Pantling Wins an Easy 2,500
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The flop came down built for action --
. Oddly, everyone checked. When the turn was the 
, Pantling led out for 2,500 and folded each of the other players.
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
High Rollers Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Buy-in
$19,250
Prize Pool
$1,282,051
Entries
61
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
The flop came down built for action --
. Oddly, everyone checked. When the turn was the , Pantling led out for 2,500 and folded each of the other players.
Big Names Making Waves
and got paid off by his opponent with a 3,400 chip bet on the river. He is up to 38,000.JC Tran is also accumulating chips after he check-called bets of 3,500 on the turn and 6,000 on the river on a
. His opponent said "two pair" as JC Tran flipped 
for the straight to take it down and move up to 36,000.
Chuck Truck Picks Up Where He Left Off
, Hachem made a continuation bet of 1,600 that only Chua called.Hachem fired again on the
turn for 3,500. Chua remained undeterred and made the call. When the river came 
, both players checked."Nothing," said Hachem. Chua opened just slightly better than nothing when he showed
for a pair of threes. With that pot, he's up to 25,000 and Hachem is down to 24,000.
Chuck Gets Back In The Truck
Play Resumes
Break
Steicke Happy With The Free Card
.Both players checked and they went to the turn of
. Steicke led out for 2,050 and Saab made the call. The river was the 
and Steicke fired again, this time for 3,000. Saab made the call.Steicke showed
for top pair, top kicker which was good to take the pot."I guess I shouldn't have given you the free card then!" exclaimed Saab as he falls to 21,000. Steicke is now up to 31,200.
The Razor Gets Cut
. Abrahams had 
and survived the confrontation when the board came 
. That pot pushed him over the starting stack to 22,000 and dropped Phan to 11,000
Emad Not Phased By The Check-Raise
.Le checked and Tahtouh fired 1,300. Le then check-raised to 2,900 but Tahtouh put in another raise, making it 5,800 to go. Le decided to give it up and Tahtouh takes it down to move up to 28,500.
Mercier Can't Get Going
and was raised by her lone opponent to 2,600. She made the call. Both players checked the 
on the turn. When the river came , Mercier fired again for 2,600. Her opponent raised her to 8,600, inducing a quick fold.Mercier has about 18,000 in chips.