Main Event Day 3 | PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker

Main Event

Day 3 Started

11-06-2014 14:00 UTC+8

Day 3 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Chips
17	1	Kai Yat Fam	57400
17	2	Bodo Sbrzesny	146600
17	3	Bobby Zhang	97500
17	4	Linh Tran	68700
17	5	Geoffrey Mooney	109500
17	6	Yaxi Zhu	155700
17	7	Billy "The Croc" Argyros	106800
17	8	Scott Davies	166600
17	9	David Douglas	128400

18	1	Dennis Huntly	67900
18	2	Dimitar Danchev	136000
18	3	Meng Dian Peng	167300
18	4	Jeffrey Chotikul	106900
18	5	Shinobu Tanaka	69000
18	6	Raymond Wu	178600
18	7	Stephane Blouin	67800
18	8	Jorn Walthaus	295100
18	9	Jian Zhang	76400

19	1	Yuri Ishida	122100
19	2	Jack Zi Yang Salter	34300
19	3	Celina Lin	135100
19	4	Dong Guo	131300
19	5	Man Hang Cheng	53500
19	6	Sunny Hyung Sun Jung	273200
19	7	Buyanjargal Bold	68400
19	8	Roger Flueckiger	179600
19	9	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	91100

20	1	Connor Drinan	42500
20	2	Darren Judges	99700
20	3	Konstantin Pogodin	201300
20	4	Michael Mcdonald	125400
20	5	Xiang Zhu	46700
20	6	Byron Kaverman	142200
20	7	Sorel Mizzi	439900
20	8	Amichai Barer	226300
20	9	Maxim Prokhorov	181700

22	1	Edmund Chan	142500
22	2	Joseph Cheong	179500
22	3	Terry Gonzaga	309700
22	4	David Kim	171300
22	5	Pakinai Lisawad	30500
22	6	Terrence Chan	284400
22	7	Rui Chen	112300
22	8	Gabriel Le Jossec	301800
22	9	Tore Lukashaugen	233000

23	1	Zuo 'ST' Wang	129200
23	2	Raiden Kan	224200
23	3	Daniel Smith	50100
23	4	Jason Mo	145200
23	5	Kristiyan Ivanov	184400
23	6	Thomas Ryoe Muehloecker	80700
23	7	Anson Yan Shing Tsang	132300
23	8	Daniel Belov	126000
23	9	Michael Tureniec	239700

24	2	Daniel Colman	130400
24	3	Dmitry Kataev	102700
24	4	Andrew Gaw	107700
24	5	Guangcheng Chen	82600
24	6	Patrick Pavone	136800
24	7	Ronald Chun Long Yu	67300
24	8	Shashank Jain	144800
24	9	Huidong Gu	93500

11-06-2014 14:04 UTC+8

Mizzi Leads Final 62 Heading into Day 3

Josh_Cahlik

Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker! After two exciting days of poker it was Sorel Mizzi who bagged up the largest stack of the returning 62 players. Mizzi will bring a stack of 439,900 into the third day and hopes to ride his momentum through six more levels.

Registration closed after cards were in the air yesterday, allowing for a grand total of 291 entires. This meant for a total prize pool of HK$27,092,100 where the top 31 players make the money. Each player is vying for the HK$6,300,000 first-place prize and the title of ACOP Season 8 Main Event champion.

While Mizzi leads the pack, he's joined by many of poker's elite. Some of the players returning for play on Day 3 include Terry Gonzaga (309,700), Terrence Chan (284,400), reigning champion Sunny Jung (273,200), Ami Barer (226,300), Joseph Cheong (179,500), Raymond Wu (178,600), Scott Davies (166,600), Byron Kaverman (142,200), Dimitar Danchev (136,000), Celina Lin (135,100), Daniel Colman ( 130,400), Mike McDonald (125,400), and Thomas Muehloecker (80,700).

With six 90-minute levels on the menu for today, play will likely reach the money bubble at some point. As always, PokerNews will be on hand to provide all of the latest updates from the tournament floor. Stay tuned!

Tags: Sorel Mizzi

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

11-06-2014 15:09 UTC+8

Shuffle Up And Deal!

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker!

11-06-2014 15:17 UTC+8

Kan Climbing Early

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We arrived in time to see Zuo 'ST' Wang and Raiden Kan looking down at a board of . With well over 45,000 already in the middle, Wang tossed out a river bet of 16,000. Kan came over the top with a raise to 48,000 and sent Wang into the tank.

Ultimately, Wang opted to throw his cards to the muck. Kan picked up the pot and now has about 260,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raiden Kan	260,000	35,800
Zuo 'ST' Wang	105,000	-24,200

Tags: Raiden Kan Zuo Wang

11-06-2014 15:23 UTC+8

Salter Surviving

[user252447]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

There are a few short stacks looking to double up to get back in contention. One of them is Jack Salter and after a raise of 4,100 from Buyanjargal Bold Salter moved all in from the big blind and got a fold to add a few precious chips to his stack.

A few hands later Salter opened from the cut-off and Man Hang Cheng in the blind had a long think before letting him have the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	41,000	6,700

Tags: Jack Salter

11-06-2014 15:33 UTC+8

Barer Sets A Trap

[user252447]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Chip leader Sorel Mizzi opened his first pot of the day for 5,000 and got called by Ami Barer, Darren Judges in the small blind and Konstantin Pogodin in the big blind.

The flop was and Mizzi continued for 11,500 when it was checked to him. Barer and Pogodin made the call and they saw a turn card . This time it was checked to Barer and he made it 27,300 finding one caller in Pogodin. A river didn’t see any further action and the of Pogodin lost out to the of Barer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	290,000	63,700

Tags: Ami Barer Sorel Mizzi

11-06-2014 15:39 UTC+8

Ace-High Wins it for Pogodin

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With 15,500 already in the middle, Konstantin Pogodin and Sorel Mizzi were engaged in a hand where the board read . Pogodin checked over to Mizzi who shot out 10,500. Pogodin opted to come over the top with a check-raise to 22,500. Mizzi called to see fifth street.

The dealer paired the board on the river with the . Pogodin slowed with a check and MIzzi knocked the table in reply. Pogodin showed for ace-king high. Mizzi mucked his hand and Pogodin was awarded the pot. He now has about 208,000 while the start-of-day chip leader has dropped to 386,000.