PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
6,300,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
95,000 HKD
Prize Pool
27,092,100 HKD
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Joseph Cheong Eliminated In 7th Place (HKD$ 1,080,000)

Level 25 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Joseph Cheong - 7th Place
Joseph Cheong - 7th Place

Joseph Cheong opened under the gun for 54,000 and Sunny Jung made it 150,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Cheong made the call.

The flop was {3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and Cheong check-called a bet of 180,000. The turn card was the {2-Diamonds} and once again Cheong checked and then faced a bet of 325,000 from Jung.

Cheong went deep in the tank. Close to five minutes ticked by as Cheong decided what to do. His decision in the end was to move all in. Jung checked his hole cards to make sure and called.

Cheong: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
Jung: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}.

Cheong would need a king or a jack to survive but the river card was the {q-Clubs} to award Jung a huge pot and eliminate Cheong in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
3,700,000
1,140,000
1,140,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Joseph CheongSunny Jung

Cheong Doubles Through Jung

Level 23 : 9,000/18,000, 2,000 ante
Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong

On the very next hand, Sunny Jung once again opened to 40,000. Action folded to Joseph Cheong on the button and he three-bet the action to 115,000. The blinds folded and Jung wasted little time moving all in over the top. Cheong instantly called for his tournament life of 528,000 and the hands were turned up.

Jung: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Cheong: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board came down {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}, giving Cheong a winning set of jacks for the double. He now has about 1.1 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
2,700,000
-590,000
-590,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
1,100,000
570,000
570,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Joseph CheongSunny Jung

Raiden Kan Eliminated in 8th Place (HK$813,100)

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Raiden Kan - 8th Place
Raiden Kan - 8th Place

Action folded over to Raiden Kan in the small blind who tossed out a completion. Sunny Jung was in the big blind and he wasted little time announcing a raise to 54,000. Kan came over the top with a four-bet to 150,000 and Jung instantly moved all in. Kan called for his tournament life of about 450,000 and the hands were turned over.

Kan: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Jung: {A-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The two were flipping for Kan's tournament life heading to the flop. The dealer fanned {J-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} on the felt, pairing the reigning champion's ace and giving him the lead in the hand. The {4-Clubs} hit the turn, prompting Kan to give a slight shake of the head. Kan failed to improve with the {a-Hearts} on the river and he became the eighth place finisher for HK$813,100.

With this pot, Jung extended his chip lead to about 2.5 million.

Player Chips Progress
Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
2,500,000
690,000
690,000
Raiden Kan hk
Raiden Kan
Busted

Tags: Sunny JungRaiden Kan

Tore Lukashaugen Eliminated In 9th Place (HK$675,000)

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Tore Lukashaugen - 9th Place
Tore Lukashaugen - 9th Place

On the third hand of the day it was folded to Vladimir Troyanovskiy on the button who made it 30,000. Tore Lukashaugen was in the small blind and the short stack at the table. He moved all in and when the big blind folded Troyanovskiy quickly made the call.

Lukashaugen {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Troyanovskiy {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Lukashaugen was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
945,000
369,000
369,000
Tore Lukashaugen no
Tore Lukashaugen
Busted

Tags: Tore LukashaugenVladimir Troyanovskiy

Jung Leads Final Table, Eyes Back-to-Back Victory

Sunny Jung
Sunny Jung

Welcome back to our coverage of the PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker! The starting field of 291 has been whittled down to the final table of nine. Leading the pack heading into the final day is none other then ACOP reigning champion Sunny Jung. Jung bagged the biggest stack on the penultimate day and will hold a lead of 1.81 million coming into the final table.

Jung currently sits in second place on South Korea's all-time money list for live tournament poker. A high finish in today's event could vault this poker professional into the top spot for his country. Last year he won this very event and pocketed a cool HK$4,352,000. This year, as he looks to go back-to-back, the stakes are even higher with a first-place prize of HK$6,300,000. Jung has been in this position before and is certainly a favorite to retain his championship title as he holds the biggest stack at the table.

That being said, recent Aussie Millions Main Event champion Ami Barer is right on Jung's heels. Barer bagged 1.76 million to end the day yesterday and will certainly be a serious force at this final table. He comes into the final table in second place overall.

Also present at the final table is tournament wizard Joseph Cheong, sitting on 1.027 million for fourth place overall in chips. This is Cheong second final table of the week, finishing fifth place in the 2014 ACOP “Macau Billionaire Poker” HK$500,000 Super High Roller just five days ago. Cheong pocketed $528,663 in USD for his efforts at that finale table and surely looks to improve upon his finish today.

Here's a look at the seat draw and chip counts heading into the final table:

SeatPlayerCountryChips
1Zuo 'ST' WangChina504,000
2Konstantin PogodinRussia1,165,000
3Ami BarerCanada1,760,000
4Raiden KanHong Kong488,000
5Sunny JungKorea1,810,000
6Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussia576,000
7Tore LukashaugenNorway369,000
8Gabriel Le JossecUK1,025,000
9Joseph CheongUSA1,027,000

Play begins at 3 p.m. local time and the field will play down to a winner. As always, be sure to keep your browsers locked on PokerNews for all of the latest updates.