2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Ronaldo Lets One go

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Ronaldo
Ronaldo

PokerStars Team SportStar Ronaldo was forced to fold to a river shove from Zhao Ziyang but is still doing well of 44,000.

The Brazlian limped in from under the gun and picked up four players en route to s {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop. He bet 1,300 and Ziyang was the only caller to the {7-Diamonds} turn where he check-called another 2,600. The board completed with the {6-Spades} and Ziyang snap shoved for 14,575. Ronaldo got a count but then admitted defeat with a fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Ronaldo
44,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: RonaldoZhao Ziyang

Sammartino Doubles Through O'Dwyer

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

Dario Sammartino is having a much better level 5 than he had in level 4. The room is very cold today and the Italian was just wearing a white t-shirt (as pictured). Then he disappeared and came back wearing a top with a Superman logo on the front, most probably bought form the Super Hero store located in the City of Dreams. Coincidence? I don't think so.

He opened with pocket sevens and the four-bet shoved after Steve O'Dwyer three-bet him. O'Dwyer called with ace-king and flopped a king, but a seven appeared on the turn to lock a double for Sammartino.

Player Chips Progress
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Dario Sammartino
24,000
8,500
8,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steve O'Dwyer
21,500
-6,500
-6,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dario SammartinoSteve O'Dwyer

Wakey-Wakey Bryn, Time for Poker

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The number of entrants for Day 1B has risen to 145, for a tournament total of 255. Registration will stay open until the end of Level 8, which is 90 minutes into Day 2 tomorrow.

The latest player to buy in is Bryn Kenney. The American looked a little sleepy and he told PokerNews that, due to jet-lag, he only woke up at 6pm today. Not to worry as the ACOP Main Event structure is so good, he will sit down to a 75 big blind stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryn Kenney
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryn Kenney

Luca and Lim Tangle

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Aaron Lim raised to 900 and Ivan Luca reraised to 2,500 preflop. Lim called and the two players were heads up to the {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop. Lim checked and Luca bet 3,400. Lim called. Lim check-called the turn {4-Diamonds} as well for 7,100. The river was the {3-Clubs} and Lim checked for a third time. Luca wasted no time before going all in for his remaining 14,100 chips. Lim tanked for somewhere around two minutes before calling. Luca turned over {a-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for two pair. Lim mucked his hand, but because he had called Luca's all in bet, the dealer had to turn over his hand and showed {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Ivan Luca
41,000
12,500
12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
8,800
-28,200
-28,200
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ivan LucaAaron Lim

Chips Ahoy!

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
47,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vivian Im kr
Vivian Im
45,150
25,550
25,550
Profile photo of Terrance Chan
Terrance Chan
43,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Kosei Ichinose jp
Kosei Ichinose
43,000
13,800
13,800
Profile photo of Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Shalamov ru
Mikhail Shalamov
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
41,000
-39,000
-39,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
41,000
8,400
8,400
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
37,000
8,800
8,800
Profile photo of Stevan Chew au
Stevan Chew
36,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
36,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
33,000
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
29,975
-8,025
-8,025
Profile photo of Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
29,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
26,000
-2,300
-2,300
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
19,550
-11,150
-11,150
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
18,600
18,600
18,600
Profile photo of Yaxi Zhu
Yaxi Zhu
16,600
-11,100
-11,100
Profile photo of Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
16,575
-8,925
-8,925
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
16,300
-500
-500
Profile photo of Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
12,000
-18,000
-18,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
7,100
-12,125
-12,125

Updated Counts and Some Recent Eliminations

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ronaldo br
Ronaldo
51,200
7,200
7,200
Profile photo of Soonil Kweon
Soonil Kweon
43,525
-9,475
-9,475
Profile photo of Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
35,775
8,175
8,175
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ka Cheong Wong
Ka Cheong Wong
32,600
11,100
11,100
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
31,200
7,200
7,200
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sparrow Cheung
28,575
375
375
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
22,200
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
17,725
-3,775
-3,775
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
Busted
Profile photo of Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Kenney Gets Rivered

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

When two players in the blinds have pocket tens and ace-king, you'd expect a lot of preflop raising but Bryn Kenney and his opponent showed level heads just now.

Kenney raised to 1,100 and his opponent called to see a {6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop where the American continued for 1,200. The big blind raised to 3,100 and Kenney called to {4-Diamonds} turn where both players checked. The river was the {k-Diamonds} and Kenney led for 1,200 and opened {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} when called. His opponent had got there though with {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryn Kenney
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryn Kenney

Haxton Catches Small Bluff

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

The action folded to the player in the small blind who min-raised to 1,000. Isaac Haxton called from the big blind.

The flop came {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}{8-Spades} and the raiser c-bet the flop for 1,200, Haxton called. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river was the {q-Diamonds} and the raiser bet 2,300.

Haxton called and the raiser reluctantly showed {j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Haxton showed {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and won the pot with trip queens.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Haxton
37,500
500
500

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50