Following a raise from the player in middle position, William Te three-bet the small blind to 1,100. The action returned to the original raiser and he four-bet to 3,500 only to have Te five-bet to 6,600.
After a few moments, Te's opponent would put in a six-bet amounting to 16,500. Te quickly called, and when the dealer dropped the flop, he fired out 12,000 only to have his opponent move all in for roughly 29,200.
Te contemplated his decision for roughly two minutes before folding while slipping to 16,450 in chips.
Defending champ Xing Zhou opened for 700 from middle position and was met by an all-in three-bet to 4,025 by Geoffrey Mooney in the hijack. Action folded back around to Zhou and he made a quick call.
Zhou:
Mooney:
Mooney seemed to know his time had come, but he waited patiently for the flop, which came down a dry . The turn was a good card for Mooney as he picked up a flush draw, but he was left wanting as the blanked on the river. Both player had made a pair of aces, but Zhou's kicker gave him the win.
With around 35,000 in the pot and a board reading , Satrya Teja bet out a hefty 11,700 and put the pressure on his opponent in the hijack. Eventually a called was made, and Teja excitedly announced, "Set." He than tabled the . It was good as the hijack mucked his hand.
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to catch any last-minute action and to compile a list of notable counts. Stay tuned for both of those as well as a full recap of the Day 1b action.
The numbers are in. The 2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker has drawn 203 players and created a prize pool of HKD $19.8m. The top 25 will make the money, with a min cash being HKD $198,000. The eventual winner will take home HKD $4,752,000.