PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
2,776,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000 HKD
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000

Xie Leads The Field From Day 1a of The 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1a Chip Leader, Bo "Box" Xie
Day 1a Chip Leader, Bo "Box" Xie

The first of two starting days at the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event ended with 87 of 212 players seeing Day 2. The day consisted of seven and a half hour-long levels, and Bo ��Box�� Xie emerged as the field's chip leader with 166,000 in chips.

Alvan Zheng, who led the field most of the day, finished just behind Xie with 151,400. Not far behind that you will find Jaswinder Suri with 149,500 to round out the top three.

The day saw plenty of familiar faces come out to play at the PokerStars LIVE poker room in the City of Dreams. Some of the most notable players moving on to Day 2 include Christian Haggart (65,200), Victorino Torres (50,000), Iori Yogo (37,500), Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (31,300), Daniel Laidlaw (24,400), Akira Ohyama (18,800) and Kitty Kuo (18,000).

Probably the most famous player in the room today, Johnny Chan, will not be making Day 2 as he was eliminated when his flush draw failed to complete against Liu Xiao.

Some other players you might know that failed to advance are Oliver Gill, Ashley Warner, Dean Blatt, Sunny Jung, Percy Yung and Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im.

Day 1b kicks off Thursday, again at 3 p.m. local time, with a bunch new faces including Team PokerStars Pros Raymond Wu and Celina Lin. Join PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action as it happens. Until then, good night from the City of Dreams.

Tags: Akira OhyamaAlvan ZhengAshley WarnerBobbe SuriBryan HuangChristian HaggartDaniel LaidlawJohnny ChanKitty KuoLiu XiaoOliver GillSunny JungVictorino TorresVivian ImXie "Box" Bo