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

08-30-2008 17:35 UTC+8

Gentry Outraces Timoshenko

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Ryan Gentry, who as the bubble approached was very short-stacked (at one point seemingly all in blind), is now at a more healthy stack level of about 100,000. He got all in preflop holding pocket jacks against the A-Q of Yevgeniy Timoshenko. A ten-high board ensured that Gentry would win the hand.

Timoshenko has slipped back a bit to about 170,000.

Tags: Ryan Gentry Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-30-2008 17:33 UTC+8

Pedley Eliminates Jung

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On a flop of {2-Spades}

Michael Pedley led out with a bet of 10,000 from the big blind and Alexander Jung made the call from under the gun.

The turn brought the {10-Hearts}

and Pedley fired out 20,000. Jung then announced he was all in for 51,000 in total. Pedley went into the tank, re-checked his cards and stated, "Well they're still the same," before making the call.

Pedley tabled {A-Clubs}

for top pair, top kicker and found himself up against Jung's flush draw with {K-Spades}

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The river landed the {5-Hearts}

, missing Jung and sending him to the payout booth. Pedley is now up to a very healthy 175,000 in chips.

Tags: Alexander Jung Michael Pedley

08-30-2008 17:27 UTC+8

Recent Double-Ups

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Kent Hunter is now up to 40,000. He survived an all-in confrontation with Yevgeniy Timoshenko after his {Q-Hearts}

bested Timoshenko's {A-Spades}

. All the money went in on the turn of the board {9-Clubs}

after each player made a straight. The board itself straightened with a river of {7-Hearts}

, but Hunter's queen-high straight held up.

Casey Kastle also doubled. He got all in on a flop of {9-Spades}

holding

and was called by Rober Karian, who held {K-Clubs}

for a flush draw. Kastle dodged all the clubs with a turn of {J-Hearts}

and a river of {9-Diamonds}

. Kastle now has 65,000.

Tags: Casey Kastle Kent Hunter Rober Karian Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-30-2008 17:22 UTC+8

Vang Builds Boat

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On a board of {K-Diamonds}

Kou Vang fired out a bet of 20,000 and Joon Hee Yeah thought for some time before making the call.

Vang showed {K-Spades}

for a full house which was too good for Yeah as he tossed his cards into the muck.

Vang is up to 190,000 with Yeah falling to 50,000.

Tags: Joon Hee Yeah Kou Vang

08-30-2008 17:17 UTC+8

We Have a Clear Chip Leader

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A wild hand just took place on Table 3. Preflop, Richard Bonzon opened the pot for 6,000. He was called by Julio Diaz on the button before Guray Turkay reraised from the small blind to 15,500. Both other players called.

The flop was {8-Clubs}

. Turkay shoved all in for 86,000. Bonzon elected to call all in for less, about 55,000. Diaz just shrugged and said, "Ok, I call," before tabling the nuts -- {J-Clubs}

. He was way ahead of both other players. Turkay showed {A-Diamonds}

for a couple of backdoor draws, while Bonzon could only muster up middle pair with {8-Hearts}

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The

on the turn gave Turkay a few outs to escape the hand without being eliminated, but he missed them all when the river fell {9-Hearts}

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The exits of Turkay and Bonzon were softened at the payout table where they each collected $8,250. Back at Table 3, Diaz now has 467,000 chips, almost double his nearest competitor.

Tags: Guray Turkay Julio Diaz Richard Bonzon

08-30-2008 16:59 UTC+8

Schmejkal Stayin' Alive, Runner-Runner Style

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All the money was in preflop. Moritz Schmejkal tabled {Q-Clubs}

; Kou Vang showed {10-Spades}

. The flop was an excellent one for Vang when it came {6-Clubs}

, but runner-runner clubs showed up {5-Clubs}

to make a flush for Schmejkal. He now has 52,000, while Vang has fallen to about 165,000.

08-30-2008 16:56 UTC+8

Colman Doubles

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Julius Colman recently doubled from 19,000 to 38,000 when his pocket aces bested an opponent's {A-?}

on a board of {10-Diamonds}

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08-30-2008 16:47 UTC+8

Kastle Doubles

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Casey Kastle found himself short and with pocket eights, a hand that perhaps is extremely lucky here in China. He pushed all in for 23,000 and was called by Daniel Francis, who tabled an eight of his own when he showed {A-Hearts}

. Francis never improved when the board ran out {J-Hearts}