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After the expected delays due to the TV production crew setting up the final table and APPT hostess Erin McNaught filming her introduction pieces, the players have finally taken their seats to unbag their chips.
The official player introductions will commence shortly with the cards expected to be in the air in around 15-20 minutes' time.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the action as we look to crown the 2008 APPT High Rollers Champion!
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Erin McNaught - "Shuffle Up And Deal!"
With all of the television spots completed, the cards are in the air. We have 30 minutes remaining in Level 13. The button will start where it ended last night, on Charles Chua.
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Yesterday, the players gave David Steicke several nicknames: "The Machine"; "Never Miss"; "Always Hit"; and "The Gus Hansen of Asia." Steicke picked up where he left off yesterday, raising the first hand to 9,000 and winning the blinds and antes. After some goading from the table, he opened his hand and showed .
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Van Marcus
Wei Will Ma opened with a raise from early position to 8,500 and the action folded to Van Marcus on the button who reraised to 23,000 -- committing over half of his chip stack. The blinds stepped out of the way and Ma took another look at his cards before tossing them into the muck.
Marcus, on the short stack, gets things moving in the right direction in the early goings.
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On the fifth hand of the final table, we finally went to a flop, drawing sarcastic cheers from the players. Andrew Scott made it 9,000 to go preflop and was called by David "The Machine" Steicke in the big blind. After Steicke checked the flop, Scott fire a continuation bet of 14,000, which Steicke called. Both players checed the turn. Steicke checked again when the river fell . Scott took the opportunity to bet 50,000, which produced a winner when Steicke folded.
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The players have started off today's final table in an extremely chatty mood. Leading the charge is Johnny Chan, who has had several things to say during each of the first five hands we've played. This stands in stark counterpoint to the APPT Macau Main Event final table, which was played in almost total silence. Unfortunately, from our spot in media row, it is difficult to clearly discern what the players are discussing.
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Charles Chua was the first into the pot with a raise to 9,000 from early position. Nam Le made the call in the cutoff as did David Steicke in the small blind.
They saw a flop of . The action checked to Le who bet out 14,000. Steicke and Chua both folded and Le takes it down.
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Charles Chua
Charles "The Chuck Truck" Chua found a spare tire in the trunk. After Quinn Do raised to 8,500 and David Steicke called, Chua moved all in for 34,000 from the big blind. Do folded, but Steicke tanked for over a minute before making the call, getting 2-to-1 on his money.
Chua:
Steicke:
Chua must have been delighted to see Steicke open a smaller ace, even more so when the flop contained no six and no clubs, . The turn card was the , cinching the hand for Chua. The completed the board.
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Wei Will Ma opened with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff and Charles Chua quickly bumped it up to 25,000 from the small blind with his newly-found chips. It folded back to Ma who deliberated before letting his hand go.
The very next hand Chua raised to 8,000 from the button to steal the blinds and antes.
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flop, Scott fire a continuation bet of 14,000, which Steicke called. Both players checed the 
turn. Steicke checked again when the river fell 
. Scott took the opportunity to bet 50,000, which produced a winner when Steicke folded.
. The action checked to Le who bet out 14,000. Steicke and Chua both folded and Le takes it down.
completed the board.
