2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker
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 for 13 big blinds and the player in the small blind decided to call. The WSOP bracelet winner was up against and couldn't catch what was necessary to survive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Angel Guillen | Busted | |
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 |
144,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Zhongwei Wang |
132,000
75,700
|
75,700 |
Victorino Torres |
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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 board the hand was checked down to the river. Wu decided to bet 12,000 on the river and Zhou called.
Wu turned over and beat Zhou's .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xing Zhou |
271,000
-104,000
|
-104,000 |
Raymond Wu |
245,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gary Lam |
390,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
Tsugunari Toma | 260,000 | |
Michael Kanaan |
245,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Aaron Lim |
235,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
Raymond Wu |
210,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Seungsoo Jeon |
172,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Tom Alner |
157,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Mike Watson |
142,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
Andrew Gaw |
87,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Andrew Hinrichsen |
60,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
More for Torres
Victorino Torres check-called a bet of 20,000 from Xing Zhou on the board before seeing the fall on the river. Torres checked, and after a minute or so in the tank, Zhou checked back. Torres tried to get tricky with the for a full house, and Zhou mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xing Zhou |
302,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
Victorino Torres |
111,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Break
Play will resume in 10 minutes.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Another Chance For Lee
Rahul Byrraju raised to 4,500 after which Mike Watson decided to call. Edmund Lee, who had lost quite some chips in the last level, decided to move all in for 40,500. The action was quickly folded to Watson who didn't look happy, but he decided to make the call.
Mike Watson:
Edmund Lee:
The board ran out , and Lee survived the all in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
130,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
||
Edmund Lee
|
86,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
Sixes for Cheung
After checking the flop, Sparrow Cheung and Michael Kanaan saw the pair the board on the turn. Here, Cheung bet 5,000, and Kanaan called. The river was the , and both players checked.
Cheung showed the , and Kanaan mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Kanaan |
249,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Sparrow Cheung |
56,000
20,000
|
20,000 |