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$100,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
$100,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Total Entries
75
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 75
Filter
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The first day of the HK$100,000 High Roller Event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams started fast and furious with six levels of late registration. During that period, players could also purchase up to a maximum of two rebuys and 30 of these additional bullets were added to the prize pool.
In total, there were 75 unique entries and after the completion of level 12, only 30 of them bagged chips for the final on Sunday with Steve O'Dwyer leading the field of survivors on 941,000 chips.
The Irish-American High Roller expert was a big stack for most of the day and jumped into the lead in a turbulent last level. He is followed by Liang Yu (685,000) and Shashank Rathi (644,000), whereas PokerStars Team Online member Randy Lew (464,000) and PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin (158,000) also advanced.
Other notables include Tom Alner (304,000), Sunny Jung (267,000), Tore Lukashaugen (262,000) and JP Kelly (203,000). Among those to take a shot but failing to bag up chips were World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event champion Scott Davies, Devan Tang, Aaron Lim, Chane Kampanatsanyakorn and PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang.
Regarding Kampanatsanyakorn, he picked the wrong spot to shove with pocket eights, while Huang busted against Lew. It happened in Level 8 (1,500/3,000/500) when Huang got it in from the button with the 
and Lew reshoved from one seat over with 
. The board failed to give Huang the winning hand, and he headed to the rail.
The top 11 spots will get paid at least HK$293,000, whereas the winner will take home a stunning HK$2,492,500 along with a shiny silver PokerStars trophy. Day 2 will kick off at 14:30 local time with Level 13 (6,000/12,000/1,000). The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back then to provide all live updates, so be sure to check back then.
While you wait, check out Poker Jeopardy! with Huang and Danny McDonagh:
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Celina Lin | China | 158,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Leo Yan Ho Cheng | Canada | 475,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Xuefeng Feng | China | 216,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Zhidong Yang | China | 295,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Yuguang Li | China | 365,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Hajime Haraikawa | Japan | 394,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Alner | United Kingdom | 304,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Tore Lukashaugen | Norway | 262,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Marcus Lau | Malaysia | 374,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Asa Smith | United Kingdom | 186,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Shunu Zang | China | 452,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Randy Lew | Usa | 464,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Yik Hei Isaac Lo | Hong Kong | 288,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Shing Fung Lo | Macau | 513,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Shashank Rathi | Hong Kong | 644,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Hao Tian | China | 263,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Chang He | China | 400,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Yaxi Zhu | China | 166,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Xue Qian Wu | Australia | 360,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Dasheng Chen | China | 97,000 |
| 3 | 7 | JP Kelly | United Kingdom | 203,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 941,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Zuo Wang | China | 62,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Chengting Zhang | China | 197,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Sunny Jung | Korea | 267,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Yuan Zhou | Canada | 271,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Liang Yu | China | 685,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Geoffrey Mooney | Australia | 295,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Zhou Zhou | China | 563,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Jack Hu | Chinese Taipei | 362,000 |
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
941,000 | |
|
||
|
685,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
|
644,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
563,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
513,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
475,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
464,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
452,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
394,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
374,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
365,000 | |
|
362,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
360,000 | |
|
304,000 | |
|
295,000 | |
|
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
288,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
|
271,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
267,000 | |
|
263,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
262,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
216,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
203,000 | |
|
||
|
|
197,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer appears to be most likely the chip leader and he also confirmed that Devan Tang had passed on most of the chips between his double up and bustout back after calling down with bottom pair. The full chip counts will be available as soon as possible and the action recommences tomorrow at 14:30 local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
941,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
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365,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
360,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
304,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
|
295,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
267,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
203,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
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Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer min-raised from under the gun and Geoffrey Mooney flat-called from one seat over before the action reached Devan Tang in the big blind. He shoved for what looked like 130,000 chips and O'Dwyer reshoved. Mooney called it off for around 300,000 chips!
O'Dwyer: 
Tang: 
Mooney: 
The Irish-American was having the best of it but had to settle for a split pot on a board of 
board. Tang was gone and Mooney stayed in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The clock has been stopped with just under 15 minutes left in the last level of the day and six more hands were drawn to be played.
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Shunu Zang opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Sunny Jung moved all in for 90,000 out of the small blind. Shashank Rathi made the call out of the big blind and than got Jung out of his chair, grabbing his backbag and standing up, ready to go. Zang also called, though very reluctantly, and the 
board was checked down.
Rathi showed 
while Jung had that beat with 
. Zang didn't immediately flip over his cards but revealed the evenly inferior 
and Jung was back in the game.
The stack fluctuations right now are huge and Steve O'Dwyer apparently got most of the chips back from Devan Tang straight after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
840,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
||
|
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520,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
415,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
290,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
130,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Geoffrey Mooney raised from under the gun and Devan Tang moved all in out of the small blind. Steve O'Dwyer was sitting right between those two and reshoved with the far superior stack and 
. Mooney folded and Tang needed a lot of help, holding the 
.
The 
flop gave reason for hope with the gutshot while the on the turn helped the Irish-American indirectly. With the on the river, Tang completed his straight and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
360,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 12
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Shashank Rathi raised to 20,000 and was called by Celina Lin in the cutoff before Randy Lew three-bet to 60,000. Only Rathi called to see a heads-up flop of 
and he checked. The PokerStars Team Online member bet 40,000 and received a quick call before repeating the same again on the turn for 70,000.
The river slowed down the action and both players checked. Rathi flipped over 
while Lew's won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
490,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
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