HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day 2 Started
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
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Raiden Kan | 27275 |
| 1 | 2 | Joseph Cheong | 101850 |
| 1 | 3 | Marc Alexandre Emond | 25700 |
| 1 | 4 | Gerardo Lubas | 25400 |
| 1 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 1 | 6 | Danny Wong | 60100 |
| 1 | 7 | Tsugunari Toma | 50875 |
| 1 | 8 | Raymond Wu | 57400 |
| 1 | 9 | Christopher Park | 24325 |
| 2 | 1 | Celina Lin | 72575 |
| 2 | 2 | Mike Kim | 103900 |
| 2 | 3 | Ghezelbash Ali | 15675 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Kung | 18250 |
| 2 | 5 | Kenny Shih | 67450 |
| 2 | 6 | Andrew Gaw | 51900 |
| 2 | 7 | Beh Kok Weng | 31100 |
| 2 | 8 | Timpson Tim Shun Luk | 51900 |
| 2 | 9 | Daren Yoon | 34200 |
| 3 | 1 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | 17675 |
| 3 | 2 | Scott Calcagno | 41750 |
| 3 | 3 | --empty-- | -- |
| 3 | 4 | Yat Wai Cheng | 33825 |
| 3 | 5 | David Martirosyan | 86975 |
| 3 | 6 | Paolo Compagno | 44150 |
| 3 | 7 | Ken Demlakian | 15375 |
| 3 | 8 | Nickolaevich Andrey Shatilov | 36225 |
| 3 | 9 | Jay Tan | 47150 |
| 4 | 1 | Homan Houshiar | 37100 |
| 4 | 2 | Edmund Lee | 75250 |
| 4 | 3 | Vincent Torres Jr. | 58425 |
| 4 | 4 | Julian Powell | 7900 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastien Clot | 40775 |
| 4 | 6 | Craig Cockburn | 41800 |
| 4 | 7 | Yue Hin Lam | 122525 |
| 4 | 8 | Yan Shing Tsang | 22700 |
| 4 | 9 | Marcus Lau | 69000 |
| 5 | 1 | Bjorn Li | 8950 |
| 5 | 2 | Linh Tran | 21425 |
| 5 | 3 | Andrew Scott | 34250 |
| 5 | 4 | Thomas Marchese | 75500 |
| 5 | 5 | Michael Benvenuti | 25200 |
| 5 | 6 | Darren Elias | 61725 |
| 5 | 7 | [Removed:163] | 48850 |
| 5 | 8 | Jacques Zaicik | 34850 |
| 5 | 9 | Shengqing Zhu | 56125 |
| 6 | 1 | Brendon Rubie | 86550 |
| 6 | 2 | Yi Wang | 25575 |
| 6 | 3 | Xue Wu | 25725 |
| 6 | 4 | Didier Guerin | 53225 |
| 6 | 5 | Gijsbert Verheijen | 29150 |
| 6 | 6 | Sparrow Cheung | 54800 |
| 6 | 7 | Michael Marvanek | 24775 |
| 6 | 8 | Tri Ba Huynh | 68850 |
| 6 | 9 | Bryan Huang | 34125 |
| 7 | 1 | Rui Bao | 26025 |
| 7 | 2 | Ying Kit Chan | 42300 |
| 7 | 3 | Hirotoshi Nakabo | 2600 |
| 7 | 4 | Daniel Dvoress | 58575 |
| 7 | 5 | Takashi Ogura | 34325 |
| 7 | 6 | Ping Lin | 39150 |
| 7 | 7 | Oliver Speidel | 14575 |
| 7 | 8 | Richard Renyong Hu | 58825 |
| 7 | 9 | Robert Schneider | 12600 |
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Chang | 63425 |
| 8 | 2 | Jianguo Sun | 20575 |
| 8 | 3 | Robert Schiffbauer | 12625 |
| 8 | 4 | Jimmy Pang | 35075 |
| 8 | 5 | Satrya Teja | 5800 |
| 8 | 6 | Victor Chong | 45500 |
| 8 | 7 | Benjamin Dobson | 9050 |
| 8 | 8 | Motoki Jinno | 48000 |
| 8 | 9 | Aidan Tam | 47375 |
| 9 | 1 | Michael Watson | 40200 |
| 9 | 2 | Yury Kerzhapin | 27550 |
| 9 | 3 | Bing Xu | 15525 |
| 9 | 4 | Angel Guillen | 14300 |
| 9 | 5 | James McCarty | 69850 |
| 9 | 6 | Kosei Ichinose | 8100 |
| 9 | 7 | Thomas Gabriel | 25925 |
| 9 | 8 | Derek Cheung | 60300 |
| 9 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| 10 | 1 | Patrick Lui | 42700 |
| 10 | 2 | Dominik Nitsche | 30325 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Kanaan | 24125 |
| 10 | 4 | Akira Jaeik Cho Ohyama | 30550 |
