Honeybone Doubles Up
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. Honeybone doubled up.
2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
257
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
. Honeybone doubled up.
Chan Hanging Around
but had two live cards against his opponent's 
. A board of 
made Chan a pair of nines and the winning hand.He remains fairly short with about 11,000 chips.
Cornwall's Day En-ded
En raised preflop to 2,100 from the small blind and Cornwall made the call from the big blind. They took a flop of
and En led out for 3,000. Cornwall then moved all in for 11,000 in total but En snap-called tabling 
to have Cornwall outkicked with his 
.The turn was the
but the river was the 
to give En the pot and eliminate Cornwall from the field.
Kou Applies Pressure
, bringing a check from Kou. Johansson fired out 2,500 only to see Kou check-raise to 6,000. Johansson made the call, but then folded on the turn after Kou bet 8,000.Kou increased his stack to 45,000, while Johansson slipped to 28,000.
Cowboy Up
. Naves tabled for top pair, but Gill had an overpair -- the very same 
that tablemate Johnny Chan couldn't get to work. The turn 
breathed some life into Naves by giving him a flush draw, but Gill's cowboys held up when the river bricked out 
.Naves is out. Gill now has 87,000 and remains far and away the chip leader.
Nam Le Eliminated
against the 
of Wing Cheong Chong.However the board fell
giving Chong a pair of queens to eliminate Le from today's event.
Chan's Cowboys Can't Get It Done
and won the pot when he turned a wheel on a board of 
.Chan remains in the tournament, but with just 7,000 chips he is severely short-stacked. And none too pleased about losing this hand. For his part, Myoga seems happy with his stack of 15,000.
So Long Quinn Do
but found himself with the best hand against the of Richard En.However the board fell
and En found a pair on the river to take it down and eliminate Do.
Cornwall Hits One-Outer For Straight-Flush
but was in trouble as his opponent turned over 
.Popular poker pro Kenny Tran happened to be standing by the table chatting with some players and observing the action as the board was dealt.
The first four cards fell
giving both players a flush, but Cornwall's queen-high flush trailed the ace-high flush of his opponent. Just before the river was dealt Kenny Tran commented "he has one out...the ten of clubs" and right on cue, almost as if the gods had heard the call from Tran (and not for the first time!), the peeled off for a remarkable one-outer for the straight-flush to send Cornwall's opponent to the rail to the shock of the table!Cornwall now sits with 25,000 as his opponent heads to the "Bad Beat Booth".
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75