ACOP Main Event
Day 1b Started
ACOP Main Event
Day 1b Started
Yesterday, the 2013 APPT Macau for the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 (approximately $12,900) Main Event kicked off at the PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams and attracted 93 players. Today on Day 1b, even more players are expect to take their shot at the guaranteed HK$20,000,000 (approximately $2.58 million) prize pool.
Among those expected to be in action today are Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew; European Poker Tour Barcelona champ Tom "hitthehole" Middleton; EPT champ David Vamplew; and the dangerous Kitty Kuo.
Who will join Day 1a chip leader Keith Ferrera; Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Jonathan Karamalikis (49,150); and Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov (49,325), Naoya Kihara (38,875), Vivian Im (36,900) and Bryan Huang (23,500) — all of who survived Day 1a — on Day 2? We'll find out over the course of four 90-minute levels of play.
Day 1b is set to kick off at 3:00 p.m. local time, which is just a couple hours from now. Be sure to check back then for all the latest and greatest from PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Macau. In the meantime, check out this video where Sarah Grant talks to Tournament Director Danny McDonagh about the new low-stakes cash games being offered here in Macau:
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The cards are now in the air here on Day 1b.
As was the case yesterday, we are playing four 90-minute levels with a 10-minute break after every 2 hours of play.
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Here are a few of the players spotted in the early goings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kahle Burns |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Kai Paulsen
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
David Vamplew |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Hung-Sheng Lin |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Keith Gipson
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
John O'Shea |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Raymond Wu |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Sparrow Cheung |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Saehoon Lee
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Yu Kurita |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Randy Lew |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
William Te
|
30,000 | |
Celina Lin | 30,000 | |
Kitty Kuo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jian Yang |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tom Grigg |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Brandon Meyers |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Roger Spets |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Raj Ramakrishnan |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Xing Zhou |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Joel Feldman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Playing day 1b of the 100,000 HKD #ACOP. At least 200 players for this growing event. Starting with 30,000 chips. Time to run it up!Follow @nanonoko
Over on table five we find four very talented players ready to battle it out.
2010 Victorian Poker Championships winner Michael Egan, WCOOP and recent Pot Limit Omaha side event winner Edison Nguyen and online specialist Akira "Clutch Hero" Ohyama are all seated alongside 2012 Aussie Millions Champion Oliver Speidel.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oliver Speidel | 30,000 | |
Akira Ohyama | 30,000 | |
Michael Egan |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Edison Nguyen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Following a raise to 250 in the cutoff and a three-bet to 650 from the button, Randy Lew cold four-bet to 1,450 from the small blind.
The original raiser passed, but the button made the call as the flop fell and Lew continued for 1,200. The button popped it up to 2,400 and Lew made the call as the on the turn was checked through.
The river of the saw Lew lead out for 2,575 and his opponent quickly made the call. Lew tabled his and scooped the pot to move to roughly 37,500 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Randy Lew |
37,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Kitty Kuo opened for 300 and received a call from Devan Tang in the small blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 600 on the flop, and then checked for a second time when the turned.
Kuo wasted little time in betting 1,200, but she couldn't shake her opponent as Tang made a relatively quick call. When the completed the board on the river, Tang checked and Kuo did the same. Tang tabled the for eights and fives, and it was good as Kuo mucked her cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Devan Tang | 34,000 | |
Kitty Kuo |
25,700
-4,300
|
-4,300 |