Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Buy-in
23,000 HKD
Entries
493
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to the APPT Macau Main Event!
The 2015 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour has made its way to the beautiful City of Dreams here in Macau for the premier poker stop in Asia.
Last year saw a record 494 entrants take to the field, with China’s Jiajun Liu emerging the eventual champion, taking home HK$2,776,000 for his efforts.
Even with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) about to commence over in Las Vegas, tournament staff are still hoping for an impressive turnout that could surpass the 500-player mark after overwhelmingly high numbers in all the opening events.
An erray of poker talent will no doubt be in attendance for this event including Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Celina Lin, who both went agonisingly close to capturing an APPT Main Event title at the last stop in Seoul, where they finished 2nd and 4th respectively. Others include Kosei Ichinose, Aditya Agarwal and 2011 APPT Macau Main Event champion Randy 'nanonoko' Lew.
Play will be kicking off in just over an hour at 2:00 p.m. local time and PokerNews will be on the floor providing all the action form the first of two Day 1 flights!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Let's Get Started!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
After a quick introduction, the event's Tournament Director has requested the commencement of play.
Plan of Attack!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players in today’s field will start with 20,000 in chips, and play seven 60-minute blinds levels for the day.
Early Madness with River Bad Beat
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Just spotting around the tournament area, one of the players was standing up and heading to the rail. Surely to just grab a drink? No ... . According to table chat, the first unfortunate player to be eliminated after a mere 10 minutes has a bad beat story to tell after four-bet shoving preflop for his entire stack with 
.
The initial raiser tanked for a long time and said to have folded pocket queens while Chang Ling Yu from Taiwan more or less snap-called with the 
. The board ran out 
and Yu caught the two-outer on the river!!!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,500 |
Early Big Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Some notable champions have already taken their seats in today's field.
The reigning APPT Macau main event champion Jiajun Liu is here.
2014 APPT Seoul main event champion Chane Kampanatsanyakorn is present.
Yuguang Li has returned after a deep run in Day 1 of the Freezeout event yesterday. The current Asia Player of the Year leader is sitting atop the leaderboard after back-to-back victories at the Macau Poker Cup earlier in the year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Some More Notables
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Agarwal is the first pro taking his seat today.
Also here is KC Wong, Geoffrey Mooney and reigning Asia Player of the Year Pete Chen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
The Stage is Set for Agarwal
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We arrived at the table to see the board spread out 
and around 4,000 chips in the pot.
The player in the small blind checked his option before PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Agarwal bet out 3,850 from the big blind. With the decision back on the small blind, he thought for a minute, before making the call.
Agarwal then tabled his 
for a flopped set of sixes which was enough to take down the pot as his opponent tossed his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
Lam Flushes Opponent
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The action started with Ian Lam raising to 250 from the hijack. The player in the cut off then bumped it up to 650 and was called by both players in the blinds. With the decision back on Lam, he made the call, before all four players watched the flop come down 
.
The player in the small blind quickly threw out 250 forcing a fold from the player on the big blind. Lam thought for a minute before making the call but was met with a raise to 1,800 from the player in the cut off. The small blind quickly called and Lam followed suit.
After the 
landed on the turn, the small blind once again bet out 250. Lam went into the tank for several minutes as he deliberated over his call.
“Tell him 250, not 25,000,” added the player in the big blind, who was getting slightly frustrated at the length the hand was taking.
Time was called but Lam made the call before the tournament staff arrived which forced a fold from the player in the cut off after he let out a disappointed groan.
Both players then snap checked as the 
completed the board. The player in the small blind tabled his 
for a pair but it was not enough as Lam rolled over his 8c} for a flush and the winning hand.
Lam now moves up to 37,000 following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 |