PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1
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

Cohen Traps Jung For Chunks

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

We arrived to see Sam Cohen all in on the turn of a board reading {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Sunny Jung, the winner of this event last year, had made the call with {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} but was dead to the {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} of Cohen. The river {9-Hearts} completed the board and the pot was shipped to Cohen.

Jung told poker news the preflop there was and open, he had called as had Cohen. On the flop Cohen had again called and by the turn the trap was sprung to put the hurt Jung and continue Cohen’s fight back.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
69,000 48,000
Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
39,000 -24,000

Tags: Samantha CohenSunny Jung

Pot For Peters

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

We joined the action as David Peters made a bet of 5,800 on the river of a board showing {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{k-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. His opponent obviously wasn’t loving it but made the call and when Peters showed his winning {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} he got shown {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
42,000 10,000

Tags: David Peters

Yu Scores Elimination

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Winfred Yu and an opponent were heads up with the flop reading {6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. Yu had first action and led into the middle for 2,500. His opponent wasted little time coming over the top for 6,000 total, suddenly putting Yu to a decision. He opted to call and watched as the {10-Hearts} dropped down on fourth street.

Yu checked the turn and his opponent continued his aggression with a bet of 7,800. Yu check-raised all in and his opponent called for his own tournament life of about 23,000 total.

Yu: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

Yu's made straight on the turn bested his opponent's pocket queens and Yu officially scored the elimination after the {2-Spades} completed the community cards. With this win, Yu's stack has increased to about 58,000.

Player Chips Progress
WInfred Yu hk
WInfred Yu
58,000 27,000

Tags: Winfred Yu

Boeree Busts

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Having lost a big flip in the last level Liv Boeree shoved the last of her 4,800 stack over an open and got called. The Team PokerStars Pro had {a-Spades}{3-Clubs} and was up against {k-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Boeree nodded, perhaps acknowledging that another club could prove fatal. The turn {2-Diamonds} was safe enough but she could not fade the {6-Clubs} river and Boeree took her leave.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
Busted

Tags: Liv Boeree

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Boeree Hurt In Flip

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree had won a small pot from the big blind when she called a bet of 1,600 by the button on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Spades} as did another player. All three of them checked the turn {4-Hearts} and river {j-Hearts} and Boeree’s {10-Hearts}{9-Spades} was good. “Nice hand Liv.” Simon Deadman (who has come back from his earlier mishap) offered. A small pot but things were developing nicely until a few hands later when the hi-jack opened for 1,000 and the player in the cut-off made it 2,500.

Boeree cold-four bet to 5,700 and then called a shove of 23,350. Boeree had {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} and had to beat {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. It wasn’t to be though as the dealer put out a final {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} board. Boeree was left nursing a crippled stack and Deadman kept his counsel.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
19,000 16,400
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
4,000 -16,000

Tags: Liv BoereeSimon Deadman