APPT Macau Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

09-07-2008 01:30 UTC+8

Sabat Takes It Away from Chua

[user75032]

Charles Chua raised to 140,000 from the button. Edward Sabat was having none of that, reraising the small blind to 575,000. That was enough to fold Diwei Huang and Chua in turn.

09-07-2008 01:30 UTC+8

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air.

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

09-07-2008 01:10 UTC+8

Break Time

[user75032]

Players are on another 15-minute break.

09-07-2008 01:09 UTC+8

Chop, Chop

[user75032]

Short-stacked Diwei Huang raised to 120,000. He found one caller in the small blind -- Charles Chua.

The flop appeared innocuous enough. It came down {6-Diamonds}

. Chua checked to Huang, who made a half-pot bet of 120,000. When action moved back to Chua, he made it 400,000 to go. From there, the end result was inevitable. Huang moved all in and Chua quickly called.

Huang: {A-Spades}

Chua:

Huang was temporarily in the lead, but everyone in the room could see that a chopped pot was a strong possibility. Even Chua seemed to be rooting for a chop. "I don't want the eight," he said. "That would be mean. I'm happy to split."

Split is exactly what happened when the turn and river came running tens, the {10-Spades}

and the

.

Tags: Charles Chua Diwei Huang

09-07-2008 01:04 UTC+8

Huang Continues To Slide

[user67765]

Diwei Huang opened with a raise to 120,000 from the small blind and Charles Chua made the call in the big blind.

They see a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

and Huang bet out 120,000. Chua made the call.

The {5-Spades}

landed on the turn. Huang slowed down and checked to Chua who fired out 180,000. Huang made the call.

The river was the {3-Spades}

, Huang checked and Chua checked behind. Huang showed {A-Diamonds}

for just ace-high which was bettered by the {9-Diamonds}

of Chua for a pair of eights.

Tags: Charles Chua Diwei Huang

09-07-2008 01:00 UTC+8

Sabat Challenges Huang

[user75032]

Edward Sabat was the only caller of Diwei Huang's button raise to 120,000. On a flop of {3-Diamonds}

, Sabat led into Huang for 150,000. That bet produced a fold from Huang.

Tags: Diwei Huang Edward Sabat

09-07-2008 00:54 UTC+8

Sabat Too Quick on the Muck

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A quick fold by Edward Sabat cost him part of a pot. He checked his option from the big blind after Diwei Huang limped in and Charles Chua completed the small blind. All three players checked the flop of {9-Spades}

, the turn {K-Clubs}

and the river {A-Hearts}

. At showdown, Sabat mucked his hand first. Chua and Huang then both opened hands that were under the board, meaning each player played the board as his hand. That brought an exclamation of regret from Sabat. He too had mucked a hand that was playing the board -- a hand that would have been entitled to one-third of the pot.

Tags: Charles Chua Diwei Huang Edward Sabat

09-07-2008 00:50 UTC+8

Chua Flushes Huang

[user67765]

Diwei Huang raised to 120,000 from the small blind and Charles Chua made the call in the big blind.

The flop came down {7-Spades}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {K-Spades}

and Huang bet out 60,000. Chua made the call.

The {3-Spades}

arrived on the river and Huang checked to Chua who bet out 125,000. Huang considered his options before making the call.

Chua showed {10-Spades}

for a flush and Huang mucked his cards.

Tags: Charles Chua Diwei Huang

09-07-2008 00:47 UTC+8

The Yellow Flag is Back Out

[user75032]

With chips evenly dispersed, play has once again become very cautious, as evidenced by a recent hand between Edward Sabat and Charles Chua. Sabat raised the button to 120,000 and Chua called out of the small blind. On a flop of {2-Clubs}