The first of two days for the inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 9 HK$50,000 Freezeout saw a field of 81 entrants take to the felt at the PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams. After 12 levels of play, Sheng Sun topped the field of 26 survivors with 365,000 chips, while Allen Wang (318,000) and Rajeev Raut (274,000) round out the top three.
Top 10 Chip Stacks
| Place | Player | Country | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheng Sun | China | 365,000 |
| 2 | Allen Wang | China | 318,000 |
| 3 | Rajeev Raut | India | 274,000 |
| 4 | Kim Wittendorff | Denmark | 242,000 |
| 5 | Jack Hu | Chinese Taipei | 223,000 |
| 6 | Guiseppe Reina | Australia | 213,000 |
| 7 | Eddy Liang | Chinese Taipei | 209,000 |
| 8 | Alberto Gomez | Spain | 200,000 |
| 9 | Jung Jung Tang | Chinese Taipei | 192,000 |
| 10 | Scott Davies | USA | 173,000 |
Action got underway at 18:00 local time and at the end of the second level, the first participant had run out of his 50,000 starting stack entirely.