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

10-12-2014 15:31 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Gill	46,800 16,800	16,800
Luke Brabin	40,200 6,200	6,200

Tobias Reinkemeier	37,700 7,700	7,700
Ashley Mason	37,500 -1,000	-1,000
Tom Grigg	35,000 11,000	11,000
Ryan Riess	34,000 7,000	7,000

Michael Guttman	31,500 1,500	1,500
Jackie Glazier	30,000 30,000	30,000

Henry Tran	30,000 30,000	30,000
Anthony Hachem	30,000 30,000	30,000
Emanuel Seal	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aleks Brkovic	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jason Mo	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Michael Wang	28,000 -4,500	-4,500

Nicolau Villa-Lobos	19,000 19,000	19,000
Tony Kambouroglou	Busted

We missed the preflop action, but we do known that Didier Guerin, who finished runner up in Event #1: AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator for AU$81,220, got his last 4,125 all in and was in bad shape against Michael Addamo.

Guerin:
Addamo:

The was disaster for Guerin as Addamo paired his eight. The turn left Guerin drawing dead, and he collected his things and began to leave even before the was put out on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Addamo	80,000 80,000	80,000

Didier Guerin	Busted

Tags: Didier Guerin Michael Addamo

10-12-2014 15:17 UTC+10

Demlakian Sucks Out on Drinan

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Many poker fans will remember Connor Drinan as the man who lost aces versus aces in this past summer's $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. It was a sick hand that will go down in poker history, but Drinan is over it and here at the WSOP APAC to try to take down the Main Event. Though, his quest to do so just hit a small speed bump in the form of Ken Demlakian.

Just before the break, Demlakian got his last 5,475 all in on a flop of and found himself in a bad spot against Drinan.

Drinan:
Demlakian:

Drinan was well out in front with kings, but the running turn and river gave Demlakian a club flush.

"Nice hand," was all Drinan had to say before taking the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	29,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Ken Demlakian

10-12-2014 15:13 UTC+10

The Comeback of Tom Grigg

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Tom Grigg got off to a bad start here in the WSOP APAC Main Event. In the first two levels he dropped down to 2,600 at his lowest, but by the end of last level he had worked it back up to 24,000. That was thanks in no small part to a double right before the break.

We picked up the action with approximately 5,000 in the pot and a board reading . Grigg bet 2,200, his opponent called from the hijack, and the two saw the complete the board on the river. Grigg moved all in for his last 6,900, and his opponent called. Grigg tabled the for a rivered full house, and it was good as his opponent simply mucked.

Needless to say, it was a happy Grigg headed to break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Grigg	24,000 21,400	21,400

Tags: Tom Grigg

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

10-12-2014 14:55 UTC+10

Break

donpeters

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

10-12-2014 14:45 UTC+10

One for Moffitt

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Mike Leah raised to 400 from the cutoff and then called when John Moffitt three-bet to 1,100 from the small blind. Both players checked the flop as well as the turn, and then Moffitt led out for 1,500 when the completed the board on the river. Leah gave it up and Moffitt won the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Moffitt	36,000
Mike Leah	34,500 -1,500	-1,500

Tags: Mike Leah John Moffitt

10-12-2014 14:35 UTC+10

Sylvia Cracks Aces To Win 90K Pot

donpeters

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

When we arrived at the table, there was 4,100 in chips in the middle on a flop of between Jesse Sylvia and another player. The player had 3,300 in front of him and Sylvia had raised to 8,500. Sylvia's opponent reraised with a flick of the wrist and made it 18,300 to go with 23,000-24,000 behind. Sylvia tanked, and after a minute or two, he moved all in for 45,400 total, having his opponent covered.

It was now time for Sylvia's opponent to go into the tank. After a bit of thought, the player asked if Sylvia had him covered, which he did. Another few moments passed, and then the player made the call to put his tournament life on the line with the . Sylvia turned up the for trip nines and took a large, visible gulp as he knew how big the pot was and that he wasn't out of the water just yet.

The turn was the to add another sweat in the hand, as Sylvia's opponent picked up a flush draw. The former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up leaned forward in his chair and awaited the river card.

After one final burn card, the dealer smacked the on the river. Although it was black, it wasn't a club, and Sylvia had won the pot. Having his opponent covered gave Sylvia all the chips and moved his stack to a very impressive 92,000 here in Level 2 of the WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Sylvia	92,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Jesse Sylvia

10-12-2014 14:31 UTC+10

Rubbing Salter in the Wound

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

UK pro Jack Salter, who finished runner-up in the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo earlier this year, is off to a red-hot start here in the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Main Event.

Salter had already doubled his starting stack when we watched him get involved in another big pot.

It began when he raised to 525 under the gun and an opponent called from the cutoff. The player in the small blind came along, and three players took a flop of . The small blind checked, Salter continued for 2,500, and the cutoff folded. The small blind made the call and then check-called another bet, this time 5,525, on the turn.

When the completed the board on the river, the small blind checked for a third time and Salter paused for a few beats before betting 10,200. The small blind took equally as long to call, and then mucked his cards just as soon as Salter revealed the for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	90,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Jack Salter

10-12-2014 14:12 UTC+10

Kampanatsanyakorn Cuts Down Woodhead

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Back in April Chane Kampanatsanyakorn became the first Thai Champion of an APPT by winning the Season 8 stop in Seoul for 150,000,000 KRW. Interestingly, he had finished runner-up in the same event just a year before. Kampanatsanyakorn is in today's field and looking for a taste of success at the World Series of Poker.

In a recent a recent hand, Kampanatsanyakorn and Stephen Woodhead got in a preflop raising war that resulted in the latter being all in for his last 8,700.

Kampanatsanyakorn:
Woodhead:

Woodhead had some serious kicker issues, and they failed to get resolved as the board ran out a dry . Kampanatsanyakorn took down the pot with aces and threes while Woodhead took an early exit from the 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event.