Sergey Lebedev just doubled up against Thomas Ward.
Ward and Lebedev were heads up to the flop of and both players checked.
The turn was the and Ward checked again. Lebedev bet 40,000. Ward called.
The river was the and Ward checked once again. Lebedev shoved the rest of his 269,000 in and put Ward in the tank. Ward set aside calling chips, but didn't put them in straight away, instead he waited for about two minutes. Finally, he did call and Lebedev turned over [jht] for trip tens and the double up.
The HK$500,000 (US$64,516) three-day Super High Roller Event got underway this evening in the City of Dreams, Macua and it's attracted a star-studded field.
So far, 29 (21 of which have taken their seats) players have registered but that number is sure to grow as registration is open until the end of level 8, which is the first level of Day 2. Players can re-buy/re-enter up to two times so the prizepool could end up being considerable.
Steve O'Dwyer is the reigning champion and he'll be taking his seat later after busting from the Main Event a short while ago. Christoph Vogelsang and Mikhail Shalamov are in the same boat and when they take their seats they'll be joining the likes of Fedor Holz, Isaac Haxton, Pratyush Buddiga, David Peters, Jason Mo, John Juanda, Mustpha Kanit, Stephen Chidwick, Ivan Luca and live satellite winner, Andy Andrejevic.
PokerNews will bring you occasion updates from the event and full coverage from the final table on Sunday.
Hsien Kui Yang might be the most patient player remaining in the tournament. He nursed a short stack for much of the early part of the day, before doubling then tripling up.
He got down to shoving range again, this time against Connor Drinan. Drinan had and Yang had . The board paired Yang's jack and he doubled up.
Russell Thomas is eliminated in 12th place. He got his remaining chips in against Nan Tu. Tu needed some help with against the of Thomas.
The board ran out and Tu won the hand with a full house. Thomas will take home just over $400,000 HKD. Three players were eliminated in quick succession over the last few hands and there are 11 remaining.
The day will end with six players and the final six will come back tomorrow for the final table.
Paul Tedeschi has been eliminated in 13th Place. He got his remaining chips in against Qi Luo. Luo had and Tedeschi had . The board ran out and that spelled the end of Tedeschi's ACOP Main Event run.
Thomas Ward overtook Connor Drinan as the current chip leader after getting paid off with a full house on the river.
Russell Thomas raised on the button to 30,000. Thomas Ward called reraised to 80,000 from the small blind. Zhou Zhou folded in the big blind and Thomas called after about 20 seconds of deliberation.
The flop came and Ward led out for 116,000. Thomas didn't take long to follow and called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river paired the board with a and Ward bet 167,000.
Thomas called fairly quickly and Ward turned over for a full house and took down the pot. With that pot he also took the chip lead from Connor Drinan.
and both players checked.
and Ward checked again. Lebedev bet 40,000. Ward called.
and Ward checked once again. Lebedev shoved the rest of his 269,000 in and put Ward in the tank. Ward set aside calling chips, but didn't put them in straight away, instead he waited for about two minutes. Finally, he did call and Lebedev turned over [jht] for trip tens and the double up.
. The board paired Yang's jack and he doubled up.
against the 
of Thomas.
and Tu won the hand with a full house. Thomas will take home just over $400,000 HKD. Three players were eliminated in quick succession over the last few hands and there are 11 remaining.
and that spelled the end of Tedeschi's ACOP Main Event run.
to hand the pot and scalp to Wei. Like Steve O'Dwyer, Vogelsang will take a break before jumping in the Super High Roller.
board didn't give him any bother.
and Ward bet 167,000.