On the second day of the WSOP APAC AU$10,000 Main Event, 262 players returned to the tables of the Crown Casino. In the lead was Daniel Negreanu with 136,050 in chips. A late registration was still open and 15 more players entered the field on the day, making the prize pool total at AU$3,847,500 and the first prize AU$1,038,825.
93 players made it to Day 3; among those eliminated were Phil Ivey, who lost with A-Q to pocket kings.
The lead was taken by Winfred Yu: the director of Poker King Club, home to the Macau high stakes games, had 432,700 in chips.
On Day 3, WSOP 2012 Main Even 4th finisher Russell Thomas performed the best, making it to the top of the chip count with 1,677,000. A number of renowned players remained in play, including Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Yu and Benny Spindler.
Day 4 started out as follows:
Table 29
Seat 1: Mikel Habb – 439,000
Seat 2: Daniel Marton – 1,325,000
Seat 3: Russell Thomas – 1,677,000
Seat 4: Tino Lechich – 654,000
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu – 827,000
Seat 6: Kahle Burns – 1,469,000
Seat 7 : Raj Ramakrishnan – 644,000
Seat 8: Antonio Esfandiari – 1,050,000
Table 31
Seat 1: Yasar Gueden – 385,000
Seat 2: Winfred Yu – 354,000
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: George Tsatsis – 1,161,000
Seat 5: Jordan Westmorland – 321,000
Seat 6: Michael Pedley – 310,000
Seat 7 : Benny Spindler – 1,505,000
Seat 8: Joel Feldman – 187,000
On Day 4, play commenced for the Final Table seats. Yasar Gueden was railed first, followed by Raj Ramakrishnan, Michael Pedley, Joel Feldman and Tino Lechich. With the elimination of Jordan Westmorland, the non-official Final Table was set:
Seat 1: George Tsatsis – 1,745,000
Seat 2: Benny Spindler – 2,900,000
Seat 3: Mikel Habb – 470,000
Seat 4: Winfred Yu – 640,000
Seat 5: Russell Thomas – 640,000
Seat 6: Daniel Marton – 2,200,000
Seat 7: Kahle Burns – 1,210,000
Seat 8: Daniel Negreanu – 1,620,000
Seat 9: Antonio Esfandiari – 750,000
The FT bubble boy became to be WSOP Big One winner Esfandiari: on Level 22 (3,000/10,000/20,000), he limped from the button, Spindler from the BB raised to 75,000, Esfandiari shoved and Spindler called.
Esfandiari:
A 
K
Spindler:
Q Q
Board:5 
J 2 3 9
Spindler won the flip.
Spindler awaits the finale of the first ever WSOP APAC Main Event from the chiplead, the runner-up in the chipcount is Daniel Negreanu.
The Final Table is as follows:
Seat 1: Daniel Marton – 2,160,000
Seat 2: George Tsatsis – 2,321,000
Seat 3: Mikel Habb – 551,000
Seat 4: Benny Spindler – 2,931,000
Seat 5: Winfred Yu – 367,000
Seat 6: Russell Thomas – 490,000
Seat 7: Kahle Burns – 905,000
Seat 8: Daniel Negreanu – 2,437,000
Prizes:
1st: AU$1,038,825
2nd: AU$637,911
3rd: AU$423,225
4th: AU$284,715
5th: AU$201,994
6th: AU$146,205
7th: AU$107,730
8th: AU$82,721
9-10th: AU$65,408
11-12th: AU$51,941
13-14th: AU$39,245
15-16th: AU$31,549
17-24th: AU$25,778
25-32nd: AU$22,316
33-40th: AU$20,392
Follow the Live Stream of the finale here:
93 players made it to Day 3; among those eliminated were Phil Ivey, who lost with A-Q to pocket kings.
The lead was taken by Winfred Yu: the director of Poker King Club, home to the Macau high stakes games, had 432,700 in chips.
On Day 3, WSOP 2012 Main Even 4th finisher Russell Thomas performed the best, making it to the top of the chip count with 1,677,000. A number of renowned players remained in play, including Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Yu and Benny Spindler.
Day 4 started out as follows:
Table 29
Seat 1: Mikel Habb – 439,000
Seat 2: Daniel Marton – 1,325,000
Seat 3: Russell Thomas – 1,677,000
Seat 4: Tino Lechich – 654,000
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu – 827,000
Seat 6: Kahle Burns – 1,469,000
Seat 7 : Raj Ramakrishnan – 644,000
Seat 8: Antonio Esfandiari – 1,050,000
Table 31
Seat 1: Yasar Gueden – 385,000
Seat 2: Winfred Yu – 354,000
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: George Tsatsis – 1,161,000
Seat 5: Jordan Westmorland – 321,000
Seat 6: Michael Pedley – 310,000
Seat 7 : Benny Spindler – 1,505,000
Seat 8: Joel Feldman – 187,000
On Day 4, play commenced for the Final Table seats. Yasar Gueden was railed first, followed by Raj Ramakrishnan, Michael Pedley, Joel Feldman and Tino Lechich. With the elimination of Jordan Westmorland, the non-official Final Table was set:
Seat 1: George Tsatsis – 1,745,000
Seat 2: Benny Spindler – 2,900,000
Seat 3: Mikel Habb – 470,000
Seat 4: Winfred Yu – 640,000
Seat 5: Russell Thomas – 640,000
Seat 6: Daniel Marton – 2,200,000
Seat 7: Kahle Burns – 1,210,000
Seat 8: Daniel Negreanu – 1,620,000
Seat 9: Antonio Esfandiari – 750,000
The FT bubble boy became to be WSOP Big One winner Esfandiari: on Level 22 (3,000/10,000/20,000), he limped from the button, Spindler from the BB raised to 75,000, Esfandiari shoved and Spindler called.
Esfandiari:
A K Spindler:
Q Q Board:
5 J 2 3 9 Spindler won the flip.
Spindler awaits the finale of the first ever WSOP APAC Main Event from the chiplead, the runner-up in the chipcount is Daniel Negreanu.
The Final Table is as follows:
Seat 1: Daniel Marton – 2,160,000
Seat 2: George Tsatsis – 2,321,000
Seat 3: Mikel Habb – 551,000
Seat 4: Benny Spindler – 2,931,000
Seat 5: Winfred Yu – 367,000
Seat 6: Russell Thomas – 490,000
Seat 7: Kahle Burns – 905,000
Seat 8: Daniel Negreanu – 2,437,000
Prizes:
1st: AU$1,038,825
2nd: AU$637,911
3rd: AU$423,225
4th: AU$284,715
5th: AU$201,994
6th: AU$146,205
7th: AU$107,730
8th: AU$82,721
9-10th: AU$65,408
11-12th: AU$51,941
13-14th: AU$39,245
15-16th: AU$31,549
17-24th: AU$25,778
25-32nd: AU$22,316
33-40th: AU$20,392
Follow the Live Stream of the finale here:
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