2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
5,885,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
24,206,000 HKD
Entries
260
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Wins High Roller and HK$4,890,600 (USD$652,080)

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Stanley Choi & Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
Stanley Choi & Phanlert Sukonthachartnant

The final day of the High Roller Event was wrapped up in record time today as Thai player Phanlert Sukonthachartnant took the coveted title and HK$4,890,600.

After less than three hours of play, Sukonthachartnant defeated Stanley Choi to finish eight spots higher than he did in the same tournament last year. The full results were:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCountryPrize (HKD)Prize (USD 
1PhanlertSukonthachartnantThailand$4,890,600$652,080 
2StanleyChoiHong Kong$3,112,000$414,933 
3ZuoWangChina$2,074,000$276,533 
4AntonAstapauBelarus$1,630,000$217,333 
5DenisovAleksandarRussia$1,185,000$158,000 
6StevanChewAustralia$1,037,000$138,267 
7FedorHolzGermany$889,000$118,533 

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Li Leaps in to Lead After Busting Kihara

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

Yuguang Li has taken over the chip lead after getting Naoya to call off his stack on the river with a worse hand.

Li (cutoff) called a 1,000 under the gun raise before Kihara squeezed to 4,400 from the blinds. The original raiser folded but Li called to see a {5-Spades}{9-Spades}{a-Diamonds} flop. Kihara continued for 4,200 and was called before he checked the {2-Hearts} turn. Li bet 7,000 and Naoya called. The river was the {3-Clubs} and Li set Kihara in for his remaining chips. The PokerStars Team Online player tanked for a while before calling off with ace-king. It was no good though as Li opened {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a flopped two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yuguang Li
Yuguang Li
110,000
64,800
64,800
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
Busted

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Lin and Troyanovskiy Depart

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Chen An Lin
Chen An Lin

Team PokerStars Pro Chen An Lin and Vladimir Troyanovskiy have been eliminated this level.

Lin was down to around 4,000 when he made his move with ace-seven. Robert Harrison told PokerNews that he gave him custom with a dominating ace-eight and held.

Troyanovskiy was seen talking to a friend on the rail rather than in his seat. He said that he ran queens into aces and that was all she wrote.

Player Chips Progress
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Chen An Lin
Busted
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted

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Zhengye Yao Leads ACOP after Day 1A; Seidel Not Far Behind

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Zhengye Yao
Zhengye Yao

Andy Andrejevic has had three six-figure scores in the last couple of months and he has brought that good form to Asia as, after seven levels of play, he nearly ended Day 1a of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 HK$100,000 ACOP Main Event as the chip leader on 136,200. However, he was pipped for the lead by Zhengye Yao, who on the very last hand of the night after he busted Jonathan Karamalikis.

Apparently, Karamalikis got his chips in on the turn with pocket queens versus Yao and his pocket tens. A magic ten appeared on the river though to make him a set to see him snatch the lead and send the Australian poker star to the rail in nasty fashion. Yao, whose iggest career achievement was a third-place finish in a side event at the Macau Poker Cup earlier this year worth HK$419,000 (~US$54,000), ended the day on 136,500 to lead by just 300 chips.

The early omens were good for Andrejevic after he busted defending champion Gabriel Le Jessoc. He flopped a straight versus Le Jessoc who got his chips with top pair and a flush draw only to brick the turn and river. He also knocked out another player around that time when he flopped a set and he also took a healthy pot off Ronald Yu late on after hitting another set.

Other players taking big stacks through to Day 2 include: Erik Seidel (130,400), Patrick Mahoney (79,900), Tony Yat Wai Cheng (100,300), Li Yuguang (115,200), Andrew Hinrichsen (86,000) and Ryan Yum (105,100). The full list can be seen below.

Players who hit the rail along with Karamalikis include PokerStars' Naoya Kihara and Chen An Lin; Mustapha Kanit, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Fedor Holz, Tore Lukashaugen and Stephen Chidwick.

Kihara would hand his chips to former Macau Poker Cup winner Yuguang Li after Kihara's ace-king for top pair, top kicker was unable to better Li's flopped two pair.

A total of 63 players made it through from the 110 starters and they'll be back at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for Day 2. Tomorrow is all about Day 1b and cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time for another seven levels of play. The field will be a lot bigger and packed full of stars so be sure to join the PokerNews reporting team back here then.

While you wait, check out this video with a tour on all things Cotai:

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