$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

2014-10-05 00:30 UTC+10

A Round of Chip Counts

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sam Ruha	105,000 40,000	40,000
Tim O'Shea	100,000 15,000	15,000
Casey Kastle	70,000 27,000	27,000
Kitty Kuo	65,000 10,000	10,000
[Removed:27]	60,000
Michael O'Grady	58,000
Stephen Woodhead	55,000
Martin Kozlov	48,000

Peco Stojanovski	43,000
Surag Dutt	35,000 -5,000	-5,000
Dan Heimiller	29,000 -1,000	-1,000

Eric Sclavos	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Michael Subacius	24,000 7,000	7,000
Jeff Gross	20,000 1,000	1,000
Samuel Ngai	19,000 -9,000	-9,000
Winston Yip	16,300 -1,700	-1,700
Russell Thomas	13,000 3,000	3,000
Rick Jones	12,000 -3,000	-3,000
George Danzer	10,000 -3,000	-3,000

Gary Benson	5,500 4,000	4,000

Patrick Healy	Eliminado

2014-10-05 00:44 UTC+10

Danzer Won't Be Adding POY Points in Event #2

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

After finishing in 22nd place in Event #1 and surpassing Brandon Shack-Harris atop the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard, George Danzer jumped into Event #2 just as registration came to a close. Danzer managed to work hi 6,000 starting stack up to 15,000 or so, but that's as high as he'd get.

Danzer explained that he lost a good deal of his chips when he raised from the button and then called a shove from the player in the small blind. Danzer was ahead with against his opponent's , but a king on the river saw the German fall to six big blinds.

He got it in a short time later after two players had limped, one of which called him with . Danzer held , but he failed to improve. Danzer, who was enjoying a glass of wine on the rail, informed us that he'd be back tomorrow for Event #3 $1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
George Danzer	Eliminado

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2014-10-05 00:55 UTC+10

Prize Pool & Payout Information

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The numbers are in. Event #2 of the 2014 WSOP APAC has attracted 215 players and created a prize pool of $430,000. That will be distributed to the top 24 players, with AU$107,500 going to the eventual winner. Here's how the payouts look:

Place	Prize (AU$)
1	$107,500
2	$66,444
3	$48,358
4	$35,763
5	$26,862
6	$20,490
7	$15,867
8	$12,470
9	$9,946
10-12	$8,050
13-15	$6,609
16-18	$5,500
19-21	$4,640
22-24	$3,969

2014-10-05 01:05 UTC+10

Kuo Finishes Off Benson

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Not long ago, Kitty Kuo crippled Gary Benson down to just 3,000, but the Australian legend refused to go down without a fight. Benson stuck it out for as long as he could, but eventually he called off from the big blind holding after Kuo had moved all in from the small with .

Benson got it in good, but Kuo hit gin on the flop. Benson had flopped a pair and an open-ended straight draw, but both the turn and river would blank to allow Kuo's straight to hold. With that, Benson took his leave from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gary Benson	Eliminado

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Nível: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

2014-10-05 01:24 UTC+10

Dutt vs. Zhao

Nível 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Feng Zhao opened with a raise from the cutoff only to have Surag Dutt three-bet to 3,700 from the button. The blinds both folded, Zhao four-bet all in for 20,150 total, and Dutt hit the tank for a couple minutes before making the call.

Dutt:
Zhao:

Zhao was ahead, but Dutt was drawing to two live cards. The flop paired Zhao, but it really didn't change a thing. Dutt was still looking for paint, and while the turn wasn't it, that card did give Dutt a gutshot straight draw. Fortunately for Zhao, it didn't come in as the blanked on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Feng Zhou	43,000
Surag Dutt	18,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Surag Dutt Feng Zhao

2014-10-05 01:34 UTC+10

Stojanovski Surging

Nível 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Peco Stojanovski, who had just moved from a different table, opened with a standard raise and then called when a short-stacked opponent moved all in.

Stojanovski:
Opponent:

Stojanovski had the goods, and there would be no sweat as the flop gave him a full house. His opponent could win with a runner-runner royal flush, but of course that didn't happen as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Peco Stojanovski	60,000 17,000	17,000

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2014-10-05 01:37 UTC+10

Thomas Catches the River

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Nível 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Russell Thomas was all in preflop and at risk for his last 10,000 chips with and got called by an opponent one seat over with . There was no help until the turn but the river delivered the over card. His girlfriend Kitty Kuo came over to cheer and then headed back to her table.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Russell Thomas	21,000 8,000	8,000

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2014-10-05 01:54 UTC+10

Kyriakou Takes from O'Grady

Nível 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Michael O'Grady opened for 2,200 and received a call from Tim O'Shea in the small blind. Michael Kyriakou came along from the big and three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw O'Grady continue for 3,200, only Kyriakou called, and then both players checked the turn.

When the completed the board on the river, Kyriakou led out for 4,600 and O'Grady snap-called. Kyriakou tabled the for two pair, and it was good as O'Grady flashed the before mucking his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Michael O'Grady	82,000 -8,000	-8,000
Michael Kyriakou	68,000

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2014-10-05 01:56 UTC+10

Seven More Hands

Nível 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play seven more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to capture any last minute action and to compile a list of chip counts, so stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1 action.