2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event champion Scott Davies is no longer a short stack, he has lost the rest of it as well. The American shoved from the button with and the player from one seat over isolated with to claim the bustout five bricks later.
We caught up with British pro JP Kelly who calls Macau home since quite some time. We ask him about the games he's playing, the tournaments running, and a bit more.
The winner of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour 9 Macau High Roller Event will take home almost as much as the winner of the Main Event with HK$2,492,500 up for grabs. As previously mentioned, the top 11 spots will get paid and a minimum cash is worth almost three times the buy-in with HK$293,000.
Jack Hu got involved in yet another hand with a player he had just bet out of a previous pot on a board.
This time, the flop was reading and the player in the cutoff bet 6,500, quickly calling a raise to 17,000 by Hu on the button. Both players then checked the turn and Hu raised the opponent's bet from 25,000 to 50,000. The Chinese was called and announced a king, but it was no good against the of his opponent.
Sam Nee Aik Chuan shoved from early position for 25,000 with and Tore Lukashaugen made the call from one seat over with off suit. The Malaysian didn't catch any help and has been eliminated definitely from the event.
After the turn, Steve O'Dwyer led for 8,000 out of the big blind and called a raise to 25,000 by the initial raiser before the fell on the river. The Irish-American checked and mucked to a bet of 55,000, but is still incredibly deep-stacked at the current stage of the event.
With the board spread and about 25,000 in the middle of the table, the action was checked to Chane Kampanatsanyakorn and he led for 12,000 from the under-the-gun position. His opponent in the small blind check-raised all in for 90,000 and that was for almost the entire stack of the Thai, which resulted in a fold.
The player in the small blind limped and Yaxi Zhu raised to 7,000 from one seat over. There was a call and the opponent of the Chinese also check-called a bet of 10,000 on the flop. No betting action took place on the turn and the river provided a bet of 15,000 by the player in the small blind and a call from Zhu with .
It was a split pot against and they chopped it up.
The tournament staff has announced to the players the official participation: 75 unique entries, 30 rebuys and the top 11 spots will get paid. Due to the big turnout, a total of 12 levels will be played and the payout will be published as soon as possible.