The final day of the 2014 ACOP 'MBP' High Roller was a marathon.
It was a real test of endurance.
The final hand of the day was dealt almost 17 hours after the first.
In the end, just previous to 8:00 a.m on Monday at PokerStars LIVE Macau, Germany's Fabian Quoss overcame Yu Liang heads-up to win the title and the HK$5,271,000 (~US$670,000) first-place prize.
The ACOP 'MBP' HK$250,000 High Roller ran as a two-day event and played host to 83 total runners - 36 of whom made it through to Day 2.
It was the highest ten players who were set to receives a commission and so there has been far to visit make it into the money and ultimately crown the champion.
Liang Yu was the chip leader to start out the day, however the lead then went to Anatoly Filatov and Fabian Quoss inside the action.
Some of these who were eliminated long before the money was at the horizon include Sam Trickett, Pratyush Buddiga, Mustapha Kanit, Jack Salter, Sorel Mizzi and Phil Ivey.
It was a type of classic roller coaster days for Ivey. He was all the way down to 300,000 in chips very early on Day 2 after which was quickly up over one million and dangerous for the chip lead. Ivey didn't seem like he was prepared to grind it out as he splashed around until he eventually ran somewhat a bluff on a 3♣6♣4♠Q♥K♣ board with 6♥2♥ and was called off by Anatoly Filatov with Q♦4♥.
The player to catch up with to the cash than all others, but ultimately fall short, was the bubble boy Andrey Shilatov. Hand-for-hand had lasted quite a while when Shilatov moved all in holding 8♣8♥ and needed to arise against Filatov's K♣T♠. Unfortunately Shilatov's pocket pair couldn't delay as a king came at the river to send him home.Once the bubble had burst there have been two five-handed table within the money and your next step in what was a protracted day was to eliminate the tenth-place finisher and set the general table.
In the end, the primary in-the-money eliminated was Team PokerStars Pro Online member Isaac Haxton. He was short stacked and all in holding Q♦J♣ and couldn't compete against Davidi Kitai's A♣Q♥. Haxton took home HK$586,000 (~US$74,500) for the min-cash.
The final table was set at around 10:00 p.m. and it might take greater than three hours for the primary elimination to occur. They are saying great things are available in threes though, and so Phanlart Sukonthachartnant (9th), Zhapar Sultanov (8th) and Anatoly Filatov (7th) were all eliminated in quick succession.
Then play bogged down dramatically again as six-handed play would last almost three hours. It was Ivan Shoshnikov (6th) who was next out, followed by Davidi Kitai (5th) and Aaron Lim (4th). Notably, Kitai was the one player to make both the High Roller final table and the Super High Roller final table.
When three-handed play kicked off around 13 hours after the day began Rono Lo and Ivan Shoshnikov had around 9 million in chips each, while Fabian Quoss was the quick stack.
That changed quite quickly, however, as throughout the hour Quoss was the chip leader with over 10 million in chips and Lo was down under 1 million.
Lo was resilient, surviving another couple of all ins before eventually finding himself at the wrong end of an all in to be eliminated in third place for a HK$2,342,000 (~US$295,000 score.
It was Liang Yu who eliminated Lo and so he would begin heads-up with a slight chip advantage over Fabian Quoss. Play moved towards 8:00 a.m. and well into the 16th hour of play for the day before eventually Quoss chipped away at Lo and claimed the dramatic final hand.
Yu was right down to 3 million with blinds at 300,000/600,000 when he shoved the button with K♠Q♣. Quoss called with A♦8♥ and the dealer unfolded a 6♥2♥3♥K♣Q♥ board, with Yu taking the lead at the turn, but ultimately falling short at the river when Quoss made a flush to win the tournament.
2014 ACOP 'MBP' High Roller - ResultsEntrants: 83Prize Pool: HK$19,521,000
1st: Fabian Quoss - HK$5,271,000 (~US$670,000) 2nd: Yiang Lu - HK$3,514,000 (~US$450,000) 3rd: Rono Lo - HK$2,342,600 (~US$295,000) 4th: Aaron Lim - HK$1,952,000 (~US$250,000) 5th: Davidi Kitai - HK$1,562,000 (~US$198,000) 6th: Ivan Shoshnikov - HK$1,366,000 (~US$170,000) 7th: Anatoly Filatov- HK$1,171,000 (~US$150,000) 8th: Zhapar Sultanov - HK$976,000 (~US$125,000) 9th: Phanlart Sukonthachartnant - HK$781,000 (~US$99,500) 10th: Isaac Haxton - HK$586,000 (~US$74,500)
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Congratulations to Quoss on what's only one of many high roller tournament results on his resume. Quoss now has well over US$6 million in scores to his name.
Thanks again to APPT President Danny McDonagh, Fred Leung and the remainder of the PokerStars LIVE Macau for hosting a really perfect tournament series. You'll be able to atone for who won the ACOP Main Event by clicking here.
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