Keith Gipson opened with a raise to 1,200 and the small blind three-bet to 2,800. Gipson made the call as the dealer spread a flop.
The small blind continued for 3,000 and Gipson smooth-called as the landed on the turn and the small blind fired again; this time for 7,500. Gipson moved all in for 29,750 and the small blind called all-in for just a few hundred less.
Gipson:
Opponent:
It was a dream scenario for Gipson, and fortunately for the American there would be no case four as the river landed the to see him eliminate his opponent and move to roughly 72,000 in chips.
We arrived at Table 12 with a big hand already in progress. Australia's Didier Guerin was already all in and there was roughly 18,000 in the main pot. Guangfu Ye was contemplating what to do as Edison Nguyen had moved all in over the top for 12,475 more. Eventually Ye made the call 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.
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!
With around 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Yifan Zheng checked from the small blind and Lee Nelson did the same from the big. Chane Kampanatsanyakorn then bet 4,000 from early position, and it did the trick as both his opponents folded.
Granted, it wasn't a notable hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their chip stacks.
It was a rough Day 2 for Patrick Crivell who seemed to be stuck in reverse here in Level 5. In what would be his final hand of the tournament, Patrick Crivell got his last 6,000 or so all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Aaron Gustavson, who you may recall as the winner of the European Poker Tour London back in Season 6. The board ran out an uneventful and that was all she wrote for Crivell.
As for Gustavson, he recently spoke to PokerNews as a part of their popular Where Are They Now series. "Deciding on what events to play is usually based on if I win a satellite on PokerStars," Gustavson said. "I decided to go to Asia with a friend last year because we wanted to check out Macau and literally spur of the moment booked a flight and went. I don't have some systematic way of deciding on what events to go to or not go to, it's usually pretty impulsive."
We missed the action, but we arrived just in time to see Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew taking down a big pot. With a board reading , Lew had bet 12,500 from the button and received a call from his opponent in Seat 4. Lew tabled the for a full house, and it was good as his opponent simply mucked.
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flop.
landed on the turn and the small blind fired again; this time for 7,500. Gipson moved all in for 29,750 and the small blind called all-in for just a few hundred less.
to see him eliminate his opponent and move to roughly 72,000 in chips.
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.
river blanked on the river, which sent Guerin to the rail, gave Nguyen more than a double, and left Ye on a short stack.
of Aaron Gustavson, who you may recall as the winner of the European Poker Tour London back in Season 6. The board ran out an uneventful 
, Lew had bet 12,500 from the button and received a call from his opponent in Seat 4. Lew tabled the 
