Three players paid 750 each in a raised pot to take a flop of . After one check, a player in middle position made it 1,700 to go and was called only by the button player, Guray Turkay. The turn was the . Turkay's opponent led out for 3,500, and again Turkay called. On the river, Turkay's opponent shoved for 4,000. Turkay snap-called with , for third pair with top kicker. His opponent just mucked and got up from the table.
In a limped pot, four players saw a flop of . Eric Assadourian led out for 400 from the small blind and the big blind made the call. The action was then with Robert Dobbs who made it 1,300 to go. The player in the cutoff folded but Assadourian made the call as the big blind stepped aside.
The turn was the and Assadourian checked to Dobbs who fired 1,500. Assadourian then moved all in for 7,200 and Dobbs made the call.
Assadourian flipped for the straight but Dobbs held the same hand with his !
"I did the Hollywood and everything!" said Assadourian as the river bricked and the players chopped it up!
Tony Dunst has doubled up at Jakub Dylewski's expense. Dunst opened for 600 preflop before Dylewski raised to 2,000. Dunst promptly shoved for 5,150 and Dylewski made the call. They found themselves in a race, Dunst's against Dylewski's . An eight-high board ensured the pot went Dunst's way.
Shortly thereafter, the newly short-stacked Dylewski pushed all in for 4,450 after Guray Turkay raised to 550 preflop. Turkay called and tabled . Dylewski showed and won the pot with ace-high.
Dunst now has about 10,500, while Dylewski has about 9,200.
The cameras continue to hover around Eric Assadourian's table. Tony Hachem is standing on the rail chatting with Assadourian as the cameras lap it all up. Otherwise, it's been somewat quiet since we got back from break. A small lunch buffet is set up right outside the tournament area, but the combination of a short (ten-minute) break and rules precluding players from bringing food into the tournament area have conspired to prevent a proper lunch for many players.
Celina Lin has been active on Table 6. She limped into a recent pot, then called a raise to 500 from the button player. Action was fast and furious on the flop. Lin checked to her opponent, who bet 1,000. She then raised to 2,800, prompting an all in bet from her opponent that she snap-called. She tabled for a big draw; her opponent showed just ace-high, . The hit the turn, making a pair of sixes for Lin. That hand was enough to win after the river blanked .
The very next hand, Lin opened for 300 from middle position and was called in three spots. She bet 450 when the flop came . That brought an all in bet of 3,325 from an opponent in late position. She tanked for a minute, asking whether her opponent had flopped a set, before calling and tabling for top pair. She was up against the nut flush draw, . The turn was no help to either player, the , but the river completed the draw of Lin's opponent.
After these two hands, Lin sits on a stack of 14,900.
On a flop of , Andrew Li moved in for his last 3,300. He was called by the player in the small blind, who tabled for two pair. Li's was drawing very slim. The on the turn gave him hope of avoiding elimination, but he couldn't stave it off when the river fell . He is out.
As we wandered past Grant Levy's table he stopped to tell us that he has already picked up pocket kings six times and ace-king three times in the first two levels! Another player commented "Yeah and I haven't even seen a pair yet!"
Despite being a card rack, Levy lost some chips with the flush over flush reported earlier, so still sits around his starting stack of 10,000 chips.
Levy rose to prominence after he captured the 2007 APPT Grand Final in Sydney late last year to become the first Australian to win $1million on home soil, and would love to see a repeat performance here in Macau.