Main Event
Day 1b Started
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Main Event
Day: 1b
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 Back to Day 1b of APPT Macau!
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event. Yesterday's Day 1a field saw 207 players come out to action. At the end of the day, 76 of them advanced to Day 2. It was China’s Zhifeng Yao leading the way at the end of the day with 174,700 in chips.
With an expected field of around 300 players today, it would mean that this event will have in excess of 500-runners, which is great considering the popularity of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) that is about to get underway over in Las Vegas.
Play is set to kick off at 2:00pm local time here at the City of Dreams Macau. Be sure to stay tuned for all the live coverage straight from the floor, it's going to be another great day on the felt.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Seven Tickets in Turbo Satellite
The PokerStars LIVE Macau at the City of Dreams ran a HK$3,000 Turbo Satellite and there are currently 10 out of 59 entries remaining. The top seven spots will get entry to the Main Event and join the stating field as soon as the winners have been determined.
Who's Here
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
The First Stars Pros Arrive
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Two of the four PokerStars Team Pro’s expected today have taken their seats early in proceedings.
Vivian Im has had great success throughout Asia with her notable results including taking down the APPT Philippines Main Event in 2010 then narrowly missing out on a Red Dragon title the following year.
The other is Celina Lin. Lin has one many titles including two Red Dragon events back in 2009 and 2012 making her the only two time winner. Last month Lin went agonisingly close to capturing an APPT main event title in Seoul were she finished 4th. She’ll be looking to go a few places better in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Hanshi Heading Up
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
In one of the early confrontations, Huang Hanshi defended his big blind against a button raise and the 
flop saw him as well as the opponent invest 600 chips. On the 
turn, Hanshi led for 1,150 and his opponent raised to 3,000 after approximately one minute of consideration.
Hanshi was having none of it and reraised to 6,000, enforced a fold and flashed the 
for everybody to see.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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24,000
24,000
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24,000 |
Any Vegas Plans, Mister O'Dwyer?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It was only a small hand that saw Steve O'Dwyer lead the 
turn for 225 and his opponent folded. A quick chat with the Irish-American revealed that he may take quite a long break after this event instead of jetting to Las Vegas for the World Series Of Poker straight away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,500
500
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500 |
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The Field Grows Further
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It is still early on but the field has grown since the screens were updated the last time and now at least 210 players have entered the second starting flight. With the late registration available until the end of level 4, the 494 entries from last year may very well be topped. Among the notables to have sat down recently were Akira Ohyama and Guiseppe Reina.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Lin Busts Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Celina Lin has been eliminated from the main event early in the first level.
The action started with Gab Yong Kim raising to 250 from the cut off and was called by Lin in the small blind. The flop of 
saw Lin check-call a continuation bet from Kim before the 
dropped on the turn.
Lin checked once more and Kim threw out 750. Lin then came over the top for 2,000 only to be faced with another raise to 7,500. She then opted to move all in for just short of starting stack and was snap called.
Lin: 
Kim: 
Lin had run her top two pair into the set of Kim and would find no help on the 
river resulting in her being one of the first casualties of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | |
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Busted | |
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