One of the tournament directors just received a call from Devan Tang, who inquired how many chips he had left after missing to show up on time. The update for that can be found below, let's see when he makes it to his seat.
Shortly after sending Yang Zhang to the rail, Baruch Szerer moved all in after a 14,000-raise by Sam Chuan Aik Nee. Yung Bing Chu gave it some thought and then put his last 114,000 at risk out of the big blind while Nee mucked. Chu was dominated with 
versus 
but found a lucky river on a board of 
.
Yang Zhang had previously folded to a big three-bet of Eddy Liang and then open-shoved from early position for 71,000. Baruch Szerer reshoved from the button and they tabled the cards:
Szerer: 
Zhang: 
There was no help on a board of 
and Zhang headed to the rail.
Thomas Ward was the next player to take a shot at busting a short stack and had Sam Chuan Aik Nee at risk with the 
versus . The 
flop was save for the New Zealander, but Nee improved on the turn and 
river to stay alive.
In a preflop all in situation, Zheng Guo had Meng Dian Peng at risk wirh the but his opponent flipped over a dominating 
. The board ran out 
and Guo needs a miracle to make it into the money.
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
After 12 levels of play on Day 1, the field of 81 entrants in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour HK$50,000 Freezeout of Season 9 at the "PokerStars LIVE Macau at the City of Dreams" has been whittled down to its last 26 hopefuls. Only the top 10 spots get paid at least HK$ 110,790 whereas the winner gets a shiny silver trophy and the first place payout of HK$997,100. Atop of the chip counts is Sheng Sun with 365,000 after plenty of aggression and a huge hero-call with ace-high that was good.
Other big stacks include Allen Wang (318,000), Rajeev Raut (274,000), Kim Wittendorff (242,000), Jack Hu (223,000) and 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event champion Scott Davies on 173,000 chips. Thomas Ward is just around average (158,000) while David Steicke (93,000) has a flipping stack to get back into serious contention.
Action resumes in approximately one hour from now at 15:00 local time with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a running ante of 1,000. The structure of the event is very aggressive, thus expect plenty of action early on. The PokerNews live reporting will bring you all the key hands until a winner is crowned and you can also check out the coverage of the HK$25,000 Main Event Day 1A as well that kicks in as of 14:00 local time.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 2 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 158,000 |
| 19 | 3 | Sam Chuan Aik Nee | Malaysia | 39,000 |
| 19 | 4 | Eddy Liang | Chinese Taipei | 209,000 |
| 19 | 5 | Baruch Szerer | Hong Kong | 99,000 |
| 19 | 6 | Percy Yung | Hong Kong | 120,000 |
| 19 | 7 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 94,000 |
| 19 | 8 | Yung Bing Chu | Chinese Taipei | 120,000 |
| 19 | 9 | Yang Zhang | China | 89,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Scott Davies | USA | 173,000 |
| 20 | 2 | Jung Jung Tang | Chinese Taipei | 192,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Makoto Yoshimichi | Japan | 83,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Zheng Guo | China | 156,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Meng Dian Peng | China | 141,000 |
| 20 | 6 | Yuanji Dai | China | 131,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Jian Zhang | China | 61,000 |
| 20 | 8 | Yan Li | China | 103,000 |
| 20 | 9 | David Steicke | Hong Kong | 93,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Alberto Gomez | Spain | 200,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Seng Yee Leow | Malaysia | 82,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Rajeev Raut | India | 274,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Allen Wang | China | 318,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Guiseppe Reina | Australia | 213,000 |
| 21 | 6 | Kim Wittendorff | Denmark | 242,000 |
| 21 | 7 | Jack Hu | Chinese Taipei | 223,000 |
| 21 | 8 | Dejan Boskovic | Australia | 73,000 |
| 21 | 9 | Sheng Sun | China | 365,000 |
$50,000 Freezeout
Day 2 Started
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