| 10 | 5 | Jackie Glazier | 31450 |
| 10 | 6 | Anton Astapau | 47300 |
| 10 | 7 | Winfred Yu | 29325 |
| 10 | 8 | Timothy Finne | 32700 |
| 10 | 9 | Randy Lew | 19225 |
| 11 | 1 | Andrey Gulyy | 14075 |
| 11 | 2 | Jordan Westmorland | 21150 |
| 11 | 3 | Zhongwei Wang | 33475 |
| 11 | 4 | Makoto Yoshimichi | 26875 |
| 11 | 5 | Victor de Guzman | 46000 |
| 11 | 6 | Tom Alner | 43350 |
| 11 | 7 | Tony Chang | 17525 |
| 11 | 8 | David Allan | 39175 |
| 11 | 9 | Rahul Byrraju | 90750 |
| 12 | 1 | Gabriel Le Jossec | 28000 |
| 12 | 2 | Jorn Walthaus | 50050 |
| 12 | 3 | Hung Cheng Hung | 78100 |
| 12 | 4 | Devan Tang | 30050 |
| 12 | 5 | Paul Klann | 29100 |
| 12 | 6 | Seungsoo Jeon | 89225 |
| 12 | 7 | Liam O'Rourke | 14950 |
| 12 | 8 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 29450 |
| 12 | 9 | Masa Kagawa | 11050 |
| 13 | 1 | Jerry Dinesh Pireira | 51575 |
| 13 | 2 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 5925 |
| 13 | 3 | John Conkright | 29600 |
| 13 | 4 | William Jones | 42700 |
| 13 | 5 | Naoya Kihara | 9250 |
| 13 | 6 | Nhan Vo | 43700 |
| 13 | 7 | Cheung Yin Sun | 12100 |
| 13 | 8 | Zuo Wang | 28925 |
| 13 | 9 | Mansour Khorramshahi | 19425 |
| 14 | 1 | David Steicke | 37175 |
| 14 | 2 | Aaron Lim | 58775 |
| 14 | 3 | Paul Newey | 27525 |
| 14 | 4 | Andrew Hinrichsen | 42200 |
| 14 | 5 | Shaq Lin | 16650 |
| 14 | 6 | Eugene Katchalov | 49025 |
| 14 | 7 | Daniel Nielson | 37375 |
| 14 | 8 | Yury Gulyy | 26250 |
| 14 | 9 | Katsuhiro Muto | 67825 |
| 15 | 1 | Alan Sass | 31200 |
| 15 | 2 | Vivian Im | 25700 |
| 15 | 3 | Liang Shi | 15625 |
| 15 | 4 | Nicky Tao Jin | 76750 |
| 15 | 5 | Kenny Wong | 53425 |
| 15 | 6 | Xing Zhou | 80525 |
| 15 | 7 | Henry Wang | 56350 |
| 15 | 8 | Yuri Ishida | 72225 |
| 15 | 9 | Victorino Torres | 68075 |
| 16 | 1 | Rui Chen | 38100 |
| 16 | 2 | Elton Tsang | 53625 |
| 16 | 3 | --empty-- | -- |
| 16 | 4 | Jacky Wang | 21950 |
| 16 | 5 | Daniel Laidlaw | 23750 |
| 16 | 6 | Maxim Lykov | 13375 |
| 16 | 7 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | 22575 |
| 16 | 8 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | 27650 |
| 16 | 9 | Juicy Li | 26450 |
Many Hopefuls Return on Day 2
After four levels and a bit on Day 1 there are still 140 players in the hunt. A total of 22 players will get paid in this event, and that's still miles away for everyone. Even chip leader Yue Hin Lam is in no way guaranteed to make a deep run, and plenty of interesting poker remains to be played.
The goal today is to play at least five levels and the remaining part of the fifth level. It's going to be a long day today which is expected to finish around 3:00 AM. With the amazing structure presented to the players here in Macau it will be a tough challenge for the qualifiers to face all the top pros that are still remaining.
PokerNews.com will follow all the action throughout the night, as we are looking to find some favorites to win the HKD $4,240,000 first place prize!
If you didn't catch this video yesterday, Lynn Gilmartin gives a quick tour of our home for this week:
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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.
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.
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |