High Roller
Day 1 Started
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
240,000 HKD
Prize Pool
10,216,800 HKD
Entries
34
Level
7
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
1,000
A Macau High Roller Champion Will Be Crowned on Day 2
The 2013 PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event is down to heads-up play between Devan Tang and Sunny Jung here at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams, the HK$250,000 High Roller still has 15 of the original 43 entires remaining.
There is a HK$10,216,800 prize pool up for grabs, and that will be distributed to the top five finishers with a healthy HK$4,086,700 ($572,000) reserved for the winner. Brandon Meyers[/B] has the best shot at that prize as he'll start the day as chip leader with 1.748 million.
Meyers managed to double in the last hand on Day 1 to finish with the chip lead. Meyers had moved all in over the top of a big bet by Vladimir Troyanovskiy on a board reading 
. Predrag Lekovic had been involved in the action, too, but had folded what he later claimed was a set. Eventually, Troyanovskiy made the call and seemed a bit tilted when Meyers rolled over the 
to beat his own 
straight.
Other who are returning to action are Jonathan Karamalikis, who if you recall won the ACOP High Roller event in 2012. He's looking to defend his title and has a decent chance of doing so with a stack of 876,000. That said, he'll have to contend with some stiff competition that includes Jeff Rossiter (1.247 million), Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov (838,000), Aidan Tam (698,000), and Paul Newey (382,000), just to name a few.
Here's a look at the Day 2 draw with counts:
2013 ACOP High Roller Final Two Tables
| Seat | Player | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chunlei Zhou | 759,000 |
| 2 | Eugene Katchalov | 838,000 |
| 3 | Aidan Tam | 698,000 |
| 4 | Senh Ung | 305,000 |
| 5 | Brandon Meyers | 1,748,000 |
| 6 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 876,000 |
| 7 | Mikael Thuritz | 286,000 |
| 8 | -empty- | N/A |
| 1 | Yan Tsang | 231,000 |
| 2 | Winfred Yu | 362,000 |
| 3 | Jeff Rossiter | 1,247,000 |
| 4 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 1,398,000 |
| 5 | Kyle Cheong | 373,000 |
| 6 | James McCarty | 571,000 |
| 7 | Paul Newey | 382,000 |
| 8 | Predrag Lekovic | 682,000 |
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Start of the Day Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,748,000 | 1,748,000 |
|
1,398,000 | 1,398,000 |
|
1,247,000 | 1,247,000 |
|
876,000 | 876,000 |
|
838,000 | 838,000 |
|
759,000 | 759,000 |
|
698,000 | 698,000 |
|
682,000 | 682,000 |
|
|
571,000 | 571,000 |
|
382,000 | 382,000 |
|
373,000 | 373,000 |
|
362,000 | 362,000 |
|
305,000 | 305,000 |
|
286,000 | 286,000 |
|
|
231,000 | 231,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Play Underway
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The cards are now in the air for the final day of the High Rollers Event!
Small Pot for Katchalov
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Chunlei Zhou opened for 32,000 from the hijack only to have Eugene Katchalov three0bet to 75,000 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, Zhou called, and it was heads-up action to the 
flop.
Zhou checked, Katchalov bet, and Zhou folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000 | 75,000 |
|
|
620,000 | -139,000 |
Cheong Finds Pocket Rockets
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 34,000 and was met by a three-bet to 80,000 by Kyle Cheong. Action folded back around to the Russian, and he four-bet enough to put Cheong to the test. Cheong double checked his cards and then called off for 377,000 total.
Cheong: 
Troyanovskiy: 
Troyanovskiy rolled his eyes upon seeing the bad spot he was in. The 
flop made things interesting by giving him the nut-flush draw, but it didn't come in as the blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
940,000 | -458,000 |
|
|
800,000 | 427,000 |
Tam Eliminates Thuritz and Zhou
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
There have just been two eliminations in quick succession courtesy of Aidan Tam.
The first came when Tam opened for 32,000 under the gun and then called the shove of Mikarl Thuritz for 208,000 total. Tam held 
and held against the 
of Thuritz.
Right after, Chunlei Zhou got his dwindling stack all in preflop holding the 
and was out in front of Tam's 
. Unfortunately for Zhou, the flop came down 
to give Tam a pair of fives. Neither the turn nor 
river helped Zhou and he was bounced in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,450,000 | 752,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Tam Pays Off Karamalikis
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With around 160,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Jonathan Karamalikis checked from the small blind and Aidan Tam bet 90,000 from the hijack. Karamalikis woke up with a check-raise to 186,000, Tam tank-called, and the 
completed the board on the river.
Karamalikis led out for 250,000 and Tam snap-called. Karamalikis gingerly rolled over the for the nuts, and Tam mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,567,000 | 691,000 |
|
|
800,000 | -650,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000