APPT Macau Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,081,000
Entries
429
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Good Game, Day 1b
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125 runners were in the field for Day 1b, just a shade more than the 119 that turned out yesterday. We're not sure how many were left at the end of the day; when the last six hands were called, 65 remained but a few more hit the rail before the bags were brought out.
The player of the day was young Kristoffer Myhre, who rocketed to the top of the counts in the middle part of the day by cracking pocket aces twice. The second time his 50,000-chip stack collided with Team PokerStars Asia Pro Tae Joon Noh's stack. The hand ended Noh's day and propelled Myhre to six figures in chips.
From there Myhre relentlessly bludgeoned his table, eventually ending the day in the chip lead with a staggering 183,400 chips. Other players over the century mark include Peter Nielsen (141,500), Roel Pijpers (125,500), Darkhan Botabayev (124,500) and Kyle Cheong (118,300).
There's one more Day 1 flight scheduled for 12:15pm local time tomorrow. See you then!
Huntly Crippled
was in the lead against 
."Hold, hold," said Huntly. And his hand held on a flop of
. It even held on the 
turn. When the river fell 
, Huntly clapped his hands and cheered."No, no, my friend," said the player on Huntly's right. "He made a straight. Don't tell me you were rooting for an ace on the river!"
Huntly looked back at the board and visibly deflated. "No," he replied. "I was hoping for a jack."
Huntly ends the night with 4,450 chips.
Marvanek Knuckles Under at the End
against Peter Nielsen's 
. Marvanek was stoked to pair kings on a flop of 
, and even more thrilled to see a blank 
hit the turn. But he knocked the table in anger and frustration when the river fell 
to make a full house for Nielsen."Come on!" said Marvanek in disgust. His protests were no good. The pot was pushed to Nielsen and Marvanek's day ended a few hands early.
Just Six Hands Remain
Stay tuned for the updated counts.
A Brutal Two Minutes for Team Australia
was on the worse end of it against 
. When no help arrived on board for Marcus, he was forced to pay off 34,650. That dropped his stack all the way to 14,000.At the next table over, Dan Neilson was all in with the best starting hand, pocket aces, on a flop of
. His opponent, Kyle Cheong, tabled a pair and a gutshot straight draw, 
. Neilson's aces were still best when the turn came 
, but the river 
made a straight for Cheong and put an end to Neilson's day.Cheong now has about 104,000 in chips.
Agarwal Climbing
, Aditya Agarwal made it 8,200 following a bet of 3,000 from an opponent in early position.However it would be a player sitting dormant in the blinds that would check-raise all in to prompt a fold from the original aggressor before Agarwal made the call.
Agarwall:
Opponent:
With Agarwall having his opponent drawing very slim, the
and on the turn and river would change little as Agarwal climbed to 83,000 in chips.
Tan Doubles Up
, it was surprising to see the third player in the hand respond by moving all in for a bit more than 20,000 chips. That was enough to fold Phan; Tan made an easy call with . He was up against 
and had his aces hold up on a blank 
turn and a somewhat scary four-sided 
river.Tan now has about 57,000 chips.
Potter Flops Nuts To Double
, we found James Potter all in for his last 13,050.With the pot sitting around the 24,000-chip mark, Potter's lone opponent sat in the tank for over three minutes before making the call.
Potter quickly rolled over his
for a flopped straight, and once his opponent mucked, Potter raked in the pot to double through to over 50,000 in chips.
Top Stacks
Kristoffer Myhre - 165,000
Roel Pijpers - 129,000
Darkhan Botabayev - 117,000
Peter Nielsen - 95,000