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

Xixiang Luo Doubles Through Drinan

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Xixiang Luo
Xixiang Luo

Xixiang Luo has made a big move, to the chip lead, after doubling through Connor Drinan.

Drinan opened to 50,000 from mid position before Luo moved all in for 540,000 from the small blind. Drinan asked for a count but then said, "F*%k it, I'm not folding this."

Drinan: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Luo: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

"Easy hold!" said Drinan before the flop fanned {3-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} to pair up Luo.

Luo started to celebrate and Drinan warned him not to celebrate too early. He soon went quiet when the {10-Diamonds} opened up a flush draw for Drinan but it failed to materialise on the river and Luo went back to celebrating.

Player Chips Progress
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
1,220,000
696,000
696,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,170,000
-563,000
-563,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Connor DrinanXixiang Luo

Two Small Ones for Guoliang Wei

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Guoliang Wei doesn't mind being out of position and in the blinds as he just won while in the small and big blind.

Zhou Zhou raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Wei called from the big blind. The flop fell {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and Wei check-called 35,000 before he led for 50,000 on the {2-Clubs} turn. Zhou folded.

The next hand, Wei completed from the small blind and Thomas Ward checked his option. The flop came {9-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Wei check-called 35,000. Both players checked the {3-Clubs} turn before Ward folded to a 35,000 bet on the {5-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
680,000
-176,000
-176,000
Zhou Zhou cn
Zhou Zhou
675,000
60,000
60,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
620,000
139,000
139,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Guoliang WeiThomas WardZhou Zhou

Ward Wins the Pot and $100

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Xixiang Luo raised to 50,000 preflop and Thomas Ward called. The flop came {9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Luo bet 65,000. Ward raised to 190,000 and Luo folded.

"I'll give you fifty euros if you show a card that isn't a nine of a ten," said Connor Drinan as Ward was stacking the pot.

Ward turned over the {3-Spades} and Drinan tossed him $100, to go with the pot he had just won.

Tags: Thomas WardXixiang Luo

Tu Gets More, This Time From Ward

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Thomas Ward opened to 45,000 and Nan Tu was the lone caller. The flop came {a-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Spades} and Ward bet 55,000, Tu called. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and both players checked. The river was the {a-Hearts} and Ward checked again to Tu. This time Tu bet 95,000 and Ward reluctantly called after about a minute.

Tu turned over {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Ward mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Nan Tu
Nan Tu
920,000
164,000
164,000
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
748,000
68,000
68,000

Tags: Nan TuThomas Ward

Qi Luo Snap Calls With Boat

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Qi Luo
Qi Luo

Qi Luo now (unofficially) holds the record for the quickest call all in in the history of poker.

He opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Xixiang Luo called in the next seat before Sergey Lebedev squeezed to 150,000 off the button. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs} and the action checked to Lebedev who continued for 150,000. Qi Luo was the only caller to the {4-Clubs} turn where he checked again.

Lebedev took a moment before announcing that he was all in. Luo was waiting like a coiled spring to hear those words and snap called and slammed {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} down on the table for top full house. Lebedev opened {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} and the {q-Diamonds} river failed to come to his rescue.

Player Chips Progress
Qi Luo cn
Qi Luo
1,375,000
672,000
672,000
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
570,000
-627,000
-627,000

Tags: Qi LuoSergey LebedevXixiang Luo

Ward Shoves On Luo Again

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Thomas Ward
Thomas Ward

Xixiang Luo rasied to 50,000 and Thomas Ward was the lone caller from the big blind. The flop came {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Ward checked. Luo bet 60,000 and Ward raised all in for 625,000.

This is the second time Ward has shoved the flop on Luo. This time Luo looked visibly frustrated, almost in pain. He took off his glasses and assumed a prayer-like pose, not unlike the standard pose of Phil Hellmuth. Eventually, Luo flicked his cards away and folded, giving Ward the pot.

This time Connor Drinan was convinced Ward had a flush draw, but didn't offer any money to be proven wrong.

Player Chips Progress
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
1,050,000
-170,000
-170,000
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
740,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Thomas WardXixiang Luo

Break time

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The final nine players are on a 10-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,447,000
277,000
277,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Qi Luo cn
Qi Luo
1,358,000
-17,000
-17,000
Nan Tu
Nan Tu
1,059,000
139,000
139,000
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
806,000
66,000
66,000
Hsien Yuan Yang tw
Hsien Yuan Yang
777,000
-244,000
-244,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
737,000
-313,000
-313,000
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
578,000
8,000
8,000
Zhou Zhou cn
Zhou Zhou
544,000
-131,000
-131,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

The Wei Post Flop Maneuver

Level 25 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Guoliang Wei has shown a great talent for maneuvering aggressors off hands post flop this final table.

Zhou Zhou opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Wei called to a {k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts} flop where he called another 50,000. The turn was the {q-Spades} and Zhou check-folded to a 75,000 bet.

Player Chips Progress
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
740,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Zhou Zhou cn
Zhou Zhou
420,000
-124,000
-124,000

Tags: Guoliang Wei

Zhou Zhou Doubles Up Through Wei

Level 25 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Zhou Zhou, raised to 50,000 preflop and the action folded to Guoliang Wei. Wei asked to see Zhou's remaining chips and saw he had close to 500,000 behind. Wei reraised to 131,000 and it didn't take Zhou too long to shove all in. Wei called.

Zhou had {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} and Wei had {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}. The board ran out {2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, giving Zhou the double up and leaving Wei with only a little more than 2 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Zhou Zhou cn
Zhou Zhou
1,200,000
780,000
780,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
56,000
-684,000
-684,000
WSOP 1X Winner