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

Chan Takes It Down

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante

We found Terrence Chan and an Terry Gonzaga looking down at a completed board of {5-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. With well over 30,000 already in the middle, action fell on Chan for his river action. He cut out a bet of 12,800, sending Gonzaga into the tank.

After about a minute, Gonzaga opted to kick his cards into the muck. Chan took down the pot and brought his stack to about 66,000.

Player Chips Progress
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
66,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Terrence Chan

More Chip Counts

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
55,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
42,000
9,800
9,800
Natural8
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
35,000
WPT 1X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
35,000
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
32,000
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
29,500
-500
-500
WPT 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
22,500
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
21,000
-3,000
-3,000
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Chane Kampanatsanyakorn th
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
15,000
-15,000
-15,000
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
5,000
-1,500
-1,500

Young Gun

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante

Rory Young is sitting with a frightening amount of chips for this stage of the tournament, around 130,000 and the rest of his table doesn’t look to happy about it. Olivier Busquet to his right folded before Young opened the pot for 600 and got calls from the player on the button and the big blind.

A flop of {7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs} and a continuation bet of 700 from Young saw his opponents surrender their cards with a glance heavenwards as Young wielded his stack like a club.

Player Chips Progress
Rory Young au
Rory Young
127,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Rory YoungOlivier Busquet

ElkY Soars

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante
Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

The player under the gun opened with a raise to 1,000 and found calls from Aliaksei Boika in middle position, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the cutoff, the player on the button and the player in the big blind.

The five players saw a flop of {K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} fall. There were two checks over to Boika who fired out 1,700. Grospellier flatted and the three other players let their hands go. The {3-Hearts} hit the felt on the turn and Boika slowed with a check. Grospellier reached for chips and moved 3,600 past the betting line. Boika called to see a river.

The dealer produced the {K-Spades} on the river, pairing the board. Boika checked for a second time and Grospellier bet 8,800. Boika went deep into the tank, thinking for about two minutes before announcing that he was all in. The raise was for well over 28,000 total and Grospellier quickly called for Boika's tournament life.

Boika showed {2-Hearts}{2-Spades} for deuces full of kings, but was ultimately bested by Grospellier's {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for fives full of kings. Grospellier scored the knockout and now has about 78,000 to his name.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
78,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

McDonald’s Reduced

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante

Mike McDonald opened the action under the gun and found opponent in Billy Argyros in late position and Yang Wang in the big blind.

The {6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop was checked and on the turn card {3-Hearts} Wang bet out 3,500. McDonald gave him his trademark hard stare and placed out the calling chips carefully. The river card {7-Spades} completed the board and Wang went for a bet of 6,550. More staring from McDonald which resulted in a call and a muck after Wang showed his flopped trips {j-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
16,500
-25,500
-25,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Billy ArgyrosMike McDonald

Quoss Over Lewis

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante

Toby Lewis and Fabian Quoss were engaged in a hand and looked down at a completed board of {2-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{J-Spades}. With right around 20,000 already in the middle, Lewis checked his action over to Quoss. Quoss cut out a bet of 8,800 and sent Lewis deep into the tank.

Roughly two minutes passed while Lewis pondered his action. Ultimately, Lewis opted to kick his cards into the muck and Quoss let out a grin as he was pushed the pot. With this win, his stack is up to about 38,000.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
38,000
15,000
15,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
37,500
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Fabian QuossToby Lewis

Chip Counts

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
49,000
14,000
14,000
WPT 1X Winner
WInfred Yu hk
WInfred Yu
44,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
42,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
39,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
33,500
12,500
12,500
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Sam Panzica us
Sam Panzica
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
29,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
18,500
13,500
13,500
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
18,500
-500
-500
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
17,500
2,000
2,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
14,000
-2,600
-2,600

Kuo Calls It

Level 4 : 150/350, 25 ante

Two players had reached the river of a board reading {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and one of them, Kitty Kuo, was facing a bet of 8,500.

Kuo looked over at her opponent, then at his stack which had just over 15,000 left in it. She then pointed at the river card accusingly before finally deciding to toss out the calling chips and wait for her opponent to turn over his {a-Spades}{10-Spades} which was no good against the {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} of Kuo.

Player Chips Progress
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
45,000
6,000
6,000
Natural8

Tags: Kitty Kuo