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Juicy Li squeezes competition to guide Day 1B
The main event at APPT10 Macau has now played 16 levels, but in poker terms it's still just a day old. Following yesterday's eight-hour Day 1A, another 311 hopefuls arrived to PokerStars LIVE poker site on the City of Dreams for Day 1B.
That brought our total to 533 players, probably the most since 2011, when Randy "nanonoko" Lew beat a record turnout. This time, our winner will earn $2,694,000, which represents a record because the buy-in was set at HK$25,000.
At this stage of proceedings, it is a familiar face from round these parts with probably the most chips. Sixiao Li could be very widely known in Macau, and additional afield actually, although she usually goes by the name "Juicy". Call her what you like, she is within the box seat, bagging 219,000 chips tonight.
Juicy Liu: Leading the way
In keeping with a tournament that attracted a more sizeable crowd at the second flight, the stacks across the room are bigger than yesterday's. Cao Juncong has 194,400, that is just a whisker behind, while Erdun Xu has 149,000. Jurg Niederburger leads the eu contingent. He has 114,000.
Cao Juncong: Second by a whisker
Team PokerStars Pro started today with four representatives, but by the point day was done, only two of them survived, either one of them named Lin. The former, Chen An Lin, bagged 64,400 chips, while Celina Lin has 29,000.
Although neither of these stacks are what it's possible you'll call mighty, Celina Lin is solely happy to have anything. The last APPT Macau she played lasted three hands, and he or she was right down to six big blinds today. But she bounced back.
The complete field consolidates for the primary time tomorrow, when the 86 who survived yesterday join forces with the 130 (approximately) who made it through today.
It's the players' party now, over at D2 Club & Lounge in Fisherman's Wharf. We'll have full chip counts up as and when they're with us, and tomorrow's seat draw too. Go have a good time kids--or, if not, read through today's coverage below.
Day 1B full coverage:
10:20pm: Biiiig prizesLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
With only QUARTER-HOUR to head on Day 1B, the tournament organisers have released details of the prize pool.
From the $11,891,230 total, the winner of this one gets $2,694,000. Sixty-three places are paid, with a min-cash worth $47,150. (All prizes in HKD.)
See the payouts page for the entire prize structure. -- HS
10:20pm: Five more handsLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
It's official - we only have five more hands remaining on Day 1b.
Stay with us to determine who will survive to Day 2 and who will come to be the end-of-day chip boss. -- BK
10:10pm: Lin lets it goLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Celina Lin is one among only two Team PokerStars Pros left within the hunt (alongside Chen an Lin) and he or she recently got desirous about a hand within the dying stages of Day 1b.
After a preflop raise to 2,200, Lin bumped it as much as 5,400 from the button. The move piqued the interest of the player within the big blind, who asked to peer the Team Pro's stack before cold-calling. The initial raiser threw it away and the 2 remaining went to a flop of 8♠T♣3♦.
It was then that the cold-caller opted to guide out for a good 5,000. Lin paused momentarily but decided to let it go before her opponent flashed J♠J♣ for the overpair.
Lin nodded and was left with only 22,500 to play with. -- BK
9:50pm: Brutal runout sends Ward packingLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Thomas Ward is not any stranger to special scores in Macau. Just last year he finished runner-up within the ACOP Macau Main Event for just about half 1,000,000 dollars.
Unfortunately for the brand new Zealander, however, he won't be creating a deep run on this APPT after somewhat of a foul beat.
After a tablemate opened to 2,000, Ward moved all in for what looked to be 20,600 in chips. Ward was called and in danger as players turned their hands over.
Ward: A♠Q♣Opponent: K♠T♠
Ward had the most productive of it and located top pair at the 3♥J♦Q♥. The opposite player had picked up a straight draw however the Q♠ killed half those outs - with any ace improving Ward a whole house.
Needing to vanish a nine and a nine alone he couldn't do it because the 9♠ rolled off to signal the tip of his tournament. -- BK
9:40pm: Juicy squeezes on as much as ChaoLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Much like yesterday, shall we have a tie on the top of the counts when day is completed in 45 minutes. Juicy Liu just won a pot of about 80,000 to construct her stack just about 200,000--right alongside Jun Chong Chao. SO MUCH can still happen, but those two are the favourites these days. -- HS
9:25pm: Already a championLevel 8: 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Off we go into the last level of the day, where the wealthy gets richer. Before we get there, a handy guide a rough take a look at what happened yesterday, when China's Yue Feng Pan wat the HK$50,000 freezeout.
