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PokerStars Team Online Pro Mikhail Shalamov
Today is Day 4 of the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. Twenty seven players made the money, but the 23 remaining players are now focused on something bigger; a title.
Mikhail Shalamov, is the last surviving member of the PokerStars Pro team and will have to make some early moves starting the day with only 100,000.
Connor Drinan (861,000) leads the field coming into the day. This event is Drinan’s 20th cash of the calendar year. He’s had multiple top 10 finishes, with his biggest score coming in the Super High-Roller Bowl in July. Drinan finished 3rd for a little more than $3.2-million.
Three players in the top 20 of the Asia Player of the Year rankings remain in the field as well. Yat Wai Cheng (835,000) won the last APPT Macau Main Event and is 19th in the rankings. He got started on Day 1a when he got his kings in against the queens of Stephen Chidwick and took a large chunk of Chidwick’s stack.
Ka Cheong Wong (169,000), will almost certainly overtake the number 1 spot on the APOY leaderboard in whatever spot he finishes. He is currently second and only 20 points off the lead. He has been spending a majority of the tournament in the middle of the pack, but made moves when he had to and is still alive and looking to stay ahead of the pack in the APOY ranks.
Yuguang Li (249,000), who finished as the Day 2 chip leader, is 4th in the APOY ranks. It certainly looks like it’s going to be an interesting race with the last point-eligible event, the ACOP Super High-Roller beginning today. Pokernews will be bringing you some updates on the Super High-Roller throughout the day and full coverage for the final table Sunday.
The ACOP Main Event will continue today until there are only six players left. The remaining six will come back tomorrow for the final table and a shot at the 2015 ACOP Main Event title. Stay tuned to Pokernews.com for complete Main Event coverage.
Nan Tu has added a quick 50,000 to his stack after only a few hands.
Yuguang Li is seated to Tu's right and the action folded to him. He limped the small blind and Tu raised to 30,000. Li took a moment before shoving all in and Tu folded.
On the next hand, the action folded to Li again, this time on the button. He raised to 16,000 and Tu reraised from the small blind to 46,000. Yat Wai Cheng folded in the big blind and the action was on Li again. This time Li decided to fold.
The dealer dealt the next hand, and this time the action folded to Tu. Tu raised to 18,000 on the button. Cheng and Thomas Ward called from the blinds. All three players checked the flop. The turn was the and Cheng checked. Ward bet 21,000 and Tu called. Cheng folded and left Tu and Ward heads up to the river.
The river was the and Ward checked to Tu who bet 63,000. Ward folded and Tu stacked the pot.
"It's this seat. Honestly, it's this seat!" said a jubilant Thomas Ward after he doubled up with aces.
Ward had a remarkable start to Day 3 when sat in the same seat. He has had the same today, after doubling through Yuguang Li but the start was tempered when Li quickly doubled back through the Kiwi.
The first hand saw them get the chips in on a flop. Li opened but Ward had and survived the turn and river.
Shortly after, Li shoved for 74,000 with and Ward called with . The board ran .
Raymond Wu made a squeeze play but ran into a bigger hand behind him. It dropped him down to just 1,000 chips and was the first player eliminated the very next hand.
Zhou Zhou opened to 18,000 from the hijack and was called by Shunu Zang in the next seat before Wu moved all in for 143,000 from the button. Matthew Wakeman then shoved from the small blind for 142,000 and they were at heads up showdown.
Wu:
Wakeman:
The board ran to see Wakeman's hand hold.
The next hand, Zhou opened to 18,000 but folded to a Zang 45,000 c-bet. Zang went to muck his hand but it was soon pointed out to him that Wu was automatically all in.
Zang:
Wu:
The board ran to make Zang a straight after Wu had snatched the lead on the flop. Wu became the first player eliminated on Day 4.
Sergey Lebedev moved into the seat vacated by Raymond Wu. Lebedev played a hand with Christoph Vogelsang where he bet more than half of Vogelsang's remaining stack. Vogelsang folded.
Vogelsang would gain some chips back a few hands later against Matthew Wakeman. Wakeman raised the button and Vogelsang called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of . Vogelsang led out when the hit the turn and Wakeman called. On the river, Vogelsang bet 95,000, which only left him with about 60,000 behind him. Wakeman folded.
On another hand, Connor Drinan raised from middle position to 18,000. Zhou Zhou three-bet to 48,000 and the action was on Wakemen in the big blind. Wakeman made it 111,000 to go and that was enough to win the pot.
Shunu Zang has been left with a shoving stack after he doubled up his neighbour Zhou Zhou.
Conor Drinan raised from the button and Zhou and Zang called from the blinds to see a flop. Zhou led out for 20,000 before Zang raised to 70,000. Drinan folded to leave Zhou to call the turn where he checked. Zang shoved and Zhou snap called all in for 164,000 with for a set. Zang was drawing dead with and the river was the
flop. The turn was the 
and Cheng checked. Ward bet 21,000 and Tu called. Cheng folded and left Tu and Ward heads up to the river.
and Ward checked to Tu who bet 63,000. Ward folded and Tu stacked the pot.
flop. Li opened 
but Ward had 
and survived the 
turn and river.
and Ward called with 
. The board ran 
to make Zang a straight after Wu had snatched the lead on the flop. Wu became the first player eliminated on Day 4.
. Vogelsang led out when the 
hit the turn and Wakeman called. On the river, Vogelsang bet 95,000, which only left him with about 60,000 behind him. Wakeman folded.
turn where he checked. Zang shoved and Zhou snap called all in for 164,000 with 
for a set. Zang was drawing dead with 