2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$453,851
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,200
Prize Pool
$1,620,897
Entries
538
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Andre Wagner Eliminated in 28th Place ($8,104)

Andre Wagner - 28th Place
Andre Wagner - 28th Place
In a raised pot on a flop of {6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} Taneli Tiikkaja led out for 20,000 from under the gun before Andre Wagner shoved all in for his last 85,000 from the button. Tiikkaja made the call.

Tiikkaja: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Wagner: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

Needing an ace or a diamond to survive, Wagner watched as the {5-Clubs} on the turn and {6-Hearts} on river missed him, and the one-time chip leader ends his run in 28th place for $8,104.

Tags: Andre WagnerTaneli Tiikkaja

Simon Greene Eliminated in 29th Place ($8,104)

Simon Greene must have spent the first hour of play looking for the right hand to move all in with. When he found {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} it was an easy decision. He was called by Diwei Huang, who tabled {5-Clubs} {5-Spades}. As the flop came down, Huang started calling for "Two on the side," referring to the pips on a card that would match his two fives. (Might Huang be a baccarat player?)

Huang got his wish when the flop came {10-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} to make him a set of fives. Greene couldn't complete the re-suckout. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and the river was the {6-Clubs}. Greene is out in 29th place and has been handed a ticket to collect $8,104 from the cage.

Huang is up to 190,000.

Tags: Diwei HuangSimon Greene

More Eliminations

The following players were also recently eliminated:

31st - Phil Lau ($8,104)
32nd - Michael Doodson ($8,104)
33rd - George Vassilopoulos ($6,483)

Phil Lau Out

Phil Lau Eliminated
Phil Lau Eliminated
Phil Lau was all in for his tournament life holding {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and was happy enough to find himself in a race situation against Taneli Tiikkaja's pocket nines.

However the board of {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{6-Hearts} gave Lau no assistance and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Phil LauTaneli Tiikkaja

Doodson Dudded on Flop

Michael Doodson
Michael Doodson
Taneli Tiikkaja raised it up from the cutoff to 12,000 before Michael Doodson shoved all in for his last 27,000 from the small blind. Tiikkaja made the call.

Tiikkaja: {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Doodson: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The flop landed an incredible {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} to give Tiikkaja trips to the shock of Doodson who exclaimed, "Are you serious?"

The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and river the {A-Diamonds} to end the tournament for Doodson in unfortunate circumstances.

Tags: Michael DoodsonTaneli Tiikkaja

Gill Limps with Aces, Busts Vassilopoulos

Carter Gill during Day 2
Carter Gill during Day 2
Carter Gill limped in from early position. Action folded around to George Vassilopoulos, who declined his option to raise and went to the flop. It came down {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}. Vassilopoulos checked, then raised all in to 40,000 after Gill bet 10,000.

Gill and Vassilopoulos started talking with each other, with Gill probing for information. Vassilopoulos reminded Gill that it was a limped pot, and that he could have anything -- pocket fives, pocket threes, two pair, air, anything. This went on for a few minutes, with Gill agonizing over his decision. Finally he said that he was pretty sure Vassilopoulos had two pair but he was calling anyway.

Vassilopoulos: {4-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}
Gill: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}

Gill's hand was in the lead, and he put a mortal lock on the hand by turning the {A-Spades} for a set of aces. Vassilopoulos made two pair with the river {4-Hearts} but by then it was too late for him. He's out.

Tags: Carter GillGeorge Vassilopoulos

Recent Eliminations

The following players have been eliminated and will all earn $6,483:

34th - Tyler Cornell
35th - Daisy Wain
36th - Michael Lindstrom
37th - Olle Lindberg
38th - Tom Carter
39th - Ricky Lui