PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
2,776,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000 HKD
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000

Yu Give Me Chips

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Just before the break we caught a hand were Jiajun Li opened to 4,200 from middle position. Hongxing Yu then raised it up to 10,200 from the cut off before Henry Szmelcer bumped it up to 24,000.

Li got out of the way, and Yu called. The flop came down {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Szmelcer threw out a continuation bet of 30,000 which was called. The {j-Spades} on the turn saw Szmelcer bet out 40,000, enough to cover Yu. He made a quick call as both tabled their cards.

Yu: {a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}
Szmelcer: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Yu was in front with two pair and was also drawing to the higher flush. The {2-Diamonds} completed the board giving Yu a double up to 179,000 as Szmelcer dropped down to 70,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Hongxing Yu
Hongxing Yu
179,000 -4,000
Henry Szmelcer
Henry Szmelcer
70,000 1,700

Tags: Hongxing YuHenry Szmelcer

Play Resumes

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The remaining 91 players have returned from their breaks. Blinds will continues at 1,200/2,400 (400).

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Ishibashi Does It Again

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We arrived at the table just as Yeow Chong opened to 4,000 from under the gun plus one. The action folded to Anson Wong in the cut off who moved all in for his last 25,000 in chips. Tsuyoshi Ishibashi was in the blinds, and moved all in for around 42,000 in chips, putting the pressure back on Chong.

He contemplated for several minutes before eventually releasing his hand. The other two players then tabled theirs.

Wong: {K-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Ishibashi: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Unfortunately for Wong the board ran out {9-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} do see his pocket kings cracked.

Player Chips Progress
Tsuyoshi Ishibashi
Tsuyoshi Ishibashi
75,000 11,500
Anson Wong
Anson Wong
Busted

Tags: Tsuyoshi IshibashiYeow Chung ChongAnson Wong

Some of The Bigger Stacks In The Room

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jiajun Liu cn
Jiajun Liu
423,000 208,000
Xue Qian Wu
Xue Qian Wu
322,000 291,100
Hao Tian cn
Hao Tian
267,000 22,000
Ivan Zalac
Ivan Zalac
230,000 20,000
Peter Chan hk
Peter Chan
225,000 -40,000
Franco Cultreri
Franco Cultreri
218,000 117,900
Alvan Zheng
Alvan Zheng
212,000 212,000
Shengqing Zhu
Shengqing Zhu
203,000 87,600
Yeow Chung Chong
Yeow Chung Chong
172,000
Dhanesh Vija Chainani
Dhanesh Vija Chainani
163,000 108,400
Billy "The Croc" Argyros au
Billy "The Croc" Argyros
156,000 78,000

Zalac Over 200K

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ivan Zalac
Ivan Zalac

We arrived at the table just as Ivan Zalac and Shivan Abdine completed committing all their chips in before the flop.

Zalac: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Abdine: {A-Clubs}{a-Hearts}.

It looked like Zalac would lose a big chunk of his chips, until the board came out {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The king on the flop gave Zalac the victory as he rocketed over 200,000 in chips, leaving Abdine shocked as he exited the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Zalac
Ivan Zalac
210,000 113,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
Busted

Tags: Ivan ZalacShivan Abdine