Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in for 34,500 and Chenxiang Miao made the call from the big blind.
Kampanatsanyakorn:
Miao:
The board ran out and Kampanatsanyakorn doubled through.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chenxiang Miao |
325,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn |
81,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
Jonathan Depa opened to 12,000 and Yoshitaka Okawa called in the small blind before Sunny Jung three-bet to 52,000.
Depa and Okawa quickly released their hands and Jung picked up another pot to start this final table.
In the first hand of the day, Sunny Hyung Sun Jung put in a raise and took down the blinds and antes. Most of the stacks are extremely deep for final table play, so we expect this to characterize play here in the early goings.
Cards are in the air here at the final table. Action will pick up with five minute remaining in Level 18 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000/1,000.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Yifan "Alvan" Zheng enters the final table as the overnight chip leader with just over 1.5 million in chips. The 25-year old from Guangzhou in China works in the computer industry and learned how to play poker just three years ago when he studied in the United Kingdom.
Alvan considers himself a tournament player and had his first career victory in the HK$20,000 No Limit Holdem event during the Macau Poker Cup in April for a HK$717,100 score. Alvan is currently ranked #29 on the Asia Player of the Year leader board but a win in the ACOP Main Event would give him enough points to overtake current # 1 Jian Yang.
*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn is a blogger's worst nightmare, but the biggest name on the final table only has a tick over six big blinds to work with as the severe short stack of the remaining nine players.
Chane is a 33-year from Bangkok in Thailand and has had a fantastic year, with a runner-up result at the APPT in Seoul to compliment deep runs at the WSOP APAC and APPT Melbourne.
When not playing poker, Chane enjoys getting outside for a game of tennis or golf, and he says that's he's really enjoyed the quality structure of this ACOP Main Event.
*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Yat Wai Cheng is a 36-year old poker player from Hong Kong with five years experience in the game.
Our Googling couldn't uncover any tournament record to speak of, despite his bio sheet mentioning a WSOP Circuit event. However he did mention his usual game is the HK$100/200 or HK$300/600 cash game tables, so at those stakes, Yat Wai must be the real deal.
Yat Wai will enter the final table well-placed as the second largest chip stack, so we might know a little more about him by the time this final table is said and done.
*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Chenxiang Miao first sprung to our attention on Day 2 when his pocket tens flopped a set to crack both pocket aces and pocket kings, and from that moment on, he hasn't looked like missing this ACOP Main Event final table.
Chenxiang is a 31-year old business owner with five years experience in the game after first trying it out on a visit to Sydney, Australia. He must've picked up a few things, as Chenxiang recently collected the High Roller title at the August edition of the Macau Poker Cup which was good for HK$501,200 in prize money.
In his spare time, Chenxiang likes food, golf and travelling all around the world. Perhaps a big result here in the ACOP Main Event will see him become a regular on the Asia poker circuit.
*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.