APPT Macau Day 2 Roundup: Hanyang Peng chip leader, Juicy Li 2nd in chips

The surviving players converged on the tournament room once more today, eager to accept their fate. Whether they were to be just another fallen name in the day 2 cull, or the constructors chip built dreams edging closer to a momentous final table – all were delighted to still be a part of the APPT Macau Main Event story as day 2 began. The entire field began as 533 players looking for a piece of the HK$11,891,230 (USD$1,531,129) prize pool, but only 219 took their seats today.

With 63 players supposed to be paid, 64  players were still involved at the end of the day. It means that among all the players who will return tomorrow, only one won’t be able to claim at least a HK$47,150 min-cash. 

Hanyang Peng chip leader, Juicy Li 2nd in chips

Juicy Li had been the big story of day 1 as she stormed ahead of the field on day 1b to take the overnight chiplead by a comfortable margin. She finished day 2 with the second largest stack (509,500).

Juiciy Li (Photo Kenneth Lim courtesy of PokerStars)

China’s Hanyang Peng who bagged 610,000, is the only player who surpassed her. There were several notable players in the chasing pack, and both if them still have a marathon to run before thinking about the pot of gold at the end of this particular rainbow.

Hanyang Peng (Photo Kenneth Lim Courtesy of PokerStars)

Through the course of the day the field thinned, as pro and amateur alike fell. We lost 2015 Asian Player of the Year Alan King Lun Lau and Celina Lin, along with Kitty Kuo, who had started today with a strong chip stack.

There were a few well known players who survived to day 3, with Team PokerStars Lin Chen An taking 99,000 chips through, and Leon Li-Ta Hsu still very much in contention with 134,00. There is still everything to play for as the action unfolds tomorrow.

Day 2 Chip Counts

 

Last Name	First Name	Chip Count
Peng	Hanyang	610,000
Li	Juicy Sixiao	509,500
Lou	Yijun	460,000
Cao	Juncong	459,500
Han	Yu	424,500
Li	Jiping	404,500
Zhu	Wei	384,500
Yun	Bawoo Hyunshik	334,000
Jin	Jiayi	304,000
Feng	Zhiyi	296,500
Fam	Kai Yat	271,000
Zheng	Ming	266,500
Ward	Alex	239,500
Qian	Zhiqiang	238,500
Fu	Ying	238,000
Vu	Bernard Trong Huy	236,500
Yuan	Chen	226,000
Chan	Douglas Hill Ming	207,000
Li	Yuan	206,500
Li	Xiao Ling	205,500
Sun	Jian Guo	195,000
Sharfuddin	Rashid	181,500
Yang	Hua	181,500
Xie	Weijian	165,000
Tong	Ling	163,500
Yin	Jixue	152,500
Ye	Weijie	150,500
Zhang	Yifan	142,000
Wu	Fan	140,000
Hsu	Leon Li-ta	134,000
Xiao	Xian	132,500
Wang	Shun-ping	131,500
Li	Xiang	130,000
Li	Chao	125,000
Liu	Jiaxiu	118,500
Chen	Wen	115,500
Lu	Lin	115,500
Chan	Matthew Weng Chih	114,000
Zhang	Chengting	112,000
Liu	Geng	107,500
Lee	Hon Cheong	101,500
Lin	Chen An	99,000
Kim	Kinam	95,500
Zhang	Liming	89,000
Blomlie	Mikal	81,500
Kat	Jeffrey Iok Seng	77,500
Feng	Xinxin	72,500
Paparestis	Constantine	69,000
Chen	Neo Li Han	66,500
Albiges	Benoit	65,000
He	Kan	63,000
Jiang	Sihai	62,000
Soyza	Christopher	56,500
Wu	Gang	56,000
Ye	Guan Fu	55,500
Li	Liu	54,500
Zhou	Liming	54,500
Tian	Kun	53,000
Boucher	Matthewn Gregory	52,500
Wang	Hong	39,000
Gao	Fei	33,500
Shelley	Thomas William	28,000
Wang	Yanfeng	24,000
Tan	Kok Keong	22,500