Pan is a former winner of the Red Dragon here in Macau, back in August 2015, so now adds a second major title to his resume, and the small matter of HK$1.2 million. Wayne Weiyi Zhang finished third, a result that stretched his lead on the Asia Player of the Year rankings.
Take a glance in any respect the side event results. -- HS
Yue Feng Pan
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
9:25pm: Kitty clawing awayLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
Kitty Kuo have been active of late and appears to be accumulating herself a pleasing stack.
She won a contemporary pot against Devan Tang after Kuo raised to 2,000 from early position preflop and Tang defended his big blind.
The flop was spread 8♥4♠J♥ and when checked to, Kuo continued to 2,500 in chips. Tang quickly reached for raising chips and bumped it as much as 7,500. Kuo flicked in a 5,000-denomination chip to name they usually saw the 2♦ turn roll off.
Despite Tang's preflop raise the turn action went check-check before the 9♠ river.
Once again both players checked and Tang tabled K♦6♥ for a whole air-ball and Kuo showed K♥J♦ for a flopped top pair and the winner.
Kuo is now hovering across the 72,000 chip mark. -- BK
9:10pm: Chao at the chargeLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
When you cover numerous poker tournaments, you find yourself with the ability to see the long run. No, really. OK, so that you get numerous predictions wrong, but you'll often also see a storm coming, and at 8:05pm I wondered whether there generally is a big-stack clash on Table 8.
That was on the time when Jun Chong Chao had emerged because the tournament chip leader, with about 120,000, but additionally when Satra Teja, with a stack of about 70,000, was two seats to his right.
I didn't actually see this primary hand, but Teja is now out of this tournament, while Chao has about 180,000 in front of him. I BELIEVE the 2 things are probably related. -- HS
9:10pm: 500 after which someLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
The final numbers are in for APPT10 Macau and this one is large. Along with the 222 who showed up yesterday, Day 1B attracted 311. That provides us a complete of 533. It allows us to fill in a couple of more boxes in this table that shows the history of APPT Macau:
| 1 | 352 | $2,500* | Dinh Le | $222,640* |
| 2 | 538 | $3,200* | Eddie Sabat | $453,851* |
| 3 | 429 | $5,160* | Dermot Blain | $541,072* |
| 4 | 342 | $40,000 | Victorino Torres | $3,246,200 |
| 5 | 575 | $30,000 | Randy Lew | $3,772,000 |
| 6 | 358 | $25,000 | Jeff Rossiter | $1,777,000 |
| 6 | 184 | $100,000 | Xing Zhou | $3,547,500 |
| 7 | 388 | $25,000 | Alexandre Chieng | $2,165,000 |
| 8 | 494 | $25,000 | Jiajun Liu | $2,776,000 |
| 9 | 493 | $25,000 | Tony Cheng | $2,525,000 |
| 10 | 533 | $25,000 | ? | ? |
*Buy-in in USD.
Full prize-pool information might be with us shortly. -- HS
8.55pm: Team Pro updateLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
As reported below, Bryan Huang's elimination leaves us with only two Team PokerStars Pros left within the field. That's two greater than managed to outlive yesterday, but neither Chen-An Lin nor Celina Lin (no relation) have enormous stacks.
Chen-An has about 30,000, that's a 50 percent increase on his starting stack. Celina has about 15,500, so she is entering the chance zone. Although no real want to panic just yet. -- HS
8:45pm: Huang out to dryLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has reportedly just been eliminated. He told us that he was short stacked and defended his big blind with ace-deuce suited. On a flop of A-7-3 he check-jammed but was called off by an opponent holding ace-ten.
That leaves only Chen An Lin and Celina Lin for our Team Pro contingent.
Also spotted up and out of his seat was Dong Guo, who headed to the registration desk. With the HK$3,000 starting only not way back it is a good bet he'll be trying his luck in that. -- BK
Eliminated - Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang
8:30pm: Registration closedLevel 7: 400/800 (100 ante)
That's the top of registration for this event, so we'll have an entire number confirmed pretty soon. We all know that 222 played yesterday and we had a minimum of 308 today. We'll double sign in the following couple of minutes whether anyone sneaked in on the end. -- HS
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
8:20pm: Final break of the night
It's that point again.
