Tuesday saw Day 2 come and go at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) Main Event as the survivors from the two opening flights came together in a unified field for the first time. A total of 182 players came over from Days 1A and 1B, while five more players registered just before the start of play. Only 70 players remain after another six levels of play, with Kyle Montgomery ahead of everybody with 595,000 chips.
It often happens that the chip leader at the end of an early day gets to the top via a huge late hand. Such was the case this day with Montgomery. WSOP.com had the play-by-play about an hour before close. Montgomery raised pre-flop to 4,000 from the hijack, only to see Dylan Honeyman re-raise to 10,500 from the cutoff. Then, on the button, Timo Pfutzenreuter added to the fun, taking it up to 23,500. Back to Montgomery, he five-bet (FIVE-BET!) to 49,000. Someone had a hand. Honeyman got out of Dodge, but Pfutzenreuter was undeterred, six-betting (this is just getting silly now) to 81,000. Enough was enough; Montgomery moved all-in. Pfutzenreuter called for about 250,000 chips.
Needless to say, it was Aces versus Kings, Montgomery holding the rockets. None of the community cards was higher than Nine, spelling doom for Pfutzenreuter and allowing Montgomery to soar into the chip lead with 600,000 chips at the time.
One of the other big stories of the WSOP APAC Main Event is the ascension of local favorite Jackie Glazier. Glazier is considered Australia’s best female player and she certainly has the live tournament results to prove it. She has one WSOP bracelet, earned in the WSOP Europe Ladies Event last year. But that was not close to her biggest cash. In 2012, she finished second in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event at the WSOP, winning $458,996. She also came in 31st in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, good for $229,281. All told, Glazier has $1,255,943 in live tournament winnings.
With a total field of 329 runners, the prize pool amounts to A$3,125,500. The top 36 finishers will be paid, so the money bubble will burst on Wednesday, as the plan is to play down to the final 16. First place will take home A$850,136, while the top six will make six figures.
2014 WSOP APAC Main Event – Day 2 Chip Leaders
1. Kyle Montgomery – 595,000
2. Victor Teng – 511,800
3. Jackie Glazier – 444,700
4. Ivan Zhou – 430,000
5. Henry Wang – 307,100
6. Sean Winter – 269,400
7. Frank Kassela – 267,500
8. Shao Liu – 250,100
9. Alexander Antonios – 228,000
10. Brandon Shack-Harris – 221,100