Level: 18
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
$100,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Entries
75
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Haraikawa Gets Lau to Fold
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Marcus Lau opened to 60,000 and Hajime Haraikawa moved all in for 440,000 in total. The player from Malaysia gave it a lot of thought but eventually mucked his 
.
Lau also got involved in a three-way pot out of the small blind and led the 
turn to see Shashank Rathi call from one seat over, Zhou Zhou had mucked. The 
river completed the board and both players checked. Lau showed 
and Rathi held 
. One can only imagine what had happened if the river card had been different.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | 10,000 |
|
520,000 | -90,000 |
Alner Busts to Zang
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Tom Alner moved all in for just under 400,000 from the button and was called by Shunu Zang in the small blind.
Zang: 
Alner: 
On the 
flop, Zang immediately confirmed his lead while Alner now had to hope for one of the remaining tens in the deck in order to stay alive. The turn and 
river were of no help and the Brit headed to the rail without a payday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 840,000 |
|
Busted |
Rathi Fires All the Way
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Shashank Rathi did what he knows best and kept betting in two hands against Marcus Lau. The first hand saw a final bet of 200,000 on the river of a 
to enforce a fold. In the second hand, the local regular raised the 
river from 150,000 to 300,000 and also scooped the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
640,000 | -460,000 |
O'Dwyer Slowrolled and Busted
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer had lost a limped pot against Jack Hu and then moved all in for 565,000 from the button. Hu folded the small blind and Chang He peeked at his hole cards in the big blind, stood up and appeared to have a difficult decision. He then called and to the surprise of all other players on the table turned over his 
.
O'Dwyer held 
and the Irish-American was sent to the rail after a board of 
. The start-of-the-day chip leader was not necessarily happy and Hu as well as the other Chinese players told He, after he was done celebrating the hand, that this was not really good poker etiquette.
O'Dwyer walked into the tournament area again a few minutes later and also past our media table in a very calm manner "I am okay with it."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 520,000 |
|
Busted |
Yu Doubles Through Rathi
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Shashank Rathi raised to 60,000 and called the shove of Liang Yu for 175,000 with . He had two live cards compared to the of his opponent but failed to deal the final blow on a board of 
. Still 15 players left, four to the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000 | |
|
400,000 | 90,000 |
Chop It Up
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Jack Hu raised and called the shove of Tom Alner for 13 big blinds with the 
to see the Brit flip over . The board ran out 
and the kicker played no crucial role anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,190,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
410,000 | 10,000 |
Chips Raced Off
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The T-1,000 chips have been raced off at the start of the new level and Tom Alner's all in for 348,000 went through uncalled. On table 3 is barely any post flop action, rather raise or all in and fold thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
He Busts Lo
Level 16
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
One hand after getting severely short-stacked, Shing Fung "Rono" Lo called all in after a Jack Hu raise and a Chang He three-bet to 125,000. Hu folded and He's held up against despite a sweat on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,080,000 | 95,000 |
|
Busted |