Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
24,206,000 HKD
Entries
260
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Drinan Leads the Final 23, Wang Bubbles (full)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Twenty three players survived Day 3 of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT ACOP Main Event, including those who surged, and others who had more of a steady rise. The tournament, which began with 260 entries and created a total prize pool of $24,206,000 HKD, will see the winner take home $5.85-million HKD ($759,232 USD approx), while a min-cash will be worth $193,000 HKD ($24,899 USD approx).
Connor Drinan shot to the lead after a three-way all in put him on top around the midway point of the day. Drinan had 
versus two players, Alexander Kuzmin, who had 
, and Chen Wang, who held 
. Drinan managed to bust both players on the hand to vault over 700,000, and he went on to finish Day 3 as the chip leader with 861,000.
On the other hand, Patrick Mahoney rose slow and steady all day, building his stack up from 185,300 to 820,000. Mahoney is sporting a bright-multicolored hoodie, however, his face is a single color of determination which seems to be giving nothing away to his opponents. Mahoney’s finish was good to end the day in third place.
Thomas Ward sat down today with 105,400. He doubled up early with 
against the 
of Billy Argyros and didn’t look back, peaking at 730,000. That was fairly early in the day and the natural attrition of a poker tournament has taken it’s toll and Ward, who now sits at 195,000.
It looked as though either Drinan or Mahoney would be wrestling over the chip lead, with the other finishing the day in second. However, Yat Wai Cheng made a late surge and snatched the second-place spot from Mahoney with 835,000.
Cheng won the APPT Macau Main Event earlier this year. Cheng is also 19th on the Asia Player of the Year leaderboard. A win in this tournament will put him in the top spot. However, Ka Cheong Wong (169,000), who is currently second in the APOY race and Yuguang Li (249,000), who is fourth, might have something to say about it before the tournament is over.
Team PokerStars Online Pro Mikhail Shalamov is the lone PokerStars Pro in the field, but will have some work to do if he wants to make it to the final six as he ended the day at 100,000.
Erik Seidel, PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Isaac Haxton were among the pros to hit the rail on Day 3, while Andy Chan earned the distinction of being the bubble boy. It happened in Level 18 (3,000/6,000/1,000) Chan shoved for his last 81,000 in the small blind. Sergey Lebedev called. Chan was frustrated after the call and seemed to think he was far behind. He showed 
and Lebedev showed 
. The board ran out 
and that was the end of the line for Chan, who exited in 28th place ensuring the remaining players a minimum payday of $193,000 HKD. ($24,900 USD approx).
Steve O'Dwyer, Russell Thomas, Matthew Wakeman, Raymond Wu, Tom Alner, Thomas Ward, Christoph Vogelsang, Patrick Mahoney, and reigning APPT Macau champion Tony Cheng return for Day 4 action, which will begin at 2 p.m. local time on Friday.
While you wait, check out this video of the ACOP Players' Party:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
861,000 | 41,000 |
|
835,000 | 105,000 |
|
820,000 | 20,000 |
|
515,000 | 175,000 |
|
490,000 | 170,000 |
|
486,000 | 26,000 |
|
443,000 | 78,000 |
|
341,000 | 71,000 |
|
334,000 | -36,000 |
|
|
293,000 | 113,000 |
|
260,000 | -65,000 |
|
258,000 | -2,000 |
|
250,000 | -99,000 |
|
249,000 | -101,000 |
|
228,000 | -62,000 |
|
195,000 | -70,000 |
|
174,000 | -3,000 |
|
169,000 | -3,000 |
|
163,000 | -19,000 |
|
141,000 | -39,000 |
|
126,000 | -37,000 |
|
100,000 | 54,000 |
|
82,000 | -38,000 |
PokerNews Podcast Episode #343: November Nine Recap
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to talk about Joe McKeehen's dominating performance at the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.
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Day 4 Seat Draw
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Last Name | First Name | Table | Seat | Country | Player Status | Chip Count |
| Mahoney | Patrick | 17 | 1 | USA | PokerStars Qualifier | 820,000 |
| Yang | Hsien Kui | 17 | 2 | Chinese Taipei | 82,000 | |
| Li | Yuguang | 17 | 3 | China | MPC 22 Champion | 249,000 |
| Tu | Nan | 17 | 4 | China | 293,000 | |
| Cheng | Tony Yat Wai | 17 | 5 | Hong Kong | APPT Macau Champion | 835,000 |
| Ward | Thomas | 17 | 7 | New Zealand | 195,000 | |
| Hon | Victor | 17 | 8 | Australia | 250,000 | |
| O'Dwyer | Steve | 17 | 9 | Ireland | PokerStars Qualifier | 174,000 |
| Wu | Raymond | 18 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 163,000 | |
| Wakeman | Matthew | 18 | 4 | Australia | PokerStars Player | 126,000 |
| Luo | Xixiang | 18 | 5 | China | 258,000 | |
| Vogelsang | Christoph | 18 | 6 | Germany | 228,000 | |
| Drinan | Connor | 18 | 7 | Mexico | PokerStars Player | 861,000 |
| Zhou | Zhou | 18 | 8 | China | PokerStars Player | 334,000 |
| Zang | Shunu | 18 | 9 | China | 443,000 | |
| Tedeschi | Paul | 19 | 1 | France | 490,000 | |
| Thomas | Russell | 19 | 2 | USA | PokerStars Player | 141,000 |
| Luo | Qi | 19 | 3 | China | 515,000 | |
| Wong | Wah Cheong | 19 | 4 | Hong Kong | 169,000 | |
| Shalamov | Mikhail | 19 | 6 | Russia | Team PokerStars Online | 100,000 |
| Lebedev | Sergey | 19 | 7 | Russia | PokerStars Player | 486,000 |
| Alner | Tom | 19 | 8 | UK | 341,000 | |
| Wei | Guoliang | 19 | 9 | China | 260,000 |
Play Ends for the Day
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Play has come to an end with 23 players remaining. Conor Drinan leads the way on 860,000. Full recap, counts and the Day 4 seat draw will be posted soon.
Last Three Hands of the Night
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Each table will play three more hands apiece before bagging up for the night.
O'Dwyer Gets Caught Bluffing
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer has dropped to 177,000 after "Tony" Yat Wai Cheng caught him bluffing.
O'Dwyer bet 45,000 and 75,000 on the turn and river of a 
board. Cheng was under the gun and check-called both bets holding 
, easily good enough to beat O'Dwyer's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
730,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
177,000 | -113,000 |
Mahoney Six-Bets for Fun
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Patrick Mahoney is getting close to overtaking Connor Drinan as the chip leader after he successfully six-bet his neighbour Xixiang Luo off a hand to rise to around 800,000.
Mahoney opened from mid position and then four-bet to 62,000 after Luo three-bet to 37,000 from the hijack. Luo came back with a five-bet to 108,000 but tank folded to Mahoney's shove to leave himself with 260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000 | 362,000 |
|
|
260,000 | -32,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Here are some updated chip counts Day 3 draws to a close. There are 23 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
820,000 | 125,000 |
|
|
580,000 | -235,000 |
|
|
365,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
290,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
290,000 | 108,000 |
|
|
270,000 | -93,000 |
|
|
172,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -4,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Allain Busts to ais Thomas Comeback
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Russell Thomas is on the post-bubble comeback trail. He's up to around 180,000 after eliminating Adrien Allain.
Thomas raised to 13,000 from the button and then called after the Frenchman shipped his 75,000 in from the big blind.
Allin: 
Thomas:
The board ran 
to make the American trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 88,000 |
|
Busted |