In October 2014, Scott Davies won the WSOP APAC Main Event for 850,136 Australian dollars (almost $737,907), and his life changed drastically. He was already a rounder, but now he could play just about anything he wanted, anywhere he wanted. We talk at length with Davies about the period after hitting the big score, the tournament that changed it all. Yesterday we released Part 1, here goes Part 2:
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Macau
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Zhenru Xie raised to 65,000 from under the gun before Fan Zhao moved all in for his remaining 460,000 from the cut off. Weijie Ye was on the button, and tanked for over a minute, before finally releasing his hand. The blinds both folded before Xie made the call.
Xie:
Zhao:
Zhao was in great shape to double until the board ran out to see Xie make a straight on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fan Zhao | Busted |
Fan Zhao raised to 75,000 from under the gun before Florencio Campomanes moved all in for his remaining 435,000 from the cut off. The decision folded back around to Zhao who made the call.
Zhao:
Campomanes:
Campomanes was again at risk until the board ran out to see him spike an ace on the flop to survive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Florencio Campomanes |
945,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
Fan Zhao |
350,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
Weijie Ye chose to move all in for 735,000 from the hijack forcing a tank fold from Florencio Campomanes in the cut off. Chun Liang Kuo then made the call for 530,000 from the button as the blinds got out of the way.
Ye:
Kuo:
The board ran out to see Kuo win the pot with the higher kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chun Liang Kuo |
1,135,000
668,000
|
668,000 |
Weijie Ye |
205,000
-739,000
|
-739,000 |
Cheng has taken a commanding lead at this final table after clashing with fellow big stack Weiyi Zhang.
The action started with Zhang raising to 65,000 from the button. Cheng then bumped it up to 190,000 before Zhang came over the top with another raise to 550,000.
Zhang stared Cheng down, but that didn't faze the chip leader, who casually slid out a five bet to 1.3 million in chips. Zhang then instantly moved all in for 2.52 million and was snap called.
Zhang:
Cheng:
The board ran out to see Cheng hold with the monster pair sending Zhang to the rail, rather unexpectedly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yat Wai Cheng |
5,600,000
2,767,000
|
2,767,000 |
Weiyi Zhang | Busted |
The action folded around to Florencio Campomanes on the button who moved all in again for 481,000 in chips. Zhenru Xie was on the big blind and made the call before both players tabled their cards.
Campomanes:
Xie:
Campomanes was in trouble against the pair but received more outs when the flop came down . The gave him more hope before the dropped on the river. Campomanes rivered a straight to steal the pot which sees him rocket to over one million in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Florencio Campomanes |
1,027,000
497,000
|
497,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Florencio Campomanes opted to move all in for 233,000 from under the gun as the decision folded to Weiyi Zhang in the cut off. He quickly made the call forcing the players on the button and blinds to fold.
Campomanes:
Zhang:
Campomanes short stack was at risk until the board ran out to see him flop a higher pair and take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Florencio Campomanes |
530,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
The returning seven players have taken their seats and un-bagged their chips.
Each player is being introduced by the supervising tournament director.
Blinds will continue for another six minutes at 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante.