Zhidong Yang raised from under the gun and Xuefeng Feng defended his big blind to check-raise all in after a flop of . Yang caled with the and Feng held for a flush draw. Both the turn and river bricked and Feng was the second player on the rail on Day 2.
JP Kelly raised from under the gun and snap-called the shove of Dasheng Chen for less than 100,000 chips with . It was a flip against the of Chen and the board ran out in favor of the Brit with .
Joining the action on the turn, Shing Fung Lo fired 100,000 and was called by Marcus Lau to then check the on the river. Lau had no intention to bet either and tabled his for a flopped straight, which won the pot.
Asa Smith shoved twice and got the blinds and antes as well as a 30,000-raise by Shashank Rathi to bump up his stack.
Shortly after, Shunu Zang and Randy Lew were involved in a bigger hand that saw the PokerStars Team Online Pro take about 200,000 chips off his opponent with on a board of .
Steve O'Dwyer opened and called the three-bet shove of Zuo Wang for 98,000, though very reluctantly, and flipped over . Wang had the and doubled again on a board of .
Zuo Wang three-bet shoved his last five big blinds into an under-the-gun raise of Steve O'Dwyer and the latter made the call with . Wang had pocket aces and doubled on a board of .
The first day of the HK$100,000 High Roller Event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the "PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams" started and ended fast and furious with a total of 75 unique entries and 30 rebuys. After 12 40-minute levels, only 30 players bagged up chips and Steve O'Dwyer claimed a comfortable lead with 941,000 chips.
Liang Yu (685,000) and Shashank Rathi (644,000) complete the overnight podium whereas other notables include Shing Fung "Rono" Lo (513,000), PokerStars Team Online member Randy Lew (464,000), HK$50,000 runner-up Jack Hu (362,000), Tom Alner (304,000) and Sunny Jung (267,000).
JP Kelly (203,000) and Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin (158,000) are among the short stacks when Day 2 kicks off in about half an hour from now at 14:30 local time with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a running ante of 1,000. Only the top 11 spots get paid at least HK$293,000 while the first place is rewarded with a silver PokerStars trophy and a payday of stunning HK$2,492,500.
Make sure to tune into the PokerNews live reporting to find out who is crowned champion. The Main Event is also about to recommence and you can check out the updates from the final table here.