Day 2 Sees Keith Ferrera Lead 169 Survivors
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Welcome back to PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams for Day 2 of the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event!
203 players took to the felt over the two Day 1 flights to form a HK$19,800,000 prize pool that will the see top 25 players guaranteed a HK$198,000 payday. Keith Ferrera topped Day 1a and the 78 survivors while Day 1b saw Satrya Teja top the 92 survivors as 169 total players survived into Day 2. Ferrera holds a substantial chip lead over the field with 117,825 while PokerStars Qualifier Aidan Tam sits second with the only other stack in the six-figure club.
Rounding out the top ten are two WSOP bracelet winners in Praz Bansi from the UK who won a 2006 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event and Ben Lamb who won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship as well as the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Ferrera | USA | 117,825 |
| Aidan Tam | Canada | 102,375 |
| Peter Ping San Chan | Hong Kong | 99,550 |
| Satrya Teja | Indonesia | 83,300 |
| Praz Bansi | UK | 79,950 |
| Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 78,900 |
| David Martirosyan | Russia | 77,675 |
| Kumimaro Kojo | Japan | 77,350 |
| Chongxian Yang | China | 75,000 |
| Ben Lamb | USA | 74,425 |
Also surviving into Day 2 include Xing Zhou (62,350), Ami Barer (60,850), Michael Tureniec (53,700), Mervin Chan (44,600), Billy Argyros (39,925), David Vamplew (36,875), Jarred Graham (33,700), Aaron Lim (25,275) and Tom Middleton (31,275). Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov (49,325), Vivian Im (36,900), Naoya Kihara (36,875), Randy Lew (44,900), Bryan Huang, (23,500) and Celina Lin (15,425) also survived along with Full Tilt Poker Ambassadors Tom Grigg (40,425) and Jonathan Karamalikis (40,150).
Day 2 is set to begin at 5:00 p.m. local time to give every play (along with staff and media members) a chance to recover from an epic player party last night that featured a beer pong competition, boat racing and lots of food and drinks. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide extensive live updates, so make sure to keep your browser locked on to PokerNews.com for all the ACOP Main Event action!