2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

ACOP Main Event
Day: 2
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

Crocodile Rock

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Billy Argyros
Billy Argyros

Billy "The Croc" Argyros jammed his last 9,400 in from the button and the small blind made the call.

Argyros: {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Small Blind: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Argyros snagged a double to nearly 20,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
19,500 6,100

Tags: Bill Argyros

Breaking Down to Eight-Handed

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With another table breaking, the tournament is now down to 10 tables.

From here on play will be eight-handed, meaning that when the 10 nine-handed tables lose a player that seat will be removed. This will need to happen on all tables before the next table will break.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Benba Takes a Big Hit

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Ben Lamb on Day 1a.
Ben Lamb on Day 1a.

After Liang Shi opened for 1,700, 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb three-bet to 6,000 from the hijack. Not to be outdone, Shi four-bet to 16,700 and Lamb hit the tank. He began to break down his chips with the wheels in his head apparently turning. Eventually he tossed in a big five-bet and Shi called off for 69,200 total.

Lamb: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Shi: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Shi was ahead with kings and looking to avoid any tomfoolery. The {5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{q-Spades} flop gave Lamb a pair of queens, but that'd be all the help he would get as the {5-Hearts} blanked on the turn followed by the {7-Diamonds} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Liang Shi
Liang Shi
140,000 97,525
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
24,000 -46,000

Tags: Liang ShiBen Lamb

O'Shea Hits the Rail

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

We missed the action, but we do know that John O'Shea was just eliminated from the tournament. He got his chips all in preflop holding {J-}{J-} and was racing against an opponent's {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. O'Shea got it in good, but the board ran out {2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to give his opponent a winning pair of kings.

Meanwhile, Jeff James has also been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
Busted
Jeff James
Jeff James
Busted

Tags: John O'SheaJeff James

Tang Flushed

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Catching the action on a {2-Spades}{K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} flop, John Apostolidis bet out 4,000 from the small blind and the big blind made the call before the pre flop raiser in Devan Tang raised to 11,000. Apostolidis folded, but the big blind came along as the dealer delivered the {4-Spades} on the turn and both players checked.

When the river landed the {8-Clubs} the big blind led for 31,700, and after several minutes of deliberation, Tang made the call only to fold at the sight of his opponent's {J-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Devan Tang hk
Devan Tang
41,000 -48,000

Tags: John ApostolidisDevan Tang

Aussie Millions Champ Down

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Lee Nelson
Lee Nelson

Earlier in the day, 2006 Aussie Millions champ Lee Nelson was down to just 5,000 in chips. He played patiently and managed to work that up to 50,000, but all that hard work just came crashing down.

It happened on a {5-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{k-Spades} board with around 10,000 in the pot. Jan Bendik had checked from the small blind and Nelson bet 5,200 from the big. Bendik woke up with a check-raise to 11,500, and that prompted Nelson to move all in for roughly 40,000. Bendik made the call and tabled the {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} for top two pair, and a disheartened Nelson revealed the {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for an inferior two pair.

The {3-Clubs} river failed to help Nelson and he was sent back to New Zealand. For more on Nelson, check out the interview he did with PokerNews last year.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
EPT 1X Winner
95,000 95,000
Lee Nelson nz
Lee Nelson
Busted

Tags: Lee NelsonJan Bendik