2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

High Rollers Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣2♣
Prize
$474,358
Event Info
Buy-in
$19,250
Prize Pool
$1,282,051
Entries
61
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000

Day 2 Ends

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Players will be chasing David Steicke and his wall of chips.
Players will be chasing David Steicke and his wall of chips.
It was a long Day 2 at the Grand Waldo Casino and Hotel for the 2008 APPT Macau High Rollers Event. Twenty-eight players entered the field today, each having put up roughly US$19,200 to enter this tournament. Only nine of them would see any return on their investment. The short stacks started doubling straight off the bat, perhaps a harbinger of things to come.

The money bubble and the final table bubble were one and the same in this tournament. Both lasted for two hours and forty minutes. During that time, only one player moved all in and was called -- ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan. His pocket eights held up against Wai Will Ma's jack-three, prolonging Chan's tournament run and disappointing everyone in the final table area.

In the end it was Eric Assadourian, last year's High Rollers Event champion, who bubbled off the money. Tomorrow, these nine players will return to duke it out for the title of Champion of the 2008 APPT Macau High Rollers Event:

David Steicke - 391,000
Andrew Scott - 226,000
Wei Will Ma - 186,500
Nam Le - 107,000
Quinn Do - 105,000
Ivan Tan - 61,000
Johnny Chan - 60,500
Charles Chua - 47,000
Van Marcus - 43,000

The most intriguing name on the list is that of Charles "the Chuck Truck" Chua. After playing late into the night on Sunday, ultimately finishing second in the Main Event and pocketing almost $300,000 in prize money, Chua was a very late addition to the High Rollers field. He entered just as late registration was about to close, the last of the 61 players to register for this tournament. Could he be the final player standing?

He'll have his work cut out for him if he wants to be the champion. Join us tomorrow at 2pm local time for live updates as the High Rollers Event reaches a thrilling conclusion.