Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,125,000 AUD
Entries
329
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Final Break
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
All remaining players have been sent off into a 15 minute break and then one more level will be played before all survivors will bag and tag their chips.
Tan is Back
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
Darian Tan grinded his short stack for quite some time and finally got the elusive double up. It wasn't without sweat though, as his 
needed to fade nines and a gutshot on a board of 
versus 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 15,000 |
Lechich Arrives
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Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
After registering on Day 2 of Event 7: AU$5,000 8-Game Mixed and parlaying that into a 5th place finish, Australian Tino Lechich has opted to register a little earlier in the Main Event as he has recently taken a seat on a table that includes Michael O'Grady, Leo Boxell, Daniel Laidlaw, Jeff Rossiter and Frank Kassela.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Bracelet Winners Battle
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
Action folded to 2012 WSOP Main Event champ on the button and he raised to 800. Junzhong Loo, who became Malaysia's first bracelet winner last week, three-bet to 2,800 from the big blind, Merson called, and then both players checked the 
flop.
When the dealer burned and turned the 
, Loo bet 3,000, Merson called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Loo fired out 4,200 and Merson snap-folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 5,000 |
|
21,350 | -7,250 |
Introducing Moe Taoube
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
On a flop of 
, Jonathan Duhamel bet 1,400 and Heinz Kamutzki called from the cutoff. The former World Series of Poker Main Event champion then checked the 
turn and gave up the hand when Kamutzki bet 3,100. It wasn't much of a pot, but the German has been on a steady rise again as of lately.
The only other player with more chips at the same table is Moe Taoube.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000 | |
|
82,000 | 30,000 |
November Niner Disappears
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
We lost track of November Niner Bruno Politano, and a quick check with his former table confirmed that he had fallen before the dinner break.
Details of his demise were sketchy, but Casey Kastle was able to inform us that Politano got his stack in on the turn holding 
only to run into an opponent who had flopped a set with 
. Politano's WSOP APAC Main Event may have come to an end, but in less than a month he'll be in Vegas for the conclusion of the WSOP Main Event. He'll begin as the short stack — though he is the biggest short stack since the inception of the November Nine — and he'll do his best to represent Brazil as he competes for the $10-million first-place prize.
Of course we'll be bringing you live updates from the November Nine final table when the time comes. For now, the WSOP APAC Main Event continues without Bruno Politano.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kassela and Loo on the Rise
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
Over on the feature table 31, we noticed Junzhong Loo tank-call the all in of an opponent on the river of a 
board and his 
was good against a pair of eights.
Frank Kassela has slightly more chips than the APAC bracelet winner from Malaysia. Kassela found in the big blind and an opponent with 
, who was willing to call off his last 17,175 chips on the 
flop in a raising war that saw him drawing very slim. The 
on the turn guaranteed the knockout and the on the river was a final slap in the face for the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 34,500 |
|
|
80,000 | 36,200 |
An Orbit with Defending WSOP APAC Champ Daniel Negrenau
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
Last year Daniel Negreanu bested a field of 405 to win the WSOP APAC Main Event for AUD$1,038,825 and a gold bracelet. The Canadian dominated a tough final table that included Russell Thomas, Benny Spindler and Winfred Yu, and eventually took down Daniel Marton in heads-up play.
Negreanu is in the Day 1b field and we decided to spend an orbit watching "Kid Poker" in action. Here's what we saw.
Hand #1 (Small Blind): Timo Pfutzenreuter opened for 875 from the cutoff, the button called, and Negreanu, who began the orbit with 29,200, folded from the small blind.
Hand #2 (Button): An early-position player raised and Negreanu folded.
Hand #3 (Cutoff): Pfutzenreuter opened for 975 from middle position and Negreanu folded.
Hand #4 (Hijack): Action folded to Negreanu and he released his hand. The big blind ended up getting a walk.
Hand #5 (Late Position): A player in middle position limped and Negreanu folded.
Hand #6 (Middle Position): Action folded to Negreanu and he did the same.
Hand #7 (Early Position): The under-the-gun player folded and so did Negreanu.
Hand #8 (Under the Gun): Negreanu opened for 950 and Pfutzenreuter called from the button. The lady in the big blind came along and three players saw a flop of 
, which they all checked. Action repeated itself on the turn, and then the big blind and Negreanu checked the river.
Pfutzenreuter took the opportunity to bet 2,800, the big blind folded, and Negreanu thought for a bit while chatting up Pfutzenreuter. Eventually he called the German, who sheepishly showed the 
for a bluff. Negreanu then tabled the for the win.
Hand #9 (Big Blind): The player in the cutoff raised to 875 and won the pot when Negreanu folded his big blind.
Not the most exciting orbit, but the defending champ did chip up again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | |
|
34,000 | 4,525 |
Rubie Cracks Aces
Level 5
: 200/400, 25 ante
Brendon Rubie is very active and just took down two pots in a row. In the first one he was involved in a four-way flop of 
and bet 2,150 after Sean Giesbrecht and Scott Davies in the blinds checked to him. Only Tam Truong called his bet and they checked down the 
turn and the river. Rubie's 
was better than the 
of Truong.
The next hand Rubie opened to 900 and Sean Giesbrecht made it 2,200 on the button, Scott Davies in the small blind and Rubie called. The 
flop was checked to Giesbrecht and he bet 3,000, which only Rubie called. The two of them checked the on the turn and Rubie fired 7,500 on the river.
Giesbrecht snap-called and then shook his head in disgust when seeing the of Rubie. He flashed the and both are not too far away from each other in the chip counts anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 18,000 |
|
41,000 | 18,400 |