ACOP Main Event
Day 2 Started
ACOP Main Event
Day 2 Started
Welcome back to PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams for Day 2 of the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event!
203 players took to the felt over the two Day 1 flights to form a HK$19,800,000 prize pool that will the see top 25 players guaranteed a HK$198,000 payday. Keith Ferrera topped Day 1a and the 78 survivors while Day 1b saw Satrya Teja top the 92 survivors as 169 total players survived into Day 2. Ferrera holds a substantial chip lead over the field with 117,825 while PokerStars Qualifier Aidan Tam sits second with the only other stack in the six-figure club.
Rounding out the top ten are two WSOP bracelet winners in Praz Bansi from the UK who won a 2006 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event and Ben Lamb who won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship as well as the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Player | Country | Chip Count |
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Keith Ferrera | USA | 117,825 |
Aidan Tam | Canada | 102,375 |
Peter Ping San Chan | Hong Kong | 99,550 |
Satrya Teja | Indonesia | 83,300 |
Praz Bansi | UK | 79,950 |
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 78,900 |
David Martirosyan | Russia | 77,675 |
Kumimaro Kojo | Japan | 77,350 |
Chongxian Yang | China | 75,000 |
Ben Lamb | USA | 74,425 |
Also surviving into Day 2 include Xing Zhou (62,350), Ami Barer (60,850), Michael Tureniec (53,700), Mervin Chan (44,600), Billy Argyros (39,925), David Vamplew (36,875), Jarred Graham (33,700), Aaron Lim (25,275) and Tom Middleton (31,275). Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov (49,325), Vivian Im (36,900), Naoya Kihara (36,875), Randy Lew (44,900), Bryan Huang, (23,500) and Celina Lin (15,425) also survived along with Full Tilt Poker Ambassadors Tom Grigg (40,425) and Jonathan Karamalikis (40,150).
Day 2 is set to begin at 5:00 p.m. local time to give every play (along with staff and media members) a chance to recover from an epic player party last night that featured a beer pong competition, boat racing and lots of food and drinks. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide extensive live updates, so make sure to keep your browser locked on to PokerNews.com for all the ACOP Main Event action!
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | 1 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | 26325 |
1 | 2 | Yat Wai Cheng | Hong Kong | 46475 |
1 | 3 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 65275 |
1 | 5 | Jarred Graham | Australia | 33700 |
1 | 6 | Man Hei Lam | Australia | 27825 |
1 | 7 | Jun Hu | China | 40050 |
1 | 8 | Randy Lew | USA | 44900 |
1 | 9 | Robert Schiffbauer | UK | 13925 |
2 | 1 | Praz Bansi | UK | 79950 |
2 | 2 | Bryan Huang | Singapore | 23500 |
2 | 3 | Raiden Kan | Hong Kong | 33275 |
2 | 4 | Yingui Li | China | 43475 |
2 | 5 | Aidan Tam | Canada | 102375 |
2 | 6 | Rono Shing Fung Lo | Hong Kong | 26775 |
2 | 7 | Kui Hung Au | Hong Kong | 28200 |
2 | 8 | Paul Kenneth Foltyn | UK | 30125 |
2 | 9 | Kai Paulsen | Norway | 9400 |
3 | 1 | Alexandre Chieng | China | 24675 |
3 | 2 | Ling Tong | China | 8775 |
3 | 3 | Nikolay Stanev Zhurnalov | Bulgaria | 29375 |
3 | 4 | Xiao Yu Jia | New Zealand | 26025 |
3 | 5 | David Martirosyan | Russia | 77675 |
3 | 6 | Shingo Cho | Japan | 19600 |
3 | 7 | Keith William Gipson | USA | 17725 |
3 | 8 | Lap Kay Chan | Hong Kong | 23975 |
3 | 9 | Michael Finstein | USA | 26675 |
4 | 1 | Tom Grigg | Australia | 40425 |
4 | 2 | Kyle Cheong | Australia | 28575 |
4 | 3 | Roger Spets | Sweden | 9850 |
4 | 4 | Alexander Trevallion | Australia | 28275 |
4 | 5 | Chenxiang Miao | China | 42600 |
4 | 6 | Taylor Mc Farland | USA | 43450 |
4 | 7 | Ken Demlakian | Australia | 45925 |
4 | 8 | Kevin Rabichow | Canada | 28825 |
4 | 9 | Darren Judges | UK | 28200 |
5 | 1 | Sailesh Verma | Hong Kong | 12500 |
5 | 2 | Yibo Zhou | China | 31900 |
5 | 3 | Taras Stanetskyi | Ukraine | 30375 |
5 | 4 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 53700 |
5 | 5 | Satrya Wijaya Teja | Indonesia | 83300 |
5 | 6 | Jonathan Karamalikis | Australia | 40150 |
