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
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
128,784 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
486,000 AUD
Entries
243
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

2014 WSOP November Nine Profile: Mark Newhouse

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante
Mark Newhouse
Mark Newhouse

Back on July 14, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set. The players in this year's "November Nine" are set to resume play on November 10, and it is a globally diverse group of young players who will be battling it out for the $10 million top prize.

In a recent Five Thoughts piece, Rich Ryan put the odds of Mark Newhouse making back-to-back WSOP Main Event final tables at 524,558-1. Last year, Newhouse made the November Nine, but bowed out in ninth place. This year, he plans to improve upon that finish, but he has already defied the odds and made poker history by becoming the first player since Dan Harrington to make back-to-back WSOP Main Event final tables (Ryan put Harrington's odds of doing so in 2003 and 2004 at 26,312-1).

Newhouse will enter the final table in November third in chips with 26 million.

To read more about Newhouse's back-to-back run, check out this PokerNews 2014 WSOP November Nine profile.

Tags: Mark NewhouseDan Harrington

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

November Niner Bruno Politano Crushing Early

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

World Series of Poker November Niner Bruno Politano has been crushing today, and he's moved up to a field-leading 34,000 in chips thanks to a recent bustout where he sent a player to the rail.

Politano had flopped a straight with the {6-Spades}{4-Spades} on the {7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{4-Hearts} board and got his opponent to put all the money in on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
34,000 13,500

Tags: Bruno Politano

Esfandiari Four-Bets Cardyn

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

From under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 325. Nicolas Cardyn reraised from the cutoff seat to 700, and then Esfandiari made it 1,525 to go after action folded back to him. Cardyn folded and was left with 3,000 in chips. Esfandiari rose to 11,300.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
11,300 5,300
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
3,000 -3,000

Tags: Nicolas CardynAntonio Esfandiari

Wild Ride for Yan

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Until the turn of a {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} board, about 4,500 chips were in the middle and the opponent of [Removed:17] moved all in for 5,750 chips. "MissOracle" gave it some thought before eventually calling the shove with the superior stack. Yan held {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts} but didn't stand a chance against the {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} of his opponent, as the {9-Clubs} on the river was of no help.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
6,400 -7,900

Portlen Busts Kawauti

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

On Table 31 next to our media desk, we noticed Bruno Kawauti all in out of the small blind for 4,400 in chips and initial raiser, Eugene Portlen, made the call with the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. Kawauti needed some help with the {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}, but it wasn't meant to be as the board ran out {4-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

"I played one hand and got knocked out like that," said Tony Hachem, who was also at the table. He was referring to his cruel exit on the final table of the AU$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator event yesterday.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Portlen au
Eugene Portlen
17,500 17,500
Bruno Kawauti br
Bruno Kawauti
Busted

Tags: Bruno KawautiEugene PortlenTony Hachem

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
20,500 4,000
Ashley Mason gb
Ashley Mason
18,700 12,700
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
14,300 8,300
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
10,000 4,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
9,600 3,600
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
7,100 -50
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
5,900
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
5,700 -300
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
5,000 -1,000
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
3,700 -2,300
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
3,000 -3,000
Bruno Kawauti br
Bruno Kawauti
1,800 -4,200
Luke Brabin au
Luke Brabin
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Paul Elliott au
Paul Elliott
Busted
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
Busted

Politano Busts Liu

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Bruno Politano, who is a member of this year's World Series of Poker November Nine, just busted Xuan Liu. Politano had the {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Liu had the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. All the money went in preflop, and the board ran out {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{J-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

"Well, that was fun," Liu said with a smile as she made her exit.

Politano increased to 16,500 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
16,500 10,500
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
Busted

Tags: Xuan LiuBruno Politano