Main Event Day 1 | PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

11-04-2014 22:41 UTC+8

Deadman On Fumes

[user252447]

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Connor Drinan faced off against Simon Deadman in a pot that had grown to near 30,000 as they reached the river of a board showing .

Connor bet 18,000 after some thought and Deadman now faced a vital decision. If he called and got it wrong he would be left with just over 2,500. He weighed it up and called, grimacing when he saw Driunan’s .

Deadman’s cards went in the muck along with most of his hopes for this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	54,000

Simon Deadman	2,600 -27,400	-27,400

Tags: Connor Drinan Simon Deadman

11-04-2014 22:46 UTC+8

Argyros Takes A Bite

[user252447]

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Billy Argyros opened the action from early position and didn’t seem best pleased to pick up three callers including Mike McDonald in the button.

The flop of saw Argyros continue for 2,800 and reduce the field to just him and McDonald. The turn was checked but on the river a bet from Argyros of 4,200 saw McDonald lay it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Argyros	44,000 14,000	14,000
Mike McDonald	33,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Billy Argyros Mike McDonald

11-04-2014 22:51 UTC+8

More Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rory Young	110,000 -17,000	-17,000

Bertrand Grospellier	87,000 9,000	9,000

Chance Kornuth	64,000 35,500	35,500

Joe Hachem	44,000 14,000	14,000

Greg Merson	36,500 -300	-300

David Peters	32,000 -6,000	-6,000

WInfred Yu	31,000 -13,000	-13,000
Toby Lewis	31,000 -2,000	-2,000

Fabian Quoss	28,000 -10,000	-10,000
Sam Panzica	23,500 -7,500	-7,500
Isaac Baron	21,000 -2,000	-2,000

Naoya Kihara	21,000 3,500	3,500

Ismael Bojang	20,000 -2,500	-2,500

Randy Lew	17,500 -3,500	-3,500

11-04-2014 22:52 UTC+8

Break Time

[user252447]

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

This time there will be a 20-minute break.

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

11-04-2014 23:31 UTC+8

Turns Out Good For Buddiga Double

[user252447]

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Pratyush Buddiga got a little lucky in a recent hand to double up but when the money went in he did have the best of it against Joseph Cheong.

Buddiga check-called a bet of 3,500 on a flop of to see the turn fall the . All the chips went in the middle and Buddiga’s had overtaken Cheong’s with a brick on the river changing nothing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	68,000 -20,000	-20,000

Pratyush Buddiga	35,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga Joseph Cheong

11-04-2014 23:34 UTC+8

Small One For Buchanan

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Shawn Buchanan and Davidi Kitai saw a flop of in a raised pot. Both players checked and the dropped down on fourth street. Buchanan took this opportunity to fire 1,200 only to have Kitai stick around to see fifth street.

The river was the and Buchanan moved out one last bet of 2,500. Kitai thought for a bit before releasing his cards into the muck. Buchanan won the pot and now has about 48,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Shawn Buchanan	44,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Shawn Buchanan Davidi Kitai

11-04-2014 23:38 UTC+8

Cohen Takes a Hit

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sam Cohen opened to 1,100 from the hijack only to have Sorel Mizzi cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount from the cutoff. The player on the button four-bet shipped for his last 13,400 and action folded back to Cohen. She five-bet all in over the top and Mizzi let go of his cards.

Cohen:
Opponent:

The board ran out , missing Cohen's ace-king and keeping her opponent out in front. With this hit, Cohen's stack has been knocked down to about 16,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Cohen	16,500 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Samantha Cohen

11-04-2014 23:38 UTC+8

News From Russia

[user252447]

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Ivan Soshnikov may be just below staring stack but he has been opening a few recent pots for 1,100.

Soshnikov was called by Denis Peganov in the big blind and they checked it down to the river of a board reading . With a board like that no one wanted to have a stab and Peganov’s won the pot. Undeterred Soshkinov opened the next pot from under the gun for 1,100 but folded to a call and a raise.