5 | 7 | David Ewing | Australia | 29825 |
5 | 8 | Michael Egan | Australia | 39200 |
5 | 9 | Minh Nguyen | Australia | 38475 |
7 | 1 | Keith Ferrera | USA | 117825 |
7 | 2 | Tyrone Kwong Lun Liu | Australia | 33050 |
7 | 3 | Yang Xi | China | 59525 |
7 | 4 | Ryan Pignatelli | Canada | 28000 |
7 | 5 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 18225 |
7 | 6 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 27525 |
7 | 7 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 26650 |
7 | 8 | Jordan Westmorland | USA | 7100 |
7 | 9 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 36875 |
8 | 1 | Kahle Burns | Australia | 18125 |
8 | 2 | Tom Rafferty | Australia | 17000 |
8 | 3 | Akira Ohyama | Japan | 12425 |
8 | 4 | Bing Xu | China | 52000 |
8 | 5 | Kitty Kuo | Chinese Taipei | 38850 |
8 | 6 | Andrew Uy Gaw | Philippines | 20450 |
8 | 7 | Cesergei Kostin | Russia | 16950 |
8 | 8 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 32950 |
8 | 9 | Joel Feldman | Australia | 22675 |
9 | 1 | Jack Salter | UK | 17475 |
9 | 2 | Daren Yoon | Malaysia | 17150 |
9 | 3 | Apoorva Goel | India | 15550 |
9 | 5 | Anson Yan Shing Tsang | Hong Kong | 51025 |
9 | 6 | Makoto Yoshimichi | Japan | 24175 |
9 | 7 | Ilya Krupin | Russia | 70725 |
9 | 8 | Hang Li | China | 13200 |
9 | 9 | Jan Julius Petzholdt | UK | 61675 |
10 | 1 | Neo Li Han Chen | Chinese Taipei | 43675 |
10 | 2 | Joshua Tekesky | USA | 12125 |
10 | 3 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 45900 |
10 | 4 | Alexander Turyansky | Germany | 15350 |
10 | 5 | Kumimaro Kojo | Japan | 77350 |
10 | 6 | Zhou Xing | China | 62350 |
10 | 7 | Wei Huang | China | 9525 |
10 | 8 | Jinhua Li | China | 28900 |
10 | 9 | Jim Sue Pan | Netherlands | 49375 |
11 | 1 | Aaron Gustavson | USA | 24675 |
11 | 2 | Allan Lau | Hong Kong | 44800 |
11 | 3 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 26775 |
11 | 4 | Yu Kurita | Japan | 52525 |
11 | 5 | Jaswinder Suri | India | 47750 |
11 | 6 | Michael Guttman | Australia | 52100 |
11 | 7 | Andy Ying Kit Chan | Hong Kong | 44225 |
11 | 8 | Patrick Crivell | Canada | 22075 |
11 | 9 | John Apostolidis | Greece | 19325 |
12 | 1 | Jae Kyung Sim | Korea | 34725 |
12 | 2 | Didier Guerin | Australia | 15325 |
12 | 3 | Liang Shi | China | 42475 |
12 | 4 | Chunlei Zhou | China | 34100 |
12 | 5 | Kevin Ronald Schulz | USA | 61475 |
12 | 6 | Benjamin Lamb | USA | 74425 |
12 | 7 | Tom Alner | UK | 38325 |
12 | 8 | Guangfu Ye | China | 40375 |
12 | 9 | Edison Nguyen | Australia | 24175 |
13 | 1 | Yoshitaka Okawa | Japan | 42450 |
13 | 2 | Henry Hung Tu Wang | Chinese Taipei | 22200 |
13 | 3 | Ryan Hong | Australia | 41625 |
13 | 4 | Stephane Blouin | Canada | 8725 |
13 | 5 | Aditya Sushant | India | 31750 |
13 | 6 | Anton Aleksandrovich Astapau | Belarus | 32400 |
13 | 7 | Sunny Hyung Sun Jung | Korea | 26775 |
13 | 8 | Predrag Lekovic | Montenegro | 20725 |
13 | 9 | David Vamplew | UK | 36875 |
14 | 1 | Markus Garberg | Norway | 10400 |
14 | 2 | Jan Eric Schwippert | UK | 20775 |
14 | 3 | Suwito Prajudha | Indonesia | 5025 |
14 | 4 | Yujung Choi | Korea | 20400 |
14 | 5 | Iurii Koshelev | Russia | 69475 |
14 | 6 | Hung-Sheng Lin | Chinese Taipei | 32575 |
14 | 7 | Billy Argyros | Australia | 39925 |
14 | 8 | Cheryl Xiao Peng | Canada | 70025 |
14 | 9 | Charles Wai Keung Wong | Hong Kong | 57875 |
15 | 1 | Jeffrey Chotikul | USA | 25500 |
15 | 2 | Terry Fan | Chinese Taipei | 39400 |
15 | 3 | Celina Lin | China | 15425 |
15 | 4 | Tore Lukashaugen | Norway | 40850 |
15 | 5 | Zuo St Wang | China | 21750 |
15 | 6 | Ashley Mason | UK | 15500 |
15 | 7 | Ro Woong Park | Korea | 53100 |
15 | 8 | Edmund Hoi Ting Lee | Hong Kong | 55800 |
15 | 9 | Eugene Katchalov | USA | 49325 |
16 | 1 | Jonathan Depa | USA | 36275 |
16 | 2 | Michael Kanaan | Australia | 31125 |
16 | 3 | Mervin Chan | Malaysia | 44600 |
16 | 4 | Kai Sheng Yang | Chinese Taipei | 23475 |
16 | 5 | Edward Chun Ho Yam | Hong Kong | 63450 |
16 | 6 | Ping Lin | China | 25000 |
16 | 7 | Senh Man Ung | UK | 14325 |
16 | 8 | Paul Newey | UK | 30100 |
16 | 9 | Philip Ehlers | Germany | 43425 |
17 | 1 | Kevin Kwan Bin Song | USA | 34700 |
17 | 2 | Min Jie Jin | China | 37600 |
