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$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
486,000 AUD
Total Entries
243
Level
23
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 243
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Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 1 of the AU$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em event from the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific worked its way through the first 10 levels of play. At the close of registration, 243 entries had been tallied and a AU$486,000 prize pool was generated. Leading the surviving 31 players was Alexander Antonios with 138,200 in chips.
Antonios didn't have the chip lead until the final hand of the night when he won a monster pot against former chip leader Maz Misaghian with a Broadway straight. Misaghian finished on 35,600 in chips.
The first day of this event proved fast and furious, as nearly 90% of the field was eliminated and big stacks were tossed around left and right. Notables Greg Merson, Ryan Riess, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Karamalikis, Brandon Shack-Harris, Jeff Madsen, Jeff Lisandro, Antonio Esfandiari, and Jackie Glazier were among the carnage, but just because they busted doesn't mean there aren't some important faces left.
Of those advancing to Day 2, you've got Phil Hellmuth, Jesse Sylvia, Tony Hachem, Bruno Politano, Ami Barer, Van Marcus, Ashley Mason, and Brendon Rubie. Hellmuth will take 82,500 in chips into Day 2, and he'll be looking for his 14th WSOP gold bracelet.
The players are scheduled to return on Friday at 12:30 p.m. local time at Crown Melbourne, and PokerNews will be on hand for all live coverage starting then.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
The tournament officials have just announced that the remaining players will play three more hands at each table before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to compile a list of chip counts, so stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1 action.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
On a flop of 
, Van Marcus bet and then raised himself all in for his last 17,700 as his opponent raised and called the all in to put Marcus at risk.
Marcus: 
Opponent: 
With Marcus flopping bottom set, the 
and 
turn and river ensure he doubled through to roughly 43,000 in chips.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Yu Kurita opened to 1,800 from the cutoff seat, and Bruno Politano called on the button. In the big blind was Dylan Hortin, and he reraised all in for 5,900. Kurita called, and Politano folded.
Both players had a pocket pair, but it was Kurita's 
ahead of the at-risk Hortin's 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Hortin was eliminated in 33rd place, short of the money.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
We missed the action unfold, but we do know that Tien Pham got his stack of 29,175 all in on the turn with a board reading 
and was at risk against Maz Misaghian.
Misaghian: 
Pham:
Misaghian had turned two pair, but he was drawing thin as Pham had flopped top set. Misaghian needed an ace to steal the pot, but it didn't happen as the 
blanked on the turn.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
On a board of 
Jackson Zheng bet out 5,100 only to have Phil Ward check-raise to 14,200. Zheng moved all in for 40,575 and Ward snap-called.
Ward:
Zheng: 
The river landed the and Zheng's set saw him scoop the pot and climb to just under 90,000 while Ward slid down to 23,200 in chips.
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Ryan Riess opened the action with a raise to 1,300 from the hijack. Kris Nestorovic called from the small blind, and then a short-stacked Shane Stark shoved all in for 3,425 more from the big. Riess responded by dropping a bunch of chips in the middle, and Nestorovic tossed in a single chip to call.
Nestorovic must have thought Riess had moved all in, but in reality the 2013 WSOP Main Event champ had 4,700 back. The side pot was straightened out, and then Riess moved all in after Nestorovic checked the 
flop. Nestorovic called and all three players tabled their cards.
Stark: 
Riess:
Nestorovic: 
Stark was out in front with his set, but Nestorovic was leading for the sizable side pot, though Riess was drawing good to both a straight and flush draw. The 
turn was of no consequence, and neither was the 
river. Riess missed to fall to Nestorovic, while Stark tripled his stack in the main pot.
