$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

10-07-2014 00:23 UTC+10

Ge Sends Damelian Packing

[user80015]

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

From the small blind, Yanji Ge raised to 1,600 only to have Roberto Damelian three-bet to 5,000. Ge called and checked the flop with Damelian moving all in for 12,900. Ge instantly called and the cards were tabled.

Damelian:
Ge:

With Damelian in bad shape, the turn and river landed the and to end his tournament shy of the money as Ge climbed to 68,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yanji Ge	68,000
Roberto Damelian	Busted

Tags: Yanji Ge Roberto Damelian

10-07-2014 00:13 UTC+10

Bowen Busts Duhamel and Kuo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonathan Duhamel raised to 1,700 and David Bowen three-bet to 4,200. The Canadian moved all in for approximately 20,000 with pocket nines and Bowen made the call with . There was no surprise on the board and Bowen stacked the chips.

He wasn't done yet when Kitty Kuo moved into the one seat and got her stack of 11,000 chips in preflop with . Bowen snap-called with and scored the next bounty right away on a board of . "Bring me the next one," he joked and sure enough a short stacked Minh Nguyen took the empty seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bowen	81,150	61,150
Jonathan Duhamel	Busted
Kitty Kuo	Busted

Tags: David Bowen Jonathan Duhamel Kitty Kuo

10-07-2014 00:08 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

[user80015]

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Piskopos	120,000	-5,000
Daniel Neilson	82,000	7,000
Darian Tan	45,000	-7,000
Mike Watson	33,000	6,000
Josh Barrett	33,000	-21,000
Joe Cabret	31,000	9,000
Mikel Habb	27,000	-3,000
Peter Aristidou	23,000	4,500
Fady Alam (Fred Alam)	17,000
Scott Calcagno	14,000	1,000
Ryan Riess	11,500	-2,500

10-07-2014 00:08 UTC+10

Bounties for Tran and Phan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Tien Phan had a short stack at risk with and held up versus on a board of .

Two tables over, Henry Tran just flat-called a raise from the player in under the gun and the player on the button moved all in for what looked like 11,000. The initial raiser folded but Tran called immediately and turned over . He faced and received the $500 bounty chip after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Tien Phan	34,000	34,000
Henry Tran	30,000	4,325

Tags: Henry Tran

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

10-06-2014 23:56 UTC+10

Kitty Doubles Through Birman

[user80015]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Paul Birman opened to 1,500 in the cutoff and Kitty Kuo moved all in from the small blind for 5,275. Birman called and the cards were tabled.

Kuo:
Birman:

The board ran out to see Kuo double to roughly 11,000 as Birman took a step back to 6,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	11,000	-5,000
Paul Birman	6,500	-5,000

Tags: Paul Birman Kitty Kuo

10-06-2014 23:50 UTC+10

Next Bounty for Shack-Harris

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

It took Brandon Shack-Harris until level nine to claim his first bounty in George Danzer and the American just added Piyush Gupta to that lost only a few minutes later. Gupta open-shoved for the third time as of lately and was at risk for his last 6,500 with .

Shack-Harris called with on the button and all other players folded. The board delivered no upset and the American trails way above average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	48,000	7,900
Piyush Gupta	Busted

Tags: George Danzer Piyush Gupta

10-06-2014 23:47 UTC+10

Will the Real POY Please Stand Up

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

This past weekend, George Danzer passed Brandon Shack-Harris atop the 2014 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard, which is a race hotly contested between the two. Shack-Harris has exacted some revenge by eliminating Danzer for Event #4 and giving himself a freeroll to valuable POY points.

In what would be Danzer's final hand, the player on the button opened for 1,300 an Danzer three-bet to 3,400 from the small blind. Shack-Harris then four-bet to 8,200 from the big, the original raiser folded, and Danzer moved all in for 15,750. Shack-Harris called and it was off to the races.

Shack-Harris:
Danzer:

Danzer needed to improve, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out a clean . With that, Danzer sent his $500 bounty chip to his arch rival (the two have actually become good friends).

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	40,100	14,100
George Danzer	Busted

Tags: George Danzer Brandon Shack-Harris

10-06-2014 23:35 UTC+10

Watson Climbing

[user80015]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Following an all in for 5,725, Mike Watson made the call next to act.

Watson:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Watson grabbed a terminator chip worth $500 while simultaneously moving his stack upwards of 27,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	27,000	14,500

Tags: Mike Watson

10-06-2014 23:32 UTC+10

Bojang Terminates Pickering

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

A short-stacked Jamie Pickering moved all in for his last 3,575 from the hijack and action folded to Ismael Bojang in the big blind. The German didn't seem too excited to call, but he did so nonetheless.

Pickering:
Bojang:

Bojang was behind, but not for long as the flop gave him the lead with a pair of sevens. Pickering was in need of either a queen or running cards to stay alive, but he was left wanting as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	30,000	3,000
Jamie Pickering	Busted

Tags: Jamie Pickering Ismael Bojang