The players are on a 10-minute break. -- BK
8:15pm: Three way actionLevel 6: 300/600 (75 ante)
We just saw a large number of action in a contemporary hand that began with Victor Chong opening to 1,500 from under the gun. Saehoon Lee made the decision from the button and the player within the big blind also committed the chips.
On a flop of 8♦7♦6♥ Chong checked it to Lee who made a big gamble of 2,500. The player within the big blind immediately moved all in for 9,050 and the verdict was on Chong. He called and so did Lee before the 8♥ was revealed at the turn.
Chong checked and Lee bet 8,500 into the empty side pot. After studying Lee's stack and giving it some thought Chong called the bet and players saw the 3♣ river.
Chong checked for a last time and Lee bet 8,600 at the end. This time Chong's decision was so much quicker as he flicked in a decision and saw he was beat.
Lee held 8♣4♣ which was ok to assert the side pot, but couldn't beat the third party's T♣9♦ for a flopped straight.
Chong mucked and the dealer push the pots to the best players. -- BK
8.05pm: Big stacksLevel 6: 300/600 (75 ante)
There are a minimum of two stacks within the room worth greater than 100,000. One belongs to Christopher Soyza, who has continued the fine run he started back in Level 3, when he spiked a queen against David Man's jacks (see 4:45pm post). Soyza, the Aussie Millions Accumulator winner, has right across the 100,000 mark.
If he looked over his right shoulder, however, he'd see Jun Chong Chao, whose 120,000 is definitely one of the biggest in these parts.
Chao has every chance to grow it too because Satra Teja's stack of about 70,000 is on to his left. -- HS
7:45pm: Lin moves inLevel 6: 300/600 (75 ante)
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin was previously nursing somewhat of a brief stack but she appears back in contention after winning the hand just gone.
Things started when Takashi Ogura raised to 1,300 from under the gun, and after picking up a caller, Lin also came along from the large blind.
The flop brought J♥8♥3♣ and it was checked around before the 9♣ fell at the turn. It was then that Lin led for 2,800. Ogura called and with the overall player out of ways the dealer revealed the K♥ river.
With the action on Lin she paused for a moment before sliding in her remaining 7,200 in chips. Ogura considered his options but after all he gave it up and the pot was pushed to the Team Pro.
Lin is now back to a moderate 17,000 in chips while Ogura drops to right across the start bank of 20,000. -- BK
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin
7:30pm: Yue beats XuLevel 6: 300/600 (75 ante)
It's tough to unpick what just happened over on Table 10, but here is what gave the impression to go on.
It gave the look of Erdun Xu limped from under the gun, which persuaded two other players to limp before the action reached Chen Yue within the small blind. He raised to 3,600.
Xu have been as much as no good because he now three-bet to 10,600 and the 2 other limpers (limpets?) limped off.
Yue wasn't going anywhere. He shoved for 15,500. Xu, who we soon discovered was sitting with Q♦Q♥, could have wondered whether he had actually trapped himself. He appeared to be enthusiastic about a fold, but was obviously priced in.
He called and showed those queens, that have been prior to Yue's J♣J♦. The board ran 7♠K♣4♥2♣9♠ and Yue hits the rail. -- HS
7:20pm: Ward wastes little timeLevel 6: 300/600 (75 ante)
Thomas Ward has sat down on Raiden Kan's table and has wasted no time in getting his stack as much as around 55,000. It sort of feels highly likely that a lot of that has come from Rathi Shashank, to his immediate right.
Shashank was one of the vital biggest stacks within the room an hour or so ago. He had no less than 70,000 once we last took a peek. He has a more modest 30,000-ish now and the talented Kiwi to his left, vacuuming up his chips. --HS
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
7:15pm: Guo grinding awayLevel 5: 200/400 (50 ante)
China's Dong Guo is celebrated around these parts. With over half 1,000,000 in total live earning to his name he's a force to be reckoned with on the tables.
He hasn't had the sort of solid start here today, but is now fighting back because the night continues on.
In a contemporary hand Jan Petzholdt opened to 900 from under the gun and Guo played back at him with a raise of 2,325. Petzholdt made the decision and so they went to a flop of 9♦3♦4♥.
