2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
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 2 Completed

Fu Leads APPT Macau as 41 Players Survive Day 2

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The man to catch - Day 2 chip leader XiaoHua Fu
The man to catch - Day 2 chip leader XiaoHua Fu

Day 2 of the 2015 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event at PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams began with 188 players, but by the end of the night just 41 remained with XiaoHua Fu finishing on top with 724,000. Fu rocketed up the leader board when he knocked out both Sihai Jiang and Kai Yat Fam in the same hand holding pocket aces.

Hot on his heels are Fan Zhao (588,000), Kwet Yoong Lim Sam (580,000) and Zhenru Xie (519,000) who are the only four players over the half million-chip mark. All three of those player applied pressure around the bubble and throughout the last two levels to secure themselves big stacks heading into Day 3.

Just after the last break of the evening, the money bubble burst with Zheng Wang earning the title of bubble boy. It happened when action folded around to Yat Wai Chen, who moved all in from the small blind. Zheng called off his last few big blinds, and he had the best hand with his {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, which was out in front of Chen’s {j-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. However, the flop came down {5-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades} to give Chen trips, and Zheng was unable to improve. With that, the final 59 players secured themselves at least HK$43,600.

Others who fell during the course of play included Day 1b chip leader Jia Liang, Sparrow Cheung, Yifan Zhang, Sunny Jung, Kenny Leong, Raiden Kan, Takahiro Nakai, Winfred Yu, and Steve O'Dwyer.

O’Dwyer committed all his chips holding the {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} on a {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop and was up against an opponent’s {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}. Even with all his flush and straight outs. O'Dwyer was unable to find a card he needed and was sent to the rail with nothing more than a min-cash.

Meanwhile, several notable to survive the day included Alex Lee, Nicolas Cardyn, Daniel Lee, Gab Yong Kim, and Day 1a chip leader Zhifeng Yao. Those players and more will return at 2:00 p.m. local time on Saturday.

PokerNews will bring you all the action as the tournament closes in on the final table. Also, the HK$100,000 High Roller Event will be kicking off at 5:00 p.m. local time, which will also be live blogged.

While you wait, check out the Amazing Poker Quiz with Celina Lin:

Day 3 Table Draw

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Dapeng MuUSA277,000
12Reagan LemanIndonesia135,000
13Wenxiong LuoChina271,000
14Kwet Yoong Lim SamMauritius580,000
16Yat Wai ChengHong Kong400,000
17Alex Xiang Wei LeeSingapore396,000
18Chun Liang KuoChina382,000
19Francis Tong Lee LimSingapore176,000
     
21Xudong LiChina136,000
22Weiyi ZhangChina317,000
23Haoxiang ShiChina152,000
24Daniel LeeUSA346,000
25Weijie YeChina321,000
26Hecheng NaChina55,000
27Si Cong HaoChina148,000
28Zhifeng YaoChina78,000
29Hao SuChina39,000
     
31Wei ZhangChina118,000
33Xiaohua FuChina724,000
34Choon Siang TanSingapore135,000
35Fan ZhaoChina588,000
36Qu LiuChina126,000
37Nicolas CardynFrance350,000
38Cheng HoMacau148,000
39Petro PopovichUkraine201,000
     
41Shen Ming YinChina241,000
43Chao ChenChina95,000
44Chris Yeow Chung ChongSingapore110,000
45Zhenru XieChina519,000
46Jun BaoChina95,000
47Zhao Jun RuanChina162,000
48Ningdan ShiChina147,000
49Wai Leong ChanMalaysia254,000
     
51Ke Jing LiChina285,000
52Huidong GuMacau274,000
53Dongsheng PengChina193,000
54Bruno ReboliBrazil121,000
56Heyu LiChina212,000
57Ronald Chun Long YuHong Kong176,000
58Florencio CampomanesPhilippines304,000
59Gab Yong KimKorea96,000

Stay Tuned

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

It appears that 41 players remain in the 2015 APPT Macau Main Event.

A recap will be up shortly...

