Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
Buy-in
25,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,632,000 AUD
Entries
68
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Let's have ourselves 15 minutes off. Nothing special happened in the last few hands. First Sam Khouiss moved all in over the top of a raise by [Removed:17] to force a fold, and Sam Higgs won the blinds and antes after moving all in for 126,000 chips. Finally, Phil Hellmuth won the blinds and antes with a cutoff raise to 25,000.
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
On the 
flop, Phil Hellmuth and [Removed:17] checked over to Brian Roberts. Roberts bet 45,000, and Hellmuth called. Yan folded, and the turn was the 
. After both players checked, the 
landed on the river. Hellmuth bet 26,000, and Roberts tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![Profile photo of [Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
1,050,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
375,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Leah | 1,050,000 |
| 2 | Brian Roberts | 400,000 |
| 3 | Sam Higgs | 100,000 |
| 4 | Jesse Sylvia | 700,000 |
| 5 | Phil Hellmuth | 250,000 |
| 6 | Sam Khouiss | 380,000 |
| 7 | Andrew Hinrichsen | 500,000 |
| 8 | Jonathan Duhamel | 575,000 |
| 9 | [Removed:17] | 1,150,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
1,050,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
||
|
700,000 | |
|
|
||
|
575,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
||
|
500,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
380,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
250,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
|
|
||
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Just as Sean Winter was enduring a runner-runner beat at the other table, Jesse Sylvia and Andrew Hinrichsen were battling it out at the other. We're not sure of the action, but we do know a preflop raising war resulted in Sylvia getting his stack of 340,000 all in against Hinrichsen.
Hinrichsen: 
Sylvia: 
If Sylvia busted the final table would be set and the bubble would burst. That didn't happen though as Sylvia's kings held after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
With nine players now left, the field is on a short break while they redraw to one table and get situated.
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Mike Leah raised to 24,000 from under the gun, and Sean Winter moved all in from the button for what looked like 168,000 in chips. [Removed:17] made the call out of the big blind, and Leah folded.
Winter:
Yan: 
What started as a headache for Winter soon turned into a smile on the 
flop, almost locking up the double. The 
on the turn now gave Yan two outs to win the hand, and sure enough the 
fell on the river to give "MissOracle" the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Michael Egan's tournament just came to a close in a quick succession of two hands. First, Egan ran his 
into Sam Khouiss' 
in a preflop all-in clash. The board ran out 
, and Egan was forced to pay the 190,000 in chips to give Khouiss the double.
Then, action folded to Mike Leah in the small blind, and he raised to 29,000. Egan jammed from the big blind for 275,000, and Leah called with the 
. Egan had the 
. Thanks to the 
board, Leah won the pot and sent Egan to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,145,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
390,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
When it just isn't your day, there's not much you can do. And that would be the case with Greg Merson's Day 2.
Merson entered the day with 174,200 in chips, and that was good enough for 11th overall. He worked his way up the leaderboard throughout the day, but suffered a big hit when his pocket kings lost out to Jonathan Duhamel's pocket deuces thanks to a deuce on the river after the money went in preflop. Then, Merson lost with pocket kings for a second time in another very important pot — this time losing to Jesse Sylvia who hit an ace with ace-king.
Although he did manage some double ups to stay alive, Merson was unlucky with another big pocket pair for a third important time, and this time saw his tournament come to an end.
Merson was all in with the 
against the 
for Brian Roberts. The board ran out 
to give Roberts a full house and send the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
From under the gun, Richard Lyndaker moved all in and Jesse Sylvia in the big blind asked the dealer to pull in his big blind to see how much more it would be to call. The result was an amount of 56,000 due still and Sylvia made the call.
Lyndaker: 
Sylvia:
On the 
turn, Lyndaker was drawing dead and picked up his belongings. The meaningless river completed the board and the field was reduced to only 12.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |