High Rollers Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

09-08-2008 18:20 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. The break was extended slightly to account for the hand between Wei Will Ma and Johnny Chan as reported below.

09-08-2008 18:14 UTC+8

Ma Tops Chan

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A hand at one of our two tables went deep into the break. With the board showing {K-Hearts}

, Johnny Chan checked from the small blind, then called when Wei Will Ma bet 12,000. On the river {10-Clubs}

, Chan checked again and Ma bet 20,000.

"Ace-five?" Chan asked. "I don't think you have ace-five." A pause. "You might have ace-five."

Finally Chan decided to call. "Show me your ace-five," he said, throwing chips into the middle. Ma opened {K-Diamonds}

for top pair, and Chan mucked.

Tags: Johnny Chan Wei Will Ma

09-08-2008 18:08 UTC+8

Chip Leaders

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David Steicke - 177,000
Wei Will Ma - 170,000
Charles Chua - 140,000

All updated chip counts can be found on the Chip Counts page.

09-08-2008 18:04 UTC+8

Break Time

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Players on a ten-minute break.

09-08-2008 18:03 UTC+8

Abrahams Runs Into Chan's Set

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On a board of {3-Clubs}

Johnny Chan bet out for 10,000 before Javed Abrahams moved all in for 22,000. Chan made the call.

Chan: {4-Spades}

Abrahams:

Abrahams had spiked top pair but Chan's set of fours left Abrahams drawing dead.

The river was a meaningless {7-Hearts}

as Abrahams exits the tournament floor and Chan moves up to 65,000 chips.

Tags: Javed Abrahams Johnny Chan

09-08-2008 17:55 UTC+8

Scott Battling

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Andrew Scott's not afraid to put his stack at rick. He raised to 3,600 preflop and was called by Van Marcus. When the flop came down {K-Clubs}

, Scott shoved for 24,000. Marcus decided to look for a better spot and folded.

Tags: Andrew Scott Van Marcus

09-08-2008 17:53 UTC+8

The Chuck Truck Stacks Up

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A rare limped three-handed flop on Charles Chua's table has resulted in more chips for the Chuck Truck. With the board showing {2-Diamonds}

, Chua made it 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Johnny Chan and Nam Le. The turn was the {A-Clubs}

. Action checked to Le, who bet 4,600. Only Chua called.

Both players checked down the river {6-Hearts}

. Chua showed {A-Hearts}

for top pair and the winning hand. He now has 135,000.

Tags: Charles Chua Johnny Chan Nam Le

09-08-2008 17:41 UTC+8

Julian Powell Eliminated

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Finally, some action. Julian Powell, slowly being blinded off, raised all in preflop to 10,600 and was called by Ivan Tan. Powell had {Q-Hearts}

, clearly a desperation semi-steal on his part. Tan showed {A-Spades}

, a hand that had Powell dominated. There was no help for either player on a board that ran out {6-Spades}

. Powell is out.

Tags: Ivan Tan Julian Powell

09-08-2008 17:38 UTC+8

Raise It and Take It

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Neither of the two remaining tables has had anything remotely resembling action in the last half-hour. Almost every hand is being played with a raise preflop taking down the blinds and antes, or a limped pot being taken down with a bet on the flop.

09-08-2008 17:22 UTC+8

Grab a Beer and Smoke if You Got 'Em

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With just seven eliminations remaining before the money bubble bursts and only two tables in play, we've hit the stage of the tournament where play slows down. Even the short stacks still have some wiggle room, with nobody much shorter than twenty big blinds. In the absence of any coolers or flopped monsters against huge draws, eliminations probably won't pick back up until Level 10.