From under the gun, Aaron Lerner raised to 750. Kelly Flynn was next up and flat-called. Action then folded over a couple spots and a player reraised to 3,200. Play moved back around to Lerner and he folded. Flynn moved all in for 15,275 and his opponent quickly called.
Flynn held the 
against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Flynn doubled to over 31,000 chips.
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On a flop of 
, we picked up the action as Van Pham checked over to Stephen Duncan. Duncan had about 10,000 chips left in his stack, and he fired 1,400 of them into the pot. After a slight delay, Pham announced an all in, and Duncan called quickly to put his own tournament life in jeopardy.
Showdown
Duncan: 
Pham: 
(oops!)
Well, it was a momentary oops anyways. The turn 
gave Duncan a big sweat as he would need to fade the eight-out straight draw to stay alive. But he could not. The 
peeled off on fifth street, and Pham goes runner-runner to earn the knockout and a chip boost up to about 48,000.
Table mate Aaron Benton was in disbelief. "Runner-runner!" he half-yelled. "You must have either satellited into this event for $100 or be a millionaire!" Pham confirmed he had indeed satellited in online.
On a 
flop, Aaron Benton's opponent fired 10,000, and Benton moved all in for another 13,975. "I'm all in! I'm all in!" he shouted, waving over a few of his friends playing at other tables. Once the cameras arrived, his opponent made the call, tabling 
. Benton was quite pleased to see that, as he turned up 
. The turn was a safe . "Three! Three! Three!" chanted Benton's fellow Aussie, Team PokerStars Pro Eric Assadourian (who played yesterday and will be back tomorrow for Day 2). And on cue, the dealer laid the 
on the river. "Told you, Eric, you're my good luck charm," Benton said, clapping his friend on the back. Benton is up to 51,000 and having plenty of fun at his active table.
On a flop of 
, Michael Mariakis checked to Tony Hachem. The two have been battling all day long and this time Hachem fired 2,600. Mariakis check-raised all in for 22,200 and Hachem went into the tank. He looked truly pained by his decision and tanked for several minutes. Eventually, Hachem folded his hand, claiming to fold two jacks. Mariakis showed his hand, which was a full house with the 
, and scooped the pot. Hachem was left with 12,350 chips.
On the next hand, there was about 8,000 chips in the pot between Mariakis and Steve Yea. The board read 
on the turn and Mariakis checked to Yea. Yea fired 4,000 and then Mariakis did just what he did on the last hand, he check-raised all in. Yea mucked his hand and dropped to 38,000 chips. Mariakis moved to 37,000 chips after those two hands.
The all ins are coming fast and furious now.
We walked over to Table 18 to see Long Brian Yip all in for just over 13,000 and in bad shape on a flop of 
. Yip went with for his tournament life, and he ran smack into Michael Pedley's 
.
The turn and river were both blanks, the 
and 
respectively, and Pedley has notched the knockout. He's right at 70,000 now and one of the top dogs on Day 1c thus far.
Gabriel Le Jossec bet out 2,500 at 
flop. On the button, Binh Thai Nguyen raised to 6,000. Le Jossec kept his head down and studied the board for two minutes before looking up and sliding out his entire stack in one quick move. Snap call! Snap sigh. Le Jossec knew he was in bad shape with 
for middle pair and a backdoor spade draw. Nguyen held 
for bottom two pair. The turn and river were both bricks, shipping the big pot to Nguyen. The dealer counted down the stacks and determined that Nguyen had Le Jossec's 19,000 slightly covered, meaning his had to take his break a few minutes early.
On a final board of 
, Aaron Lerner fired 2,750 into Lisawad Pakinai. After some time in the tank, Pakinai made the call. Lerner tabled the and Pakinai mucked. With that pot, Lerner increased to 48,000 chips.
That's four levels down, three to go. For their persistence, the remaining players are being rewarded with a ten-minute break.
Back shortly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Dinh Le was the very first champion of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau back in Season 1, and he's doing some work towards another deep run this time around as well.
We walked up to his table just as the river card came out to complete a board of 
. Chin Te Chiu was Le's opponent, and he put out a bet of 6,500. With no delay, Le instantly moved all in with his covering stack. Chiu had just about 8,000 left behind at that point, and he quickly stuck them into the pot to put his own tournament life in danger.
Le tabled 
, and that's what the kids call "the nuts". Chiu stood from his chair, still holding on to his cards and chatting with Le in a language we couldn't understand. He seemed to be telling Le what he had, and Le was giving him that, "Who cares, I have quads," look. After some head-shaking, Chiu finally gave his cards back to the dealer and headed for the exit.
Le is up to 74,000 after that knockout.
