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

Jung Hyun Choi Eliminated in 19th Place ($9,725)

Jung Hyun Choi - 19th Place
Jung Hyun Choi - 19th Place
We lost another player just before the break. It was a three-way raised pot, with the flop coming down {J-Hearts} {5-Spades} {9-Clubs}. Diwei Huang was first to act from the big blind. He checked to Jung Hyun Choi, who bet 20,000, enough to fold the third player in the hand. With action back to Huang, he check-raised to 70,000. Choi didn't hesitate long before he shoved all in for 250,000, sending Huang deep into the tank. He finally called.

Choi: {7-Spades} {10-Spades}
Huang: {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}

It was top pair, top kicker for Huang against nothing but a gutshot draw and some imagination from Choi. The board bricked out running fives, {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs}, to send Choi to the rail and make Huang the far and away chip leader with about 860,000.

Tags: Diwei HuangJung Hyun Choi

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Charles Lam Eliminated in 18th Place; Carter Gill Eliminated in 17th Place ($9,725)

Carter Gill - 17th Place
Carter Gill - 17th Place
Edward Sabat opened to 15,000 from middle position with Carter Gill and Charles Lam both making the call out of the blinds.

The flop landed {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and it was checked to Sabat, who fired 31,500. Gill then moved all in for 188,500. Lam also moved all in, although he only had 96,000. Sabat, who had both players covered, made the call as two players had their tournament lives on the line!

Gill: {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Lam: {Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Sabat: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and river the {4-Clubs} and Sabat eliminated two players at once to now sit behind a mountain of chips worth 750,000!

Tags: Carter GillCharles LamEdward Sabat

Play Slows

The play has slowed down a little after the early rush of eliminations today, although Joel Dodds is starting to get busy. He has recently moved his short stack all in on several occasions preflop to steal the blinds and antes. "Come on Denmark!" quipped Dodds as he challenged Jeppe Drivsholm to call from the big blind in a recent hand, but Drivsholm didn't bite.

Dodds is still on the short stack with about 70,000 chips.

Tags: Joel Dodds

Walsh Avoids Chua's Set

Mark Walsh raised to 20,000 from the cutoff before Charles Chua made it 60,000 to go from the button. Walsh made the call.

The flop landed {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Walsh checked to Chua who appeared to be about to make a bet. Before the chips had hit the table, Walsh had tossed his cards into the muck to concede the hand. Chua chuckled and flashed {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} for a set!

Walsh is back down to 172,000.

Tags: Charles ChuaMark Walsh

Chua Keeps on Accumulating

The Chuck Truck doesn't need luck
The Chuck Truck doesn't need luck
So Myung Sim is one of several players who can't seem to gain any traction with Charles Chua at the table. Sim raised to 19,000 from under the gun and was called only by Chua. The flop was all Broadway, {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}. Chua, sitting behind a pile of chips that looks as big as the Venetian Macau, checked to Sim, who bet 25,000. Chua made the call.

Both players checked the hand down the rest of the way, with the turn coming {6-Clubs} and the river {7-Clubs}. Chua opened first, showing {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} for second pair. That was a winner, causing Sim's chip count to go down to 160,000 and Chua's to increase to 695,000.

Tags: Charles ChuaSo Myung Sim

Kenny Hicks Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,967)

Kenny Hicks - 16th Place
Kenny Hicks - 16th Place
David Chiu opened with a raise to 18,000 from late position before Kenny Hicks shoved his last 89,000 from the small blind. Chiu made the call.

Chiu: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Hicks: {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

The board fell {8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} giving Chiu a pair of queens to eliminate Hicks, who was a clear chip leader as we approached the bubble yesterday, in 16th place for $12,967.

Tags: David ChiuKenny Hicks

Adrian Mills Crippled, Then Eliminated in 15th Place ($12,967)

Adrian Mills - 15th Place
Adrian Mills - 15th Place
Adrian Mills has been eliminated from the tournament. He got in a preflop raising war with So Myung Sim that ended with Sim calling Mills' all-in bet. Mills had {A-Spades} {7-Spades} against Sim's {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} and couldn't find a winning hand when the board ran out {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {4-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Spades}.

That loss left Mills with just 4,000 chips. He was all in on the next hand with {K-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} and was called only by Edward Sabat in the big blind, who improbably enough had {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}. Despite having two live cards, Mills completely whiffed on a board of {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Clubs} {5-Spades}. He is out of the tournament and on his way to the cage to collect $12,967.

Tags: Adrian MillsEdward SabatSo Myung Sim