2013 APPT Macau Day 1b: Tomaz Yip in Control; Jay Tan and Lacey Jones Advance
The final Day 1 flight of the 2013 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event wrapped up Thursday night, and it was an exciting day of action which did not disappoint. An impressive 204 players turned up to play seven levels, and by the end, Hong Kong's Tomaz Yip had bagged up the most chips with 133,500.
Also reaching the six-figure club were Yun Cui (109,500) and Bjorn Li (122,300), who held the lead for part of the last two levels of the day.
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomaz Ling Kay Yip | 133,500 |
| 2 | Bjorn Yin Nam Li | 122,300 |
| 3 | Yan Chiu | 109,500 |
| 4 | Xiaoyu Lin | 98,900 |
| 5 | Zicheng Huang | 98,600 |
| 6 | Edward Pham | 88,800 |
| 7 | Yunsong Lai | 87,000 |
| 8 | Yap Jun Wah | 84,000 |
| 9 | Tai Zheng Tan | 80,200 |
| 10 | Justin Jerome Geronimo | 78,100 |
The two Day 1 flights combined to create a presentable 388-player field – a great total considering that many players have gone to Las Vegas to compete in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Of the players who participated, approximately 170 will return for Day 2 to compete for their shares of the HKD $8,656,280 prize pool.
Some well-known players to take their seats on Day 1b included recent GuangDong Asia Millions Main Event second-place finisher Jeff Rossiter, PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang, and local celebrity Alex Niu. Unfortunately for those three, their days were cut short.
Returning on Friday will be a collection of notables including PokerStars Team Pro Vivian Im, Jay Tan, Lacey Jones, Didier Guerin, Emanuel Seal, Jordan Westmorland and Bawod Hyunshik Yun, all of whom bagged chips at the end of Day 1b.
Day 2 is set to kick off at 3 p.m. local time on Friday, and PokerNews will again be on the floor providing updates from the magnificent City of Dreams Macau!
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