Within the first two days, the 493-entry strong field of the HK$25,000 Main Event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) at the "PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams" has been reduced to its last 41 hopefuls and the money bubble burst in the penultimate level of last night. The goal for Day 3 is reaching the seven-handed final table on Sunday and best-positioned for that is XiaoHua Fu from China with 724,000 after twice scooping big pots by eliminating two opponents in the same hand.
Another trio is above half a million in chips: Fan Zhao (588,000), Kwet Yoong Lim Sam (580,000) and Zhenru Xie (519,000). Among the other notables still in contention are Alex Xiang Wei Lee (396,000), Nicolas Cardyn (350,000), Daniel Lee (346,000), Dapeng Mu (277,000), Gab Yong Kim (96,000) and Day 1a chip leader Zhifeng Yao (78,000).
All remaining players have HK$54,500 locked up for their efforts while everyone is gunning for the top-prize payout of HK$2,525,000. This includes entry to the HK$100,000 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) Main Event as well as lifting a shiny silver PokerStars trophy.
Play recommences in half an hour from now at 14:00 local time with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a running ante of 1,000. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all key hands until a winner is crowned and there is also a coverage of the two-day HK$100,000 High Roller event as of 17:00 local time as well.
Florencio Campomanes moved all in for his remaining 130,000 from the hijack as the action folded around to the big blind. Francis Tong Lee Lim was the player seated there, and he committed his remaining 90,000 in chips.
Campomanes:
Lim:
The board ran out to see Lim unable to connect resulting in his exit from the tournament.
Heyu Li started the action with a raise to 17,000 and was called three ways to see a flop of . Everyone checked and the initial raiser bet 55,000 from under the gun. Shen Ming Yin called while Ke Jing Li then raised to 168,000 from the button. The player in the big blind folded and Heyu Li called all in for 158,000 with Ying folding.
Heyu:
Ke Jing:
The on the river gave Ke Jing the pot and fellow Chinese Heyu Li, who holds the same and very common last name, hit the rail in 26th place.
The action started with Ke Jing Li moving all in for his remaining 104,000 in chips from under the gun plus one. He was called by Zhenru Xie on the button which saw both blinds get out of the way.
Li:
Xie:
The board ran out to see Li unable to improve with his small pair leaving him eliminated in 25th place.
At Wai Cheng raised to 22,000 from under the gun and watched as Ronald Chun Long Yu bumped it up to 56,000 from a few seats down. With the decision back on Cheng he made it 200,000 only to watch as Yu moved all in for 380,000 in chips. The bet was called immediately and the cards were shown.
Cheng:
Yu:
Yu was unable to hit an ace on the board as he was sent to the rail in 23rd place.
Cheng now moves up to 1,225,000 following the hand.
Daniel Lee raised to 20,000 from the hijack before Weijie Ye moved all in for 175,000 from the cut off. The table folded backk around to Lee who made the call before the cards were shown.
Lee:
Ye:
The board ran out to see Ye hold with his jacks as he welcomed the double up.
Lee was left with just 5,000 in chips which he committed into the very next hand. His were dominated by Weiyi Zhang’s but an eight on the flop saw him move up to 23,000.
He then moved all in for 21,000 holding and trumped Ningdan Shi’s after flopping a flush.
But it would be third time lucky as Lee tried once more to double but lost out. The American pro had a real crack but ultimately fell in 22nd place.
Huidong Gu raised to 33,000 from the hijack position before the action fell on Wending Luo. He bumped it up to 84,000 and watched as the blinds got out of the way. Gu then thought about his decision for a minute before moving all in for 336,000. The bet had Luo covered and he to then went into the tank. Over a minute passed before he made the call and both players tabled their cards.
Gu:
Luo:
Luo had made a great call with the over pair but was not rewarded when the board ran out . Gu had flopped a set and turned a full house to take down the large pot.
The action folded around to Reagan Leman in the cut off who moved all in for 109,000 in chips. Jun Bao made the call from the button before Kwet Young Lim Sam then moved all in covering Bao who snap called.
Leman:
Sam:
Bao:
The board rolled out queen high to see Bao hold with his aces as he rocketed back up the leader board. Sam dropped down to 124,000 following the hand and Leman was eliminated.
to see Lim unable to connect resulting in his exit from the tournament.
. Everyone checked and the initial raiser bet 55,000 from under the gun. Shen Ming Yin called while Ke Jing Li then raised to 168,000 from the button. The player in the big blind folded and Heyu Li called all in for 158,000 with Ying folding.
to see Li unable to improve with his small pair leaving him eliminated in 25th place.
and Shi checked. Kuo threw out another bet worth 40,000 which was enough to force Shi to fold. 
to see Li bust in 24th place.
to see Ye hold with his jacks as he welcomed the double up. 
were dominated by Weiyi Zhang’s 
to see Ye hold with his over pair as he took out another player from the tournament.
