2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣j♥
Prize
2,525,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
23,000 HKD
Entries
493
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Jia Liang Jumps Into the Lead After Day 1b of the APPT9 Macau Main Event

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1b and Overall Chip Leader Jia Liang
Day 1b and Overall Chip Leader Jia Liang

As expected, the second starting day of the Season 9 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau HK$25,000 Main Event at PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams attracted a bigger field than Day 1a, but last year's record attendance was missed by just one participant. Along with the 207 players from Day 1a, the 286 entries of Day 1b created an overall field of 493 entrants in total.

Out of those, the top 59 spots will get paid at least HK$43,600 whereas the winner can look forward to a shiny silver PokerStars trophy and a first-place payout of HK$2,525,000. In the best position to make a run at the top prize is Jia Liang, who soared into the lead in the last level of the night. Liang knocked out two opponents, including Victor Chong in the last five hands, and bagged up impressive 198,200 chips.

Notables that didn't make it through Day 1b included the entire HK$50,000 Freezeout top four in Sheng Sun, Jack Hu, 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event champion Scott Davies and Kim Wittendorff. Likewise, poker legend Johnny Chan, who recently won the Poker King Club Grand Opening Charity Event, found himself on the rail.

Celina Lin suffered a shocking exit after less than half an hour, and her fellow PokerStars Team Pros Brian Huang and Vivian Im soon joined her on the rail. Team Online member Randy "nanonoko" Lew also busted in cruel fashion, while Steve O'Dwyer had a tough day and eventually claimed 50,900 chips upon bagging and tagging.

Other Day 1b big stacks include Ke Jing Li (160,800), Sihai Jiang (155,000), Ronald Chun Long Yu (150,200), Fan Zhao (146,000), Wenxiong Luo (132,000) and Geng Liu (110,000). After eight 60-minute levels, just 112 players advanced, which means along with the Day 1a survivors, 188 players will return to the tables at 14:00 local time on Friday.

Another eight levels will be played, and the money should is expected to burst around end of Day 2. The action will recommence in Level 13 with the blinds at 600/1,200/200, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back to provide all key moments of another exiting day from the felt.

While you wait, check out this interview with Winfred Yu, President of the Poker King Club, about moving his poker room to The Venetian:

Tags: APPTBryan HuangCelina LinFan ZhaoGeng LiuJia LiangKim WittendorffMacauRandy LewScott DaviesSheng SunSteve O'DwyerVictor ChongVivian ImWenxiong Luo

Day 2 Table Draw

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Jeff WangUSA11500
12Tao FangChina24900
13Damir BasiniGermany41500
14Reagan LemanIndonesia49600
15Jeffrey Iok Seng KatMacau6700
16Chengting ZhangChina44000
17Feng Wen ChenChinese Taipei76800
18Xiaoliang CaoChina29100
19Yifan ZhangChina17700
     
21Haifeng XueHong Kong27600
22Yoshihisa KanzakiJapan64600
23Hong Ru ZhouChina63900
24Yucheng RongChina71600
25Hao SuChina44600
26Liang SongChina56200
27Nicolas CardynFrance101500
28Yang ZhangChina75500
29Markus GarbergNorway89000
     
31Wei ZhangChina37500
32Wan ZhangChina49000
33Daehyun KwakKorea29700
34Steve O'DwyerIreland50900
35Boyat ManishIndia28800
36Atsushi KuriharaJapan43300
37Yoshiro NagataJapan26900
38Guangcheng ChenChina85700
39Francis Tong Lee LimSingapore55200
     
41Chi Hsiang LeeChinese Taipei46100
42Wai Leong ChanMalaysia107100
43Cheng HoMacau50300
44Chane KampanatsanyakornThailand133800
45Xingrong RenChina67100
46Cheng-nan TsengChinese Taipei27400
47Jeonghan LeeKorea80000
48Jack Jin ZhuUSA19200
49Ryan Nan YuCanada39900
     
51Hecheng NaChina33100
52Chen ZhangChina54600
53Alex Xiang Wei LeeSingapore82000
54Wenxian DuChina18800
55Chak Fung LamHong Kong50600
56Chun Liang KuoChina84100
57Bojun WangChina20800
58Adrian BrionPhilippines77400
59Chan Seng LamMacau23200
     
61Bin HuChina57100
62Xin YuChina65700
63Joshua TanMalaysia43000
64Feifei WangChina20800
65Zhenru XieChina50000
66Kai Yat FamSingapore45100
67Peng ZhaiChina18500
68Manu Herewini AustinNew Zealand31400
69James YehUSA59900
     
