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

Lim Loses the Rest

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Aaron Lim
Aaron Lim

Aaron Lim can't win them all.

He opened to 1,000 from mid position and was called by Ivan Luca in the next seat before Dong Zhao squeezed to 3,000 in the big blind. Lim doubled checked his holding, stacked up his 9,300 chips into one small tower, and slid them across the line. Luca folded but Zhao made a quick call.

Zhao: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Lim: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran {9-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. Lim was already leaving, without saying a word, before the river came down.

Player Chips Progress
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Aaron Lim
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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K.C. Wong Now 2nd in APOY Rankings

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Ka Cheong Wong
Ka Cheong Wong

The Asia Player of the Year rankings have been updated, and as of now K.C. Wong is in second place. Before the rankings were updated, Wong was at the top of the leaderboard.

Wong is still alive in the Main Event and the player who is currently above him, Alan King Lun Lau already busted on Day 1a, so before the tournament is over Wong could reclaim the #1 spot. However, the #4 player on the list, Yuguang Li, finished Day 1a with a healthy 115,000 stack and might have something to say before it's over.

The APOY race will end when the ACOP ends on Sunday, with two events left after the Main Event for players to earn points.

River Tanking

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Tom Alner and Bryn Kenney both have around 36,000 and both got there after their last hand played involved a bit of river tanking.

Alner and APPT Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropoulos made it to the river where a board read {3-Spades}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{a-Spades}{q-Hearts}. Stavropoulos moved all in for 8,700 and Alner went into a painful looking tank. He eventually called with {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} which was no good agains the Australian's {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

Kenney meanwhile bet 1,350, 2,150 and 3,650 on each street of a {9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts} board and his opponent check-called to the river where he thought for several minutes. Eventually he folded and Kenney raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryn Kenney
36,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Tom Alner
36,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Manny Stavropoulos
33,000

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Zhu Trying to Hold On

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Much like fellow PokerStars Pro Celina Lin, Yaxi Zhu hasn't been able to get much going today. She was sitting at about half of the starting stack before she picked up a small pot.

Zhu raised under the gun to 1,100 and the action folded to the player on her immediate right, who was in the big blind. He called. The flop came {2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and her opponent led for 1,400, Zhu called.

Both players checked the turn, {9-Diamonds}, and the river, {k-Clubs} and turned over their hands. Zhu won the pot with {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks. Her opponent held {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Yaxi Zhu
22,400
5,800
5,800

Vogelsang Still Has a Song to Sing, For Now

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Christoph Vogelsang just doubled up after he shoved all in with his last 2,700. He got one caller. His opponent had {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and he held {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Vogelsang doubled up to stay alive. He is still sitting with only 12 big blinds and their is only seven minutes left in the current level.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoph Vogelsang
6,000
-10,300
-10,300

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75