Main Event

1500 ante

Day 1C closes with 81 entries to bring the total Main Event entries to 476 and a prize pool of US$ 623,322.

Main Event - Day 1B & Day 1C

FULL DAY 2 CHIP COUNTS

After a fast day at the Main Event Day 1C races, 34 survived out of 81 entries. Topping the counts was Lev Kydatov with 166,500. We will have the chip counts up shortly.

Day 1B is a wrap with Vishal Ojha earning the chip lead by bagging a massive 407,000 stack. That bested Day 1A chip leader Cheng Zhang to take the top spot in the Day 2 counts. 58 players out of 219 entries survived the day’s 13 rounds. We will have chip counts for you shortly.

2,500 ante

Last hand, Joshua McCully at risk with J♠ K♦ against massive chip leader Vishal Ojha J♣ J♥ . With the board running 7♣ 7♥ 8♥ 5♣ T♦ , no hits for McCully to hit the rail.

2,500 ante

With 22,000 in the pot and a board Q♥ [qd} 2♥ J♥ A♣ , Victor Chong checks, player beside him bets 10,000, Chong raises to 35,000 and wins it.

2,500 ante

In desperation, Heng Seng Lau goes all in with his remaining 10,500 and K♥ 6♦ to battle with then goes bust against Curtis Lim’s K♣ Q♦ . The board was A♠ {7c{}ac} 6♠ K♦ .

2,500 ante

All in preflop Yuan Yang 9♠ 9♥ , Heng Seng Lau A♦ Q♥ , board runs K♠ Q♠ 3♥ 9♦ 7♥ . With no hits on the board for Lau, he pays the double up to Yang.

2,500 ante

On a board showing K♣ 8♦ K♠ J♦ and 11,000 in the pot, a player bets 6,000, Kien Tat Heng raises to 12,000, gets called. On the river K♦ , player bets 13,000, Heng calls. Player has A♠ T♥ air, Heng wins the pot with 6♠ 6♥ .

2,500 ante

On a board Q♣ Q♠ 5♦ A♥ 5♥ , a player bets, John Perry goes all in, player folds and laughs while saying “bluff!” Perry shows his Q♥ trips and says “you don’t bluff me”.

2,500 ante

Nonstop pushing action at Table 1 with another showdown, this time it’s between Xixiang Luo with K♣ K♠ and Qiyuan Huang with A♠ J♦ . The board runs 9♠ 8♦ 3♦ 5♠ K♥ , Luo with the fist pump for the double up.

Immediately following that hand, Huang shoves on a flop A♠ 6♠ K♣ with A♥ 5♠ and is called by Luo with A♣ T♥ higher kicker. With the turn 8♠ and river 5♦ , Huang celebrates his two pair to double through.

2,500 ante

With 30,500 in the pot and a board that completed A♦ [ah} 5♠ 6♠ 2♥ , small blind Choi Hun Tae checks to Philip Tan who bets 19,500. Choi tanks then calls. Tan has A♣ 4♠ trips, Choi folds and shows his 7♣ 7♥ .

2,500 ante

Vishal Ojha has been sitting the largest stack midway through Level 11 and continued to drag in pot after pot. Here were a few of the winning hands we caught.

On a flop Q♣ [7d} T♦ and 13,500 in the pot Ojha bets 7,500 and Alex Nguyen check-calls. On the turn 3♣ , Ojha sends out 16,500, Nguyen check-folds.

Next winning hand, Ojha rails a player calling with J♥ 4♥ against A♣ 2♥ . The board runs J♣ 4♣ K♥ 8♥ T♣ for two pair.

2,500 ante

Short stacked Hyunkyou Park is all in with Q♦ Q♣ and Eric Tsai gives him a sweat with A♠ T♣ . The board favors Park 2♠ Q♥ 9♦ 5♥ 4♥ for a double up.

2,500 ante

Florent Remi is all in with T♥ T♠ and is flipping against Victor Chong’s A♦ Q♦ . The board runs 7♦ 9♠ A♥ A♣ 2♣ , Remi goes bust.

2,500 ante

On a flop A♦ K♦ 2♦ and 14,000 in the pot, John Perry is all in for 16,000, and has A♥ 8♠ . He is up against a player with 8♦ 8♣ . The turn is Q♣ and river 6♠ .

2,500 ante

Qiyuan Huang goes all in for 37,500, Jiazhi Zhong calls, Haisheng Qiu three-bets to 75,000, Zhong tank-calls. On the flop A♥ 4♠ T♦ , Zhong checks then tanks again to Qiu’s shove. Zhong eventually folds for Qiu to take the side pot. Huang has A♦ Q♣ , Qiu with 9♠ 9♦ , the turn K♥ and river A♣ . It’s a triple up for Huang.

2000 ante

Qiyuan Huang in another showdown. He calls Florent Remi’s A♦ 9♦ all in with K♥ K♣ . The board runs A♥ 5♣ 2♠ 7♦ 7♥ .

2000 ante

Catching the action with the chips out front and Wei Guo Liang folding. Anil Adiani with K♠ J♠ outdraws a player with A♥ K♥ on a board 4♦ J♦ 2♣ 3♦ Q♦ .

