flop with Chan's 
flopping set over set against his opponent's 
!The
fell on the turn and the 
hit the river to add the exclamation point to give Chan quads! He's up to 18,500.
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1c
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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flop with Chan's flopping set over set against his opponent's !The
fell on the turn and the hit the river to add the exclamation point to give Chan quads! He's up to 18,500.
and 1,800 in the pot, one opponent led out for 1,100. Hachem tanked for about a minute before calling. The river was the 
. This time Hachem's opponent fired 2,200 into the middle. Hachem again tanked and called. He had for top pair, but his opponent had him out-kicked with 
. That pot pushed Hachem's chip stack down to 14,700.Tony Hachem is moving up in the world. He got an opponent to call him down on the river with the board showing
. Hachem had 
for the nut flush, a hand that was good enough to win the pot. He now has 13,000 in chips.
This put our total number of entrants unofficially at 538.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
"It was a complete and total bribe and extortion," said one player, referring to a shakedown by a police officer in Mexico. "Mexico's scary for the white skinny American who doesn't speak Spanish. I'm surprised we didn't die, it was that scary."
Others, like Terrence Chan, are just sort of bemused about being here at all. "This is what my life has come to," said Chan. "People are trying to hustle me in the cash games."
Hevad Khan isn't doing much talking, but he is drinking what looks like a beer but is apparently Red Bull. Drinking either beverage is in direct contravention of the tournament rules that specify no beverages on the tournament floor except water.
Tony Hachem has become reacquainted with a player at his current table who played at his table in the Main Event of the WSOP. "I was on your right," said Hachem's opponent.
"Oh right," said Hachem. "How'd you do?"
His opponent shrugged. "Nothing."
"Did you hear what happened to me?" asked Hachem. "It was so sick..."
Other players are discussing the "personal services" that are available here in Macau. Some choose to partake, others do not. "I'm not a big fan of the AIDS," said one player.
. His opponent called.On the turn
, Tahtouh again led out, this time for 800. His opponent raised him to 2,200, a raise Tahtouh called after some deliberation. He checked the river, bringing an all-in bet of 3,750 from his opponent."Why do I always have the tough calls?" Tahtouh pondered. "One day I'll get the easy one. 'All in... CALL!'"
He did eventually make the call with
. It was the correct decision, as his opponent had a busted straight and flush draw with 
and is now out of the tournament. Tahtouh chipped up to 16,500 after the hand.
. A player in late position bet out 200 and found three callers including J.C. Tran.The turn was the
and the late-position player fired 500, with Tran the lone caller.The river brought the
and once again Tran called; this time the bet was worth 2,000. His opponent flipped 
for top set as Tran tapped the table, said "Nice hand," and mucked his cards.After making a solid start, Tran is back to 11,000.
face-up to the surprise of the table.However it was a wise fold as the big blind flashed a dominant
!Hachem is back to 12,000.
when the flop came down 
. A player who had reraised to 700 preflop opened the betting by leading out for 2,000. Berec called from the button, and the third player check-called from early position.Berec made a pair of aces when the turn came
. The preflop aggressor, a PokerStars qualifier, made it 3,500 to go. Again, Berec called and again the player in early position check-called.The river missed Berec completely -- it was the
. The preflop aggressor fired again, this time moving in for 6,400. Berec disgustedly folded his hand, but the early-position player called with 
for a set of nines. The preflop aggressor was on a four-barrel stone bluff, turning over 
.Berec slipped down to 4,800 after the end and seemed a bit steamed about missing his draw.
ran into an opponent's in a preflop confrontation.The board fell
leaving Beattie heading home.
