Yifan Zheng Leads Final Table; Asia PotY Race Heating Up
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Welcome back to PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams for the final table of the 2013 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event!
Yesterday saw 25 players return all in-the-money and guaranteed a HK$198,000 payday. However it would be the goal of reaching the final table that was on everyone's mind once play began, but only nine players could make it there as Jimmy Pan (23rd), Naoya Kihara (22nd), Cheryl Peng (16th), Kevin Schulz (15th), Terry Fan (equal 10th) and Peter Chan (equal 10th) were all bundled to the rail over the short 5 hour day.
That short penultimate day however means that this final table will most likely be a long one as the average stack is greater than 110-big blinds, and with a great structure and a whopping HK$4,752,000 first prize on offer, players, media and tournament staff will be loading up on caffeine throughout the day.
One player hoping to outlast them all is chip leader Yifan Zheng who amassed a 1,513,500 chip stack. Yat Wai Cheng did lots of damage on Day 4 and he is the only other player in the seven-figure club while Day 3 chip leader Jonathan Depa just missed on the club by a handful of big blinds. PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy "nanonoko" Lew will be looking to claim the second leg of his Macau triple crown following his win in the 2011 APPT Macau Main Event while a very interesting Asia Player of the Year race is on the cards. Although Fan notch valuable points yesterday, top spot is still up for grabs as Yoshitaka Okawa, Chenxiang Miao and Zheng are all in contention to take the lead with a massive result today.
The 2013 ACOP Main Event Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Depa | USA | 979,500 |
| 2 | Randy Lew | USA | 202,000 |
| 3 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 779,500 |
| 4 | Yoshitaka Okawa | Japan | 859,500 |
| 5 | Sunny Jung | Korea | 270,000 |
| 6 | Chenxiang Miao | China | 368,000 |
| 7 | Yat Wai Cheng | Hong Kong | 1,080,000 |
| 8 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 38,500 |
| 9 | Yifan Zheng | China | 1,513,500 |
The ACOP Main Event final table is set to start at 3:00 p.m. local time with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates as we play down from the final nine to a champion. Today also marks the beginning of the HK$250,000 High Roller, and we will be providing live updates over the two-day event once this Main Event wraps up. .
Until then, check out Sarah Grant's video of her bungy-jumping from the Macau Tower: