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

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

Level: 22

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 2,000

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

Ward's Four Bet Shove Takes it Down

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

Thomas Ward raised in middle position to 26,000. Patrick Mahoney and Connor Drinan called, before Nan Tu reraised to 128,000.

Ward thought for a moment or two, then shoved all in for 950,000 and put the pressure on Tu. Tu eventually folded and Ward stacked 200,000 more chips.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,285,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
1,070,000
220,000
220,000
Patrick Mahoney us
Patrick Mahoney
850,000
-20,000
-20,000
Nan Tu
Nan Tu
735,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Thomas WardNan Tu

Ward Takes Chip Lead With Full House

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

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 {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Ward led out for 116,000. Thomas didn't take long to follow and called. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and both players checked. The river paired the board with a {10-Clubs} and Ward bet 167,000.

Thomas called fairly quickly and Ward turned over {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} for a full house and took down the pot. With that pot he also took the chip lead from Connor Drinan.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
1,520,000
450,000
450,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
340,000
-460,000
-460,000

Tags: Connor DrinanRussell ThomasThomas Ward

Vogelsang Doubles Wei to Leave Himself Short

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

Christoph Vogelsang has dropped to 136,000 after he doubled up Guoliang Wei.

The German opened to 33,000 and called after Wei moved all in for 130,000.

Vogelsang: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Wei: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

It was a beautiful spot for Wei and the {4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} board didn't give him any bother.

Player Chips Progress
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
290,000
165,000
165,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
136,000
-264,000
-264,000

Tags: Guoliang WeiChristoph Vogelsang

Christoph Vogelsang Eliminated in 14th Place (HK350,000)

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang - 14th
Christoph Vogelsang - 14th

Christoph Vogelsang was soon finished off by Guoliang Wei.

He moved all in for 141,000 from the cutoff and Wei did the same from the small blind.

Vogelsang: {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Wei: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

The board ran {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} to hand the pot and scalp to Wei. Like Steve O'Dwyer, Vogelsang will take a break before jumping in the Super High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
430,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangGuoliang Wei

Paul Tedeschi Eliminated in 13th Place (HKD$350,000)

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Paul Tedeschi - 13th
Paul Tedeschi - 13th

Paul Tedeschi has been eliminated in 13th Place. He got his remaining chips in against Qi Luo. Luo had {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts} and Tedeschi had {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. The board ran out {j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} and that spelled the end of Tedeschi's ACOP Main Event run.

Player Chips Progress
Qi Luo cn
Qi Luo
690,000
265,000
265,000
Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
Busted

Tags: Qi LuoPaul Tedeschi

Russell Thomas Eliminated in 12th Place (HKD$410,000)

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Russell Thomas - 12th
Russell Thomas - 12th

Russell Thomas is eliminated in 12th place. He got his remaining chips in against Nan Tu. Tu needed some help with {k-Spades}{j-Hearts} against the {a-Spades}{9-Hearts} of Thomas.

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{k-Clubs} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Nan Tu
Nan Tu
980,000
245,000
245,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
Busted

Tags: Nan TuRussell Thomas

Yang Doubles Through Drinan

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

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 {9-}{9-} and Yang had {a-}{j-}. The board paired Yang's jack and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,420,000
135,000
135,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Hsien Yuan Yang tw
Hsien Yuan Yang
410,000
140,000
140,000

Tags: Hsien Kui YangConnor Drinan