Hand #11: From middle position, Fred Chaptini moved all in for 28,000 and both Aik-Chuan Nee and Martin Kozlov made the call.
The flop was checked through before Nee bet 21,500 when the landed on the turn. Kozlov folded and the cards were tabled.
Chaptini:
Nee:
Unfortunately for Chaptini, it appeared as though his aces would be cracked to end his tournament, and when no two-outer fell on the river as the dealer delivered the , Chaptini exited in 10th place for a AU$8,050 payday.
Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 3 of Event 2: AU$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em.
215 players took to the felt on Saturday afternoon, and now just 10 remain - all with their eyes squarely focused on the AU$107,500 first prize and coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
After halting play before the official final table could be reached, it is Feng Zhou on top with an amassed 241,500-chip stack while Junzhong Loo sit with 205,500. The remainder of the field is bunched together tightly apart from Sydney's Michael O'Grady (44,500) and Adelaide's Fred Chaptini (18,000) who are the joint short stacks.
Seat
Player
Chip Count
1
Peco Stojanovski
102,500
2
Michael O'Grady
44,500
3
Martin Kozlov
155,000
4
Sam Ruha
103,000
5
Samuel Ngai
153,000
6
Luke Spano
106,000
7
Junzhong Loo
205,500
8
Feng Zhou
241,500
9
Fred Chaptini
18,000
10
Aik-Chuan Nee
149,500
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is on hand live from Studio 3 to provide hand-for-hand updates of all the action from 12:10 p.m. local time until the Event 2: AU$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Champion is crowned!