HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event Day 2 | 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker

HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event

Day 2 Completed

11-09-2012 02:58 UTC+8

Andrew Gaw Leads After Day 2

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

A total of 140 players returned for Day 2 of the 2012 Macau: Asia Championship of Poker Main Event at the Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau. Just 56 hopefuls remain after six levels of play, and those will return tomorrow when the hunt for the money will be on. Andrew Gaw leads the pack with 329,200 in chips, while plenty of big name pros still have a good chance.

The PokerStars Party at D2 last night was a great success, but most players needed a bit more time to recover from all the free drinks. The day kicked off at 5:00 PM local time, but Jordan Westmoreland did not show up until two hours into the day. Ultimately, he survived the party night, but not the poker day as he was eliminated on Day 2. This was long after two world class players were already knocked out though.

Defending champion and PokerStars Team Online member Randy 'Nananoko' Lew started the day with little chips and could not make a comeback. Lew ran his ace-jack into Timothy Finne's ace-queen, and this meant a new champion was going to be crowned at the end of this event. Finne also did not survive the day.

The other big pro that was knocked out rather quickly was Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier. Grospellier Ended up all in preflop against John Conkright in a very favorable situation for the Frenchman. Grospellier tabled ace-jack and was up against Conkright's king-jack suited. A king on the flop spelled disaster for Grospellier, who was left empty handed.

About halfway through the day, we also saw Didier Guerin exit the tournament. The young Aussie explained how he shoved the river with a set of nines, but he was called quickly by a straight. Guerin's was thrown off by the big bet size of his opponent, and that cost him dearly.

Jorn Walthaus was knocked out not long after Guerin, and he was even more unlucky. Walthaus hit the nut flush, and last year's runner-up Jimmy Pan decided to go for a check-raise on the river. Walthaus called and saw that Pan had rivered a straight flush. Walthaus was knocked out on the very next hand when his sixes ran into Pan's queens.

Tom Marchese was involved in a lot of pots today, and ended up with a 131,200-chip stack to show for. Marchese knocked out Michael Benvenuti with treys against ace-ten, and later on he also took Dominik Nitsche's last chips with aces versus jacks. Professional third-place finisher Joseph Cheong (third in the ACOP Warm-Up for USD$94,317 and third in the 2010 WSOP Main Event for $4,130,049) did not have a good day today as he was knocked out when his ace-king couldn't beat Raymond Wu's aces.

Team PokerStars' Max Lykov and Naoya Kihara were long gone when their colleague Bryan Huang was eliminated. Huang got his money in with an open ended straight draw but that wouldn't beat Xing Zhou's top pair top kicker. The Team Pros had a very tough day as also Eugene Katchalov was knocked out. Wu (144,900), Vivian Im (33,700), Celina Lin (29,900) and Angel Guillen (10,700) will be the only members of the team to return on Day 3 to defend the PokerStars honors.

The Australian honors will not be defended by Jonathan Karamalikis, who was knocked out close to the end of the day. He got his money in good with pocket kings, but his opponent ended up making a straight with ace-jack.

Yesterday's chip leader Yue Hin Lam also had a very good day as he heads into Day 3 with 303,900. Make sure to tune back into d9y.shop tomorrow at 3:10 PM local time as the tournament heads into the crucial stages. The goal will be to play down to the money, or until the end of the 16th level, whichever comes first. For now, good night from Macau. Don't party too hard!

Tags: Andrew Gaw

11-09-2012 02:57 UTC+8

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

donpeters

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
1	1	Raiden Kan	95300
1	2	Andrew Hinrichsen	49600
1	3	Ping Lin	105200
1	4	Tom Alner	134200
1	5	Motoki Jinno	78100
1	6	Linh Tran	94400
1	7	Michael Marvanek	39300
1	8	Henry Wang	201100

2	1	Angel Guillen	17200
2	2	Tom Marchese	131200
2	3	Sparrow Cheung	38100
2	4	Ying Kit Chan	144900
2	5	Michael Kanaan	188500
2	6	Marc Alexandre Emond	30900
2	7	Kenny Shih	91000
2	8	Gabriel Le Jossec	57000

3	1	Rahul Byrraju	169500
3	2	James Mccarty	98600
3	3	Michael Watson	69300
3	4	Tri Huynh	138700
3	5	Edmund Lee	214600
3	6	Victorino Torres	45000
3	7	Gijsbert Verheijen	16700
3	8	Aidan Tam	77300

