2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Last PokerStars Pro Mikhail Shalamov Eliminated in 18th Place (HKD$289,000)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Mikhail Shalamov - 18th
Mikhail Shalamov - 18th

The last of the PokerStars Pros has been eliminated.

Mikhail Shalamov lost a race with the now chip leader Russell Thomas. Shalamov raised from middle position to 22,000 preflop.

"How much are you playing?" Thomas asked from the small blind.

"About two-ninety to start," Shalamov said.

Thomas raised, making it 65,000 to go. Shalamov grabbed a stack of 5,000 chips and looked over his remaining stack.

"All in," he said.

Thomas redefined "snap call" and turned over {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}. Shalamov showed {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}.

When the flop of {10-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} hit, Thomas wasn't terribly happy about it.

"Painful," he said laughingly and covered his face with part of his sweater.

The {6-Diamonds} on the turn and the {j-Clubs} on the river took the pain away for Thomas and eliminated Shalamov. Thomas has made a big run, up from having 10 big blinds about two hours ago.

Player Chips Progress
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Russell Thomas
820,000
350,000
350,000
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Mikhail Shalamov
Busted

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Vogelsang Doubles

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang needed a double and he got just that.

He was in the small blind and three-bet all in for 148,000 after KC Wong had opened to 21,000 from the cutoff. Call.

Vogelsang: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Wong: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran {6-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{4-Spades} to see the German high roller's pair hold strong.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoph Vogelsang
314,000
174,000
174,000
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Ka Cheong Wong
298,000
-42,000
-42,000

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Winin' and Drinan

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Seven-figure stack for Drinan
Seven-figure stack for Drinan

Connor Drinan's drink of choice throughout most of the ACOP Main Event has been red wine. On this hand, Drinan took a massive pot off Wat Yai Cheng after he bet-raised all in on the river.

The action folded to Drinan in the cutoff and he raised to 25,000. Cheng called from the small blind, as did Matthew Wakeman from the big blind.

The flop came {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and Cheng and Wakeman checked to Drinan who bet 35,000. Cheng called and Wakeman folded leaving Drinan and Cheng heads up.

The turn was the {j-Clubs} and Cheng checked again. Drinan bet 55,000 and Cheng went into the tank. With his hand over his cards and his arm in front of his stack, Cheng was almost statuesque. He eventually did move and it was to check-raise to the tune of 185,000. Now it was Drinan's turn to tank. After counting out his remaining chips and then putting them back, he counted out a call and threw it into the pot.

The river paired the board with the {j-Hearts} and the statue of Cheng was at it again. This time his only movement was the shuffling of his chips. He quickly counted out 100,000 chips and bet it. Drinan didn't waste much time before shoving all in and Cheng called.

Cheng let out a sigh when he saw Drinan's {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} for a full house. The dealer turned over Cheng's hand after the muck and showed {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for a turned straight. Drinan broke the one-million chip mark and took the chip lead back. Cheng was left with scraps.

Player Chips Progress
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Connor Drinan
1,060,000
505,000
505,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Yat Wai Cheng
42,000
-466,000
-466,000

Tags: Connor DrinanYat Wai Cheng

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Yat Wai Cheng Eliminated in 17th Place (HK$289,000)

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante
Yat Wai Cheng - 17th
Yat Wai Cheng - 17th

There would be no comeback for Yat Wai Cheng.

He moved all in for 36,000 and the action folded around to Patrick Mahoney in the big blind. Before he even looked at his hand, Cheng told hm he had to call. Mahoney agreed.

Cheng: {6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Mahoney: {j-Spades}{2-Clubs}

The board ran {q-Hearts}{7-Spades}{k-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} to make the American one pair.

Before Cheng headed off, Connor Drinan took the time to tell him how well he played the huge hand before.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrick Mahoney
840,000
90,000
90,000
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Yat Wai Cheng
Busted

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Updated Counts

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
850,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Nan Tu
Nan Tu
800,000
320,000
320,000
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Russell Thomas
800,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Qi Luo cn
Qi Luo
450,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Zhou Zhou cn
Zhou Zhou
450,000
-285,000
-285,000
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Sergey Lebedev
450,000
-70,000
-70,000
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Christoph Vogelsang
400,000
86,000
86,000
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Paul Tedeschi
360,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Matthew Wakeman
330,000
-285,000
-285,000
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Hsien Yuan Yang
270,000
-130,000
-130,000
Profile photo of Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
260,000
-60,000
-60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Ka Cheong Wong
209,000
-89,000
-89,000
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Guoliang Wei
125,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Steve O'Dwyer
120,000
-23,000
-23,000
EPT 1X Winner

Matthew Wakeman Eliminated in 16th Place (HKD$289,000)

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante
Matthew Wakeman - 16th
Matthew Wakeman - 16th

Connor Drinan continued to build his stack when he eliminated Matthew Wakeman.

Drinan opened for 30,000 preflop and Wakeman shoved all in for 336,000. Drinan called. Drinan had {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and Wakeman had {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. The board ran out {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Wakeman was eliminated in 16th place.

Drinan extended his chip lead and is now over 1.3-million.

Player Chips Progress
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Connor Drinan
1,310,000
330,000
330,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matthew Wakeman
Busted

Steve O'Dwyer Eliminated in 15th Place (HK$350,000)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dywer - 15th
Steve O'Dywer - 15th

Steve O'Dwyer had been nursing a short stack all day and found a spot to get his stack in. He wasn't best pleased about his play after busting but at least he laddered up a pay jump.

The action folded to him in the hijack and he moved his last 85,000 into the middle. Nan Tu looked at his hand in the big blind and made the call.

O'Dwyer: {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Tu: {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran {10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

O'Dwyer said he was going to take a break and then hop in the Super High Roller event that's just about to kick off.

Player Chips Progress
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Nan Tu
845,000
45,000
45,000
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Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

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