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

09-03-2008 18:01 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. The blinds are up to 150/300 with a 25 chip ante. We have 153 players remaining.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

09-03-2008 17:50 UTC+8

Break Time

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Players are on their second ten-minute break of the day.

09-03-2008 17:41 UTC+8

Dinh Le, winner of the 2007 APPT Macau Main Event, was not able to make it to Day 2 in 2008. He got involved in a raising war preflop against Joon Hee Yeah. All of the chips were soon in the middle, with Le the player at risk of elimination. He tabled pocket kings; Yeah showed ace-jack offsuit. A flop of {6-?}

was no help to Yeah, but he spiked an ace on the turn and dodged the two remaining kings when the river fell {10-?}

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Le stood stunned at the table for a few seconds while the pot was pushed to Yeah, then walked away talking animatedly with a friend who had come to sweat the hand.

Yeah is up to about 31,000 in chips.

Tags: Dinh Le

09-03-2008 17:40 UTC+8

Derias Doubles

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Sherif Derias is another short stack to find a recent double-up. Derias only held a marginal {A-Hearts}

and things looked bleak when his opponent tabled pocket queens. However the board of {10-Spades}

gave Derias two pair and the pot to move up to 9,500.

Tags: Sherif Derias

09-03-2008 17:39 UTC+8

Schwartz Surviving

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Adam Schwartz has doubled up his short stack with his {A-Spades}

getting the chocolates against his opponent's {A-Clubs}

when the board bricked out {3-Spades}

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Schwartz now sits with 7,000.

Tags: Adam Schwartz

09-03-2008 17:34 UTC+8

Bulldozer Busto

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Hevad Khan has been eliminated after back-to-back blows on the river sent him spiraling to the exit.

The first blow came on a board of {K-Clubs}

when Raymond Wu moved all in for his last 8,250. Khan thought for a while before making the call but could only shake his head when Wu revealed {3-Hearts}

for a rivered set.

Khan was left with 3,000 in chips and committed them holding {9-Diamonds}

only to run into the {A-Hearts}

of David Chiu. The flop of {10-Spades}

changed nothing, but Khan spiked a {9-Clubs}

on the turn to take the lead. However the suck-resuck came when Chiu hit his two-outer on the river with the {A-Clubs}

falling to end the day of Khan.

Tags: David Chiu Hevad Khan Raymond Wu

09-03-2008 17:30 UTC+8

So Long, Steve Sung

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Steve Sung is out. He flopped top pair, top kicker on a queen-high board and got all in against an opponent who flopped a set of fives. Sung did not improve on the turn or river.

Tags: Steve Sung

09-03-2008 17:25 UTC+8

Official Prize Pool

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The official prize pool and payouts have been released after the total number of entries for the 2008 APPT Macau Main Event has been confirmed at a record 538 players.

A prize pool of over HK$12million equates to US$1.62million, with the top 56 players set to take home a slice of the pie.

Cash winners will be guaranteed a collect of at least US$4,862, with one lucky player set to take home a beautiful trophy and a winner's check worth US$453,851.

Congratulations to the APPT and PokerStars on such tremendous figures, and well done to the players for supporting the growth of poker in Asia.

09-03-2008 17:24 UTC+8