Rockets Good to "Not Johnny" Chan
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, but Chan had two aces, 
. The board was all babies, 
, allowing Chan to double up to 15,000.
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
High Rollers Event
Day: 2
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
, but Chan had two aces, . The board was all babies, , allowing Chan to double up to 15,000.
Do Doubles Through Steicke
The flop landed
and Steicke fired out 20,000, enough to put Do to a decision for all of his chips. He made the call and tabled 
for an overpair as Steicke showed complete air with his 
.The turn and river were both aces and Do doubles to 57,000, and Steicke comes back to the pack.
Steicke Bets the Whole Way
, Steicke made a one-third pot bet of 2,400. Only Kay called.The turn was another small card, the
. Steicke made the price of the river card 5,000 chips and again Kay paid it. On the river 
Steicke bet 7,500. Kay called but couldn't beat Steicke's 
for two pair, kings and fours.Steicke is back up to 132,000.
Everybody Wing Cheong Tonight
, but Marcus had two overcards with 
. It was ace on the flop, ace on the river, and no queen in-between for Marcus. He has eliminated Cheong and chipped up to 55,000 simultaneously.
The Gospel According to David
"There was a period where I didn't see pocket aces for months, so I started praying for them.
"Then one day I was playing online and got them three times and they got cracked all three times.
"I then stopped praying for them."
Julian Powell Next Short Stack to Double Up
flop. When the turn came , Pantling checked again, bringing a bet of 1,200 from Powell that Pantling called.The river was the
. Pantling checked one more time to Powell, who shoved all in for 10,600. When Pantling called, Powell confidently tabled 
for turned trips and a winner. He now has 25,000 chips.
Terrence Chan Eliminated
. When Yury Kerzhapkin moved all in, Chan made the call for his tournament life.Chan:
Kerzhapkin:
After doubling up with rockets earlier, Chan turned around and ran straight into them. He needed a miracle two-outer, but the turn and the river were the
and the . He's out.
The Steicke Secret: "They're Only Chips!"
In a recent pot David Steicke opened with a raise to 2,400 from the cutoff, with Eric Assadourian calling on the button, and Quinn Do and Nam Le out of the blinds.
They saw a flop of
and it was checked to Steicke who fired a 3,600 continuation bet into his three opponents. Assadourian was the lone caller.The turn brought the
and Steicke fired 7,200. "You don't get scared that I called you?" quizzed Assadourian. "Alright nice hand," he said as he folded his hand."They're only chips!" quipped Steicke as he extended his lead.
Redraw!
Table 14
Seat 1: Eric Assadourian
Seat 2: Saehoon Lee
Seat 3: Nam Le
Seat 4: Andrew Pantling
Seat 5: David Steicke
Seat 6: Yury Kerzhapkin
Seat 7: Javed Abrahams
Seat 8: Charles "The Chuck Truck" Chua
Table 16
Seat 1: Quinn Do
Seat 2: Michael McDonald
Seat 3: Tyler Cornell
Seat 4: Barry Greenstein
Seat 5: Johnny Chan
Seat 6: Matt Kay
Seat 7: Xuan Nguyen
Seat 8: Ivan Tan
Table 20
Seat 1: Van Marcus
Seat 2: Steven Silverman
Seat 3: Julian Powell
Seat 4: Wei Will Ma
Seat 5: Danny Wong
Seat 6: Joe Hachem
Seat 7: Roger Spets
Seat 8: Andrew Scott
Matt Kay Eliminated
Kay:
Nguyen:
It must be somewhat disappointing to survive through almost seven levels just to have all your chips in the middle on a flip. It's probably more disappointing when your opponent flops a set,
, and you can't come up with the necessary running cards to overtake him when the turn and river come 
.Kay was eliminated, and Nguyen has moved up to 50,000.