17 | 3 | Tom Middleton | UK | 31275 |
17 | 4 | Adrian Gray | UK | 47050 |
17 | 5 | Craig Cockburn | Australia | 32000 |
17 | 6 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 38875 |
17 | 7 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 41550 |
17 | 8 | James Mc Carty | USA | 30775 |
17 | 9 | Andrew Kinwai Lam | UK | 35250 |
18 | 1 | Chongxian Yang | China | 75000 |
18 | 2 | Jeff James | Australia | 12725 |
18 | 3 | William Te | Philippines | 17550 |
18 | 4 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 35300 |
18 | 5 | Jan Bendik | Slovenia | 8625 |
18 | 6 | Xixiang Luo | China | 33150 |
18 | 7 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 34150 |
18 | 8 | I Wei Chen | USA | 5150 |
18 | 9 | Ted Wang | China | 69475 |
19 | 1 | Peter Ping San Chan | Hong Kong | 99550 |
19 | 2 | Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich | Russia | 25525 |
19 | 3 | Artem Lobus | Russia | 29375 |
19 | 4 | Vivian Im | Korea | 36900 |
19 | 5 | Kitson Kho | Hong Kong | 9450 |
19 | 6 | Yuanji Dai | China | 29650 |
19 | 7 | John Christopher Oshea | Ireland | 26900 |
19 | 8 | Jian Yang | China | 7525 |
19 | 9 | Hao Tian | China | 31600 |
20 | 1 | Dennis Huntly | Australia | 74125 |
20 | 2 | Yifan Zheng | China | 69150 |
20 | 3 | Lee Nelson | New Zealand | 36850 |
20 | 4 | Ami Barer | Canada | 60850 |
20 | 5 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 78900 |
20 | 6 | John Quoc Tuan Hoang | Vietnam | 7750 |
20 | 7 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 25275 |
20 | 8 | Darian Tan | Malaysia | 48000 |
20 | 9 | Saehoon Lee | Korea | 70475 |
Cards are in the air here on Day 2 of the 2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker. The plan for the evening is to play five 90-minute levels with a ten-minute break after every two hours.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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!
Date | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
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October 25-26, 2013 | $15,000 | 92 | $1,213,664 |
Place | Player | Country | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD) |
1 | Edison Minh Phuc Nguyen | Australia | $273,100 | $35,239 |
2 | Pakinai Lisawad | Thailand | $273,100 | $35,239 |
3 | Carl Henric Olander | Sweden | $145,600 | $18,787 |
4 | Kevin Zhang | USA | $121,400 | $15,665 |
5 | Markus Garberg | Norway | $97,100 | $12,529 |
6 | Alexandre Chieng | China | $85,000 | $10,968 |
7 | Raiden Kan | Hong Kong | $72,800 | $9,394 |
8 | Yuki Ko | Korea | $60,700 | $7,832 |
9 | Tim Shun "Timpson" Luk | Hong Kong | $48,500 | $6,258 |
10 | Kilian Loeffler | Austria | $36,364 | $4,692 |
ACOP Warm-Up Champion Jian Yang began the day as one of the short stacks, and already he has seen his chip stack on the rise.
Recently Yang called a raise from the big blind to see a flop fall. His opponent bet out 1,200 and Yang called before the and was checked through on the turn and river.
Yang tabled his and scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jian Yang | 11,500 | 3,975 |
Joel Feldman opened the button to 800 only to have Kahle Burns three-bet to 1,975 from the small blind.
Feldman made the call as the dealer dropped a board with Burns betting out 1,700. Feldman moved all in and Burns called for his last 13,000.
Burns:
Feldman:
The turn landed the to give Burns the lead, but unfortunately for the recent WSOP Asia-Pacific finalist, the river landed another queen to give Feldman a full house and send Burns crashing to the rail early on Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joel Feldman | 39,000 | 16,325 |
Kahle Burns
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Busted |
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On a flop of with around 3,500 in the middle, we found Winfred Yu checking to Yu Kurita who bet out 2,800. Yu responded by check-raising to 10,500 and Kurita made the call as the landed on the turn. Yu moved all in for 9,175 and Kurita quickly called.
Yu:
Kurita:
The river landed the and Yu doubled through to 44,000 as Kurita slipped to 30,100.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Winfred Yu | 44,000 | 17,225 |
Yu Kurita | 30,100 | -22,425 |