Main Event Day 4 | 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Asia Championship of Poker

11-13-2015 16:57 UTC+8

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

Brentharrington

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

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 . Shalamov showed .

When the flop of hit, Thomas wasn't terribly happy about it.

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

The on the turn and the 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
Russell Thomas	820,000 350,000	350,000
Mikhail Shalamov	Busted

Tags: Mikhail Shalamov Russell Thomas

11-13-2015 17:00 UTC+8

Vogelsang Doubles

MarcC

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:
Wong:

The board ran to see the German high roller's pair hold strong.

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

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang KC Wong

11-13-2015 17:17 UTC+8

Winin' and Drinan

Brentharrington

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

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 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 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 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 for a full house. The dealer turned over Cheng's hand after the muck and showed 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
Connor Drinan	1,060,000 505,000	505,000

Yat Wai Cheng	42,000 -466,000	-466,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Yat Wai Cheng

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

11-13-2015 17:45 UTC+8

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

MarcC

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante

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:
Mahoney:

The board ran 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	840,000 90,000	90,000
Yat Wai Cheng	Busted

Tags: Patrick Mahoney Yat Wai Cheng

11-13-2015 17:57 UTC+8

Updated Counts

Brentharrington

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Ward	850,000 180,000	180,000
Nan Tu	800,000 320,000	320,000
Russell Thomas	800,000 -20,000	-20,000
Qi Luo	450,000 -5,000	-5,000
Zhou Zhou	450,000 -285,000	-285,000
Sergey Lebedev	450,000 -70,000	-70,000
Christoph Vogelsang	400,000 86,000	86,000
Paul Tedeschi	360,000 -5,000	-5,000
Matthew Wakeman	330,000 -285,000	-285,000
Hsien Yuan Yang	270,000 -130,000	-130,000
Xixiang Luo	260,000 -60,000	-60,000
Ka Cheong Wong	209,000 -89,000	-89,000
Guoliang Wei	125,000 -5,000	-5,000

Steve O'Dwyer	120,000 -23,000	-23,000

11-13-2015 18:15 UTC+8

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

Brentharrington

Level 21 : 6,000/1,200, 1,000 ante

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 and Wakeman had . The board ran out and Wakeman was eliminated in 16th place.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	1,310,000 330,000	330,000

Matthew Wakeman	Busted

11-13-2015 18:16 UTC+8

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

MarcC

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

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:
Tu:

The board ran .