2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$453,851
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,200
Prize Pool
$1,620,897
Entries
538
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Volatility?

There has been a rash of called all in bets during the first hour and fifteen minutes of play. Correspondingly, the volatility has been somewhat higher than usually seen in a large buy-in tournament.

Guo Liang Xu has benefited from some of that volatility. He knocked out one player on a board of {9-Clubs} {3-Spades}{4-Spades} {6-Clubs} {A-Clubs} by making a set of sixes with {6-Spades} {6-Hearts}, then knocked out another player with a king-high flush when that player made a queen-high flush. As a result of those two hands, Xu's stack is currently about 40,000, making him the early chip leader.

Tags: Guo Liang Xu

Yoyo Gone

Yoyo Gone
Yoyo Gone
The yoyo only seemed to go one direction for Jonny Vincent today as he was recently eliminated from today's event.

Vincent and two opponents saw a {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-?} flop where Vincent's {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} was drawing against his opponent's {A-?}{Q-?} and {7-?}{8-?}. The turn and river bricked out and Vincent made a hurried escape for the exit.

Tags: Jonny VincentYoyo

Dark Check Costs Levy

The flop showed {10-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} in a three-way pot contested among Grant Levy and two opponents. Action checked to the late position player, who bet 400. Levy, from the big blind, and the other player both called.

Levy checked dark before the turn came {5-Hearts}. Each other player checked as well. On the river {4-Hearts}, Levy bet 400 and was called by one opponent. Levy tabled {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts} for a turned flush, but his opponent rivered a flush of her own with {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} to win the pot.

Levy's down to 8,000.

Tags: Grant Levy

Demetriou Baffled

Harry Demetriou
Harry Demetriou
If one were to pick an adjective to describe Harry Demetriou's current state of mind, any of perplexed, baffled, bewildered or confused would probably suffice. In a limped three-handed pot, Demetriou bet 100 on a flop of {2-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} after action checked to him on the button. He was called by the big blind. When the turn fell {Q-Diamonds}, that same player bet 500 into Demetriou.

"Five?" asked a surprised Demetriou. "You check, I was going to bet!" He folded his hand.

The very next hand, Demetriou opened the pot for 300 from the cutoff. Action folded to the big blind, who shoved all in for 7,500. Demetriou threw his arms into the air in exasperation, chuckled and then folded.

His stack is currently at about 11,000.

Tags: Harry Demetriou

Levy The Card Rack

2007 APPT Grand Final Winner Grant Levy
2007 APPT Grand Final Winner Grant Levy
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.

Tags: Grant Levy

Li Falls

On a flop of {K-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}, Andrew Li moved in for his last 3,300. He was called by the player in the small blind, who tabled {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} for two pair. Li's {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} was drawing very slim. The {10-Hearts} on the turn gave him hope of avoiding elimination, but he couldn't stave it off when the river fell {5-Hearts}. He is out.

Tags: Andrew Li

Lin Wins Some, Loses Some

Celina Lin
Celina Lin
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 {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} 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 {6-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for a big draw; her opponent showed just ace-high, {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}. The {6-Clubs} hit the turn, making a pair of sixes for Lin. That hand was enough to win after the river blanked {Q-Spades}.

The very next hand, Lin opened for 300 from middle position and was called in three spots. She bet 450 when the flop came {10-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. 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 {Q-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} for top pair. She was up against the nut flush draw, {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs}. The turn was no help to either player, the {K-Spades}, but the river {10-Clubs} completed the draw of Lin's opponent.

After these two hands, Lin sits on a stack of 14,900.

Tags: Celina Lin

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0