2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

$50,000 Freezeout
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
997,100 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
47,000 HKD
Entries
81
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Li Busts In Final Level

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We arrived at the table to see the player under the gun raise to 9,000 before Yuguang Li moved all in for his remaining 34,000 in chips. With the decision falling back on the original raiser, he made the call, before both players tabled their cards.

Li: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}

Unfortunately for Li the board of {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} did not connect with his hand and he was sent to the rail without adding to his lead at the top of the Asia Player of the Year leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Yuguang Li cn
Yuguang Li
Busted

Tags: Yuguang Li

Dai Back on Track

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

After a raise to 9,000 by Yuanji Dai from under the gun, Kim Wittendorff flat-called in the cutoff seat and the player in the big blind moved all in for just over 45,000. Dai reshoved for more than that and Wittendorff eventually mucked his cards.

Dai: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and that was it for the short stack.

KC Wong had another short stack double through him with {K-Spades}{5-Spades} versus {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades} thanks to a lucky {5-Diamonds} on the river, but the newly won chips of 16,500 plus blinds and antes didn't last long. They vanished exactly one hand later.

Player Chips Progress
Yuanji Dai cn
Yuanji Dai
120,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: KC WongYuanji Dai

Liang Doubles Through Steicke

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

On a board of {9-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} Eddy Liang checked his option then called when David Steicke bet out 8,500.

The {a-Spades} completed the board and once more Liang checked. Steicke looked over at his opponents stack before sliding in a yellow tower of 5,000-chips totalling over 100,000. The bet had Liang covered but he didn't mind as he made the call shortly after.

Steicke then mucked his hand as he relinquished the pot to Liang.

With that pot Liang moves up to 130,000 in chips. Steicke drops down to 76,000.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Liang tw
Eddy Liang
130,000
35,000
35,000
David Steicke au
David Steicke
76,000
-79,000
-79,000

Tags: David SteickeEddy Liang

Celina Lin Busts in Last Level of Day 1

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Celina Lin
Celina Lin

"After all this time," Celina Lin added with a wry smile on the face and Rajeev Raut was almost apologizing with a shrug over on the table that had just featured Lin. Both players had flopped a set but the queens of Lin were no good to Raut's kings, the miracle via one outer didn't come anymore.

Player Chips Progress
Rajeev Raut in
Rajeev Raut
250,000
95,000
95,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
Busted

Tags: Celina LinRajeev Raut

Huang Hits The Rail Late

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Bryan Huang
Bryan Huang

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 {a-}{k-} and was up against Gomez’s {q-}{q-} but would find no help as Gomez improved to a set on the flop to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
Busted

Tags: Alberto GomezBryan Huang

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: {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

Aoukar: {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Aoukar would find no help as the board ran out {7-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades} to see his day end just 20 minutes from end of play.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Aoukar au
Pierre Aoukar
Busted

Tags: Percy YungPierre Aoukar