2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
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Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
On a flop of


Choi held 
for two pair and got his opponent to commit all of his chips with 
. The
fell on the turn and
on the river to give Choi a huge pot as he heads to the break as our new chip leader with around 250,000 chips.Interestingly our two tournament chip leaders, Choi and Andre Wagner are sitting next to each other on the same table!
. With 17,000 already in the middle, the big blind made a half-pot bet of 8,000. Chua called.When the turn fell
, the big blind quickly checked. Chua made it 34,000 to go and flashed the
after the big blind folded. WIth that pot, Chua has crested the 100,000-chip mark to 108,000.
against Gill's
."Good luck, me!" Gill said as the dealer prepared to burn and turn. "Keep 'em low." The dealer did not honor his request, dealing instead a board of
. The pot went to Gill's opponent, but he still retains 56,000 chips.
. Nguyen made the call with
. Nguyen made a set of kings on a flop of
, but his opponent's gutshot Broadway draw got there when the turn and river were the
and
. Nguyen still have 57,000 chips.
"Welcome to the action table!" Joe Hachem told Emad Tahtouh after Tahtouh was broken to Hachem's table.
"We knocked out seven players over there," responded Tahtouh.
"We've only knocked out two players, but there's an all-in every hand."
A floor supervisor announced over the P.A. system at that exact moment that a full one-third of the field had already been eliminated in the first 90 minutes, calling players in today's field "action players."
"This is Asia, Danny," Hachem said to the floor. "Nothing slows down."
Tahtouh jokingly added, "They realize that they're not going to make the money until tomorrow, so they're trying to make it today."
135 players currently remain in the field. 56 will make the money.
and did not improve through the river.Grigorian is up to 31,000.