2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,200
Prize Pool
$1,620,897
Entries
538
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 538
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He replied, "I have 8,000, but I'm value-folding my way to the money."
Max is not new to firsts, and perhaps being the first to implement a "value-folding" strategy will pay dividends! Although we think his t-shirt may be giving away a few too many tells to his online opponents!
. Sabat's opponent led out for 1,100, and Sabat opted to call. On the turn 
, Sabat's opponent led out for the rest of his stack. Sabat snap-called and tabled 
for a turned two pair. The small blind could only come up with 
for top pair, and did not improve with a river of 
. He is out, and Sabat is up to 30,000.
. It was a good call as his opponent flipped over .However the board landed
and his opponent makes a full house to the disgust of Pedley."I didn't know what to tell you," said his opponent, "I'd rather you folded but it's fine now!"
Pedley is still in good shape with 37,000 chips.
but Jay "Seabeast" Kinkade made the call with 
.An ace on the flop was enough to end the day of Ma as "Seabeast" tries to get some momentum happening in this tournament as he is now up to 11,400.
in the small blind after Michael Pedley had come in on the button, he shoved all in. Pedley made the call with a dominated hand, 
, and couldn't turn the tables on Morgan. The board ran out 
to make two pair, jacks and sixes, for Morgan.The loss didn't hurt Pedley too much. His stack still sits at over 32,000
but when his opponent called he wasn't happy to see .That all changed when the board fell
to give Saab a set and a double up to 26,000.
. He bet 1,150. His lone opponent, sitting in the small blind, asked Marcus for a count."About 4,000 more," said Marcus. His opponent nodded, processed that information, and then moved all in for 13,000. Marcus considered his options for about thirty second before folding.
, but neither player could come up with anything other than the nut no-pair: 
for Brown, 
for Pedley."But I have the ace of clubs!" said Brown as the dealer started chopping the pot. The dealer panicked for a moment, then laughed when he realized Brown was just teasing.
against his opponent's dominated 
. The board fell 
to give Grigorian the pot as the Armenian Express starts to gather some steam and is up to 10,000.