2000 ante

On a flop 4♦ 7♣ 2♣ and 14,000 in the pot, cutoff Anh Nguyen check-calls button Fedor Dedelov’s 6500 bet. On the turn J♣ and river A♦ , both check. Nguyen opens A♠ 2♦ two pair, Dedelov mucks.

2000 ante

Li Shan Kui and Qiyuan Huang all in on a turn board 9♣ 5♣ 3♥ 4♦ , Li Shan Kui dominates with 3♣ 3♦ against Huang’s A♣ 6♣ . The river 3♠ gives Kui quads to ship a double up to 145,000. Huang drops to 45,000.

2000 ante

From hijack, Sebastian Mueller raises to 5,000, cutoff raises to 12,000, button Amit Kaushik shoves, Mueller folds, cutoff calls. Kaushik has 7♥ 7♦ and is flipping against A♣ Q♠ , the window card is an ace then the board fans out A♥ 8♦ 7♣ 9♠ 4♥ .

2000 ante

With 27,000 in the pot and board that completed A♠ Q♣ 6♠ A♦ T♠ , small blind Dhanesh Chainani checked, mid position Philip Tan bets 11,000, Chainani called then tapped the table indication a nice hand when Tan opened A♣ 6♣ full house.

2000 ante

Quang Nguyen down to his last 9,000 shoves and Benigno Ledina with a healthy stack calls to put the Vietnamese pro at risk ofe elimination. Nguyen opens 4♣ 5♣ and says “Natural 9”, Ledina has A♦ Q♠ . With the board running 8♥ 4♥ 2♦ 9♦ 6♦ , Nguyen survives for a double up to 23,000.

1500 ante

With 30,000 in the pot and a flop 3♦ 2♠ 5♥ , Sven McDermott bets 8500, button Xiaosheng Zheng makes it 20,500, quick fold from McDermott.

1500 ante

On a flop T♠ 6♠ T♦ Jhon Hendri bet 7000 and Shankui Li called. On the turn T♥ another 7000 bet by Hendri that’s called. On the river K♥ Hendri ups it to 15,000, Li folds. Hendri takes down a 38,000 pot.

1500 ante

With 11,500 brewed and Q♥ 7♥ J♣ flop, big blind Eric Tsai checks, utg Vincent Chauve checks, hijack bets 6000. Tsai folds, Chauve calls. On the turn T♣ both check and the river is A♠ . Chauve bets 5,000 and wins the pot.

1500 ante

Zhao Feng all in with 25,000 and A♥ J♠ , down the orbit Liang Song wakes up with A♠ K♣ , the board runs low to send Feng packing.

1500 ante

On a board showing J♣ 2♥ 6♥ 3♦ 3♠ and 31,500 in the pot, small blind Jin Woo Kim bet 13,200, big blind Julian Warhurst shoved with 76,500, Kim tank-called. Warhurst shows the 2♣ 4♠ bluff and nosedives to 4,500. Kim ships a double up.

1500 ante

Cutoff Joy Xie and button player stare at a flop A♥ 9♥ 8♠ and 12,000 in the pot. Xie bet 6,000 button calls. On the river J♣ , Xie shoves with around 22,000 and wins the pot then and there.

1500 ante

Level 11 is underway with 102 seated out of 219 entries. Here are the top three in chips.

1500 ante

That’s it! Day 1B registration closes at 219 entries. Combined with the Day 1A entries, the pot ballooned to well over half a million US dollars. From here on, three more levels of play before this flight is bagged and tagged.

For those that missed the window or the mark here, Day 1C is up and running. This is a turbo flight which means blinds increase every 20 minutes. Registration closes at 11:40pm.

1200 ante

Last level to enter! 218 entries on the screens. Prize pool is well over half a million dollars! Among the players in the field are decorated Filipino player David Erquiaga, Kickoff champion Guiyang Wang, Super High Roller champion Joshua McCully, Jennifer Cassell, Dhanesh Chainani, Maggie Weng, and Eric Tsai.

600 ante

Day 1B is smokin’ with action! The current turnout sent the prize pool soaring past the US$ 400,000 guarantee and past the Day 1A attendance of 176 entries. There are currently 178 entries.

500 ante

Coming close to breaching Day 1A’s turnout of 176 entries with 160 at the start of Level 5. Registration closes at the end of Level 10. Plenty of time for latecomers to jump in.

400 ante

More arrivals and re-entries as the turnout pushes to 144 entries. Registration is open until 8:20pm. Buy in is US$ 1,500. This is a single re-entry tournament so make it count!

400 ante

The ten-minute break is over, cards are back in the air with another 7 added to the entry list bringing the numbers up to 128. Among the players pulling up seats were CIPT founder Yunsheng Sun, Anh Nguyen, Dylan Wayne Foster, Xixiang Luo, and Filipinos Lester Edoc, Jessie Leonarez, Martin Gonzales.

300 ante

First break of the day with 121 entries and pumping! Still another seven rounds for latecomers to jump in. Looks like it is headed for 200+.

