A Few Day 2 Photos
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker
HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,305,200 HKD
Entries
184
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 18,800 |
|
57,000 | 12,000 |
|
54,000 | 6,000 |
|
42,000 | -1,350 |
|
33,500 | 33,500 |
|
30,000 | -7,175 |
|
28,000 | 13,925 |
|
28,000 | -3,450 |
|
26,000 | -1,525 |
|
23,000 | -6,325 |
|
22,000 | 7,700 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Conkright Gets Lucky on ElkY
Bertrand Grospellier started the day with very little chips, and John Conkright just made an end to the Team PokerStars Pro's tournament.
After a preflop raising war Grospellier ended up all in for right around 10,000 chips, and the cards were turned on their backs.
Bertrand Grospellier: 
John Conkright: 
The board ran out 
, and the man known as ElkY quickly grabbed his backpack as he rushed his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000 | 8,400 |
|
Busted |
Nitsche Pulls The Trigger
Dominik Nitsche is definitely not known for his conservative play, and he just proved this once again.
When we arrived on the scene the German pro had invested 6,600 in the pot. He was seated in the cutoff, and the player in the small blind had 2,750 in front of him. Nitsche had put in a four-bet and his opponent went into the tank for quite some time.
After a while the small blind decided to five-bet to 11,700.
"I'm all in," Nitsche responded quickly to put an immediate end to this raising war. The WSOP and WPT winner's opponent folded and the pot was shipped to the German.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | 14,675 |
The Defending Champ is Gone
PokerStars Team Online Randy 'Nananoko' Lew has just been eliminated by Timothy Finne. The defending champ, who took down this event last year for USD$484,617, started the day with less than the starting stack and didn't catch a break here on Day 2.
By the looks of it Finne had raised to 1,000 from the small blind when Lew decided to raise to 9,600 with just 200 chips left behind. Finne made the call as we arrived on the scene.
The flop brought out 
and quickly both players put in the remaining chips.
Timothy Finne: 
Randy Lew: 
The board ran out 
, 
and Lew was knocked out. Finne is up to over the average stack and looking good here early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | 15,300 |
|
Busted |
Toma Takes One from Wu
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Tsugunari Toma and Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu saw a flop of 
with Toma checking first. Wu fired 1,500, and Toma made the call.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked to see the land on the river. Toma led for 1,600, and Wu gave it up.
ElkY Doubles Through Sun
Action folded to Cheung Yin Sun in middle position, and she limped in for 400. After that, play folded over to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the small blind. Grospellier was one of the short stacks returning to play today, and he moved all in for 5,275. After John Conkright folded from the big blind, Sun tank-called.
Sun held the 
, but her suited ace was dominated by Grospellier's 
.
On the flop, Grospellier paired his queen when the 
fell. Both players picked up a Broadway straight draw and that looked like the best way for Sun to get a piece of this pot with a chop.
The turn was the 
, and the river brought the 
. Both players finished with a pair, but Grospellier's queens bettered Sun's fives to give him the double up. Sun was knocked back to 7,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000 | 5,075 |
|
|
7,500 | -4,600 |
The Recovery Level
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
The first level of play has proven itself as a true recovery level. Even though the day didn't start till 5:00 PM local time, there are still plenty of players who do not seem up for the challenge just yet.
The player party at D2 last night was brilliant, and the PokerNews video team was there to film it all. Make sure to keep checking the blog as the party video will be published later today.
For know play has been calm, and with players munching on post-drinking recovery food we expect to see more fireworks in just a few orbits.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event.