2015 ACOP: Andy Andrejevic Takes Down Super High Roller for $1.125M, Alan Lau Wins POY Race; Shashank Rathi Min-Cashes Event 13

The 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) finally concluded with the results in for its final events i.e Events 13 – HK $500,000 Super High Roller and Event 15 – HK $9,000 NLH. Andy Andrejevic (cover image), who got into Event 13 on a satellite, won it for an incredible HK $8,725,000 (US$1,125,000) in prize money, making him the biggest winner at the series.

Xixiang Luo emerged the winner of Event 15 for HK $258,150. Indian-origin player Shashank Rathi finally bagged his first cash of the series with an 11^th place finish in the same event for HK $19,500.

The Player of the Year award went to Hong Kong’s Alan King Lau, who pipped KC Wong in a closely contested race for the POY title. Lau received the prestigious trophy in a special ceremony at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room, along with a one-year contract. Lau celebrated the moment by proposing to his girlfriend Amy, who immediately accepted.

Event 13 – HK $500,000 Super High Roller

Rising American poker star, Andy Andrejevic won the richest event of the series for HK $8,725,000. It was an incredible profit considering that Andrejevic made it to the top on an investment of just HK $40,000, through a live satellite at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room.

“I was planning on leaving three days ago, but we walked past the satellite and jumped in!” an excited Andrejevic stated.

“It just felt like it was my day,” he added. “It feels surreal. It probably won’t sink in until tomorrow!”

The final table began with just six players out of the original 34 entries and Andrejevic was leading the field on the final day. Notables Erik Seidel and Anton Astapau were the first to be eliminated at sixth and fifth place respectively. Defending champion Steve O’Dwyer was looking at winning a second Spadie, but his hopes were dashed by Andrejevic. O’Dwyer exited at fourth place, when his two pair were bettered by Andrejevic’s flopped broadway straight.

Three-handed play saw Andrejevic up against Bryn Kenney and John Juanda. It was a short while before Andrejevic sent Kenney to the rails in third place, and began heads up play with a 4 to 1 chip advantage against Juanda.

It took just four hands for the match to be over. Juanda with pocket fours, moved all in and Andrejevic with ace-deuce, called. The flop gave an ace that was more than enough to declare Andrejevic the champion and Juanda made second place for HK $5,574,000.

Final Results (HKD)

1. Andy Andrejevic – $8,725,000

2. John Juanda – $5,574,000

3. Bryn Kenney – $3,635,000

4. Steve O’Dwyer – $2,666,000

5. Anton Astapau – $1,939,000

6. Erik Seidel – $1,696,200

Event 15 – HK $9,000 NLH

124 hopefuls signed on for the final event of the 2015 ACOP – the HK $9,000 NLH, creating a prize pool of HK $974,268. Xixiang Luo was champion making HK $258,150 for his top place finish.

Indian-origin player Shashank Rathi, who had so far had a dry run this ACOP, finally min-cashed for HK $19,500 at 11^th place.