Geng Liu raised to 2,500 from under the gun and watched as his opponent in middle position raised to 5,500. Liu made the call and both players watched the flop come down .
A check from Liu saw the raiser bet out another 6,000. Liu then instantly splashed out 15,000 in chips which was enough to take down the pot as his opponent mucked just as quickly.
Liu has had a productive day and seems to be the chip leader with a level and a half to play.
Christophe Pereira limped his short stack from the small blind and the player in the big blind checked to see a flop of . Pereira check-called a bet of 1,000 and then check-called all in for his last 3,200 on the turn with his . The opponent had flopped two pair with and even apologized for it once the river bricked.
With the registration officially closed, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour has also released the participation by country and China clearly dominates with 236 entrants out of the 493. That's almost 48% and well up compared to last year, where they accounted for just 37% of the field.
Second-strongest country is Hong Kong with 43 players followed by Chinese Taipei (23), Australia (21) and Japan (20).
Yubin Zheng opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and a player from Lebanon moved all in for 7,800 out of the small blind. The Chinese had a hard time to make up his mind and eventually called before sheepishly turning over his hand in . The opponent held and doubled up on a board of .
How did we know that he is Lebanese? Because Elias Abou Saleh chatted with him right after the hand.
170 players left right now and that number will decrease significantly still in the last two hours of Day 1b.
The last 10-minute break of the day has been reached and the players are off to get a drink or some fresh air.
The opponent of Yucheng Rong on the same table as Steve O'Dwyer can take more time as he was just covered and busted with pocket kings. It was a matter of two big blinds that had him done for, Rong held and the board ran out .
During this last break of Day 1b, the T-25 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the progress of the tournament.
Randy Lew just tweeted about his elimination, getting the stack in preflop with and receiving a call from Sunny Jung with . His opponent made the nut straight on the flop and the PokerStars Team Online member hit the rail.
Bruno Reboli qualified in a live Satellite here at the PokerStars LIVE Macau and the Brasilia took the lion's share of Johnny Chan's stack with versus . Reboli raised and called the three-bet by Chan to see a flop of . Both players invested another 6,000 chips and Reboli then shoved the turn to get called, a brick river gave him the double up to 40,000.
Chan's remaining chips then disappeared after he failed to improve with pocket fours versus pocket kings as per the information of other players on the table.
The player in middle position checked his option after the dealer had revealed the flop. The other player in the hand was Yubin Zheng who threw out 4,500 in chips from two spots down. His opponent then came back over the top and made it 11,800 to go. Zheng called before the fell on the turn.
This time the player in middle position thought for a moment before moving all in for 21,775 in chips. Zheng spent a minute deciding what to do before eventually mucking his hand.
Cheers from the rail behind the table followed in happiness for Zheng’s opponent who obliged by tabling his for the straight and flush draw.
Zheng still has 73,000 in chips following the hand.
The number of entries for Day 1b has now officially been confirmed and the 286 stands for the second flight to generate an overall field of 493 participants. That is just one short of last year but still a decent result, given the fact that the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has just started.
As far as the payout is concerned, the top 59 spots will receive at least HK$43,600 whereas the winner walks away with HK$2,525,000. The full payout will be available shortly in the tab above the live reporting.
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