2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

ACOP Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
4,352,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
19,800,000 HKD
Entries
203
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Wong Calls Heads, Flips Tails

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ken Wong
Ken Wong

Ken Wong opened the hi-jack to 700 only to have the cutoff three-bet to 1,950. Wong moved all in for roughly 8,000 and the cutoff made the call to put the 2012 Aussie Millions finalist at risk.

Wong: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Opponent: {9-}{9-}

With Wong in a standard coin flip, the board would blank out and see him forced to hit the rail shy of a Day 2 berth.

Player Chips Progress
Ken Wong cn
Ken Wong
Busted

Tags: Ken Wong

$2,000 Deepstack Results

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The ACOP has been playing out for the better part of the week, and we thought it'd be worthwhile to bring you the results from some of the preliminary events. Enjoy!

$2,000 Deepstack Side Event

DateBuy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
October 20, 2013$2,000159$277,614

1*Andrew JacklingAustralia$42,900$5,535
2*Chi Jen ChenChinese Taipei$50,000$6,452
3*Xiaoyong LiaoChina$50,000$6,452
4Yosuke IsobeJapan$23,600$3,045
5Akitomo KurushimaJapan$18,700$2,413
6Liming ZhangChina$15,300$1,974
7Ke Jing LiChina$12,500$1,613
8Kuok Hong NgMacau$9,700$1,252
9Beng Hong KerSingapore$8,300$1,071

*Denotes three-handed deal

Karamalikis Folds Straight

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jonathan Karamalikis
Jonathan Karamalikis

With around 16,000 in the pot and the board reading {3-Spades}{A-Clubs}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, three players checked to Jonathan Karamalikis in the hi-jack and he spent several minutes contemplating his decision before betting out 5,600.

The player in the small blind made the call as both the remaining players took their time before folding as the dealer delivered the {4-Spades} on the river.

The small blind instantly moved all in for for roughly 10,000 and Karamalikis snap-folded his {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} while slipping to 37,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
Full Tilt
37,000 -11,000

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis

Gaw Stays Alive

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

We missed the action, but we do know that Andrew Gaw just doubled after getting his last 9,625 all in preflop holding the {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}. His opponent had the inferior {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}, and the jacks held as the board ran out {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Gaw is not sitting on a stack of 20,000.

Tags: Andrew Gaw

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Updated Chip Counts From the Other Half of the Room

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aidan Tam
Aidan Tam
90,000 43,000
David Martirosyan
David Martirosyan
75,000 -5,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 -10,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
Full Tilt
48,000 15,000
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
43,000 15,000
Jeff James
Jeff James
42,000 42,000
Henrik Tollefsen no
Henrik Tollefsen
40,000 40,000
Ryan Pignatelli us
Ryan Pignatelli
36,000 2,000
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
35,600 -1,400
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
34,000 3,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
32,000 2,000
Charles Wong
Charles Wong
30,000 -2,000
Seng Unh
Seng Unh
25,000 3,000
Vivan Im
Vivan Im
23,000 23,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
21,000 -1,250
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
17,000 -6,800
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
16,000 -5,000
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
10,000 1,000
Ken Wong cn
Ken Wong
6,500 -11,850
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
2,000 -9,100
Pakinai Lisawad th
Pakinai Lisawad
Busted

Chan Chipping Up

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

On a board of {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Diamonds} with around 17,000 in the middle, we found Johnny Chan betting out 9,000 to nearly put his opponent all in as he had just over 10,000 behind.

Chan's opponent went deep into the tank for several minutes before he eventually folded to give the pot to Chan and send his stack climbing up to 41,000 and change.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
41,000 11,000

Tags: Johnny Chan

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
48,000 -3,000
Michael Guttman
Michael Guttman
39,000 6,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
38,000 6,000
Keith Ferrera us
Keith Ferrera
36,000 5,000
Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
33,000 3,000
Darren Judges
Darren Judges
29,000 8,700
Juicy Li cn
Juicy Li
29,000 1,700
Alexander Trevallion au
Alexander Trevallion
28,000 100
John Apostolidis
John Apostolidis
27,000 -7,000
Minh Nguyen au
Minh Nguyen
27,000 -2,300
Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
25,000 400
Craig Cockburn
Craig Cockburn
24,000 3,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
23,000 5,300
Ryan Hong au
Ryan Hong
18,000 -5,000

Cards Back in the Air

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players are back from the break. Given the staggered nature of the breaks and levels, action resumes with 30 minute remaining in Level 3. That will be followed by the 90-minute Level 4, which is all the action that'll be played here on Day 1a.