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: 
Opponent: 
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.
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!
| Date | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 20, 2013 | $2,000 | 159 | $277,614 |
| 1* | Andrew Jackling | Australia | $42,900 | $5,535 |
| 2* | Chi Jen Chen | Chinese Taipei | $50,000 | $6,452 |
| 3* | Xiaoyong Liao | China | $50,000 | $6,452 |
| 4 | Yosuke Isobe | Japan | $23,600 | $3,045 |
| 5 | Akitomo Kurushima | Japan | $18,700 | $2,413 |
| 6 | Liming Zhang | China | $15,300 | $1,974 |
| 7 | Ke Jing Li | China | $12,500 | $1,613 |
| 8 | Kuok Hong Ng | Macau | $9,700 | $1,252 |
| 9 | Beng Hong Ker | Singapore | $8,300 | $1,071 |
*Denotes three-handed deal
With around 16,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, 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 
on the river.
The small blind instantly moved all in for for roughly 10,000 and Karamalikis snap-folded his 
while slipping to 37,000.
We missed the action, but we do know that Andrew Gaw just doubled after getting his last 9,625 all in preflop holding the 
. His opponent had the inferior 
, and the jacks held as the board ran out 
. Gaw is not sitting on a stack of 20,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
On a board of 
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.
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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.
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