$50,000 Freezeout
Day 1 Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
$50,000 Freezeout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Buy-in
47,000 HKD
Entries
81
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Sheng Sun Leads APPT9 Macau 50K Freezeout After Day 1
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The first of two days for the inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 9 HK$50,000 Freezeout saw a field of 81 entrants take to the felt at the PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams. After 12 levels of play, Sheng Sun topped the field of 26 survivors with 365,000 chips, while Allen Wang (318,000) and Rajeev Raut (274,000) round out the top three.
Action got underway at 18:00 local time and at the end of the second level, the first participant had run out of his 50,000 starting stack entirely. Darian Tan followed soon after and quite a few other notables hit the rail as the day progressed including 2014 Asia Player of the Year (APOY) Pete Chen and the current 2015 ranking leader Yuguang Li. The UK's JP Kelly registered late and lasted all of two hands, while Aaron Lim's and Xing Zhou's day on the felt wasn't any more fortunate either.
Winfred Yu, who recently hosted the grand opening of the Poker King Club (which was attended by Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and Johnny Chan) as well as 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Bracelet winner Sam Higgs didn't make it to the end of Day 1 either and the last level of play saw the departure of both Bryan Huang and Celina Lin within a mere five minutes. WSOP APAC champion Scott Davies almost went the same route but tripled up in the last four hands to bag up 173,000.
Other big stacks and notables include Kim Wittendorff (242,000), Jack Hu (223,000), Thomas Ward (158,000) and David Steicke (93,000). Day 2 will resume at 15:00 local time with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a running ante of 1,000. The remaining 26 players will fight for the top 10 spots, guaranteeing at least HK$ 110,790 whereas the winner takes home HK$ 997,100.
Day 1A of the HK$25,000 Main Event also gets underway on Wednesday as well, and the PokerNews live reporting team will bring you updates from both events as of 14:00 local time. Have a good night and thanks for tuning in today!
Day 2 Redraw
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| 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 |
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000 | -5,000 |
|
318,000 | 28,000 |
|
274,000 | 24,000 |
|
242,000 | 12,000 |
|
223,000 | 33,000 |
|
213,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
209,000 | 79,000 |
|
200,000 | 80,000 |
|
192,000 | 102,000 |
|
173,000 | 13,000 |
|
158,000 | 43,000 |
|
|
156,000 | 78,000 |
|
141,000 | |
|
|
131,000 | 11,000 |
|
120,000 | -30,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
103,000 | 103,000 |
|
99,000 | 9,000 |
|
94,000 | 94,000 |
|
93,000 | 17,000 |
|
89,000 | |
|
83,000 | |
|
82,000 | 82,000 |
|
73,000 | -32,000 |
|
61,000 | -54,000 |
Shenanigans in Last Three Hands
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Devan Tang opened to 8,000 in the third last hand and was called by Seng Yee Leow in the small blind as well as Scott Davies in the big blind. On the 
flop all three players checked and Davies bet the 
turn for 9,000. Tang counted his stack a few times before ultimately moving all in for around 100,000 in chips.
Davies was giving his opponent a possible bluff on 
but he still mucked to see Jack Hu demand "show a six" to Tang. The latter peeked at his cards and then smashed the 
to the middle of the table.
One hand later, Tang raised to 8,000 and Leow as well as Hu called to see a flop of 
. Leow check-raised all in for 26,000 and Tang had to call off after his continuation bet worth 12,000 with the 
. Leow held up with 
and the 
turn and 
river bricked.
Fast forward a few minutes the last hand took place. Davies raised to 8,000 from the button and Jack Hu three-bet to 23,000 from one seat over. Davies moved all in for 142,000 and that eventually got Hu out of the way. Now Tang asked for a six to be shown and sure enough Davies also flashed the !!!
Bagging and tagging now after this little madness.
Triple Up for Davies
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Once the clock was stopped and Sheng Sun had drawn the last number of hands, Scott Davies moved all in for 51,500 from under the gun. Percy Yung called from two seats over and Sun then reshoved out of the small blind to isolate successfully.
Davies: 
Sun: 
The chip leader had peeked at 400,000 chips but the run good came to an early a bit early, as the board ran out 
to give the 2014 WSOP APAC champion a triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 35,000 |
Four More Hands
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The remaining 26 players will play four more hands before bagging up for the morning.
Aoukar Eliminated by Yung
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The action folded around to Percy Yung on the button who raised it up to 8,500 in chips. Pierre Aoukar was on the big blind and moved all in for his remaining 42,000 in chips. The bet was called and both players tabled their cards.
Yung: 
Aoukar: 
Aoukar would find no help as the board ran out 
to see his day end just 20 minutes from end of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Move Gone Wong
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After a flop of 
, KC Wong's move with 
for the open-ended straight draw had picked up a bad timing. Allen Wang looked him up with the and held up thanks to the turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 40,000 |
|
Busted |
Huang Hits The Rail Late
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We just spotted PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang standing outside the tournament area with his head buried in his phone.
He was polite enough to tell us of his elimination.
The hand started with Huang raising to 11,000 before Alberto Gomez bumped it up to 22,000. With the decision back on Huang he moved all in for his last 78,000 and was called.
Huang tabled his 
and was up against Gomez’s 
but would find no help as Gomez improved to a set on the flop to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |