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

08-30-2008 14:35 UTC+8

Colman Takes a Hit

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With 30,000 in the pot preflop, Julius Colman and William Te took a flop of {2-Hearts}

. Both players cautiously checked. The turn was the {A-Clubs}

. Colman paused, then checked again. Te deliberated for about a minute before firing out for 15,000. That bet brought a snap-muck from Colman. Te flashed the {A-Diamonds}

as he collected the pot.

Colman still has about 25,000 chips and is trying to hang on.

08-30-2008 14:48 UTC+8

A few recent eliminations have whittled the field down to 41 players. The next player to bust out will be the last to go home without any prize money. Play is proceeding hand for hand until that elimination occurs.

08-30-2008 15:06 UTC+8

Cat and Mouse Games Continue

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As per usual on the money bubble, play has slowed dramatically as the players are anxiously watching each other's tables and the pressure is on the short stacks to survive.

There are several players who are desperately short, so we expect the bubble to burst very soon.

08-30-2008 15:15 UTC+8

Guise Avoids Ignominious Fate

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With play stuck at 41 players, Tom Guise pushed all in from early position and found no callers. He tabled {A-Clubs}

and said he wasn't afraid to be the bubble boy.

The very next hand, from under the gun, Guise pushed in again. This time he was called by Tyrone Kerrigan. Guise had Big Slick a second time, but Kerrigan's pocket aces had Guise crushed. The board ran out {10-Hearts}

to allow Kerrigan's aces to hold. When the stacks were counted down, Guise had Kerrigan covered, but only by 800 chips.

On the next hand, after paying the 300-chip ante, Guise was all in from the big blind for 500. William Te raised the pot to 5,000, folding all other players. He opened {K-Spades}

, but Guise found live cards with {5-Spades}

. A board of {3-Hearts}

made two pair, fives and fours, to keep Guise's tournament hopes alive.

He folded his next hand in the small blind and is left with 2,400 chips. Kerrigan now has about 40,000.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

08-30-2008 15:30 UTC+8

J.J. Liu Bubbles

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J.J. Liu was all in for her last 400 chips in the ante, and with two limpers as well as the blinds coming along, the four live players checked down the board in an attempt to eliminate Liu from the tournament.

The board read {3-Clubs}

as one opponent said, "You're not going to like me," as he flipped {A-Clubs}

for the Broadway straight.

Liu hadn't looked at her cards but flipped {8-Diamonds}

and she stood and exited the poker room as the bubble girl.

Amazingly, Piotr Gruszczynski, to her direct left, was left with only one black 100-denomination chip, but is now $6,000 richer as the remaining 40 players are now in the money.

Tags: JJ Liu

08-30-2008 15:37 UTC+8

Redraw in Progress

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With the money bubble now (finally) burst, players have redrawn their seats. Play will continue eight-handed, with the button starting in Seat 7 at each table. There are several extremely short stacks still in play. We are expecting a rash of bust-outs over the course of the next half hour.

Forty-five minutes remain in the level as the clock is restarted.

08-30-2008 15:42 UTC+8

Gruszczynski Heads to Payout Table

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Piotr Gruszczynski, the player who squeaked into the money with just 100 chips left in his stack, was (not surprisingly) the first player to be eliminated after the money bubble burst. He was all in on the ante with {9-Clubs}

. He found himself with two live cards against one opponent's {A-Diamonds}

, but was drawing dead after a flop of {K-Diamonds}

.

For his miracle of survival, Gruszczynski will collect $6,000.

Tags: Piotr Gruszczynski

08-30-2008 15:42 UTC+8

Hayato Suzuki Eliminated

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Hayato Suzuki moved all in for 11,500 from early position with Richard Bonzon making the call on the button.

Bonzon: {A-Diamonds}

Suzuki:

The board ran out {6-Hearts}

to give Bonzon a pair of aces on the turn to eliminate Suzuki from the tournament.

Tags: Hayato Suzuki Richard Bonzon

08-30-2008 15:50 UTC+8

Guise Roaching His Way Deeper

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Tom Guise has displayed the survival ability of a cockroach this afternoon. Extremely short, he just doubled up on back-to-back hands with suited cards. First, he doubled to 10,000 with {6-Spades}