It was checked to Guo and he continued for 2,700 which was enough to take down the pot. He rakes in that one and climbs back over the starting stack. -- BK
7:05pm: Team Pro downLevel 5: 200/400 (50 ante)
Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal is out of the APPT Macau Main Event race. He took to Twitter to tell his followers how he was eliminated. -- BK
6:55pm: Best hand wins, best hand losesLevel 5: 200/400 (50 ante)
Two doubles ups to report, not always with the most productive hand.
In the first, Jiang Tao Liu found A♣J♠ and that was enough to three-bet shove his stack of 6,500 into the middle, especially after Jerry Goh had opened. Tao is the table big-stack, possibly the tournament leader, with greater than 90,000 and has likely been playing numerous hands.
Tao called with only A♠2♠ and the board ran T♥Q♥T♣K♠9♦. The jack filled a straight.
Over the opposite side of the tournament room, Shuai Zhang opened to 1m100 from the hijack but was forced to come to a decision after Kyle Sivak shoved for 8,825 from the small blind.
Zhang took some time over the decision, which made it surprising that he turned over A♦K♣ after he eventually did call. Sivak was in a place of bother with K♠J♠, but spiked the cardboard he needed at the flop of 6♥9♥J♣. The Q♣ turn and the 9♣ river were blanks. -- HS
6:45pm: Battle of the blinds goes Soyza's wayLevel 5: 200/400 (50 ante)
We just lost another player as we cross the halfway mark after two players went to war within the blinds.
Christopher Soyza and the most recent evictee got the money all in preflop and saw that they were flipping.
Soyza: A♣K♠Opponent: T♥T♣
It was an even fight until the Q♣A♥4♦ saw Soyza jump ahead. He held that lead during the 9♦ turn and 8♠ river to knock his tablemate out and boost his stack to around 68,000. -- BK
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
6:10pm: Break time
That's the top of Level 4 and the half-way point of today's action. There are actually 303 players registered for today, which brings our total to 525, with two hours still left to get involved.
When they return at 6:20pm, they'll be playing 200-400 (ante: 50). -- HS
6:05pm: Cracking acesLevel 4: 150/300 (ante: 25)
We've got a brand new chip leader to report, although the whelps that came from Satra Wijiya Teja's table didn't come from him. They were from Yao Zhao, who lost with aces and was knocked out.
Yao Zhao: Out with aces
There was pretty obviously a large hand brewing by the point I glided by: Teja had 8,500 out in front of him, which was a minimum of a four-bet, and Zhao wasn't going anywhere. He moved all in for 36,900 more, which was a minimum of a five-bet.
Teja actually gave the impression of he could be considering folding, inquiring for an exact count after which asking the dealer to pull within the chips to peer the scale of the re-raise. Finally he called and saw the proper hand he probably feared. Zhao had A♠A♥ and Teja needed to show his K♥K♠.
With even the suits covered, Teja had to hit his two outer. But lo and behold, there it was at the flop: 7♦6♦K♦. The remainder of the table erupted and began telling tales between them a couple of previous skirmish between these two, during which Teja had hit another two outer. (I DO NOT know the whole details.)
The 5♥ at the turn and 4♥ at the river meant there has been no re-out-draw and Zhao is toast.
Teja has about 90,000 that is essentially the most within the room. -- HS
6:00pm: Boucher buildingLevel 4: 150/300 (25 ante)
Matthew Boucher is constant to stack chips after he found himself at the winning end of a dicey board with four-way action.
Boucher raised to 600 preflop and after three callers all of them went to a flop of J♠9♥5♥. The action checked around and the T♠ arrived at the turn.
It was then three checks before Erik Spets took the betting lead, making it 1,400 to head. The 3 other contenders all stuck around and the four players saw the K♠ roll off at the river.
The action checked around again and Boucher tabled A♦Q♠ for a rivered Broadway straight.
Two players mucked but Spets flipped up Q♣J♥ presumably not seeing Boucher's hand. "Straight" Spets announced about his own hand in confusion. His tablemates pointed to Boucher's cards and finally Spets realised he was beat.
With that hand Boucher climbs to 44,000 in chips. -- BK
5:40pm: Aggression from AgarwalLevel 4: 150/300 (25 ante)
Indian Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal just added a significant portion to his stack with no need to visit showdown.
It appeared that the action folded to Agarwal at the button and he installed a raise before Lulu Yang three-bet to 4,500 from the small blind.
Back on Agarwal he chose to transport his entire stack of 15,600 into the center. Yang deliberated for a couple of moments but ultimately gave it up because the pot was awarded to Agarwal.
The Team Pro is now back up over the 20,000 chip start bank. -- BK
5:35pm: Cao cruisingLevel 4: 150/300 (ante: 25)
Here's a hand that corroborates our post from 5pm but undermines the only from 4:15pm. There has been a large number of pre-flop action, nevertheless it took an age to get done.
It started when Juncong Cao opened to 775 from mid-position and Fang-Kai Yang called at the button. But Wei Ni desired to play for more and three-bet squeezed to 1,775 from the massive blind.
That was just fine by Cao. In fact, why not play for more? He made it 5,200. An anguished Yang gave up, but Ni was clearly very tempted indeed. After an excellent short while within the tank, he called.
So, the 2 of them saw the next flop: 4♥8♥5♥. Ni checked. Cao, however, moved all in, with a stack that covered the 13,000-ish that Yang still had Ni still had behind.
Ni didn't adore it any longer. He folded. Cao had the decency to turn him the A♥ as he slid his cards forward in exchange for the decent pot. -- HS
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
5:05pm: Sparrow taking flightLevel 3: 150/300
Park Yu 'Sparrow' Cheung is among the most familiar faces at the Macau poker circuit, and unsurprisingly, here's here and looking for the APPT Macau trophy.
With 2014 APPT ACOP Macau and ACOP Platinum Series VIII titles to his name, his tablemates will not be thrilled about being seated with this sort of renowned player.
He recently took down a small pot within the dying stages of Level 3.
Cheung raised to 900 from under the gun and Jan Petzholdt came along from the button. On a flop of 6♠Q♠7♥ Cheung continued for 1,000 and took down the pot, bringing his stack as much as around 22,000 in chips. -- BK
Sparrow Cheung is enjoying himself on Day 1b
5pm: Three- and four-bettingLevel 3: 150/300
Flops seem to be dearer today than yesterday, whilst you could typically limp in and hope to enhance. With the larger field, and a few more recognisable talents, there were considerably more three- and four-bets. To wit:
On Table 4, Maxwell Curtis opened to what gave the impression of 1,100 (maybe not; that's somewhat high) only to search out Bjorn Wiesler three-betting to 2,775 from the small blind. It forced a fold from Curtis. (Wiesler three-bet his next hand too, from the button, and upon getting a fold again, this time showed pocket kings. Good advertising.)
On Table 11, this went down: Yidong Yang opened to 700 from early position, but Jixue Yin made it 2,100 from one seat along. They weren't done. Ye Liu four-bet to 4,500 and that show of strength persuaded out the opposite two.
Moments afterward a neighbouring table, Wei Zhong opened to 750 from the cutoff and Bo Wu three-bet to 2,000 from the button. Action folded during the blinds back to Zhong and he four-bet--all-in, for around about 4,000.
Wu was priced in now and called, showing A♥4♥. Zhong had him dominated with A♠6♠. The flop came 8♠2♠A♦, which was only good for Zhong. And although the 5♥ at the turn gave Wu a gutshot, his missed at the 7♥ river.
That was a double for Zhong. -- HS
4:45pm: A Soyza-ble value betLevel 3: 150/300
Christopher Soyza began 2016 with a bang a couple of months ago. He scored himself a healthy six-figure sum for shipping the Aussie Millions Accumulator event in Melbourne.
Soyza is here this week for an additional shot at a large prize on this APPT Macau Main Event - and he's well on his way.
In a up to date hand, the board read 8♥8♦8♠Q♦7♥ and it was on Soyza to behave. He selected a raffle of 4,500 and the opposite active player, David Man, took a couple of moments and called behind.
Soyza: A♥Q♠Man: J♠J♦
Soyza's eights filled with queens only just trumping Man's eights filled with jacks because the latter tabled his hand despite not having to turn. Man tapped the table and the pot was shipped Soyza's way. -- BK
4:35pm: Through 500Level 3: 150/300
There are still a handful of individuals wandering over to the tournament room to register on this event. We have already got 286 at the list for today, which takes us throughout the 500 total for the development. There have been 222 yesterday, so we're at 508 and counting. Registration is open until 8:30pm local time. -- HS
4:25pm: Hard to make a setLevel 3: 150/300
Kan He didn't appear to be all that considering this pot, taking a passive line pre-flop, but then suddenly snapped into gear when he saw three cards within the middle and action in front of him.
It started when Nien Chi Chen opened to 625 from mid-position and He called from the cutoff. It got to Lei Su within the big blind and he desired to play for more. He squeezed to 1,625.
Chen called and He called too, which meant they were three-way to the flop of T♠2♥5♣.
Su, essentially the most aggressive player pre-flop, continued along the similar lines with of venture of 2,275, and Chen called. But then He snap-shoved, for what turned out to be 8,350.
Su didn't appear to like doing so, but folded. And Chen appeared to love it even less. "I hate poker," he said, as he exposed a ten, on its option to the muck. "It's hard to make a set," Chen added. -- HS
4:15pm: No messing with Hao TianLevel 3: 150/300
If you're aware of the ponderous action of the eu Poker Tour, where there are some hands that get checked all of the way down and still take about 25 minutes, the action is Macau is an excellent frenzy. Of course, there are still hand in which not much happens, but not much happens such a lot faster.
Case in point: Hao Tian just whizzed through this pot against Xian Li and Rui Chen, and although he only got a handful of chips, he didn't waste any time getting them.
Tian opened to 700 from UTG+2 and Li called from the cutoff, with Chen calling from the massive blind too. They saw a flop of 6♥7♣3♠, which Chen checked. Tian tossed out 900 within the blink of an eye.
Only Li called they usually saw, and quickly checked, the J♦ turn. In addition they saw and immediately checked the 9♥ river. Really, the cardboard was barely at the table before both players had acted and Tian had showed his 6♠5♠, which turned out to be the winner.
Next hand please! -- HS
| 3 | 150 | 300 |
4:05pm: Take a break
It's time for the primary break of the day.
We'll be back to the action in 10 minutes. -- BK
4:00pm: Lost one as Li hero callsLevel 2: 100/200
Yuguang Li did almost the impossible last year - winning the MPC22 Red Dragon Main Event before amazingly winning the High Roller the very next day. It's still early here for the APPT Macau Main Event Day 1b and already he's reminding everyone that's he's the most effective with an outstanding hero call.
We caught the action at the turn with the board reading 2♦8♦7♣6♥ and Jack Wu leading for 2,500 from the large blind. Li at the button decided to name and the 4♣ arrived at the river.
Wu then moved all in for 6,825 and after some serious consideration, Li decided to name it off with only one pair at the connected board.
Li: J♥8♠Wu: A♣9♥
Wu had only ace high after missing a straight draw and Li's pair was good to send his opponent packing. That decision raises Li's stack to just about double that off starting on 39,000. -- BK
3:55pm: Energy in a canLevel 2: 100/200
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3:50pm: Yap nips GuoLevel 2: 100/200
Wayne Yap is pretty much known in these parts, especially after he won the HK$80,000 high roller tournament on the Macau Poker Cup here in March. That was worth nearly US$300,000 and accounts for the majority of his recorded cashes.
Wayne Yap
He's on a table today with Dong Guo, who won the ACOP warm-up last November, but who's arguably best known for a deep run within the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, where his 29th place finish was the most productive by any Asia-based player since Kenny Shih's showing in 2011.
Guo and Yap just played a small-ish pot that can have gotten bigger had Guo not sensed something was amiss and got out before it got too costly.
Jan Petzholdt actually got things started, raising to 600 from UTG+1. Guo called within the cutoff and Yap often known as from the large blind, taking three of them to a flop of J♠8♣T♦.
Yap, first to speak, led at it, betting 1,200. Petzholdt was out, but Guo called. That bought him a turn of J♦. If he were pleased with the flop, Yap would was proud of the turn too and he duly bet another 3,000. Guo seemed tempted to stay around, but thought best of it. He folded. -- HS
3:40pm: Wu wins; Jin still jollyLevel 2: 100/200
Jiayi Jin has made a quick start here and had nearly 37,000 in his stack at first of the next hand. It is simple to think he could have got a few of that from his immediate neighbour Jack Wu, who had lower than 10,000. But Wu just got a small amount back.
Jin opened to 600 from the hijack, and Wu called from the cutoff, which was enough to steer the blinds the allow those two to move it alone. They saw a flop of 7♥7♣2♣ and Jin bet 900. Wu called, which meant they saw the 4♣ at the turn.
Jin checked his cards, then checked the action, and that allowed Wu to bet 2,000. Jin didn't delay too long before folding. -- HS
3:35pm: Chua caught outLevel 2: 100/200
Ying Lin Chua had an ideal begin to the year winning the Red Dragon here in February, but his APPT Main Event hasn't started out too well here.
Rajkumar Ramakrishnan began the action with a raise to 550 before Chua made it 1,450 to move. Ramakrishnan matched the bet and the flop landed 7♣6♥8♣.
Checked to Chua he fired for 2,000 in chips and Ramakrishnan called to look the T♥ turn. The action then slowed with checks from the both players and the 8♠ completed the board.
Ramakrishnan checked a last time and Chua made one last attempt with a 3,000 chip bet. After a handy guide a rough call from Ramakrishnan, Chua flipped up K♦Q♠ for nothing but king-high, and Ramakrishnan showed the 6♦3♥ for 2 pair to say the pot.
That hand knocks Chua all the way down to 18,500 and brings Ramakrishnan to 32,000. -- BK
3:25pm: Yang yanks one clear of AgarwalLevel 2: 100/200
Yidong Yang just swiped a pot from Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal upon getting a crafty river check-raise through.
Yang opened the action preflop with a raise to 600 before Agarwal defended his big blind. The flop fell a monochrome 5♦3♦Q♦ and both players checked it through.
The K♣ turn saw Agarwal lead for 1,050 and Yang call behind because the 5♣ river rolled off. Agarwal fired again, this time for 2,200, but Yang opted to lift it up. With the bet now at 5,500, Agarwal glanced back at his cards before throwing them within the muck.
Yang tabled T♠3♠ and Agarwal smiled despite having the pot stolen from him. The Team Pro falls to 16,000 in chips while Yang builds to 28,000. -- BK
3:15pm: Record huntingLevel 2: 100/200
Further to the update below, listed here are a few other numbers to watch:
493 - choice of players from last season's 2015 APPT Macau main event575 - record field for APPT Macau set in Season 5 (2011) and won by Team PokerStars Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew
My prediction is that we will coast past the primary and fall agonisingly in need of the second one. But you never know...--HS
3:05pm: Big field, big namesLevel 2: 100/200
We're now up beyond 260 for the day, which puts us exceptionally just about the magic 500 for this tournament. Remember, 222 players were in action yesterday, so 278 today will hit the half century.
Names at the list at APPT Macau
In addition to the familiar faces listed below, we've got the next also within the field:
Bryan Huang and Aditya Agarwal jowithin their Team PokerStars Pro colleagues Celina Lin and Chen An Lin.
Meanwhile, defending APPT Macau champion Tony Cheng is in the field, as is 2013 winner Alexandre Chieng. Chieng became the primary Chinese champion at the APPT in June 2013. Since then, there were five more (Hao Chen, Yongjun Ma, Zhenru Xie, Jiajun Liu, Yuguang Li), so Chieng really did get something started.
Also seated today: reigning Asia Player of the Year Alan Lau and 2011 winner Hung-sheng "Shaq" Lin. Plus Red Dragon winners Raymond Wu, Yuguang Li, and current champ Ying Chua. -- HS
| 2 | 100 | 200 |
2:50pm: Liu moves in on ChenLevel 1: 50/100
Macau Poker Cup 23 High Roller Champion James Chen was just put to the test with a river decision for his tournament life in a hand against Minqin Liu.
The hand began with Liu raising to 250 from the hijack seat, and after the player within the cutoff called, Chen popped it as much as 1,050 from the large blind. Liu called and with the third party out of how the 2 players saw a flop of 5♠8♠T♥.
Chen continued the aggression with of venture of 875 but was played back at to the tune of 2,100. The High Roller champ called and the dealer turned the 8♥. A check from Chen prompted Liu to barrel for 3,500 and Chen called again.
The 7♣ river saw a last check from Chen and a handy guide a rough shove from Liu for around 14,000 - a nearly identical stack to Chen.
