Paul Klann and Danny Wong checked the 
flop, and David Steicke bet 1,700. Both Klann and Wong made the call to see the 
land on the turn. Here, all three players checked.
The river was the 
, and Klann led for 2,375. Wong folded, and Steicke went into the tank. Eventually, he also folded, and Klann picked up the pot.
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As the tables are filling up quickly we've spotted one very tough table in particular. Four long-time professional players are matched up at this table which won't be easy for any of them.
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The cards are in the air for the ACOP Main Event, and we are going to look for the big pros that have showed up.
Four levels will be played today plus 30 minutes of the fifth level. Every level will be 90 minutes long with 10-minute breaks after every level. Play finishes at 10:00 PM after which everyone will be heading to the famous club D2 for the player party!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker Main Event! Today will no doubt be an exciting day of poker as plenty of players are in line to pony up the big buy-in of HKD$100,000 to play. That's roughly USD$13,000, which is much larger than most normal Main Events along the tournament circuit.
Last night, Jeff Rossiter earned the ACOP Warm-Up title, an event that had a buy-in of HKD$25,000. He earned a nice, big pay check worth HKD$1,777,000 for his victory.
Plenty of big names are expected for the event, including Team PokerStars Pros Raymond Wu, Celina Lin, Angel Guillen, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Eugene Katchalov. Defending champion and member of PokerStars Team Online Randy Lew should also be in action, and we'll keep you posted on his happenings throughout the day.
The day kicks off at 3:10 PM local time, and each player will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. The levels will be 90 minutes in length.
Stay tuned, as the action will be kicking off shortly! While you wait, check out Lynn Gilmartin as she shows us around the room.
HKD$100,000 ACOP Main Event
Day 1a Started
