Main Event Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

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Day 2 Completed

11-11-2015 22:36 UTC+8

Yuguang Li Chases 2nd APPT Title of 2015; Leads after Day 2 ACOP Main Event

MarcC

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Day 2 of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 ACOP Main Event came and went over five 90-minute levels today. A total of 157 players returned, a few late registering players joined them, and by 10 p.m. local time just 65 remained.

The end of this poker festival also sees the end of the race to become the 2015 Asia Player of the Year, and as it happens, some of those vying for the title are also in the mix at the top of the counts in the Main Event. Yuguang Li has a chance of winning that coveted title, especially considering he ended the day as the clear chip leader with 440,300. The Chinese player loves Macau and won an APPT title here back in March which he followed up 24 hours later by winning the High Roller Event. Going on to win would cap a remarkable year for him.

No other player has over 300,000. Those with more than 200,000 are Zhou Zhou (294,400), "Tony" Yat Wai Chen (288,500), Zhengye Yao (266,300), Bill Argyros (261,300), Ningdan Shi (254,000), Michael Addamo (227,200), Shunu Zang (207,100) and Peiran Liu (201,000).

The final number for the tournament ended up at 260, which created a total prize pool of $24,206,000 HKD.

The winner will take home $5.85-million HKD ($759,232 USD approx) and a min-cash will be worth $193,000 HKD ($24,899 USD approx). Here’s a full break down of the payouts:

Place	Prize in HKD	Prize in USD (approx)
1st	$5,885,000.00	$759,232
2nd	$3,736,000.00	$481,987
3rd	$2,411,000.00	$311,047
4th	$1,928,000.00	$248,734
5th	$1,519,000.00	$195,968
6th	$1,205,000.00	$155,459
7th	$964,000.00	$124,367
8th	$783,000.00	$101,016
9th	$603,000.00	$77,794
10th	$482,000.00	$62,184
11th-12th	$410,000.00	$52,895
13th-15th	$350,000.00	$45,154
16th-18th	$289,000.00	$37,284
19th-21st	$241,000.00	$31,092
22nd-24th	$217,000.00	$27,995
25th-27th	$193,000.00	$24,899

Those representing the red spade of PokerStars enjoyed great day ones but the Day 2 story was more mixed. Isaac Haxton (77,700), Mikhail Shalamov (161,400) and Bryan Huang (54,300) were the only three to make it through after battling days on the baize.

Whereas, Aditya Agarwal, Yaxi Zhu, Vivian Im and Kosei Ichinose failed to make it through and were joined on the side lines by notables such as Joe Hachem (queens cracked); Xuan Liu (ace-king into aces); Terrence Chan (straight versus flush); John Juanda (bluffed off his stack), and Daniel Neilson.

The good thing about busting today though is that the official player party is happening tonight with the ACOP Beer Pong championship taking centre stage. So there’s plenty of chances for them to drown their sorrows (not in the pool) and they don’t have to worry about getting up for Day 3 tomorrow.

Speaking of, Day 3 starts at 2 p.m. and six 90-minute levels are scheduled. Making the final 27 and the money will be the remaining players’ priority, so make sure you join the PokerNews reporting team for what promises to be an exciting day at the tables.

While you wait, check out this video of the ACOP Players' Party:

Tags: Yuguang Li

11-11-2015 22:35 UTC+8

Day 3 Table Draw and Chip Counts

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Last Name	First Name	Table	Seat #	Country	Player Status	Chip Count
Tsai	Tse Jui	14	1	Chinese Taipei		153,500
Luo	Qi	14	2	China		57,500
Haxton	Isaac	14	3	USA	Team PokerStars Online	77,200
Tureniec	Michael	14	4	Sweden		94,200
Gu	Huidong	14	5	Macau	PokerStars LIVE Qualifier	113,500
Dours	Romain	14	7	France	PokerStars Qualifier	73,300
Suzuki	Takuya	14	8	Japan	PokerStars LIVE Qualifier	31,400
Tu	Nan	14	9	China		103,500
Seidel	Erik	15	1	USA		96,800
Thomas	Russell	15	2	USA	PokerStars Player	109,200
Zhou	Stephen	15	3	China		71,400
Li	Longjie	15	4	China		103,900
Bao	Wenyao	15	6	China		76,900
Li	Chao	15	7	China		84,200
Wong	Wah Cheong	15	8	Hong Kong		89,100
Zhang	Wei	15	9	China		23,000
Argyros	Billy	17	1	Australia	PokerStars Player	261,300
Gaw	Andrew	17	2	Philippines		110,300
Liu	Peiran	17	3	China		201,000
Heng	Qiao	17	5	China	PokerStars LIVE Qualifier	121,800
Tanaka	Shinobu	17	6	Japan		126,500
Ward	Thomas	17	7	New Zealand		105,400
Buchanan	Shawn	17	8	Canada	PokerStars Player	48,400
Lebedev	Sergey	17	9	Russia	PokerStars Player	130,600
Drinan	Connor	18	1	Mexico	PokerStars Player	112,200
Cheng	Tony Yat Wai	18	2	Hong Kong	APPT Macau Champion	288,500
Kuzmin	Alexander	18	3	Russia	PokerStars Player	173,100
Shi	Ningdan	18	4	China		254,000
Brion	Adrian	18	5	Philippines		61,000
Liu	Jiaxiu	18	6	China		113,000
Andrejevic	Andy	18	7	USA		159,600
Badziakouski	Mikita	18	8	Belarus	PokerStars Player	42,100
Yum	Ryan	19	2	Hong Kong		111,200
Zhang	Yang	19	3	China		37,200
Luo	Xixiang	19	4	China		107,400
Li	Yuguang	19	5	China	MPC 22 Champion	440,300
Westmorland	Jordan	19	6	USA	PokerStars Player	69,000
Huang	Bryan	19	7	Singapore	Team PokerStars Pro	54,300
Zhou	Zhou	19	8	China	PokerStars Player	294,400
McCarty	James	19	9	USA		46,800
O'Dwyer	Steve	20	1	Ireland	PokerStars Qualifier	47,600
Zang	Shunu	20	2	China		207,100
Yang	Hsien Kui	20	4	Chinese Taipei		103,900
Vogelsang	Christoph	20	5	Germany		127,100
Hon	Victor	20	6	Australia		77,900
Mahoney	Patrick	20	7	USA	PokerStars Qualifier	185,300
Chan	Wai Leong	20	8	Malaysia		182,400
Yao	Zhengye	20	9	China		266,300
Luca	Ivan	21	1	Argentina	PokerStars Player	64,900
Alner	Tom	21	2	UK		119,800
Ojiri	Yasuhiro	21	3	Japan		64,300
Ko	Yuki	21	4	Korea	PokerStars Qualifier	70,900
Wei	Guoliang	21	5	China		87,200
Shalamov	Mikhail	21	6	Russia	Team PokerStars Online	161,400
Cheung	Sparrow	21	7	Hong Kong	PokerStars Player	63,200
Demicki	Daniel	21	8	Poland	PokerStars Player	97,300
Wang	David	21	9	Australia		55,900
Chan	Andy	22	1	Hong Kong		178,100
Wakeman	Matthew	22	2	Australia	PokerStars Player	48,600
Chan	Wai Wa	22	3	Hong Kong		67,700
Addamo	Michael	22	4	Australia	PokerStars Qualifier	227,200
Wu	Raymond	22	5	Chinese Taipei		113,200
Wang	Chen	22	6	China		135,100
Allain	Adrien	22	7	France		60,800
Tedeschi	Paul	22	8	France		106,500

