After a series of bets and raises before the flop, David Douglas found himself all in and at risk for his last roughly 160,000 against Terrence Chan. The cards were exposed to find Chan in a dominating position.
Chan: 
Douglas: 
The board ran out clean as 
hit the felt, keeping Chan's pocket aces out in front. Douglas was eliminated from play in 20th place and Chan boosted his stack up to about 570,000.
Jian Zhang was next to move all in for his last 90,000 and got a call from Jorn Walthaus.
Zhang with 
was calling for an ace when he saw the 
of Walthus but the board ran out 
and Zhang clapped his hands together in disappointment before heading off to collect his payday.
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.
A short-stacked Stephane Blouin was eliminated from play when his 
was unable to improve during a preflop all in against Meng Dian Peng's . Blouin collected HK$202,000 for his 23rd place finish.
Bodo Sbrzesny opened to 16,000 from early position and it folded to Sorel Mizzi two seats over. He three-bet the action to 38,000, prompting folds all of the way around the table and back to Sbrzesny. He moved all in for 128,000 and Mizzi instantly called.
Sbrzesny:
Mizzi: 
The board fell down 
, keeping Sbrzesny's pocket tens in the lead. He scored the double up and now has about 280,000 to his name.
Byron Kaverman was one of the short stacks and he got his last 70,000 in with . Tore Lukashaugen looked him up with .
A final board of 
sealed his fate and Kaverman was bust.
Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Asia Championship of Poker! The field will play down from the final 24 to the official final table of nine.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
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.
Table 20
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bodo Sbrzesny |
| 2 | -empty- |
| 3 | Gabriel Le Jossec |
| 4 | Sorel Mizzi |
| 5 | Raiden Kan |
| 6 | Jorn Walthaus |
| 7 | Terrence Chan |
| 8 | David Douglas |
| 9 | Yaxi Zhu |
Table 22
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sunny Jung |
| 2 | Ami Barer |
| 3 | Konstantin Pogodin |
| 4 | Celina Lin |
| 5 | Dimitar Danchev |
| 6 | Stephane Blouin |
| 7 | Kai Yat Fam |
| 8 | Meng Dian Peng |
| 9 | -empty- |
Table 23
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zuo "ST" Wang |
| 2 | Jian Zhang |
| 3 | Michael Tureniec |
| 4 | Tore Lukashaugen |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman |
| 6 | Joseph Cheong |
| 7 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
| 8 | Ronald Chun Long Yu |
| 9 | -empty- |
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