2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
106
Prize
3,547,500 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,305,200 HKD
Entries
184
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Zhou Drops, Wu Climbs

A player in early position raised to 4,000 and Xing Zhou three-bet to 9,000 from the cutoff. Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu sat in the small blind and he cold-called the re-raise. The initial raiser called as well.

On a {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board the hand was checked down to the river. Wu decided to bet 12,000 on the river and Zhou called.

Wu turned over {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and beat Zhou's {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Xing Zhou cn
Xing Zhou
271,000 -104,000
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
245,000 60,000

Tags: Raymond WuXing Zhou

Torres Takes It with Three-Bet

From early position, Zhongwei Wang opened with a raise to 4,000. Paolo Compagno made the call from the cutoff seat, then action folded to 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event champion Victorino Torres in the big blind. Torres reraised to 14,800, and both of his opponents folded.

Player Chips Progress
Paolo Compagno
Paolo Compagno
144,000 -11,000
Zhongwei Wang
Zhongwei Wang
132,000 75,700
Victorino Torres mp
Victorino Torres
75,000 10,000

Tags: Paolo CompagnoVictorino TorresZhongwei Wang

Guillen No More

Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen was just spotted strolling around the tournament area, and he explained to us how he was eliminated.

Guillen moved all in from the cutoff with {K-}{Q-} for 13 big blinds and the player in the small blind decided to call. The WSOP bracelet winner was up against {J-}{J-} and couldn't catch what was necessary to survive.

Player Chips Progress
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
Busted

Tags: Angel Guillen

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Xing Zhou cn
Xing Zhou
375,000 -31,000
Alan Sass me
Alan Sass
322,000 2,000
Rahul Byrraju in
Rahul Byrraju
300,000 30,000
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
295,000 68,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
260,000 40,000
Andrew Gaw ph
Andrew Gaw
202,000 -23,000
Yuri Ishida jp
Yuri Ishida
200,000 15,000
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
185,000 18,000
Raiden Kan hk
Raiden Kan
145,000 49,700
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
145,000 35,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
65,000 18,000
Victorino Torres mp
Victorino Torres
65,000 -33,000
Vivian Im kr
Vivian Im
37,000 -3,000
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
25,000 -13,000

Tan Knocked Out

Jay Tan
Jay Tan

Jay Tan did not have a good level, and it ended up resulting in her elimination. We heard that she moved all in over a raise and Marcus Lau called her shove with {A-}{K-}. Tan turned over {9-}{9-} and failed to dodge both the ace and the king. The ace popped up on the flop, and the king on the river sealed the deal.

Player Chips Progress
Marcus Lau
Marcus Lau
100,000 5,000
Jay Tan hk
Jay Tan
Busted

Tags: Jay TanMarcus Lau

Byrraju Picks Off Huge Bluff

Rahul Byrraju just manifested himself as one of the favorites with 43 players remaining in the tournament after picking off a huge bluff. It all started when Byrraju raised it up to 4,000 preflop. Two players called among which Aidan Tam in the big blind.

The flop came down {3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and the action was checked around. On the turn the {10-Hearts} hit and Tam lead out for 5,600. Both Byrraju and the third player made the call.

On the river the {K-Spades} showed up and Tam checked. Byrraju fired out 19,500 and the third player decided to call. The action was now back on Tam who decided to check-raise all in for 110,700. Byrraju gave it some thought and ended up making the call. The third player folded instantly after that.

Byrraju quickly turned over his {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}, and the dealer showed Tam's {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}.

"I play so bad," Tam sighed as he made his way to the exit. Byrraju is doing very well and makes his way into the top five.

Player Chips Progress
Rahul Byrraju in
Rahul Byrraju
270,000 100,500
Aidan Tam
Aidan Tam
Busted

Tags: Rahul ByrrajuAidan Tam

Gaw Gets Some Chips Back from Sass

Andrew Gaw bet 10,400 on the {6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop, and Alan Sass made the call. Earlier, the two played a massive pot with aces versus kings that vaulted Sass into the chip lead.

The turn was the {2-Spades}, and Gaw checked. Sass checked behind to see the {3-Hearts} land on the river. Gaw bet 18,000, and Sass made the call.

Gaw showed the {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for two pair, queens and fours, and Sass mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sass me
Alan Sass
320,000
Andrew Gaw ph
Andrew Gaw
225,000 52,000

Tags: Alan SassAndrew Gaw