4	1	Jay Tan	41200
4	2	Nicky Tao Jin	63700
4	3	Zuo Wang	40100
4	4	Victor de Guzman	15400
4	5	Jacques Zaicik	80900
4	6	Tsugunari Toma	215100
4	7	Paolo Compagno	171500
4	8	Yury Kerzhapin	73500

6	1	Alan Sass	84000
6	2	Yury Gulyy	81300
6	3	Marcus Lau	50900
6	4	Sebastien Clot	10400
6	5	Aaron Lim	82100
6	6	Andrew Gaw	329200
6	7	Tsuyoshi Ishibashi	86300
6	8	Yue Hin Lam	303900

7	1	Yuri Ishida	107900
7	2	Hung Cheng Hung	56300
7	3	Andrew Scott	42900
7	4	Raymond Wu	144900
7	5	Zhongwei Wang	109300
7	6	Bjorn Li	40100
7	7	Seungsoo Jeon	93400
7	8	Paul Klann	53500

8	1	Celina Lin	29900
8	2	Vivian Im	33700
8	3	Xue Wu	60500
8	4	Robert Schneider	172300
8	5	Anton Astapau	126000
8	6	Xing Zhou	298000
8	7	Patrick Lui	56100
8	8	Rui Chen	42800

11-09-2012 02:57 UTC+8

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Gaw	329,200 64,200	64,200
Gary Lam	303,900 18,900	18,900
Xing Zhou	298,000 -2,000	-2,000
Tsugunari Toma	215,100 43,100	43,100

Edmund Lee	214,600
Henry Wang	201,100
Michael Kanaan	188,500 101,500	101,500
Robert Schneider	172,300
Paolo Compagno	171,500 30,500	30,500
Rahul Byrraju	169,500 78,750	78,750
Ying Kit Chan	144,900
Raymond Wu	144,900 -27,100	-27,100

Tri Huynh	138,700
Tom Alner	134,200 200	200
Tom Marchese	131,200 18,200	18,200

Anton Astapau	126,000
Zhongwei Wang	109,300
Yuri Ishida	107,900
Ping Lin	105,200
James McCarty	98,600
Raiden Kan	95,300
Linh Tran	94,400
Seungsoo Jeon	93,400 4,175	4,175
Kenny Shih	91,000 11,000	11,000
Tsuyoshi Ishibashi	86,300

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11-09-2012 02:55 UTC+8

Bagging and Tagging

donpeters

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

All tables have finished up their last five hands, and the players are bagging up their chips for the night. A complete recap will be posted shortly.

11-09-2012 02:54 UTC+8

Sass Ends On a High Note

donpeters

Alan Sass was discussing how he could simply bust this tournament and go play big cash games elsewhere, but with the finishing run he had on Day 2, he'll be back and healthy for Day 3.

After Jay Tan raised to 2,500, Sass reraised all in for 18,500. Tan made the call with the to have Sass on the ropes with the . The flop, turn and river ran out , and Sass doubled.

Then, Sass got all the money in with the on the flop against Angel Guillen. Guillen held the for one overcard and a flush draw. The turn was the , and river the . Both missed Guillen, and he was left with under 10,000 in chips.

On the next hand, Guillen raised all in from under the gun for 8,600. This was also the last hand at the table for the night, and Guillen received no callers. He showed the before bagging up 10,700 for the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sass	84,000
Jay Tan	41,200 -23,800	-23,800
Angel Guillen	10,700 -44,300	-44,300

Tags: Angel Guillen Jay Tan Alan Sass

11-09-2012 02:30 UTC+8

Five More

donpeters

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Each table will play just five more hands before the night is over.

11-09-2012 02:29 UTC+8

Klann and Guillen Play a Small One

donpeters

Action folded to Paul Klann in the small blind, and he raised to 2,500. Angel Guillen called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.

The landed on the turn, and both players checked again to see the fall on the river. Klann bet 3,800, and Guillen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel Guillen	55,000 10,000	10,000

Paul Klann	54,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Angel Guillen Paul Klann

11-09-2012 02:27 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Compagno	141,000 31,000	31,000
Tom Alner	134,000 -16,000	-16,000
Aaron Lim	82,000 -3,000	-3,000

Jay Tan	65,000 -1,000	-1,000

11-09-2012 02:18 UTC+8

More for Alner

donpeters

Aaron Lim, Tom Alner and Jay Tan were all in action on the flop. All three players checked the flop to see the pair the board on the turn. Lim checked first on the turn, then Alner bet 4,600. Tan called, and Lim folded.