ACOP Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
ACOP Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
19,800,000 HKD
Entries
203
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Schulz Leads as 72 Players Survive Day 2
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The 2013 PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event continued on Wednesday at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams. Day 2 saw 169 of the original 203 players return for five 90-minute levels of play. By the end of that time, the field was whittled down to 72 with Kevin Schulz and his stack of 311,600 leading the way.
Schulz vaulted into the chip lead in the last level of the night thanks to two hands. In the first, he flopped a set of deuces to win a massive pot worth more than 200,000. Then, about ten minutes later, he flopped another set of deuces to eliminate 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb.
The day was characterized by eliminations as more than half the field would hit the rail. One of them was Australia's Didier Guerin, who found himself all in preflop Level 6 (250/500/50) and watching a side pot brew. With roughly 18,000 already in the main pot, Edison Nguyen moved all in over the top for 12,475 more and put the pressure on Guangfu Ye. Eventually a call was made and all three hands were tabled.
Ye: 
Guerin: 
Nguyen: 
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Guerin was in the worst spot with just a 16.72% chance of winning the hand while Nguyen and Ye would win 38% and 45% of the time respectively. Guerin was poised to exit, but the 
flop gave him pause as he took the lead with a set. Just like that Guerin went from the last to being an 85.38% favorite.
Guerin let a little smile cross his face, but in heartbreaking fashion, it turned into disbelief after the dealer burned and turned the 
to give Nguyen a bigger set! The 
river blanked on the river, which sent Guerin to the rail, gave Nguyen more than a double, and left Ye on a short stack.
One level later, Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin was sent packing. It happened after a preflop raising war resulted in Lin getting her stack in with 
only to run into the 
of Norway's Tore Lukashaugen. The 
flop paired Lin's queen, but she needed a little more help to stay alive. The 
turn didn't do it, and neither did the river.
Others who failed to make it through the day were Kahle Burns, Ping Lin, Patrick Crivell, Kitson Kho, Bryan Huang, Kai Paulsen, Craig Cockburn, Tom Alner, Vivian Im, Jonathan Karamalikis, Lee Nelson, and the defending champ, Xing Zhou.
Zhou’s elimination came in Level 9 (500/1,000/100) when he limped in from under the gun only to have the player two seats to his left bump it up to 6,500. The next player made the call, Zhou did too, and the flop fell 
. Zhou checked before the original raiser bet 15,500. The other unknown player folded but Zhou called all-in for his last 12,600.
Zhou:
Opponent: 
The turn and river blanked out with the 
and 
to see Zhou hit the rail, which ensured a new champion will be crowned in this year's ACOP Main Event.
While many fell, there are still plenty of notables in contention including Jonathan Depa (254,200), Tore Lukashaugen (157,600), Day 1 chip leader Keith Ferrera (122,800), David Ewing (100,600), Keith Gipson (78,500), Jan Bendik (78,300), Tom "hitthehole" Middleton (45,100), Mervin Chan (37,300), and Michael Tureniec (22,300). In addition, Team PokerStars is well represented as Eugene Katchalov, Randy Lew and Naoya Kihara all survived the night.
Day 3 will see 72 players return to the felt at 3 p.m. local time on Thursday. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to bring you live updates from PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams. Until then, check out Sarah Grant's video of last night's Player Party:
End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
311,600 | |
|
254,200 | 25,700 |
|
194,400 | 151,950 |
|
186,100 | 100,100 |
|
184,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
179,700 | 116,250 |
|
174,700 | 4,700 |
|
162,400 | 107,400 |
|
158,000 | 10,000 |
|
157,000 | 7,000 |
|
151,200 | 124,425 |
|
149,200 | 122,550 |
|
144,900 | 109,650 |
|
|
135,100 | -4,900 |
|
128,400 | 63,400 |
|
123,400 | 13,400 |
|
122,800 | 1,800 |
|
117,100 | 103,100 |
|
|
108,100 | 46,425 |
|
107,900 | -2,100 |
|
|
105,500 | 45,975 |
|
|
100,600 | 57,600 |
|
98,100 | 32,100 |
|
|
97,700 | 68,800 |
|
91,700 | 51,700 |
Schulz Busts Benba to Increase Chip Lead
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Kevin Schulz has done it again. Earlier in the level he flopped a set of deuces to win a massive pot worth more than 200,000. He just flopped the same hand to eliminate Ben Lamb.
We picked up the action with 3,100 in the pot and a flop of 
. Schulz checked and Lamb bet 2,400. Schulz woke up with a check-raise to 5,600, Lamb three-bet to 10,200, and Schulz moved all in. Lamb snap-called off his remaining 16,000 or so with the 
, but of course it was no good. Schulz held the 
. Neither the 
turn nor river helped Lamb and he was led to the slaughter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,600 | 51,600 |
|
Busted |
Six More Hands
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
APPT President and Tournament Director Danny McDonagh has announced that there will be just six more hands remaining in the evening.
Currently there are 76 players remaining, and if the last few days of play are any indication, we are likely to finish at that very number.
Bansi Busts to Depa in Cooler
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Praz Bansi opened to 2,200 from middle position and Aidan Tam called on the button before Jonathan Depa raised to 8,800 from the big blind.
Bansi responded by four-betting to 19,800 to force Tam's cards into the muck before Depa announced he was all-in. Bansi called for his 70,000-chip stack and the cards were tabled.
Bansi: 
Depa: 
The board ran out a rather undramatic 
to see Bansi eliminated in a cooler hand while Depa saw his chip count soar up to 230,000 to sit him as a clear second on the chip leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
228,500 | 192,225 |
|
Busted |
Schulz Takes Down 200K Pot
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A huge hand just played out here in the latter stages of the evening, one that resulted in Kevin Schulz vaulting to the top of the chip counts.
Action exploded on a 
flop between Schulz and his unknown opponent. A series of raises resulted in Schulz moving all in to put the pressure on his opponent, who had already invested 45,000 in the pot. He had another 50,000 or so behind, and after nearly five minutes in the tank, he said, "I call."
Schulz then tabled the for a set of deuces, which pulled out in front of his opponent's 
. Neither the 
turn nor river was a dreaded lady and Schulz is primed to finish as the Day 2 chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | 165,000 |
Barer Busts
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After running into to be crippled, Ami Barer got the rest of his chips in a short while later and unfortunately wasn't able to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
McFarland Doubles Through Lukashaugen
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After the under-the-gun player opened for 2,200, the USA's Taylor McFarland three-bet all in for 23,000. Tore Lukashaugen must have liked what he saw as he called from the cutoff, which inspired the original raiser to get out of the way.
Lukashaugen: 
McFarland: 
Lukashaugen, who was sitting on a mountain of chips, was dominated and in need of a ten. Unfortunately for him, and no doubt much to the relief of McFarland, he did not get one as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 | -20,000 |
|
50,000 | 29,500 |
New Champ for 2013
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Xing Zhou limped in from under the gun only to have a player two seats to his left bump it up to 6,500. The player following called as the action passed round to Zhou who also called.
The flop fell and Zhou checked before the original raiser bet 15,500. The other unknown player folded but Zhou called all-in for his last 12,600.
Zhou:
Opponent:
The turn and river blanked out with the and to see Zhou hit the rail which also means a new champion will be crowned in this year's ACOP Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |