meanwhile, EPT Barcelona champ Tom "hitthehole" Middleton has also been eliminated from the tournament.
Jack Hu joined the tournament at the start of the level.
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that Russia's Ihar Soika was all in for his last 152,500 holding the ![]()
and behind the ![]()
of Kyle Cheong. The ![]()
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flop was no help to Soika, but the
was as it paired his jack. However, he needed even more help in the form of either a jack or an ace on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned, put out the
, and Soika hit the rail.
A short-stacked David Vamplew got his last 57,000 all in preflop holding the ![]()
and he was racing against the ![]()
of Australian Joel Feldman. The ![]()
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flop made things interesting as it gave Feldman top set and Vamplew a flush draw.
The
turn actually gave Vamplew the flush, but Feldman could still win if the board paired on the river. Fortunately for Vamplew, that didn't happen as the harmless
rolled off.
It appears Andrew Pantling busted before the dinner break, while Aaron Lim fell in one of the first hands back after the break.
The numbers are starting to come in, though the official prize pool has yet to be released. There is also talk of two players having late registered. With that said, right now the tournament clock says 34 players have entered the tournament, and of those nine have rebought.
Remember, in this tournament the players didn't have to bust to exercise their rebuy option. In those instances it essentially served as an add-on. Here's a look at the players who did rebuy:
- Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
- Yan Tsang
- James McCarty
- Yu Liang
- Jeff Rossiter
- Predrag Lekovic
- Chunlei Zhou
- Mikael Thuritz
- Paul Newey
Level: 5
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500