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Defending Champion Eric Assadourian
Eric Assadourian, John Phan and a third player all took a flop of , prompting Assadourian to ask Phan if he had a hand every time.
"A playable one," replied Phan. He led out for 500 on the flop. The middle position player called before Assadourian popped it up to 1,700.
"I like this table," said Phan as he got out of the way. The player in middle position made the call.
Both players checked the turn when it came . On the river , Assadourian's opponent led into him for 3,700 Assadourian studied the board and then called. His hand was second-best to his opponent's two pair, . Assadourian's chip count dropped to 16,500.
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A late arrival into today's field is well known professional John Juanda. He has taken his seat on the same table as Johnny Chan and Terrence Chan. Juanda was eyeballed by Johnny Chan as he welcomed him to the table with merely a raised eyebrow.
Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier has also just taken her seat after sleeping in.
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Steicke Reads Your Soul
David Steicke continues to impress with some excellent results and amazing reads here in Macau.
In a recent pot Steicke was involved in hand with the board reading . With around 14,500 in the pot, Steicke led out from the big blind for 3,500 before his opponent moved all in for 13,000.
Steicke, dressed in a lovely pink shirt and hat combo today, sat back and took a drink of water before announcing a call. His opponent just shook his head in disbelief as he flipped for just ace-high! Steicke revealed for another remarkable call with a marginal holding.
The river cemented Steicke's hand with the giving him a set and a nice early pot to jump out to 31,000.
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Who's the Chan?
We didn't think the laws of the universe would allow Johnny Chan and Terrence "Not Johnny" Chan to coexist at the same poker table, but we haven't noticed any anomalies from their table yet. They've spent the last few minutes chatting with Shaun Deeb about the upcoming PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker and online poker in general.
"He doesn't trust online poker," said Not Johnny Chan, pointing at Johnny Chan.
"The things I've seen will blow your mind," replied Johnny Chan.
Deeb was unimpressed. "I guarantee I've seen more."
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Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein didn't have a good Main Event here in Macau, busting out very early on, but he is off to a better start today after recently eliminating an opponent.
Greenstein check-raised all in on the turn and his short-stacked opponent made the call on a board of . Greenstein held and was in good shape against his opponent's .
The river bricked the and Greenstein moves up to 27,000 chips.
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Van Marcus and Harry "Taxi" Demetriou have been comparing their relative ages. Neither would give an exact age, but Demetriou appeared to trump Marcus by saying that he is old enough now to play the seniors event.
Marcus paused, then fired back, "Oh, you can finally win a bracelet!"
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Chong Wing Cheong, fresh off his seventh place finish in the APT Macau Main Event a week ago, is off to a strong start today but he had to deliver a bad beat to do so. He got all in preflop against one opponent. Cheong turned over an excellent starting hand, , but his opponent had a better starting hand with . The board ran out to make a set of kings for Cheong and send his opponent to the rail. Cheong now has 54,000.
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, prompting Assadourian to ask Phan if he had a hand every time.
. On the river 
, Assadourian's opponent led into him for 3,700 Assadourian studied the board and then called. His hand was second-best to his opponent's two pair, 
. Assadourian's chip count dropped to 16,500.
. With around 14,500 in the pot, Steicke led out from the big blind for 3,500 before his opponent moved all in for 13,000.
for just ace-high! Steicke revealed 
for another remarkable call with a marginal holding.
giving him a set and a nice early pot to jump out to 31,000.
. Greenstein held 
and was in good shape against his opponent's 
.
to make a set of kings for Cheong and send his opponent to the rail. Cheong now has 54,000.