APPT Macau Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

08-29-2009 21:24 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. Eleven players remain. We are looking for two more eliminations.

08-29-2009 21:10 UTC+8

Break Time

[user75032]

Players are on a fifteen-minute break. Perhaps Daoxing Chen will drink a Red Bull during that time.

08-29-2009 20:53 UTC+8

Top Five Chip Counts

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Darkhan Botabayev - 1,450,000
Daoxing Chen - 1,000,000
Brandon Demes - 970,000
Mike Kim - 970,000
Mike Collins - 900,000

08-29-2009 20:44 UTC+8

Josh Ang Eliminated in 12th Place ($22,887)

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Josh Ang moved all of his last 220,000 or so chips in from under the gun, with play folding around to the short-stacked Stefan Hjorthall who made the call in the big blind.

Ang: {A-Clubs}

Hjorthall: {A-Hearts}

The board ran out {K-Spades}

and Hjorthall doubled through to around 350,000 to leave Ang with just 45,000 and on the big blind the very next hand.

By this time the other table had already finished their "round", three hands ahead of the "slow" table, so they all gathered around to watch a Ang pot-committed call from the big blind after Brandon Demes raised from the button.

Demes: {A-Clubs}

Ang:

The board arrived {A-Spades}

to give Demes the pot and eliminate Ang in 12th place for $22,287 in prize money.

Tags: Josh Ang Stefan Hjorthall

08-29-2009 20:34 UTC+8

Daniel Hansson Eliminated in 13th Place ($16,643)

[user75032]

The end came brutally for Daniel Hansson. After losing with {A-?}

against Dane Lomas' {Q-?}

, Hansson's stack dropped to less than 150,000 chips. A few hands later he moved it all into the middle preflop. Darkhan Botabayev woke up with {A-Spades}

and made an easy call. Even better for Botabayev, Hansson also had an ace -- {A-Hearts}

. There was no bad beat in this one. Despite making nines on a flop of {7-Diamonds}

, Hansson never improved from there. The {2-Clubs}

turn and

river delivered the pot to Botabayev. Hansson is gone in 13th place.

Tags: Daniel Hansson Darkhan Botabayev

08-29-2009 20:28 UTC+8

Another Strange One

[user67765]

Another hand, another tank by Daoxing Chen. Despite receiving a friendly warning by the tournament directors to generally "hurry up" with his actions, it took Chen all of one hand to enter his favorite little world - the tank.

We didn't catch the preflop action but assume that Chen had raised from the button with Brandon Demes defending in the big blind. The flop of {A-Hearts}

was checked, as was the {Q-Clubs}

turn, before the {8-Spades}

landed on the river.

Demes decided to lead out with a near pot-sized bet of 175,000. This wasn't a decision for Chen's tournament life, yet after a good four minutes we were all still waiting. TD Danny McDonagh arrived to call the clock once again on Chen. The clock ticked down, the final ten seconds were counted down and Chen still hadn't acted. His hand was declared dead.

"Can I show?" inquired Chen in broken English. When the answer was in the affirmative, he flashed {A-Spades}

.

Tags: Brandon Demes Daoxing Chen

08-29-2009 20:16 UTC+8

Round for Round

[user75032]

Because of the pay jumps involved, and also because of the fact that Daoxing Chen is playing significantly slower than every other player, the two remaining tables are now playing round-for-round. This is to ensure that Chen does not create an advantage for his table by playing far fewer hands than the other table.

08-29-2009 20:13 UTC+8

Botabayev Saved by the River

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Darkhan Botabayev is counting his lucky stars right now after a huge double-up through chip leader Brandon Demes. The two players got all in preflop for 562,000 on a flip, with Demes tabling the slightly better {10-Hearts}