ACOP Main Event Day 2 | 2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker

10-31-2013 00:50 UTC+8

Schulz Takes Down 200K Pot

Chad Holloway

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
Kevin Schulz	260,000 165,000	165,000

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10-31-2013 00:54 UTC+8

Bansi Busts to Depa in Cooler

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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
Jonathan Depa	228,500 192,225	192,225
Praz Bansi	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Depa Praz Bansi Aidan Tam

10-31-2013 00:59 UTC+8

Six More Hands

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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.

10-31-2013 01:19 UTC+8

Schulz Busts Benba to Increase Chip Lead

Chad Holloway

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
Kevin Schulz	311,600 51,600	51,600

Ben Lamb	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Kevin Schulz

10-31-2013 01:21 UTC+8

End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Schulz	311,600

Jonathan Depa	254,200 25,700	25,700
Yoshitaka Okawa	194,400 151,950	151,950
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn	186,100 100,100	100,100
Aidan Tam	184,000 49,000	49,000
Edward Chun Ho Yam	179,700 116,250	116,250
Peter Ping San Chan	174,700 4,700	4,700
Chenxiang Miao	162,400 107,400	107,400
Yat Wai Cheng	158,000 10,000	10,000
Tore Lukashaugen	157,000 7,000	7,000
Sunny Jung	151,200 124,425	124,425
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	149,200 122,550	122,550
Andrew Lam	144,900 109,650	109,650
Liang Shi	135,100 -4,900	-4,900
Yifan Zheng	128,400 63,400	63,400
Satrya Teja	123,400 13,400	13,400
Keith Ferrera	122,800 1,800	1,800
Ling Tong	117,100 103,100	103,100
Jan Julius Petzholdt	108,100 46,425	46,425
Cheryl Peng	107,900 -2,100	-2,100
Yang Xi	105,500 45,975	45,975
David Ewing	100,600 57,600	57,600
Terry Fan	98,100 32,100	32,100
Jinhua Li	97,700 68,800	68,800
Aliaksei Boika	91,700 51,700	51,700

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10-31-2013 01:31 UTC+8

Schulz Leads as 72 Players Survive Day 2

Chad Holloway

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:

ACOP Main Event

Day 2 Completed