High Rollers Event Day 1 | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

09-07-2008 21:41 UTC+8

Time to Gamble

[user75032]

The short stacks are taking their chances here at the end of the day. J.C. Tran moved all in preflop and was called by several players. Michael McDonald turned over the winner on a {j-Spades}

board when he showed {J-Hearts}

. That knocked Tran out of the tournament.

Tyler Cornell also got it in the middle against McDonald, but he survived when his {A-Clubs}

held up agaist McDonald's {K-Diamonds}

by flopping an ace and never looking back.

09-07-2008 21:46 UTC+8

Andrew Robl Eliminated

[user67765]

Andrew Robl is the last casualty of the day after getting his last chips into the middle with {A-Clubs}

against Van Marcus' {10-Clubs}

.

The board landed {K-Diamonds}

meaning that Robl will not see day two action with Marcus ending the day with around 30,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Robl Van Marcus

09-07-2008 21:48 UTC+8

Today saw 61 of Macau's finest, high-rolling poker players enter the fray of the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino for the eagerly anticipated 2008 APPT High Rollers event.

Falling just short of the guarantee, the prize pool of HK$10 million was up for grabs and it didn't take long for the action to heat up as Celina Lin found out when her aces were cracked by Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the first level. The eliminations were steady throughout the day, with less than half of the original starts making it through to see day two action.

Survivors include Joe Hachem, Van Marcus, Mike McDonald, Julian Powell, Barry Greenstein and Terrence Chan. They will all be chasing the unstoppable David Steicke who amassed a huge chip lead and carried it through until the final cards were dealt.

The players will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow as they play down to a final table of nine players. We look forward to your company then!

High Rollers Event

Day 1 Completed