2014 ACOP Super High Roller - Cheong leads final table, Colman still in

The final table of the HK$500,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker is one of the strongest final tables ever. The chipleader to start the day is Joseph Cheong, but Steve O'Dwyer, Davidi Kitai, and the beast of the high rollers, Daniel Colman are all in contest for the $1.8 million first prize.

The event started on Saturday, a total of 52 players entered, and there were 50 rebuys aswell, creating a prizepool of $6.2 million, with a first place prize of $1.8 million.

The event, titled "Macau Billionaire Poker" had a HK$500,000 buy-in which roughly equals US$65,000. 

Day 2 began with Joseph Cheong as the chipleader, and the field was full of the biggest poker stars of our days, including Daniel Colman who has already won $21 million this year.

The final table was reached with a double knockout, Pratyush Buddiga busted Dan Smith in a A-K vs K-Q preflop all-in, while on the other table Dimitar Danchev's K-Q failed to improve against Steve O'Dwyer's A-7.

The final table is extremely tough, the lineup includes Davidi Kitai, Connor Drinan, Ryan Fee, Daniel Colman, Pratyush Buddiga, Joseph Cheong, Steve O'Dwyer, and the only local player, Kitson Kho.

Cheong managed to keep his chiplead, he leads with 12.6 million chips over O'Dwyer, who has 8.1 million.

You can read the live updates from the tournament on the PokerStars blog, you can find the seating and the payout structure are below.

1. seat: Davidi Kitai - 3,190,000
2. seat: Kitson Kho - 4,875,000
3. seat: Connor Drinan - 4,875,000
4. seat: Daniel Colman - 2,955,000
5. seat: Ryan Fee - 6,230,000
6. seat: Pratyush Buddiga - 8,075,000
7. seat: Joseph Cheong - 12,665,000
8. seat: Steve O'Dwyer - 8,135,000

Payouts:

1. HK$14,050,000 (~US$1,800,000)
2. HK$9,950,000 (~US$1,300,000)
3. HK$6,550,000 (~US$845,000)
4. HK$5,100,000 (~US$660,000)
5. HK$4,100,000 (~US$530,000)
6. HK$3,400,000 (~US$440,000)
7. HK$2,900,000 (~US$375,000)
8. HK$2,420,000 (~US$315,000)