APPT Macau Main Event Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

09-01-2008 14:29 UTC+8

Overheard at the Tables

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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.

Tags: Eric Assadourian

09-01-2008 14:32 UTC+8

Levy Fires Twice But Takes Hit

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A player raised to 150 from the cutoff before Grant Levy popped it up to 375 from the big blind. His opponent made the call.

The flop landed {8-Hearts}

and Levy led out for 650. His opponent made the call.

The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

and Levy fired another bullet worth 1,625. His opponent reraised to 4,600 and Levy insta-folded saying "nice hand".

Levy is down to 7,400 in chips.

Tags: Grant Levy

09-01-2008 14:37 UTC+8

Demetriou Plays Hardball

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In a battle of the blinds, the small blind raised into Harry Demetriou for 200. Undeterred, Demetriou made the call.

The flop was {Q-Diamonds}

, 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 {4-Hearts}

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.

Tags: Harry Demetriou

09-01-2008 14:41 UTC+8

Easy Come, Easy Go

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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, {Q-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.

Tags: Andrew Schweinsberg Chun Jung Hee

09-01-2008 14:45 UTC+8

Bobinas Outdraws Cowboys

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Marius Bobinas is the latest player to double up. He flopped top pair, top kicker holding {A-Clubs}

on a flop of {A-Diamonds}

and got all in against an opponent holding {K-Diamonds}

. The board ran out {4-Clubs}

to bring Bobinas up to about 20,000 in chips. He did not eliminate his opponent on the hand.

Tags: Marius Bobinas

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

09-01-2008 14:49 UTC+8

Timex Takes One From Lieu

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Liz Lieu raised it up to 150 from middle position and found three callers including Mike "Timex" McDonald in the big blind.

The flop came down {4-Hearts}

and Lieu led for 500. McDonald was the lone caller.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

and McDonald checked to Lieu who fired again for 1,100. McDonald then check-raised to 3,200. Lieu thought for a long time before making the call.

The river brought the {7-Diamonds}

and both players checked it down. McDonald turned over {8-Hearts}

which was good enough to take it down and jump to 17,600. Lieu is back to 8,200.

Tags: Liz Lieu Mike McDonald Timex

09-01-2008 14:56 UTC+8

Assadourian Plays the Fools

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After one opponent limped into the pot, Eric Assadourian raised it up. He was called in two spots before the original limper jammed all in. Assadourian, who had lost a few pots in the early going to slip down to about 6,000 chips, called all in, folding the other two players. His pocket jacks were one pip better than his opponent's pocket tens. The dealer pushed the pot to Assadourian after neither player connected with the board.

Assadourian now has about 13,300 chips.

Tags: Eric Assadourian

09-01-2008 15:04 UTC+8

Honeybone Recovering

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James Honeybone started off the tournament on a downswing, but recently recovered some of his chips. On a flop of {7-Diamonds}

Honeybone bet 1,700 after his lone opponent checked. They both went to the turn {4-Hearts}

, where Honeybone pushed all in for 8,000 after his opponent checked. That was enough to win the pot and build his stack up to 14,000.

Tags: James Honeybone

09-01-2008 15:09 UTC+8

Barry Greenstein Eliminated

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Barry Greenstein was one of the big name international players at this event, but he has become one of the first casualties after being recently eliminated.

Greenstein had raised from under the gun to 300 and found himself two callers. The flop came down {7-Diamonds}

and Greenstein checked to a middle position player who bet out 1,000. Jakub Dylewski then popped it up to 3,000 on the button and the action was back on Greenstein. He put in another raise, moving all in for his last 5,775 in chips. The middle position player folded but Dylewski made the call.

Greenstein: {3-Clubs}