$10,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

10-12-2014 21:27 UTC+10

Higgs Tames the Beast

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Dylan Kehoe pointed out that Ryan Riess was just eliminated shortly before the end of Level 5. A quick glance at the table showed a massive stack for Sam Higgs and the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet winner told us what happened.

Higgs raised to 1,000 and got two callers before Riess made it 5,000 out of the big blind. Higgs, as well as the two other opponents, called and they went four ways to the flop. Riess checked, Higgs bet 12,000, got one call and one fold, then the former WSOP Main Event champion check-raised all in for just over 30,000 on top of Higgs' bet. Higgs moved all in to isolate.

The cold caller folded, and Higgs showed . Riess was in trouble with , and both the on the turn and the on the river failed to improve "Riess the Beast."

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	165,000
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Ryan Riess Sam Higgs

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

10-12-2014 21:09 UTC+10

One Final Break

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are on their last 15-minute break of the day.

10-12-2014 21:08 UTC+10

Drinan Loses a Chunk

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Connor Drinan made it 1,000 to go from early position, and a player in later position reraised to 2,700. Action got back to Drinan, and he moved all in. His opponent called it off for 13,500 with the , and Drinan had the .

The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Drinan lost the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	21,700	-7,800

Tags: Connor Drinan

10-12-2014 21:03 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	120,800	15,800
Sam Higgs	89,000	14,000
Oliver Gill	57,700	-2,100
Michael Guttman	40,000	3,000
Dylan Wilkerson	38,800	-5,200
Paul Birman	37,200	500
Ryan Riess	35,000	-28,000
Dylan Hortin	33,500	10,500
Kyle Cheong	24,500	-1,200
Jonathan Karamalikis	21,500	1,400

10-12-2014 21:01 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn	134,000	35,000
Luke Edwards	98,000	25,500
John Moffitt	92,000	2,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	84,000	-5,000
Xuan Liu	83,300	25,300
Jackie Glazier	74,000	13,000
Jonathan Little	64,000	14,000
Jesse Sylvia	63,000	3,550
David Gorr	63,000	-1,000
Aaron Lim	45,000	-9,000
Anthony Hachem	44,000	4,300
Stevan Chew	38,800	800
Daniel Buzgon	34,000	-8,500
Fabian Quoss	33,500	-5,000
Jeff Lisandro	33,200	18,100
George Sotiropoulos	31,000	-1,000
Connor Drinan	29,500	-4,500
Aleks Brkovic	26,200	-3,800
Luke Brabin	24,000	-3,500
Roland Israelashvili	23,600	-6,200
Dylan Honeyman	22,000	-700
Stuart Rutter	18,000	-14,300
Bruno Kawauti	14,300	-3,800
Russell Thomas	10,200	-6,000

10-12-2014 20:56 UTC+10

Move Gone Wrong for Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Former big stack Thao Nguyen is slipping further after trying to push out an opponent on the turn. Nguyen however got called by and had to reveal for an open ended straight draw. The was not enough help and Nguyen shipped over more than 10,000 in chips to his table neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thao Nguyen	47,000	-8,000

Tags: Thao Nguyen

10-12-2014 20:52 UTC+10

Hachem Check-Jams the Turn

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Anthony Hachem, son of Joe Hachem and nephew of Tony Hachem, raised to 1,100 from the hijack seat before Stevan Chew reraised to 2,700 from the button. Action folded back to Hachem, and he called to see the flop come down . Hachem checked, and Chew bet 2,100. Hachem called.

On the turn, the dealer added the to the board. Hachem checked, and Chew bet 6,500. Hachem check-raised all in for 22,600, and Chew quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hachem	39,700	12,200
Stevan Chew	38,000

Tags: Tony Hachem Joe Hachem Anthony Hachem Stevan Chew

10-12-2014 20:51 UTC+10

Yan Takes on an Octo-Niner

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

[Removed:17] raised to 1,000 from the hijack and Jesse Sylvia called from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded and it was heads-up action to the flop. Yan check-called a bet of 1,200 and then check-called one of 3,500 on the turn.

When the completed the board on the river, Yan checked for a third time and Sylvia bet 6,500. Yan then sprung to life with a check-raise to 21,900, and that was enough to get Sylvia to lay down his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:17]	84,000	13,000
Jesse Sylvia	59,450	-20,550

Tags: Jesse Sylvia

10-12-2014 20:47 UTC+10

Rutter Squeezes from the Button

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

From early position, Connor Drinan raised to 1,000. Aaron Lim called from middle position, Anthony Hachem called from the cutoff seat, and then Stuart Rutter reraised to 5,000 on the button. Action folded back to Drinan, and he too gave it up. Lim and Hachem quickly followed suit, and Rutter picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Lim	54,000	6,000
Connor Drinan	34,000	9,000
Stuart Rutter	32,300	1,300
Anthony Hachem	27,500	-10,500

Tags: Anthony Hachem Aaron Lim Connor Drinan Stuart Rutter