2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
850,136 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,125,000 AUD
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Higgs With Kings

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 900 and one call, Sam Higgs three-bet to 2,200 from the button. The initial raiser folded but the cold-caller moved all in for 18,000 chips with {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs}. Higgs called with {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} and faded the flush draw of his opponent on a board of {3-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {8-Spades}.

Shortly after he was involved in another pot after calling a raise to 1,000 and then also tossing in the extra 2,000 chips after the squeeze of the player in the cutoff. Higgs check-called 2,200 on the {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} flop and 3,200 on the {4-Clubs} turn before both checked the {2-Clubs} river. The opponent showed {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} and Higgs mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000 11,000

Tags: Sam Higgs

Updated Chip Counts from Level 5

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
118,500 27,500
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
105,000 3,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
58,000 1,500
Oliver Gill au
Oliver Gill
52,000 5,200
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 18,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
44,000 -1,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
44,000 14,000
Anthony Hachem au
Anthony Hachem
38,000 8,000
Michael Guttman au
Michael Guttman
37,000 5,500
Paul Birman au
Paul Birman
36,700 6,700
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
36,000 4,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
32,300 -3,700
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
31,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 -4,000
Dylan Hortin us
Dylan Hortin
23,000 -1,750
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
21,000 -1,500
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
20,100 -3,400
Bruno Kawauti br
Bruno Kawauti
18,100 -2,900
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
17,100 10,900
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
14,500 -100

Updated Chip Counts from Half of the Room

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
80,000 -12,000
David Gorr au
David Gorr
64,000 6,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
61,000 1,000
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn th
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
59,000
George Sotiropoulos gr
George Sotiropoulos
59,000 3,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
38,500 -8,500
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
31,000 1,000
Luke Brabin au
Luke Brabin
WSOP 1X Winner
27,500 -12,700
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
16,200 3,100
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
14,600 -15,400
Dylan Honeyman au
Dylan Honeyman
12,450 -2,050
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
6,200 -23,800

Leah Shows Off His Moffitt Top

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Mike Leah
Mike Leah

A preflop raising war resulted in Canada's Mike Leah getting his stack of 10,000 all in preflop against John Moffitt.

Leah: {2-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Moffitt: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Leah was in dire straits with the underpair, and he failed to catch as the board ran out a clean {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. With that, Leah became the first post-dinner casualty while Moffitt chipped up to 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
John Moffitt au
John Moffitt
70,000 34,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike LeahJohn Moffitt

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Smith Wins Big Pot Against Addamo

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Asa Smith All In
Asa Smith All In

As the other tables emptied, the final hand on Table 29 lasted 10 minutes into the dinner break. Asa Smith had raised, and there were two callers before Michael Addamo squeezed out of the big blind. Smith then four-bet to 5,900, and only Addamo called.

After the {J-Hearts}{K-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, Addamo check-called a bet of an unknown amount, and did the same on the {3-Clubs} turn for 11,500. The {8-Hearts} fell on the river, and Addamo checked. Smith asked Addamo for his stack size before moving all in for 38,675. Smith stared at the table just in front of him while Addamo was in the think tank for well over five minutes.

Eventually, Addamo threw a yellow T5,000 chip to the middle of the table and made the call for the vast majority of his own stack. Addamo would only muck his cards, though, as Smith showed the {K-Clubs}{J-Spades} for top two pair. Addamo quickly left the tournament area, and Smith stacked the chips with shaky hands before also heading into the break.

Player Chips Progress
Asa Smith gb
Asa Smith
125,000 125,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
8,575 -78,425

Tags: Asa SmithMichael Addamo

Reinkemeier Busts Mason

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ashley Mason
Ashley Mason

Tobias Reinkemeier was already enjoying a great start on Day 1a of the Main Event and that just got even better.

Ashley Mason raised to 700 from under the gun, and the German three-bet to 1,800. Mason pondered about his next decision for a while, and then four-bet shoved for what looked like 11,000.

Reinkemeier snap-called and tabled the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. Mason was in bad shape with the {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and the {6-Spades}{K-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} board changed nothing to send him to the rail in the last hand before the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
91,000 53,300
Ashley Mason
Ashley Mason
Busted

Tags: Ashley MasonTobias Reinkemeier

Leah Gets Lucky to Stay Alive

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

After a player opened for a raise, Mike Leah three-bet jammed for 5,150 from middle position. George Sotiropoulos then called from the big blind and the original raiser folded.

Sotiropoulos: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Leah: {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

The {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop gave both players a pair of aces, but of course Sotiropoulos' kicker had him out in front. That changed though as Leah paired his kicker on the {9-Clubs} turn. The {5-Spades} river failed to help Sotiropoulos and he sent some chips over to Leah.

Player Chips Progress
George Sotiropoulos gr
George Sotiropoulos
56,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
11,700 6,550

Tags: George SotiropoulosMike Leah

"Good Call"

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

We happened upon the action with 10,000 or so in the pot and a board reading {6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Scott Wilson checked from the small blind and Sam Higgs, who recently won a bracelet in the WSOP APAC $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, bet 8,525 from middle position. Wilson thought for a few moments and then called.

"Good call," Higgs admitted, which prompted Wilson to tabled the {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Higgs mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
64,000
Scott Wilson ca
Scott Wilson
55,000

Tags: Scott WilsonSam Higgs