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2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
High Rollers Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$19,250
Prize Pool
$1,282,051
Total Entries
61
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 61
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. Chan's two pair, jacks and fives, were just slightly better than Nguyen's tens and fives. Since there's no prize for second place, the whole pot was shipped to Chan. He now has 52,000.
and both players checked.The turn brought the
and Powell fired out 4,000. Steicke made the call.The river was the
and both players checked again. Steicke confidently flipped over 
for just ace high, but again his read was good as Powell tossed his cards into the muck.
"Ten more and you'd have seen a flop right?" said Marcus to Steicke.
"Yeh I'd have a crack!" laughed Steicke.
"That's exactly why I made it 20,000!" replied Marcus and the table started laughing.
There are five Australians on that table, with a couple more on the other two tables, and the players started talking about the possibility of an all-Australian final table!
"To have all Aussies on the final table is on target isn't it Chucky!?!" quipped Eric Assadourian.
. Do made a pot-sized feeler bet on the tun , a bet that Chan decided to call. When the river fell , Do came out for 11,000. Chan made the call but couldn't top the set of fives that Do made with 
.That pot pushed Do's stack to 143,000, just a few thousand off chip leader David Steicke.
flop for 3,500. Only Wong called.Steicke made it 4,500 to go when the turn fell
. Again Wong called. When the river came and Steicke made it 5,500, Wong finally relented and folded his hand."He's just a machine!" said Joe Hachem after the hand was over. "David 'The Machine' Steicke. It's going to stick. You might be my new hero."
to have a slight advantage over the 
of Eric Assadourian.That is, until the board landed
to give Assadourian aces and kings, to end the day for Lee.The defending champion is looking good to reach another final table as he now sits with 109,000 chips.
. He needed to duck Greenstein's 
. The flop was seven-high with three suits. Do caught the 
on the turn, reducing Greenstein to only three remaining kings that would give him the winner. The river was not a king -- it was the 
.
They saw a flop of
and Pantling checked to Assadourian who fired 4,500. Pantling check-raised to 12,000 sending Assadourian deep into the tank. He eventually found a fold as Pantling flashed 
for a set!"You couldn't have a pair?" jabbed Pantling.
"Actually I had nines!" replied Assadourian as he was relieved to get away cheaply.
. Nguyen made it 6,000 to go, but Chan wasn't messing around. He put his whole stack in the middle, an effective bet of 21,000 back to Nguyen. Nguyen made the call and the cards were opened:Chan:
Nguyen:
Both players showed suited kings that had connected with the flop. Nguyen made top pair while Chan had an overcard and a flush draw. He lost all of those outs when the turn came
to make a full house for Nguyen. The river was the .Chan still has 50,000 chips. Nguyen doubled to 65,000.
