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2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker


Tsugunari Toma was knocked down to just 34,000 chips when he moved all in from the small blind. Ying Kit Chan quickly called creating another showdown.
Tsugunari Toma:
Ying Kit Chan:
The board ran out and Toma was knocked out in sixth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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625,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Busted | |

Alan Sass opened with a raise to 40,000 from the hijack seat, and Tsugunari Toma made the call from the big blind. After calling the 40,000, Toma had just 55,000 in chips behind.
The flop came down , and Toma checked. Sass announced that he was all in, and Toma went into the tank. After a minute or two, Toma folded, and Sass won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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725,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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55,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |

Tsugunari Toma raised from the button to 40,000 and Alan Sass proceeded to move all in from the big blind. Sass' shove was vor 327,000 and Toma snap-called.
Alan Sass:
Tsugunari Toma:
The board ran out , and the lucky ace on the river kept Sass alive. Toma looked devastated as was knocked down to just 100,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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675,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
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100,000
-327,000
|
-327,000 |

Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,600,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
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600,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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427,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
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420,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
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327,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
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105,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |


Xing Zhou opened with a raise to 40,000 from early position, then action folded to World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen in the big blind. He reraised all in for 294,000. After getting a count and taking a minute, Zhou called.
Zhou called with the and was up against the
for the at-risk Hinrichsen.
Chants of "Spade, spade, spade!" and "Jack! Ten! Jack! Ten!" rang out from the spectators, before the dealer ran out the flop. Zhou had missed so far, but the
gave him the lead on the turn.
Zhou began to celebrate a little, but the river was still to come. After the landed on the river, Zhou hoisted his hands over his hand in triumph as he eliminated Hinrichsen from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,650,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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Busted | |
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There's no stopping Xing Zhou today! He just knocked out Tom Alner and added some more chips to his impressive chip lead. Alner just moved all in from the button for 278,000 and Zhou called from the big blind after about a minute.
Xing Zhou:
Tom Alner:
The flop brought out and the crowd erupted. Zhou had picked up a straight draw and everyone was rooting for the chip leader to win. The turn brought the
and Alner's friends kept rooting for the board to pair. Unfortunately the river brought the
and Zhou completed his straight.
Alner was crushed while some of the remaining players cheered loudly as they just moved up a spot on payouts. Just seven remain with Zhou firmly in control of this final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,350,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
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Busted |

Andrew Hinrichsen just ended up all in preflop against the overwhelming chip leader Xing Zhou.
Andrew Hinrichsen:
Xing Zhou:
"You wanna chop right now?" Hinrichsen smiled at Zhou who didn't respond.
The flop brought out and all of a sudden the Aussie had a good chance to double up. On the turn the
hit, and the river completed the board with the
. No luck for Hinrichsen who remains to be one of the short stacks.
Level: 23
Blinds: 9,000/18,000
Ante: 2,000

Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,134,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
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450,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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409,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
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381,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
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338,000
-122,000
|
-122,000 |
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334,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
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277,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
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190,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |