Chun Jung Hee doubled up early. He was probably glad for that early double-up after he found himself in a set-over-set situation that cut his stack in half back to the starting 10,000 chips. He raised preflop to 150 from late position, then called a raise to 550 from Andrew Schweinsberg in the small blind. The flop was all spades, . A raising war ensued, with both players quickly all in. Hee had pocket eights for a set of eights, but Schweinsberg had pocket queens for a set of queens. Hee couldn't find the case eight on the turn or river and wound up shipping 10,000 chips -- the 10,000 he previously won with a flopped set -- to Schweinsberg.
In a battle of the blinds, the small blind raised into Harry Demetriou for 200. Undeterred, Demetriou made the call.
The flop was , bringing a continuation bet of 300 from Demetriou's opponent. "That's not very nice," remarked Demetriou before shipping in 300 chips of his own. The small blind checked the turn to Demetriou, who fired out a bet of 800 chips.
That was enough to win the pot and bring Demetriou's stack back up to 8,900 after an early hit.
A camera crew came over to Eric Assadourian's table.
"Film this guy here!" said Assadourian, pointing to the player in Seat 1. "He's winning every second pot."
Seat 1 responded, "The final table would be better though."
Assadourian agreed. "Yeah, of course, but this can't hurt."
Except for that exchange, the players have been unusually quiet. Perhaps the rule that only English can be spoken at the table while a hand is in play is curtailing some of the table chatter -- many of the players in the field clearly do not speak English. The fact that the ceiling is forty feet overhead certainly doesn't help, as all of the conversation gets lost in the void of space about the tournament floor.
Chun Jung Hee is one of our early chip leaders after all the chips went into the middle with the board reading . Hee's opponent held for the second nut flush but Hee flipped over pocket nines for a full house to take down the pot.
Jonny Vincent
Jonny "Yoyo" Vincent is off to a rocky start today. Five players took a flop of where the player in the small blind led out for 1,000. Vincent was the lone caller on the button.
The turn brought the and the small blind fired 2,000. Again Vincent called. The river landed the and the small blind moved all in for his last 2,500. Vincent called but mucked when he couldn't beat his opponent's .
Michael "Timex" McDonald has drawn first blood here at APPT Macau. He limped into a three-haned pot from late position with the players in the blinds. On a flop of , the big blind opened for 175. Only McDonald called. The big blind bet 400 on the turn, a bet that McDonald raised to 1,200. The big blind called, then check-called a bet of 2,000 on the river. McDonald turned over for fives full of deuces, the winning hand.
At the moment we have about fifteen tables in action, with play nine-handed. So this should leave us with around 125 players today, with registrations still open.
We've been informed that we will be playing only seven levels today, although they may play into the eighth level until staff are satisfied with the number left at the end of the day's play.
We've also been told that there won't be a dinner break, and that dinner will be taken at the end of the day.
. A raising war ensued, with both players quickly all in. Hee had pocket eights for a set of eights, but Schweinsberg had pocket queens for a set of queens. Hee couldn't find the case eight on the turn or river and wound up shipping 10,000 chips -- the 10,000 he previously won with a flopped set -- to Schweinsberg.
, bringing a continuation bet of 300 from Demetriou's opponent. "That's not very nice," remarked Demetriou before shipping in 300 chips of his own. The small blind checked the 
turn to Demetriou, who fired out a bet of 800 chips. 
and Levy led out for 650. His opponent made the call.
and Levy fired another bullet worth 1,625. His opponent reraised to 4,600 and Levy insta-folded saying "nice hand".
, Tony Dunst emerged victorious in a kicker battle when his 
outkicked his opponent's ace, smaller kicker. Dunst is up to 12,500.
for the second nut flush but Hee flipped over pocket nines for a full house to take down the pot.
where the player in the small blind led out for 1,000. Vincent was the lone caller on the button.
and the small blind moved all in for his last 2,500. Vincent called but mucked when he couldn't beat his opponent's 
, the big blind opened for 175. Only McDonald called. The big blind bet 400 on the 
turn, a bet that McDonald raised to 1,200. The big blind called, then check-called a bet of 2,000 on the 
river. McDonald turned over 
for fives full of deuces, the winning hand.
