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

Luo Blow

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante

Paul Tedeschi raised to 25,000 and Qi Luo called, as did Xixiang Luo. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Tedeschi and Luo checked to Xixiang Luo. He bet 38,000.

Tedeschi folded and Qi Luo took a moment. He was a little frustrated and folded {a-}{q-} face up. Xixiang cheered and slapped {10-Spades}{7-Spades} face up next to the flop for a gut-shot straight draw.

Player Chips Progress
Qi Luo cn
Qi Luo
425,000
-25,000
-25,000
Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
335,000
-25,000
-25,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
310,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Qi LuoXixiang LuoPaul Tedeschi

Level: 22

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 2,000

Mahoney Makes Great Call Versus Drinan

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Connor Drinan nodded his head is approval after Patrick Mahoney made a river call against him with bottom pair.

Mahoney had raised his button and bet a {2-Spades}{k-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop. Drinan called both times from the big blind before they each checked the {q-Hearts} turn. The river was the {5-Hearts} and Drinan led for 85,000. Mahoney took several minutes to call with {j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, beating Drinan's busted flush draw with {7-Spades}{4-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,190,000
-120,000
-120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Patrick Mahoney us
Patrick Mahoney
870,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Connor DrinanPatrick Mahoney

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
Nan Tu
Nan Tu
845,000
45,000
45,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Nan TuSteve O'Dwyer

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
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,310,000
330,000
330,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
Busted

Updated Counts

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

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
Patrick Mahoney us
Patrick Mahoney
840,000
90,000
90,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
Busted

Tags: Patrick MahoneyYat Wai Cheng

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000