Main Event
Day 1a Started
PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau
Buy-in
25,000 HKD
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to The 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event
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The 2014 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is making a stop in Macau and the PokerStars Live Poker Room in the City of Dreams. The main event of this ever popular series is getting underway in just over 30 minutes and is expected to draw a record field.
Last year the event drew 388 players and saw Alexandre Chieng taking home the trophy and the first-place prize of HKD 2,165,000. We know from Twitter that PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang, Celina Lin, Viviam Im, and Raymond Wu will be here. We will also be keeping our eye out for Germany's Vincent Kohn, the winner of the warm-up event who claimed HKD $1,344,420 for his efforts.
Today will see seven 60-minute levels of play and this event will have two starting days. PokerNews.com will be providing live updates from the field starting in just a few minutes. Keep your browser here for all the excitement.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
And We're Off
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The main event has officially started after a quick introduction and welcome from the tournament director.
How The Day Will Run
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players in today’s field will start with 20,000 in chips, and play seven 60-minute blinds levels for the day.
Look Who We've Found
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Vivian Im Has Taken Her Seat
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
So far PokerStars Team Pro Vivian Im is the only member of Team Asia to take a seat in today's event. Macau has been good to Im this year with a 21st-place finish at the Macau Millions in March for HKD$ 22,000 and a 38th-place finish at The Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon for HKD$ 33,500. She obviously wants to do more than go deep in the event and is posed to capture the big prize. She will be up against a tough field that includes her partner, Kim Gap Young, who is also playing today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Huang’s Tough First Hand
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We just spotted PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang seated and active in his very first hand.
With around 3,000 in the pot and the board reading 
a player in late position checked his option. Huang made a bet of 1,600 which was met with a quick raise to 6,000.
Huang agonized over his decision for a few minutes before eventually mucking his cards and letting his opponent know he had a set.
“Did you have a set as well? Because I had a little one,” said Huang.
“I had one as well and was hoping you did too,” replied the other player in the hand.
Huang still sits on 17,000 in the early parts of today’s play.
Demlakian is Still Agressive
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
When we last saw Ken Demlakian, it was at APPT Seoul. There he was aggressive, driving the action from the start. If the following hand is any indication, it looks like he is adopting the same strategy but may need to rethink it a bit.
Demlakian opened for 325 from middle position and was called by a late position player and the player in the big blind. The flop came 
and the action was checked around.
The big blind checked the 
turn and Demlakian bet 650. The player in late position called and the big blind folded.
Demlakian fired again for 2,200 on the 
turn. The player in late position took some time, even staring Demlakian down for a time. He eventually made the call and waited for Demlakian to turn over his hand. Demlakian said, "I missed" and showed 
and the player in late position turned over 
.
The table was in awe of the call. If this is any indication this is going to be a tough field.
Gill Loses A Big One, Wins One Back
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We just stumbled across Oliver Gill winning a small hand to bring his chip stack back up to 13,700 in chips.
Earlier in the level Gill tweeted about how he lost a big hand.
11k ran ak into qq in 4b poton qjjkx obv villain flats flop checks turn flats quarter pot river and nitrollsighcalls rivFollow @SwoopAE
In his winning hand, Gill bet out 200 on a 
flop after his opponent checked. The bet was called and both players watched the 
fall on the turn.
Another check was met with a 500-chip bet from Gill, before there was a raise to 1,800. Gill didn't wait to long, throwing in a raise to 3,800 which was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,700 | -6,300 |