PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1
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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
Players Left 1 / 291
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ElkY Selfie

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has just entered the tournament and as he has a lot of fans around the world one of them jumped up from a nearby table to grab a selfie before he sat down to play.

We’ve spotted a few more famous faces in the field with numbers up to 230 at the close of the first level.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
30,000
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
30,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierXuan Liu

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante:

Haxton Over Buddiga

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Picking up with the action on a flop of {6-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Pratyush Buddiga checked over to Team PokerStars Pro Online member Isaac Haxton who fired out a bet of 500 into a pot of about 900. Joseph Cheong folded, putting action back on Buddiga. He flatted to see fourth street.

The dealer paired the board on fourth with the {2-Clubs} and Buddiga fired out a bet of 500. Haxton came over the top with a raise to 1,800 and Buddiga called. The {9-Diamonds} finished off the board and action checked over to Haxton. He thought for about 45 seconds before knocking the table back. Buddiga rolled over {6-Spades}{3-Spades} for sixes and deuces, but was ultimately beat by Haxton's {K-Diamonds}{k-Spades}.

Haxton raked in the pot and now has about 13,500 to his name. Buddiga, on the other hand, has fallen to about 23,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
23,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
13,500
3,500
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Isaac HaxtonJoseph CheongPratyush Buddiga

Haxton Hacked In Half

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The flop was {6-Spades}{10-Spades}{a-Spades} and it was a confrontation of the blinds. Team PokerStars Pro Online Isaac Haxton was in the small blind and checked it over to his opponent Joeseph Chong in the big blind who bet 200. This was met by a check-raise to 675 from Haxton and his Chong threw in the call.

The turn card was the {4-Hearts} and Haxton continued the story with a bet of 1,300 which got another call. The river card {10-Clubs} saw Haxton make it 3,000 but he was met with a raise to 13,100 from Chong.

A flicker of surprise and frustration flashed across Haxton’s face as he shuffled some chips and studied the board. It wasn’t too long though before he shrugged and flicked out a chip to indicate a call. Chong turned over {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a full house and Haxton’s cards went in the muck.

A first level setback for Haxton who had seen his stack cut in half by that hand and a healthy boost to Chong's hopes.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
45,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Isaac Haxton

More Familiar Faces

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Here are some more of the familiar faces spotted in the tournament field. Reigning champion Sunny Jung has taken his seat and last year's runner-up Devan Tang is present as well.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sunny Jung kr
Sunny Jung
30,000
Profile photo of Iori Yogo jp
Iori Yogo
30,000
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
30,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
30,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Devan Tang hk
Devan Tang
30,000
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
30,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andy Ying Kit Chan
Andy Ying Kit Chan
30,000
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
30,000
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Lee us
Daniel Lee
30,000
Profile photo of Jian Yang cn
Jian Yang
30,000

Im Falls Early

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Vivian Im
Vivian Im

Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im is among the first casualties of the day, falling early in the first level at the hands of Cheng Man Hang. On her final hand, Im was heads up with Hang on a {3-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} board. After a series of bets and raises, Im moved all in for her tournament life. Hang thought for about 30 seconds before announcing a call.

Im: {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Hang: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Hang was in the lead with middle set and held a dominating position over Im's bottom set. The board finished out with the {Q-Spades} and the {9-Clubs}, eliminating Im from play. Hang pulled in the pot and now holds right around double starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Cheng Man Hang
Cheng Man Hang
60,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Vivian Im kr
Vivian Im
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Cheng Man HangVivian Im

Record ACOP

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

With play just underway and 198 entrants already on the board and a queue still at the registration desk this event looks on course to hit around 250 which would be a record for the AOCP Main Event.

Another player spotted is Pratyush Buddiga who finished third in the High Roller yesterday.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
30,000

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga

Familiar Faces

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Here are some of the familiar faces we've spotted at the start of Level 1.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
30,000
30,000
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Sam Cohen
Sam Cohen
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
30,000
30,000
30,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: