The final Day 1 flight has come to a close at the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event and it was an exciting day of play which did not disappoint. There were an impressive 282 players who turned out for seven and a half levels of play today and by the end, 119 survived with Peter Chan bagging up the most chips with 141,000.
Close behind him and also reaching the six-figure club include Shivan Abdine (124,800) and Haifeng Xue (121,000) who all battled for the lead throughout the final stages of play.
The combined Day 1 flights made for a presentable 494-player field. Of those players, there will be 206 players returning for Day 2 and will be vying for their share of the HKD$11,021,140 prize pool.
Some well-known players to take their seats throughout the day included recent APPT Seoul champion Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, 2013 WSOS ACOP gold bracelet winner Aaron Lim and reigning APPT Macau champion Alexandre Chieng. Unfortunately for these three, their day would be cut short.
Returning tomorrow will be a collection of notables including PokerStars Team Pros Raymond Wu (28,600) and Celina Lin (25,900), Michael Kanaan (54,000), Ivan Zalac (49,700), Darian Tan (45,700), Sparrow Cheung (44,900), Nick Wong (42,000), Raiden Kan (32,700), and J.J. Liu (10,200) who were all able to bag up various amounts of chips.
Day 2 is set to kick off at 3:00 p.m. local time on Friday as PokerNews will again be on the floor in the magnificent City of Dreams Macau!
We've been keeping our eye on J.J. Liu knowing she is short-stacked and the end of day near. And sure enough just as action folded to her in late position, she moved her remaining chips into the middle. It almost appeared as if it would fold around but the player in the big blind made the call.
Big Blind:
J.J. Liu:
Liu was happy to see the flop and the turn and river gave her yet another double up. She is stil short but her stack is moving in the right direction.
Zhenye Duan opened with all in for 12,225 from early position. Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin made the call from middle position and the rest of the table folded.
It was a race for Duan's tournament life when he tabled and Lin revealed .
Duan couldn't find any help on the board and he said his goodbyes to the table.
We just saw Aaron Lim making his round around the tournament floor.
After inspecting his table and noticing no chips in his seat, it is safe to say that 2013 APPT Seoul and WSOP APAC gold bracelet winner has been eliminated from the tournament.
Gordon Huntly has been active today and this hand was no different. He opened with a raised to 700 and a player in middle position called as did Farhad Mohajerani from the big blind.
Mohajerani checked the flop to Huntly who bet 950. The player in middle position folded and Mohajerani made the call.
Mohajerani again checked when the turn was dealt. Huntly made it 1,450 to go and Mohajerani answered with a raise to 3,150.
After two previous hands of folding to a three-bet on the turn, Huntley decided to take a stand with an all in. This seemed to surprise Mohajerani as he removed his headphones and started studying the board and Huntly. Mohajerani eventually found the found but didn't seem to like it.
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Who they're all chasing! Day 1a chip leader, Bo "Box" Xie
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event. Yesterday's Day 1a field saw 212 players come out to play. At the end of the day, 87 of them advanced to Day 2. It was Bo “Box” Xie who would take the lead in the final few hands of the night, finishing with 166,000 in chips.
With an expected field of around 300 players today, it would mean that this event will have in excess of 500-runners, a great result for this event which has been growing in popularity ever since it's inclusion in 2007.
Some players to look forward to today include Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin and Raymond Wu, as well as possible showings from 2014 APPT Seoul champion Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, 2013 APPT Cebu champion Jae Kyung Sim and reigning APPT Macau champion Alexandre Chieng.
Play is set to kick off at 3:00pm local time here at the City of Dreams Macau. Be sure to stay tuned for all the live coverage straight from the floor, it's going to be another great day on the felt.
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river gave her yet another double up. She is stil short but her stack is moving in the right direction.
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flop to Huntly who bet 950. The player in middle position folded and Mohajerani made the call.
turn was dealt. Huntly made it 1,450 to go and Mohajerani answered with a raise to 3,150.
