2013 GuangDong Ltd. Asia Millions

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 GuangDong Ltd. Asia Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
34,600,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Prize Pool
119,375,000 HKD
Entries
71
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Dinner Buy-in Plans

Level 2 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

The room has just been told that they can enter, and rebuy, until after the dinner break following the fourth level of the day. That means players have until around 9.00 p.m. local time to pony up the HK$1,000,000 buy-in to enter the GDAM Main Event.

The Rebuys

Level 2 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

We have just been given access to a list of the players who have opted to rebuy, whether they have been eliminated first, or have topped up their stacks. There has been a total of five rebuys so far. Each of the below have used one of their two available rebuys.

Yan Shing Tsang
Igor Kurganov
Stanley Choi
Wei Sang Phua
Fenglei Qian

First Break of the Day

Level 2 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

The players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day. They will be back to action here in the GDAM Main Event soon.

We are told there has officially been 70 entrants seated so far, but that number is set to increase over the next couple of levels.

Level: 3

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Back to Play

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The players are back from the quick break and ready to keep playing here in the HK$1,000,000 buy-in GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions Main Event. Two more levels before the players go on a 90-minute dinner break.

Deeb Down, But Not Out

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

When we arrived over at Shaun Deeb's table, the poker star was involved in a hand with Hai San Lin. There was already a turn card out on the felt at this point, with the board showing {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. There was well over 100,000 in the pot and Lin bet 110,000. Deeb gave a side glance to the player two spots to his left before making the call, at which point the dealer tabled a {10-Diamonds} on the river. Deeb had around 320,000 and his opponent quickly jammed out 570,000 worth of chips at the sight of the river. Deeb opted to let his hand go and the pot went to Lin.

As Lin scooped up his new chips, he gave the table a solid bang of his fist in enthusiasm, which is somewhat standard of Macau poker players.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
320,000
-880,000
-880,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

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Ike Back on Top of Things

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

PokerStars Team Online Isaac Haxton had somewhat of a bad start to the day, but has since found his feet and enough chips to see his stack move back up to just under 1 million.

We recently watched Haxton scoop up a pot on a {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} board, with Haxton tank-calling a river bet of 105,000 from Tom Hu. When Hu turned over {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for a whole lot of nothing, Haxton tabled his {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} and picked up some more chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Haxton
950,000
150,000
150,000

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Some Updated Counts

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Tom Hall
2,200,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
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Kyle Cheong
1,700,000
100,000
100,000
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David Steicke
1,600,000
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Jonathan Duhamel
1,450,000
250,000
250,000
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Greg Merson
1,300,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
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Dan Smith
1,300,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Jeff Rossiter
1,100,000
200,000
200,000
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Sorel Mizzi
950,000
-950,000
-950,000
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Gus Hansen
800,000
-80,000
-80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Winamax
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JC Alvarado
800,000
-200,000
-200,000
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Aaron Lim
650,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mike Watson
575,000
-275,000
-275,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
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Winfred Yu
400,000

Big Face Up River Fold for Cheong

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Joseph Cheong and Isaac Haxton have had a friendly rivalry for much of the day and that continued during a recent hand. We arrived at the action on the river of a {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs} board and Haxton had jammed for his remaining 559,000. That amount was well over a pot-sized bet and Cheong went deep into the tank.

Eventually Cheong gave a loud sort of sigh and slammed down his {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} face up to send the pot to Haxton.

Cheong is still crushing on well over 2 million, while for pretty much the first time today Haxton is up over the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
2,400,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Isaac Haxton
1,200,000
250,000
250,000

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Hansen Taking Watson's Chips

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Gus Hansen and Mike Watson have just played out a hand over on their table, the result of which sees Watson down to just 330,000 in chips.

We arrived at the action with a turn card being dealt on the {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds} board and with Hansen betting 101,000 into a pot of around 200,000. Watson tanked before calling and the dealer flipped over a {5-Spades} river.

Hansen didn't hesitate here, making it 211,000 to go. Watson had around 330,000 behind at this point and didn't look too excited as he opted to let his cards go and send the pot to Hansen.

Player Chips Progress
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Gus Hansen
800,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Winamax
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Mike Watson
330,000
-245,000
-245,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

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