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

09-03-2008 16:12 UTC+8

Chiu Can't Top Carter with Top-Top

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Three players came into a raised pot preflop, including David Chiu and Carter Gill. It came down {5-Spades}

. Chiu and Gill checked to the player in late position, who fired out a bet of 1,700. Action then moved back to Chiu, who check-raised to 3,800. Carter Gill double-check-raised over Chiu's bet, all in for 6,000. That raise folded the late-position player, but Chiu made the call.

Chiu: {A-?}

Gill:

The turn

and river

didn't allow Chiu to improve enough to overtake Gill's set. Gill now has about 15,000 and Chiu has dropped to 13,000.

Tags: Carter Gill David Chiu

09-03-2008 16:02 UTC+8

Nelson and Sukkar Lock Horns

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Lee Nelson and Billy Sukkar are sitting next to each other and recently clashed in a battle of the blinds. Nelson raised to 500 when action folded to him, but Sukkar reraised to 1,500. Nelson made the call. Both players checked the {8-Hearts}

flop. When the {A-Diamonds}

hit the turn, Nelson led out for 2,000, folding Sukkar.

Tags: Billy Sukkar Lee Nelson

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

09-03-2008 15:50 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

09-03-2008 15:40 UTC+8

Break Time

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

09-03-2008 15:36 UTC+8

Hachem Dented

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Just prior to the break Tony Hachem took a dent to his stack in a pot with JJ Liu. We caught the action on a board of {8-Diamonds}

, where Liu had just check-called the 2,000 chip bet from Hachem.

The river landed the {9-Spades}

and Liu led out for 3,000. Hachem snap-called and tabled {K-Clubs}

for two pair but Liu held {A-Spades}

for a running flush to collect the pot.

"You are kidding me!" exclaimed Hachem as he slammed his fist on the table. He falls back to around 4,000, while Liu will now enjoy the break with around 14,000 chips.

Tags: Tony Hachem

09-03-2008 15:35 UTC+8

The Growth of Tournament Poker

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The APPT has been running daily $500 side tournaments. Today's tournament started just a few minutes ago. Combined with the field for Day 1c, every single table in the tournament area is in use. That means that almost 300 people are playing tournament poker in the Grand Waldo right now.

09-03-2008 15:23 UTC+8

That's a Ton of Moops

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We've been informed by tournament staff that based on the 538 players in the combined Day 1 fields, the total prize pool, after converting from Hong Kong dollars to U.S. dollars, is $1,620,000. This is a record for a poker tournament held in Asia.

09-03-2008 15:15 UTC+8

Nelson Claims Victim

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Lee Nelson has eliminated an opponent after winning a preflop race with his {J-Spades}

against his opponent's {A-Diamonds}

.

The board landed {6-Diamonds}

giving Nelson the pot to move him up to over 15,000 in chips.

Nelson is best known for his win in the 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event worth $1million, as well as authoring the popular poker strategy books Kill Phil and Kill Everyone. Part of the PokerStars pro team, Nelson has dominated the poker scene in Australasia for many years -- so much so that he has earned the nickname "Final Table" for his incredible record of reaching final tables in major live tournaments. He will be keen to stamp his place in Asian poker history here at the APPT.

Tags: Lee Nelson