With a tormented look on his face Chen tossed the hand away and now has some rebuilding to do. -- BK
2:40pm: Lin lays it downLevel 1: 50/100
Team PokerStars Pro Chen An Lin is in attendance today and he just lost a small pot here within the first level.
Chen An-Lin: Team Pro within the field
It folded around to Lin within the cutoff and he raised it as much as 300. Matthew Boucher flicked in a decision and with the blinds out of ways the dealer spread a flop of 2♣6♠A♥.
Lin continued for 400 which was met with a decision before the turn brought the 9♦. The action was then checked through and the 5♦ river peeled off.
Lin had a last stab on the pot for 550 before Boucher installed a large raise to 2,400. The Team Pro quickly laid it down and the pot went Boucher's way. -- BK
2:35pm: Backing down from early confrontationsLevel 1: 50/100
The day isn't yet a degree old and yet there have already been a handful of pots that experience cost (or nearly cost) players nearly all of their stacks.
Within the primary orbit, Corbin White and Zhenru Xie were two of 3 players to a flop of J♦2♠2♥. White, who would has been within the small blind pre-flop, bet 525 at it, but Xie then raised to 1,350. (The third player, Shashank Rathi at the button, folded.)
White called, taking them to a turn of 6♠. White now checked, but gave the impression to have his wishes fulfilled when Xie bet 1,800. White didn't take too long before check-raising to 9,000 and putting Xie within the tank.
Xie considered this one hard and long. That was nearly half his starting stack required to name this bet, but he ended up folding.
Not long after, Hiroyuki Noda and Lap Kay Chan got inquisitive about a battle of the blinds. There has been about 3,500 within the middle pre-flop and the 7♥9♠9♣ fanned at the table. Noda, who would has been the small blind, bet 1,200 but Chan raised to 3,600. Noda responded with a three-bet to 6,975 after which looked into the center distance without an apparent care within the world.
Chan, at the other hand, studiously contemplated his options, before deciding to fold. -- HS
2:25pm: In at the cheapLevel 1: 50/100
A boisterous last-chance satellite just happened within the PokerStars LIVE Macau card room, with eight players booking their seat into the primary event for the princely sum of HK$3,500. That's US$450, while the primary event buy-in is HK$25,000 (about US$3,200).
The detritus on the end of the satellite
It's a tight path to take. Yesterday's overnight chip leader, Deok-Yeong Lee won a live satellite to book his passage to the large one, as did Xinxin Feng, who was 18th within the counts, Ting Ting Du (29th) and another 11 of the 86 players who bagged up chips on the end of yesterday.
2:15pm: Faces within the fieldLevel 1: 50/100
Players are still streaming during the door here at PokerStars LIVE Macau, but among those already of their seats are the following:
Celina Lin (Team PokerStars Pro), Chen-An Lin (Team PokerStars Pro), Raiden Kan (MPC champion), James Chen (MPC high roller champion), Yuguang Li (Red Dragon winner) and the well known Asian players Takashi Ogura and Luicy Liu, who've a string of high-profile results to their names. -- HS
2:00pm: Shuffle up and deal!Level 1: 50/100
And we're off!
Once again PokerStars LIVE Macau's Fred Leung welcomed our players here before Day 1b kicks off.
Just like yesterday there'll be eight hours of play, with the surviving players bagging up around 10:30pm tonight.
Leung also reminded players concerning the APPT Macau Welcome Party which commences immediately after play today, where the principle Event runners can have an opportunity to unwind clear of the tables.
For now though, cards are within the air!
Blinds begin at 50/100 and the starting bank is ready at 20,000 in chips.
Follow along here at the PokerStars Blog for all of your live reporting needs. -- BK
1pm: Welcome to Day 1B
Welcome back to PokerStars LIVE Macau on the City of Dreams, where today there'll not be a spare seat in the home. We're expecting a bumper field for Day 1B of the APPT10 Macau main event, including some of the region's most decorated talents.
The tournament gets under way at 2pm, so return here for all of the action. Meanwhile have a look back at any of the former coverage via the links above.
PokerStars Blog reporting team in Macau: Brad Kain and Howard Swains. Photos by Kenneth Lim.
The APPT Macau festival at PokerStars LIVE on the City of Dreams runs until Sunday, May 29. Full details can be found at the official APPT website or via the PokerStars Macau page.
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