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Xiaohua Fu cn
Xiaohua Fu
724,000 -16,000
Fan Zhao cn
Fan Zhao
588,000 38,000
Kwet Yoong Lim Sam mu
Kwet Yoong Lim Sam
580,000 145,000
Zhenru Xie cn
Zhenru Xie
519,000 24,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
400,000 140,000
Alex Xiang Wei Lee sg
Alex Xiang Wei Lee
396,000 211,000
Chun Liang Kuo cn
Chun Liang Kuo
382,000 292,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
350,000 150,000
Daniel Lee us
Daniel Lee
346,000 76,000
Weijie Ye cn
Weijie Ye
321,000 21,000
Weiyi Zhang cn
Weiyi Zhang
317,000 -3,000
Florencio Campomanes ph
Florencio Campomanes
304,000 114,000
Ke Jing Li cn
Ke Jing Li
285,000 57,000
Dapeng Mu us
Dapeng Mu
277,000 57,000
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu
274,000 -86,000
Wenxiong Luo cn
Wenxiong Luo
271,000 -22,000
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
254,000 -146,000
Shen Ming Yin cn
Shen Ming Yin
241,000 -39,000
Heyu Li cn
Heyu Li
212,000 47,000
Petro Popovich ua
Petro Popovich
201,000 6,000
Dongsheng Peng cn
Dongsheng Peng
193,000 -7,000
Francis Tong Lee Lim sg
Francis Tong Lee Lim
176,000 120,800
Ronald Chun Long Yu hk
Ronald Chun Long Yu
176,000 26,000
Zhao Jun Ruan cn
Zhao Jun Ruan
162,000 -38,000
Haoxiang Shi cn
Haoxiang Shi
152,000 -13,000

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Ho Cheng Busts in Last Two Hands

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The last two hands were just announced and Leo Yan Ho Cheng as well as Weijie Ye got their almost identical stacks into the middle.

Ho Cheng: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Ye: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

After the board ran out {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, the stacks were counted and Ho Cheng had exactly 500 chips more than his opponent. With one ante left heading into the last hand of the day, he was forced all in and Ke Jing Li three-bet from 12,000 to 29,000 to pick up one caller.

On the {2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop, Li's continuation bet enforced a fold and he flipped over the {5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. Ho Cheng needed a deuce with {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} as hole cards, even a four would have helped as the {3-Hearts} appeared on the turn. The {10-Clubs} river sent him to the rail in the very last hand of Day 2 and the Canadian headed to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Weijie Ye cn
Weijie Ye
300,000 261,400
Leo Yan Ho Cheng ca
Leo Yan Ho Cheng
Busted

Tags: Ke Jing LiLeo Yan Ho Cheng

Two More Hands

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The remaining players have been advised that they'll play two more hands before bagging up for the night.

Xie's Kings Bust Liu

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Geng Liu
Geng Liu

Zhenru Xie and Geng Liu saw a heads-up flop of {6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and a raising war broke out. Xie put his opponent to the test and moved all in with the superior stack. It took at least three minutes for Liu to make up his mind and he shook his head in disgust after calling and seeing the hand of his opponent.

Liu: {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Xie: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

Neither the {7-Spades} turn nor the {3-Diamonds} river provided any help and Xie appears to be up to half a million in chips, though he is not done stacking yet.

Player Chips Progress
Zhenru Xie cn
Zhenru Xie
495,000 445,000
Geng Liu cn
Geng Liu
Busted

Tags: Geng LiuZhenru Xie

Nanzaddorj Busts

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Enkhbat Nanzaddorj
Enkhbat Nanzaddorj

Game over for Enkhbat Nanzaddorj. The player from Mongolia three-bet shoved his short stack out of the big blind with {A-Hearts}{10-Spades} and was called by initial raiser Haoxiang Shi with {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and the better kicker played a crucial role on the {Q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts} board.

Player Chips Progress
Haoxiang Shi cn
Haoxiang Shi
165,000 71,600
Enkhbat Nanzaddorj mn
Enkhbat Nanzaddorj
Busted

Tags: Enkhbat NanzaddorjHaoxiang Shi

Hamnet Flushed

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The player in early position raised before Ben Hamnet moved all in for his remaining 39,000 from the hijack. Florencio Campomanes made the call from the small blind which forced a fold from the big blind as well as the original raiser.

Hamnet: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Campomanes: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} to see Campomanes turn a full house and have Hamnet drawing dead. The meaningless flush card on the river just added salt in the wound as the American was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Hamnet us
Benjamin Hamnet
Busted

Tags: Florencio CampomanesBen Hamnet