71Daniel LeeUSA67500
72Yee Lap LaiMacau13500
73Wang-chia TsaiChinese Taipei42000
74Fan ZhangChina10400
75Xiaoxu WangChina32400
76Pu LiuChina10300
77Eugene KhooMalaysia33300
78Jia LiangChina198200
79Yin LiuChina26100
     
81Fabio FumagalliSwitzerland51200
82Eric YimUSA21300
83Haisheng MaChina37700
84Ningdan ShiChina41500
85Benjamin HamnetUSA34300
86Sihai JiangChina155000
87Wenwu XueChina50000
88Yan CaiChina25900
89Chao ChenChina95300
     
91Dapeng MuUSA134200
92Ronald Chun Long YuHong Kong150200
93Yanzhong TongChina68700
94Guiseppe ReinaAustralia66200
95Longjie LiChina45500
96Jun ZhouChina27900
97Yat Wai ChengHong Kong101800
98Zhi YunChina11500
99Chen Zhi YanChina33000
     
101Tianbao RenChina70800
102Junjie ZhangChina17400
103Charles Chung Yiu LamHong Kong13500
104Qu LiuChina73900
105Zhifeng YaoChina174700
106Linh TranCanada39000
107Ismael BourneAustralia67700
108Zhao Jun RuanChina58500
109Hsien-ching FengChinese Taipei29100
     
111Shao Po LiuChina43200
112Fan ZhaoChina146000
113Benny Tsz Leung LaiHong Kong53500
114Yuexin WangChina69200
115Leo Yan Ho ChengCanada64600
116Sebastien HoyezFrance27600
117Noah FriedenbergUSA25300
118Shashank RathiHong Kong62900
119Winfred YuHong Kong29000
     
121Mingqin LiuChina48100
122Jun BaoChina121300
123John GallagherUk70100
124Haoxiang ShiChina93400
125Tom LeeCanada27800
126Huaqing LuoChina21500
127Chunze YaoChina20100
128Dongsheng PengChina76400
129Yunye LuChina43400
     
131Yi Chung ChengCanada51900
132Chang HeChina48400
133Meilin WanChina41600
134Shen Ming YinChina117400
135Xiao LiuChina38800
136Takahiro NakaiJapan42700
137Xudong LiChina46300
138Takuya YamashitaJapan40800
139Kin Wai TangHong Kong16000
     
151Zhiyong LongChina17600
152Milton Wayne TrickeyAustralia31100
153Huidong GuMacau72400
154Sparrow Park Yu CheungHong Kong45500
155Hui WangChina16600
156Henrik TollefsenNorway17800
157Zhong WangChina81200
158Xiaohua FuChina172000
159Thomas NielsenDenmark83400
     
171Jun HuChina60600
172Xiang ZhouChina75500
173Rui ChenChina25800
174Jeffrey ChotikulUSA64400
175Junwei GaoChina57400
176Wenxiong LuoChina132000
177Koichi NozakiJapan52800
178Zhenhua LuChina39500
179Lu ZhangChina11900
     
181Kyung Sik JungKorea38700
182Olivia Yue LiuChina39800
183Hisashi OgiJapan15700
184Issa BoulosAustralia14800
185Malek GrabsiFrance70000
186Chris Yeow Chung ChongSingapore123200
187Heyu LiChina41200
188Si Cong HaoChina48400
189ST Zuo WangChina43300
     
191Yifan ZhengChina45600
192Geng LiuChina110000
193Wing Cheong ChongHong Kong104400
194Weiyi ZhangChina168100
195Bing LiChina8500
196Weikang WangChina13300
197Jordan KaplanUSA23700
198Kenneth LeongHong Kong37600
199Lester EdocPhilippines41100
     
211Justin Pak Kwan ChanHong Kong59900
212Chih Hsiang KaoChinese Taipei12700
213Ern Boon ChiewSingapore48600
214Yue WangChina55400
215Daniel Wei Xiong ChinMalaysia22200
216Sunny JungKorea43400
217Nan HongChina49900
218Gab Yong KimKorea40400
219Pengcheng LiuChina37300
     
221Raiden KanHong Kong25000
222Weijie YeChina38600
223Shengwei LiangSingapore21400
225Yubin ZhengChina26700
226Ken HungHong Kong44500
227Ruigang YaoChina48500
228David EvansAustralia29900
229Petro PopovichUkraine36100
     
