2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
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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to be racing against Gill's 
.The board fell
giving Gill some life on the river as he doubles through to 50,000 in chips.
Grospellier:
Tahtouh
The board ran out
to make three kings for Tahtouh and cripple Grospellier to just 10,000 chips. "I get there," said Charles Chua dejectedly. "I make a flush."Shortly thereafter, Grospellier was all in with
. Chua called with 
. Grospellier had some outs on the 
flop but missed them all with the 
turn and the 
river. He's out.
, then called a bet of 12,000 from Choi. It was "second verse, same as the first" on the 
turn, only this time the bet was 22,000. Both players checked the river , where Tahtouh turned over 
for top two pair and the winner.Tahtouh is up to 144,000; Choi is down to 160,000.
They saw a flop of
and Steicke checked to Hicks who fired 9,000. Steicke then check-raised to 20,000 and Hicks made the call.The turn was the
and Steicke checked to Hicks who slid another 30,000 into the middle. Steicke deliberated for a long time before making the call.By this stage all of the other tables had finished and a massive crowd had gathered around table one as the river landed the
. Steicke checked to Hicks who quickly and quietly announced he was all in.Steicke went into the tank. Steicke was already near the top of the chip count leaderboard and with so much in the pot already this was a make-or-break decision that took many minutes. Out of nowhere the murmurs of the crowded were broken by Steicke's voice declaring "I call!"
Hicks reluctantly flipped over
for nothing but imagination as remarkably Steicke tabled . On a double-paired board, with straight and flush possibilities, on the tournament bubble, in a clash of the big stacks, David Steicke had made one of the most amazing calls you will see to collect the biggest pot of the tournament to claim the chip lead with over 300,000 chips.
and overtake Chen's 
; with 75,000 chips in the pot, Charles Chua folded to a 40,000 river bet from J Choi with the board showing 
; and then Rosen and Chen went at it again, with Rosen emerging victorious by pairing the ace in his hand 
on the flop and then checking down the turn and river.
They all checked down a board of
.Grigorian showed
but with four hearts on board it was the of a player in middle position which took down the pot.Grigorian is our bubble boy and all remaining 56 players are now in the money!
, bringing a continuation bet of 13,000 from Tahtouh. Choi called. When the turn came , Tahtouh checked it over to Choi, who bet 13,000. Tahtouh then raised it up to 45,000, perhaps hoping to shake Choi. No dice, as Choi made the call.When the river came
, it appeared that Tahtouh surrendered, realizing he could not win the hand. Choi checked behind and tabled for the nut flush. Tahtouh had a complete air ball with 
and sinks in the chip counts to just 60,000.Choi has 295,000.
; Chua had .It was Tahtouh who earlier told Chua that Chua is "a machine" and "a juggernaut," so no surprise that the board ran out
to make quad sixes for Chua. Tahtouh didn't even stick around long enough to collect his payout. Presumably he'll come back to get it tomorrow.Chua now has 360,000.