11-11-2015 22:30 UTC+8

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuguang Li	440,300	1,300
Zhou Zhou	294,400	253,700
Yat Wai Cheng	288,500	4,500
Zhengye Yao	266,300	129,800
Billy Argyros	261,300	76,300
Ningdan Shi	254,000	123,000
Michael Addamo	227,200
Shunu Zang	207,100	105,500
Peiran Liu	201,000	137,000
Patrick Mahoney	185,300	67,300
Wai Leong Chan	182,400	114,100
Andy Chan	178,100	138,400
Alexander Kuzmin	173,100	-6,900
Mikhail Shalamov	161,400	-22,600
Andy Andrejevic	159,600	-15,400
Tse Jui Tsai	153,500	23,900
Chen Wang	135,100	59,300
Sergey Lebedev	130,600	39,900
Christoph Vogelsang	127,100	67,100
Shinobu Tanaka	126,500	-700
Qiao Heng	121,800	65,600
Tom Alner	119,800	119,800
Huidong Gu	113,500	50,400
Raymond Wu	113,200	-16,800
Jiaxiu Liu	113,000	59,600

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11-11-2015 22:17 UTC+8

Day 2 is Done

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Players are bagging up as the final hands are dealt for Day 2 of the ACOP Main Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action, chip counts, and the Day 3 table draws.

11-11-2015 22:15 UTC+8

Carlos Chadha Out on Second to Last Hand

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Carlos Chadha just busted right before the end of the night on the second to last hand. He raised to 3,300 and Michael Addamo reraised to 9,400. Chadha went all in and Addamo called.

Chadha had and Addamo had . Chadha flopped a pair on the board, but the river queen ended his tournament.

"Should have flatted, you would have won it on the flop," said tablemate Russell Thomas.

"True, but now I can enjoy the party," said Chadha as he packed up his things. Chadha was referring to the ACOP Players Party. Day 2 is one of the shorter days of the tournament so the players can all participate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Addamo	227,200	50,200
Carlos Chadha	Busted

Tags: Michael Addamo Carlos Chadha

11-11-2015 21:53 UTC+8

Last Seven Hands

MarcC

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

All the remaining tables will play seven more hands before they bag up for the night and hit the players pool party.

11-11-2015 21:51 UTC+8

Yuguang Li Soaring

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Yuguang Li has broken 400,000 chips and doesn't look to be slowing down.

On this hand, Billy Argyros raised from the hijack and Li called. The flop came and Argyros checked and Li bet 18,500. Argyros went from looking like he was surely going to fold, to probably calling and back to definitely folding. He flashed his cards toward Li and folded. He then spun his finger around in a circle, encouraging Li to show his hand. Li turned over and scooped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuguang Li	439,000	113,000
Billy Argyros	185,000	15,000

Tags: Yuguang Li Billy Argyros

11-11-2015 21:27 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts, Li Jumps Ahead

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuguang Li	326,000	42,000
Yat Wai Cheng	284,000	-38,000
Ka Cheong Wong	106,200	10,000
Erik Seidel	102,000	-51,000
Sparrow Cheung	83,500	38,500
Yasuhiro Ojiri	79,100	-140,900
Matthew Wakeman	70,000	-59,000
Daniel Demicki	63,000	-22,000
Soonil Kweon	Busted

11-11-2015 21:25 UTC+8

What's Up Hon?

MarcC

Level 12 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Bryan Huang hasn't had an easy time of it since joining his current table but at least he's in a better position that his neighbour Stevan Chew. Both were involved in pot with Victor Hon, who made a set to get his own short stack battle going in the right direction.

Hon raised to 5,200 from mid position and Huang and Chew called out of the blinds to see an flop appear. Hon continued for 5,200 and was only called by Huang. The turn was the and Hon had another 12,700 bet called before both players checked the dangerous looking .

Huang opened but lost out to Hon who opened .

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Hon	61,000	30,400
Bryan Huang	47,600	-29,400
Stevan Chew	19,500	-8,500

Tags: Bryan Huang Stevan Chew Victor Hon