Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Buy-in
23,000 HKD
Entries
493
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Final Table Set; Cheng Leads!
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Day 3 of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event, which originally attracted 493 entries, started with 41 players, but over the course of nine hours was slowly whittled down to the final table of seven.
Of course, what everyone wants to know is who is still in contention for the title. It will be Yat Wai Cheng who will return on Sunday with the chip lead, bagging up an impressive 2,833,000. Cheng played extremely well throughout the day and then stormed to the lead when he won a monster pot against Fan Zhao without even going to showdown.
Close behind are Weiyi Zhang (2,721,000) and Zhenru Xie (1,840,000), making the trio the only players over a million in chips. The final table also consists of one player from Hong Kong (the leader - Cheng), one from the Philippines (the short stack - Florencio Campomanes) and five players from China.
The Day 3 action was quick with 16 players hitting the rail before the first break. None of those eliminations were more surprising then that of ZiaoHua Fu, who started the day as the overwhelming chip leader. What started as a 120 big blind stack, was dwindled down to nothing in an hour and a half.
Firstly, Fu was rivered holding the 
against Cheng Ho’s 
when the 
spiked on the river. He then found himself doubling up Nicolas Cardyn holding the same hand when he ran into pocket kings. From then on he kept doubling up the short stacks until he didn't have any chips left to defend.
From then onwards some big names started to bust including Ronald Chun Long Yu (23rd) who ran his 
into Cheng’s pocket kings and couldn't improve. Daniel Lee (22nd), Wending Luo (20th), Dapeng Mu (17th), Cardyn (13th), Alex Lee (11th) and eventual final table bubble boy Cheng Ho (8th) took their leave in due time.
Ho committed himself holding 
and was in great shape against Zhang’s 
, but was out flopped and sent home agonizingly close to making in through to Day 4.
Final Table Draw
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chun Liang Kuo | 467,000 |
| 2 | Zhenru Xie | 1,840,000 |
| 3 | Weiyi Zhang | 2,721,000 |
| 4 | Yat Wai Cheng | 2,833,000 |
| 5 | Fan Zhao | 810,000 |
| 6 | Weijie Ye | 944,000 |
| 7 | Florencio Campomanes | 249,000 |
On Sunday, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action as the final table looks to play down to a winner, who will take home a first-place prize of HK$2,525,000.
While you wait, check out Poker Jeopardy! with Bryan Huang and Danny McDonagh:
End of Day Chip Counts
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,833,000 | 116,000 |
|
2,721,000 | 384,000 |
|
1,840,000 | 140,000 |
|
944,000 | -4,000 |
|
810,000 | -72,000 |
|
467,000 | -12,000 |
|
249,000 | -72,000 |
Cheng Ho Eliminated in 8th Place (HKD$262,000)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
In the very next hand after doubling Weijie Ye, Cheng Ho found himself on the edge of elimination.
Weiyi Zhang started things off with a raise to 52,000 from under the gun before the decision fell on Ho on the button. He quickly moved all in for 388,000 as the option came back to Zhang. He thought for a moment before making the call.
Zhang:
Ho:
Ho was in the lead, but it didn't last long, as the board ran out 
to see Zhang flop two pair and take down the pot.
Ho finished in 8th place earning himself HKD$262,000 for his efforts. The remaining players will bag up for the night and return tomorrow to play out for the title.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Ye Doubles Through Ho
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The action folded to Weijie Ye in the cut off who moved all in for 446,000 in chips. The decision landed on Cheng Ho in the small blind who quickly made the call as the big blind moved out of the way.
Ye: 
Ho: 
The board ran out 
to see Ye hold with the over pair to move up to almost a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
948,000 | 434,000 |
|
|
392,000 | -429,000 |
Shen Ming Yin Eliminated in 9th Place (HKD$218,000)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Shen Ming Yin didn't take long to put his tournament at risk. He moved all in for his remaining 643,000 from middle position as the decision folded to Zhenru Xie. He thought for a minute before also announcing all in, for just over one million in chips. The players on the button and blinds got out of the way quickly resulting in some cards getting tabled.
Yin: 
Xie: 
Yin was in trouble with the lower pair and wasn't helped out when the board ran out 
to give Xie a full house on the turn and the eventual pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | 614,000 |
|
Busted |
[VIDEO] Poker Jeopardy! Bryan Huang versus Danny McDonagh
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
We don't need the answers, we'll give you the answers. It's the questions we need! It's time for Poker Jeopardy! This week's contestants are PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang and PokerStars tournament director Danny McDonagh, a rivalry going back five years. The two of them find questions to anders about poker movies, poker hands, poker variants and poker players.
Play Recommences
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The final nine have returned from their breaks and will continue with blinds at 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante for another 24 minutes.
Final Table Re-Draw and Chip Counts
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheng Ho | 821000 |
| 2 | Shen Ming Yin | 707000 |
| 3 | Chun Liang Kuo | 479000 |
| 4 | Zhenru Xie | 1086000 |
| 5 | Weiyi Zhang | 2337000 |
| 6 | Yat Wai Cheng | 2717000 |
| 7 | Fan Zhao | 882000 |
| 8 | Weijie Ye | 514000 |
| 9 | Florencio Campomanes | 321000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,717,000 | 1,044,000 |
|
|
2,337,000 | 1,462,000 |
|
|
1,086,000 | -160,000 |
|
|
882,000 | -88,000 |
|
|
821,000 | -59,000 |
|
|
707,000 | -355,000 |
|
|
514,000 | -343,000 |
|
|
479,000 | -28,000 |
|
|
321,000 | 61,000 |
Extended Break (Dinner)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining nine players are on a 40-minute dinner break!