Main Event Day 2 | PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

11-05-2014 16:51 UTC+8

Cautious Colman

[user252447]

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Yaxi Zhu opened the action for 2,000 and Daniel Colman was the only caller from the big blind.

The flop was and Colman check-called a bet of 2,500. A turn card saw Colman check once more but when Zhu continued for 4,000 he mucked his card.

It could be a combination of awkward stack sizes on his table, having Dong Guo to his left and not getting premium hands but Colman has had a slow start today and has dropped from his initial stack. Colman’s table is next to break however and that could lead to a change of fortunes depending on where he ends up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Colman	80,000	-22,900

11-05-2014 16:50 UTC+8

Small One for Mizzi

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Three players including Takashi Ogura and Sorel Mizzi took a flop of . Ogura had first action and checked. The second player followed suit, prompting Mizzi to fire 3,800 into a pot of about 8,000. Ogura called and the other player let his hand go.

The hit the felt on fourth street and Ogura checked for a second time. Mizzi cut out a bet of 8,000 and Ogura instantly flicked his hand into the muck. Mizzi picked up the pot and now has about 65,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	65,000	9,800
Takashi Ogura	39,000	-11,000

Tags: Sorel Mizzi Takashi Ogura

11-05-2014 16:41 UTC+8

Wang Doubles Through Song

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Dapeng Wang opened with a raise from under the gun. Action folded to Kevin Song in the big blind and he three-bet to 5,200. Wang replied by moving all in for 13,700 total, sending Song into the tank. After a moment, Song dropped out a call and the hands were exposed.

Wang:
Song:

The board ran out , keeping Wang's aces out in front. He doubled to about 30,000 while Song's stack fell to 66,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	66,000	-19,000
Dapeng Wang	30,000	15,000

Tags: Kevin Song Dapeng Wang

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-05-2014 16:33 UTC+8

Aces Cracked In Three-Way All In

[user252447]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Terry Gonzaga held , Hon Cheong Lee held and Kevin Kwan Bin Song had them covered in chips tabled .

A final board of cracked Lee’s aces and the flush of Gonzaga scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Gonzaga	70,000	43,300
Kevin Song	35,000	-6,800
Hon Cheong Lee	Busted

Tags: Hun Lee

11-05-2014 16:24 UTC+8

Prize Pool Information

Josh_Cahlik

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With registration officially closed for the Main Event, the prize pool information has been tabulated. The event drew a grand total of 291 entires, allowing for a total prize pool of HK$27,092,100. The top 31 players will make the money with a min-cash netting them HK$202,000. Each player will be vying for the first-place prize of HK$6,300,000.

Here's a look at the final table payouts:

Place	Prize (HKD)
1	$6,300,000
2	$4,250,000
3	$2,565,000
4	$2,025,000
5	$1,620,000
6	$1,350,000
7	$1,080,000
8	$813,100
9	$675,000

11-05-2014 16:19 UTC+8

Soshnikov Rivered

[user252447]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ivan Soshnikov had been on a bit of a roll so far today when this hand came up.

Soshnikov opened for 1,600 and got called by Jeffrey Chotikul. Small blind Cheng Peng bumped up the price to 3,100 and both Soshnikov and Chotikul made the call. The flop was and Peng checked. Soshnikov bet 3,300 and got called by both players.

The turn card was the and another bet of 7,200 from Soshnikov saw Chotikul make the call and Peng, after some deliberation, folded. The river card was the and Soshnikov checked.

“How much do you have?” Chotikul wanted to know and Soshnikov showed him his remaining stack of around 40,000 before Chotikul bet 16,000.

Soshnikov hated it asking, “What have you got? Jacks?” but made the call. When he saw the he exasperatedly turned over his and muttered some unreportable oaths.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Soshnikov	22,000	-35,200

Tags: Ivan Soshnikov

11-05-2014 16:16 UTC+8

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rory Young	160,000	9,900
Konstantin Pogodin	110,000	23,100
Dong Guo	105,000	-15,400
Connor Drinan	95,000	-4,000
Eugene Katchalov	90,000	10,000
Raymond Wu	85,000	-3,000
Terrence Chan	68,000	-9,000
Bertrand Grospellier	65,000	65,000
Xuan Liu	52,000	-26,000
Aaron Lim	51,000	22,100
Mike McDonald	42,000	42,000
Naoya Kihara	40,000	7,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	32,000	1,000
Greg Merson	20,000	20,000
Kitty Kuo	10,000	-55,000

11-05-2014 15:49 UTC+8

Early Double For Katchalov

[user252447]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov moved all in on the turn of a board reading and got a call from Yimin Fang.

Katchalov showed and was in great shape against the of Fang. A river card confirmed the double up and Katchalov was firmly back in the game while Fang was left nursing the remains of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	80,000	40,600
Yimin Fang	15,000	-39,500

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

11-05-2014 15:36 UTC+8

Wu Over Liu

Josh_Cahlik

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

JJ Liu and Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu took a flop of . Liu checked over to Wu on the button who checked the action in reply. Fourth street brought the to the felt and Liu reached for chips. She moved 2,300 across the betting line and Wu opted to stick around.