231Alberto GomezSpain26700
232Gay Peng TanSingapore38400
233Kitson KhoHong Kong17400
234You ZhangChina52400
235Masashi SatoJapan19000
236Tong ZhangHong Kong23300
237Hu ZhaoChina69200
238Sam Chuan Aik NeeMalaysia21300
239Jian ZhangChina60500
     
251Ke Jing LiChina160800
252Florencio CampomanesPhilippines37400
253Enkhbat NanzaddorjMongolia10900
254Liang XuChina81500
255Choon Siang TanSingapore39000
256Kwet Yoong Lim SamMauritius47500
257David BradfordNew Zealand22900
258Bruno ReboliBrazil61900
259Ping LinChina48500

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jia Liang cn
Jia Liang
198,200
Ke Jing Li cn
Ke Jing Li 		160,800
Sihai Jiang cn
Sihai Jiang 		155,000
Ronald Chun Long Yu hk
Ronald Chun Long Yu 		150,200
Fan Zhao cn
Fan Zhao 		146,000 41,000
Wenxiong Luo cn
Wenxiong Luo 		132,000 48,000
Jun Bao cn
Jun Bao 		121,300 121,300
Geng Liu cn
Geng Liu 		110,000
Wing Cheong Chong
Wing Cheong Chong
104,400 104,400
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng 		101,800 101,800
Chao Chen cn
Chao Chen 		95,300 95,300
Haoxiang Shi cn
Haoxiang Shi 		93,400 93,400
Thomas Nielsen dk
Thomas Nielsen
83,400 83,400
Zheng Wang cn
Zheng Wang
81,200 81,200
Jeonghan Lee kr
Jeonghan Lee
80,000 80,000
Adrian Brion ph
Adrian Brion 		77,400 77,400
Dongsheng Peng cn
Dongsheng Peng 		76,400 76,400
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu 		72,400 72,400
Yucheng Rong
Yucheng Rong
71,600 71,600
Tianbao Ren
Tianbao Ren
70,800 70,800
John Gallagher us
John Gallagher 		70,100 70,100
Yuexin Wang cn
Yuexin Wang
69,200 19,200
Hu Zhao
Hu Zhao
69,200 69,200
Xingrong Ren cn
Xingrong Ren 		67,100 67,100
Guiseppe Reina au
Guiseppe Reina 		66,200 23,200

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Liang Busts Chong and Takes Big Lead

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Joining the action on the turn of a {2-Spades}{J-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{Q-Spades} turn, Victor Chong had led for 8,000 from the cutoff. Big stack Jia Liang moved his massive stack of T-5,000 chips forward to push Chong all in and the latter had around 17,000 behind.

He eventually called off with the {4-Spades}{5-Spades} for a pair and a flush draw while Liang had the open-ended straight draw with {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The {10-Clubs} river gave Liang the better hand and he celebrated before stoically stacking the chips and getting right back to his usual poker face.

Player Chips Progress
Jia Liang cn
Jia Liang
200,000 60,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong 		Busted

Tags: Jia LiangVictor Chong

Quads Help a Lot

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a flop of {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, Fabio Fumagalli led out of the big blind and then shoved when his opponent on the cutoff clicked it up to 8,000. It was another 15,700 to call on top of the raise and that came very reluctantly. In fact, the time was called on the opponent and he tossed in the chips with 10 seconds left to flip over {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

Fumagalli had {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} for a flopped full house and definitely locked up the double with the {5-Diamonds} on the turn. A meaningless {A-Spades} river completed the board and the Swiss is now up to what looks like 50k.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Fumagalli ch
Fabio Fumagalli
50,000

Tags: Fabio Fumagalli

Liang Makes A Charge For The Lead

Mateusz_Pater
Mateusz_Pater
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Four players limped into the pot including Jia Liang in the cut off. The flop came down {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and both blinds checked. The player under the gun bet out 2,500 which only interested Liang to his left.

After the {6-Diamonds} fell on the turn, the player under the gun threw out another 8,000 which was quickly called before the {a-Spades} completed the board.

Without hesitation, the aggressor moved all in for 29,000. Liang asked for a count and waited as the dealer cut out the chips and gave him and exact count. Once he was told, Liang made the call, and watched as his opponent rolled over his {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for the smallest possible pair.

Liang then tabled his {10-Hearts}{9-Spades} for a pair of tens and the winning hand. He now moves up to 140,000 which is one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Jia Liang cn
Jia Liang
140,000 38,000

Tags: Jia Liang

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