300 ante

Numbers continue to rise as more players make their way to the Main Event. Among the new arrivals were APPT 2014 Main Event champion Harry Duong, Denis Pham, and High Roller Knockout champion Yuhan Liu. At the half of Level 3, there were 108. Registration stays open until the end of Level 11 which is at 8:20pm.

300 ante

Two rounds in the books with 94 entries. Among the new arrivals was inaugural APPT Main Event champion Alexander Puchalski. Also returning was Quang Nguyen who just picked up a nice big pile and is up to 70,000. He landed a straight that crushed Vinay Boob’s set.

200

Main Event is halfway through Level 2 with another 16 picked up to bring the total entries so far to 75. Among them was WSOP bracelet winner Junzhong Loo, Eric Wasylenko, Zhao Feng, Huu Dung Nguyen, Sven McDermott, Daoxing Chen, Le Ngoc Khanh, and Jenam Yu.

200

The first level of the Main Event is in the books with a total of 59 in the field and 2 players knocked out. Registration closes at the start of Level 11 so plenty of time for latecomers to jump in.

100

The Main Event is halfway through the first round with 30 entries and rising. Among the players in the field are yesterday’s fallouts Xiaosheng Zheng, Sebastian Mueller, Anton Widjaya, and Valeriy Pak. New arrivals were Calvin Tan and Deepstack champion Thijs Hilberts.

100

Fireworks at the table! First hand and already it was a showdown. Getting the story from the winning player, Jin Woo Kim, he retells that from the button he raised to 700 and the big blind Peter Nilcolle called. The flop is Qx Qx Qx . Nilcolle bet a misclick 5500, Kim made it 11,000, Nicolle shoved, snap-called by Kim with Ax Q♣ quads. Nilcolle with Tx Tx The turn Tx and river Ax was the end of Nilcolle and a double up for Kim.

Welcome to Main Event Day 1B! Cards are flying for the next flight of the Main Event. Two tables were up and running by the first deal. This is the first of two flights running today. Day 1B closes at the start of Level 11 which is at 8:20pm.

If you miss that window or miss the mark and use up your two bullets, there’s one more flight to find your way to the next stage. Day 1C starts at 8pm with registration closing at 11:40pm. Good luck to all!

Buy in: US$ 1,500 Guarantee: US$ 400,000 Day 1A: 176 entries / 41 advanced Day 1A chip leader: Cheng Zhang (399,000) and Bien Mai (394,000)

Starting stack: 30,000 Bagging time: end of Level 13 Level intervals: 40 minutes

Chat with us about poker online, we are friendly. Reach us on Telegram, Skype or Whatsapp.

2500 ante

From cutoff, Martin Gonzales raises to 12,000, button Denis Pham three-bet shoves with 57,000, Gonzales calls. It’s a flip with Gonzales T♠ T♦ and Pham A♦ Q♠ . An ace lands on the flop and holds A♣ 7♣ 8♠ Q♦ J♣ .

2500 ante

From mid position, Anton Widjaya limps, small blind Van Binh Pham raises to 21,000, big blind Lester Edoc shoves for 39,500, Widjaya folds, Pham calls and has K♠ Q♦ . Edoc dominates with A♥ K♦ . With the board running Q♣ T♣ J♠ K♥ 3♠ , it’s a winning straight for Edoc.

2500 ante

Yueming Liu all in with K♣ K♠ , big blind Jenam Yu calls and not happy being dominated iwth Q♥ Q♦ . The board runs J♥ 9♣ J♥ T♠ T♣ for a higher two pair to Liu.

00:20: Vinay B takes it to the river and gets paid Level 12: 1000-2000, 2000

Cutoff / chip leader Lev Kydatov raises to 5000, big blind Lev Kydatov defends. At the flop 6♣ 2♠ T♦ , Vinay check-calls 3000. On the turn 7♦ , Vinay again check calls 9,000. On the river he checks, Kydatov goes all in, Vinay calls for all his chips and opens 8♣ 9♥ nuts straight, Kydatov pays with J♣ T♣ top pair.

2000

Guiyang Wang all in with his last 9000, Timur Khamidullin calls. Wang has A♣ 8♣ , Khamidullin with Q♠ Q♦ , an ace comes on the turn with the board completing 2♥ 7♦ 3♣ A♠ 9♥ .

2000

Short stack shoves with J♦ 8♦ , action folds around to the big blind Ben Loo who calls with A♥ 7♠ . The board runs 6♥ T♣ 4♣ K♦ 6♠ . Loo wins the pot and is happy despite it being light.

1500 ante

Short stacked Eike Strub all in for 13,600 and K♥ J♣ to battle with, he is called by a player with A♠ T♣ . The board runs 4♥ K♣ {6s Q♣ 2♠ . It’s a pair for Strub to double up.

Vinay Boob all in for 21,000 and is called. He opens Q♦ Q♠ and is flipping against A♦ K♦ . The board runs 7♣ J♠ 4♦ 4♣ 3♥ for a double up.

Junichi Kato all in with 8♣ 8♦ , Yunsheng Sun challenges with A♠ Q♦ . The board runs 8♦ Q♠ K♣ 9♣ 7♦ . Kato doubles through.