Welcome to Day 4 of the ACOP Main Event here at the PokerStars LIVE poker room at the City of Dreams here in Macau where this the record field enters its penultimate day.
Yaxi Zhu from China begins the day as chip leader and the only player over 1 million chips with 24 players remaining. Zhu grabbed the lead late yesterday when she eliminated Mike McDonald and eventually bagged up 1,019,000.
Russia’s Konstantin Pogodin lies second with 901,000 and another Chinese player, Meng Dian Peng, is third with 834,000.
Last year’s champion Sunny Jung still has a great chance of defending his title sitting in fourth place on the leader board with 822,000. Some of the other big names in this talented field we will be reporting on include Joseph Cheong (527,000), Day 3 chip leader Sorel Mizzi (362,000) and Vladimir Troyanovskiy (351,000).
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin nursed a short stack for most of yesterday to make it into the money and returns with 91,000 and hopes to spin it up.
Play resumes at level 19 with blinds at 4000 / 8000 / 1000 and the plan is to play down to an official final table of nine before they return for the final day of play for a shot at the title and a chance to win HK$6,300,000.
Cards are in the air at 3 p.m. so stay tuned as the PokerNews Live reporting team will keep you up to date all the way through to the end of play and keep you entertained with some exclusive videos from Remko Rinkema.
Ami Barer opened with an early positioned raise to 16,000 only to have Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin three-bet ship for 72,000 from two seats over. Dimitar Danchev was next to act and he flatted Lin's all in raise. Action folded back to Barer and he moved all in over the top, only to find a call from Danchev. The hands were exposed and the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event winner had two opponents all in and at risk.
Danchev:
Barer:
Lin:
The flop came down , pairing Barer's king and giving him the lead in the hand. The touched down on fourth street and the completed the board on the river. Lin's fours were unable to improve and she was eliminated as the 22nd place finisher. Barer, on the other hand, doubled through Danchev and now has about 590,000 to his name.
Gabriel Le Jossec opened to 18,000 from middle position and action trickled around to Sorel Mizzi in the cutoff. Mizzi announced an all in raise for what looked to be about 135,000 total. The button and blinds folded, putting the action back on Le Jossec. He thought for about 30 seconds before sliding out calling chips.
Le Jossec:
Mizzi:
The flop fell , keeping Le Jossec's ace-high in the lead. Mizzi picked up more outs, however, as he was then four to a diamond flush. The paired the board on the turn, meaning Mizzi would need to improve on the river in order to stay alive. Fifth street did not do it for him, though, as the finished the board and he was eliminated in 18th place.
Sunny Jung opened the action for 24,000 and got a call from Konstantin Pogodin. Dimitar Danchev then raised to 72,000.
Jung asked to see his stack before raising to 200,000. Pogodin then folded and after a brief pause Danchev moved all in. Jung got an exact count and took his time before making the call to put Danchev at risk.
Danchev had and Jung the .
An emphatic final board of gave Danchev outs on the turn but it was not to be and the steady stream of exits continued.
Sunny Jung opened the action for 26,000 and got a call from Ami Barer. Konstantin Pogodin in the cut-off made it 55,000 and when the remaining players folded Jung made a big raise to 205,000. Barer looked like he was a bit puzzled but mucked his cards. Pogodin took some time to think before calling.
It was heads up to the flop of between the two big stacks. Jung made it 120,000 and Pogodin slid out a raise to 240,000. Jung had a long hard think about what to do before cutting out some chips and raising right back to 410,000. Pogodin checked his stack which was just above 600,000 before declaring all in and Jung instantly mucked his hand.
Pogodin had just won the biggest pot of the tournament and went to the top of the leader board.
Terrence Chan had been short stacked, card dead and patient all day. Finally he three-bet shoved what remained of his stack over an open from Ami Barer and Barer made the call.
Chan had and Barer .
Chan was out of his seat on the flop on what would be a final board of .
Ami Barer opened with a raise to 28,000 and found calls from Bodo Sbrzesny on the button and Yaxi Zhu in the big blind. The flop came down and action checked to Barer who continued for 48,000. Sbrzesny folded and Zhu announced a check-raise all in for 184,000 total. Barer called and the hands were tabled.
Barer:
Zhu:
Zhu was in the lead with her pair of treys and retained that lead after the hit the turn. The river spelled disaster for Zhu, however, as the peeled off to give Barer a wheel. Zhu was eliminated in 12th place and collected HK$406,000 in tournament winnings.
Four players including Bodo Sbrzesny, Meng Dian Peng, Sunny Jung, and Ami Barer saw a flop of hit the felt in a raised pot. Sbrzesny checked and Peng open-shipped all in for 291,000. Jung flatted the all in, prompting both Barer and Sbrzesny to let go of their hands.
Peng:
Jung:
Jung was in a commanding position with his flopped full house of fours full of sevens. The board completed with the and the , eliminating Wang in 11th place for HK$406,000.
Sunny Jung opened with a raise to 30,000 from under the gun. Ami Barer flatted from the next seat over and it folded to Bodo Sbrzesny in the small blind. Sbrzesny three-bet all in for 324,000, allowing action to folded back to Jung. He kicked his cards into the muck and Barer went deep into the tank.
Roughly three minutes passed while Barer pondered his action. As the tension mounted at the table, Barer slid out a stack of chips to signify a call.
Sbrzesny:
Barer:
Sbrzesny was in a commanding position with his ace-queen and he looked poised to double up heading to the community cards. The flop came down , keeping Sbrzesny in the lead with ace-high. The on the turn drew some murmurs from the crowd surrounding the table as it gave Barer a few more outs to make a straight to the king.
Those murmurs turned to full on gasps as the dealer burned and completed the board with the . Barer made his straight to eliminated Sbrzesny in tenth place for HK$540,000. With this elimination, play has concluded for the day. A full recap, chip counts, and final table seat draw will be made available shortly.
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