APT Macau Main Event Day 2 | 2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau

08-30-2008 12:35 UTC+8

Paulsen Doubles

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Kai Danilo Paulsen moved all in for his last chips with {A-Diamonds}

but found himself up against an opponent’s {A-?}

. A queen on the flop was all he needed when the board fell {7-Diamonds}

to give him a double-up to 36,000 in chips.

Tags: Kai Paulsen

08-30-2008 12:40 UTC+8

Wooka Kim Eliminated

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Everest Poker representative Wooka Kim came into Day 2 as one of the shortest stacks, with about 10,000 chips. Julius Colman was short as well, and open-shoved from late position with {A-Spades}

. Kim had {K-Diamonds}

and made the snap-call. She wound up getting four-flushed by Colman's five of hearts when the board ran out {10-Hearts}

. She is out of the tournament, while Colman hangs on with about 28,000.

Tags: Julius Colman Wooka Kim

08-30-2008 12:44 UTC+8

Dunst Rebuilding

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Tony Dunst is back to work building his stack. He raised to 3,200 from middle position and was called only by Yevgeniy Timoshenko from the big blind. Timoshenko bet 4,600 on a flop of {10-Spades}

, a bet which Dunst called. Both players checked the {6-Spades}

turn. On the river {K-Spades}

, Timoshenko checked and then folded when Dunst bet 8,600.

Dunst is now up to 46,000 in chips, while Timoshenko has slipped back to 41,000.

08-30-2008 12:58 UTC+8

Our apologies for the recent disruption to our coverage. We have been experiencing some Internet connectivity issues here throughout the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino. Hopefully the gremlins have been ironed out and there will be no further interruptions to our coverage. Coverage of action from the last hour will be added shortly.

08-30-2008 12:59 UTC+8

Colman Doubles

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Julius Colman has doubled through Casey Kastle after the two players got their chips in the middle on a flop of {3-Diamonds}

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Kastle held {A-Hearts}

for top pair but Colman tabled {A-Clubs}

for top set. The turn was the {3-Spades}

and river the {4-Clubs}

to give Colman a double-up to 42,000, sending Kastle down to 40,000.

Tags: Casey Kastle Julius Colman

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

08-30-2008 13:07 UTC+8

Dunwoodie Falls into Pedley's Trap

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There will be no $500,000 payday for Thomas Dunwoodie this weekend. He raised preflop and was called only by Michael Pedley. The rest of their chips all went in the middle of a {10-?}

flop. Dunwoodie's pocket nines were drawing very slim against Pedley's pocket kings. The turn and river bricked out to allow Pedley to drag the pot and send Dunwoodie to the rail.

Pedley is now close to the century mark, with about 94,000 in chips.

Tags: Michael Pedley Thomas Dunwoodie

08-30-2008 13:13 UTC+8

De Double for De Leon

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Ricky De Leon has doubled up after pushing his short stack from the button, with J.J. Liu making the call in the big blind.

De Leon: {K-Diamonds}

Liu:

The board arrived {J-Clubs}

to give De Leon a double-up to 14,000, with Liu falling to 38,000.

Tags: JJ Liu Ricky De Leon

08-30-2008 13:19 UTC+8

Chong Wing Cheong on a Tear

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Chong Wing Cheong has rocketed up the leaderboard in the first hour to assume the title of chip leader. He recently eliminated an opponent when they both got all of their chips in the middle on a {5-Hearts}

flop. Cheong had the greater number of chips and tabled {Q-Diamonds}

for top pair. He was up against his opponent's {9-Hearts}

flush draw. The turn {2-Spades}

gave his opponent more outs, but Cheong dodged them all when the river fell {3-Spades}

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Cheong now has about 130,000.

Tags: Chong Wing Cheong

08-30-2008 13:20 UTC+8

Timoshenko Avoids Dunst

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A player in middle position made it 4,200 before Yevgeniy Timoshenko popped it up to 12,600 from the cutoff. The action passed to Tony Dunst in the big blind who moved all in for an additional 33,500 chips. The middle-position player folded and Timoshenko went into the tank.

"Well I snap-call against you," pondered Timoshenko, referring to the MP player, before deciding to avoid a clash with Dunst.

Dunst climbs to 61,000 with Timoshenko falling to 53,000.

Tags: Tony Dunst Yevgeniy Timoshenko